Detektor Magazin I How media shutdowns in BiH open up space for Russian and Chinese influence

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Lejla Memčić

19. august 2025. | 11:06

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Three important international news organisations in Bosnia and Herzegovina have been closed down in the past six months or will soon be shut, and several more are under risk of closure. From Al Jazeera Balkans and Voice of America to Radio Free Europe, audiences in Bosnia and Herzegovina and around the region are being left without additional sources of information. That’s why we’ve been speaking to journalists and editors from these and other media outlets to find out how the shutdown of news organisations will affect you and how the authorities in Serbia, Russia and elsewhere may take advantage.

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