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Sa\u0161a Dragojlo of BIRN and Dragana Pe\u0107o of KRIK were awarded second place, and BIRN journalist Natalija Jovanovi\u0107 won third place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This year the competition received 28 applications, 26 of which fulfilled the conditions. Evaluation of the nominated stories was conducted in two phases. In the first phase, a jury consisting of Aleksandra Krsti\u0107, professor at the Faculty of Political Sciences, and Momir Turudi\u0107, editor of the weekly\u00a0<em>Vreme,<\/em>\u00a0selected 13 shortlisted stories. These were then evaluated by a jury consisting of Tatjana Lazarevi\u0107, editor-in-chief of KosSev, Predrag Blagojevi\u0107, founder and former editor-in-chief at\u00a0<em>Ju\u017ene Vesti,<\/em>\u00a0and Tihomir Loza, executive director of the SEENPM network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The EU Awards for Investigative Journalism in Serbia are part of an ongoing EU-funded project, titled\u00a0\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/euwbmedia.com\/about\/\">Strengthening Quality News and Independent Journalism in the Western Balkans and Turkey<\/a>\u201d. 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