Thursday, 6 august 2026.
Decades-Old Story of Sarajevo ‘Sniper Safari’ Still in the Realm of Rumour
Thirty years after they were first aired, claims that hundreds of foreigners paid Bosnian Serb forces for the chance to shoot at besieged Sarajevans have resurfaced. But the evidence remains...
‘Why Me?’: North Korean Hackers Steal Identities From Bosnia, Serbia
North Korean hackers are stealing identities to land freelance work with Western companies, and some of the victims are in the Balkans.
Dream Homes or Empty Plots: The Reality Behind Bosnia’s Land Sales to Gulf Buyers
A Kuwaiti business is deceiving foreign investors into buying land that cannot be built on, leaving buyers confused and vast areas of land left barren.
‘We Mostly Use FedEx, DHL’: The Balkan Ads Offering Opioids Traced to China
BIRN lifts the lid on the online ads bringing to the Balkans illicit opioids more potent than fentanyl, sourced in China, ‘100% double vacuumed sealed’ and delivered by FedEx and...
Implicated, Yet Untouched: Serbs Evade Justice for 1992 Bosnia War Crime
Evidence presented at multiple war crimes trials point to the deep involvement of two Bosnian Serb men in the persecution and murder of Bosniaks in the Kalinovik region of Bosnia...
Military Drones, Incendiary Devices: How Russian Trainers Taught Subversion at Balkan Camps
Court documents and interviews have revealed more about recruits from Moldova who were trained by Russian instructors at camps in Bosnia and Serbia to foment unrest, scout embassies and use...
Serb War Criminals Given Grants by Bosnian Municipality
The city administration in Serb-led Prijedor approved the payment of housing assistance from the local budget to former Bosnian Serb Army soldiers Ilija Zoric and Ljubisa Cetic, who were both...
‘Let the Hunt Begin’: Serb Mercenaries Bring Russia’s Ukraine Drone War to TikTok
In a corner of Bosnia, a Serb mercenary who fought for Russia in Ukraine has been bringing live pictures of Russian drone attacks to his followers on TikTok even as...
Canadian Crypto Fugitive Slips Dragnet in Serbia, Surfaces in Bosnia
Case files obtained by BIRN and the fifth estate document the globe-trotting lifestyle of a Canadian maths whizz who went to ground in 2021 allegedly with tens of millions of...