10. August 2023.
A minor from Bijeljina who posted videos on TikTok threatening his Bosniak neighbors has expressed regret for his actions. However, experts warn that his case highlights deeper problems in combating hate speech on social media.
Analysis
9. August 2023.
Almost half of Albania’s judges and prosecutors have fallen foul of a much-hailed vetting process, but among its Balkan peers, scrutiny of asset declarations leaves much to be desired.
19. June 2023.
A documentary recently aired by Russian television network RT argues the existence of a “Bosnian caliphate” and radicalization of Muslims in Bosnia and Herzegovina, while dismissing the judicial verdicts on the Sarajevo siege and Srebrenica genocide. At a time when Russia is actively waging war on Ukraine, what is the significance behind an international television station financed by the Russian state echoing the long-standing claims of Milorad Dodik and his ideologues?
7. April 2023.
In Bosnia and Herzegovina’s ethnically-divided schooling system, teaching about the 1990s conflict is often one-sided and excludes important war crimes verdicts – so BIRN has created a database of court-established facts in an attempt to bring changes.
23. February 2023.
For years, those suffering from PTSD have felt abandoned and forgotten while dealing with their traumas. Then the pandemic and war in Europe began, intensifying the loneliness and old nightmares which they thought to have suppressed.
6. January 2023.
Courts across the country have issued at least 172 warrants for the arrests of war crimes suspects, indictees and convicts who can’t be brought to justice because they are no longer in Bosnia and Herzegovina, BIRN has learned.
3. November 2022.
Children’s growing obsession with electronic gadgets has both parents and psychologists worried –with some experts warning of serious harm to their development.
4. August 2022.
A year ago, Croatia finally adopted a law granting compensation to civilian victims of the 1991-95 war - but few cases have been resolved so far, and even fewer relating to injuries sustained by Serbs during Operation Storm in August 1995.
3. August 2022.
The UN, EU, OSCE and others have told Bosnia it must make the appointment of the three rights ombudsmen more open to the public and CSOs – or face penalties.
29. July 2022.
Although the European Union has placed the Russian oil company under sanctions, Motorways of the Federation, a public company, is running a campaign encouraging driver to fill their vehicles at its petrol stations.
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