Nino Bilajac, Author at Detektor

Security agencies’ responses to a series of false bomb scares in Bosnia and Herzegovina have highlighted a general unpreparedness to address new security challenges and threats - suggesting that the hoaxers may want to publicly expose these inadequacies, experts say.

Bosnia's Central Election Commission fined Vlade Sladoje, candidate for the mayor of Kalinovik at October’s local elections, 10,000 euros for spreading hate speech and glorifying war criminal Ratko Mladic.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s adviser for sanctions told BIRN that the authorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina should do more to tackle Russian-linked schemes intended to dodge Western-imposed sanctions against Moscow.

Two years have passed since the Republika Srpska authorities officially announced the construction of a highway from Modrica to Brcko in the near future.

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More than half a million people follow pro-Russian Telegram channels covering the Balkans in Serbian and Russian languages. Followers are being urged to donate military equipment to Russia and join military units composed of citizens of Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina on the Ukrainian frontline, Detektor’s analysis shows.

This month, we bring you the story of how we discovered the identity of a man from the town of Modrica who, despite a legal ban, went to fight for the Russian army as it destroys Ukrainian towns one by one and kills civilians.

A Bosnian Serb former martial arts fighter has been posting videos and pictures online, documenting his new life as a volunteer soldier with a Russian unit fighting in Ukraine. BIRN was able to track his posts, following his journey to the frontline.

We can reveal how a former chief of the Slovak counterintelligence service has found refuge in Bosnia and Herzegovina after serving two-thirds of his prison term. He is the third Slovak security official to have found our country a safe haven from the judicial authorities in their own EU state.

Peter Gasparovic, who was sentenced in Slovakia for corruption, fled to Mostar while on parole and has sought asylum there, becoming the third senior Slovak security official to have taken refuge in Bosnia in the last few years.

Two years after the start of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, people in Kyiv and the surrounding areas say they feel forgotten by the international public after the global focus shifted towards Gaza. But despite the persistent hardships, they insist they won’t succumb to conflict fatigue.

Nino Bilajac

Bomb Hoax Responses Spotlight Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Cybersecurity Weaknesses

Bosnian Serb Mayoral Candidate Fined for Glorifying Ratko Mladic

Bosnia Should Probe Russian Sanctions-Busting: Ukrainian Official

TV Justice: Excavators in Modriča – is a highway being built or a new election campaign starting?

Pro-Russian Telegram Channels in the Balkans gain ground in Recruitment and Disinformation War

Episode 161: Dario’s Journey – From Sportsman in Modrica to Russian volunteer in Ukraine

From Bosnia to Ukraine: How a Serb Sportsman Became a Russian Fighter

Episode 159: Slovak convicts exchange prison in the EU for villas with swimming pools in Bosnia and Herzegovina

How A Convicted Head Of Slovak Counter-Intelligence Ended Up In Bosnia’s Mostar

After Two Years of War, Ukrainians Struggle to Defy Conflict Fatigue

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