Skopje, 15 September 2021 (MIA) – The 2020 EU Investigative Journalism Awards were presented in Skopje on Wednesday by Deputy Head of Delegation Julian Vassallo. The first prize went to the team of Radio MOF for its story “Tracking the Balkan Lynx”. Jasmina Jakimova, Daniel Evrosimoski, Emilija Petreska and Bojan Shashevski told the story in two parts, the first focusing on Lisa and Filipche, the Balkan lynxes who unified three countries, while the second tackles the “untouchables”, namely the killers of the Balkan lynx. Investigative Reporting Lab scooped the second prize for its series of research titled “Pandemic profiteering – the other side of the COVID-19 story”. The third prize was presented to story “44 work, 1,410 take wages” on the Ministry of Political System and Community Relations, by Kristina Ozimec and Vlatko Stojanovski. “Journalism can shine a light on practices that harm the public interest. Congratulations to all the winners and a salute to all journalists working for a transparent and accountable society,” tweeted EU Ambassador David Geer on the occasion. The EU Investigative Journalism Awards in the Western Balkans and Turkey aim to celebrate and promote the outstanding achievements of investigative journalists as well as improve the visibility of quality journalism in the Western Balkans and Turkey.