The Legal Leaks training in Zagreb started on Wednesday with the key not speech of Borja Bergareche Sainz de los Terreros, London correspondent for Spain’s ABC,who spoke on media freedom and access to information in a post-WikiLeaks era. Dušan Miljuš, Investigative Reporter, Croatia – informed the audience about the challenges and risks facing investigative journalists in the Balkans, particularly those investigating organised crime and corruption. The following panel debate focused on Open Government, Media Freedom, and the Role of the EU, OSCE and UNESCO. The opening of the two days training took place at Novinarski dom.

The Legal Leaks training will empower journalists in Bosnia, Serbia and Croatia to use their national freedom of information laws as a regular part of their work. The training provides guidance on how to file freedom of information requests and contributes to protecting media freedom by delivering techniques by which journalists can protect the security of their data and of confidential sources of information.