21. December 2021.
BIRN has identified 135 Chinese-linked projects in the Balkans worth more than 32 billion euros. Few have come without controversy.
Irvin Pekmez
7. December 2021.
A group of Bosnian Serbs – former wartime detainees and relatives of some of those still missing from the war – protested outside the Bosnian State Court over what they said was a lack of action concerning war crimes committed against Serbs during the 1992-95 war in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
7. December 2021.
Police in Bosnia and Herzegovina arrested five people on Tuesday on suspicion of war crimes against Serb civilians and prisoners of war in the wider Sarajevo area during the 1992-95 war.
18. October 2021.
The Chinese manufacturer of a ‘transport’ ventilator bought by Bosnian officials to treat COVID-19 patients had said publicly, repeatedly, that its product was not for critically-ill patients, but the purchase went ahead anyway, BIRN BiH and Singapore-based The Initium can reveal.
25. August 2021.
Former Bosnian Serb Army military policeman Goran Viskovic went on trial for crimes against humanity, including the killing of eight Bosniak detainees from a wartime detention camp near Vlasenica.
23. July 2021.
Robert McNeil was one of the first international experts deployed to gather evidence by examining the bodies of victims of the Srebrenica massacres, and memories of what he saw have haunted him ever since.
8. July 2021.
The decision by the UN court in The Hague last month to uphold the life sentence handed down to former Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic takes the number of life terms imposed for involvement in the Srebrenica genocide to five.
5. May 2021.
A pro-Moscow Serb humanitarian aid group called Sveti Georgije Loncari (Saint George of Loncari) said the Russian embassy gave it a vehicle after BIRN Bosnia and Herzegovina published a report revealing its leader’s criminal past.
9. April 2021.
In Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and other countries in the region there are several groups whose members have previous convictions or publicly repeat right-wing sentiments while being involved in humanitarian work. On their social media pages, they claim they are helping the most vulnerable in society. However, the fact that in the past they have frequently promoted right-wing symbols or pro-Russian stances makes them different from other humanitarian organisations. The Balkan Investigative Reporting Network has investigated the ways in which these groups use humanitarian work, their reasons for doing so and the potential consequences for local communities and the societies in which they are operating.
5. April 2021.
The men of Sveti Georgije say they are simply handing out aid parcels, but their leader’s criminal past, their glorification of Ratko Mladic and a penchant for black uniforms and a coat of arms speak to a very different agenda.
Sva prava zadržana BIRN BiH.