Tuesday, 22 april 2025.
Facebook Shuts Russian Propaganda Network ‘Based in Romania’
Facebook has disabled a network of several accounts supposedly based in Romania operated by people with links to the Russian government – accusing them of violating its policy on foreign...
Ethnic Tensions Rise, Muslims Targeted After Montenegro Elections
Attackers broke the windows of an Islamic community building in the town of Pljevlja, while Montenegrin Bosniaks complained of being targeted in the wake of elections won by opposition blocs...
North Macedonia Arrests Three Terrorism Suspects, Seizes Explosives
North Macedonian arrested three alleged Islamic State sympathisers and returnees from Middle East conflict zones, and seized a cache of explosives and weapons that they are suspected of having planned...
Serbian President Plans WWII Jasenovac Memorial with Bosnian Serbs
President Aleksandar Vucic said that Serbia and Bosnia’s Serb-dominated Republika Srpska will build a memorial complex together to honour the victims of the World War II Jasenovac concentration camp in...
Serbian Inmates Hired for a Pittance by Subsidiary of Austrian Construction Giant
A road company in Serbia owned by Austrian Strabag hired 28 inmates in 2016 for less than a euro per hour, BIRN can reveal.
Mystery of Croatian School Massacre Unsolved, 25 Years On
Twenty-five years after the killing of nine elderly and disabled civilians who had taken refuge at a school in the Croatian town of Dvor, Serbian and Croatian officials continue to...
Court Records Reveal Croatian Units’ Role in Operation Storm Killings
BIRN’s analysis of Hague Tribunal evidence has revealed which Croatian military and police units were deployed in villages where Serb civilians were killed during and after 1995’s Operation Storm -...
Bosnian Serb Commander Accused of War Crimes Becomes Serbian MP
Svetozar Andric, a wartime Bosnian Serb Army brigade commander who was accused of expelling Bosniaks from the town of Zvornik, was officially confirmed as a member of the Serbian parliament...
Amnesty Urges Serbia to Drop Probe Into Critical NGOs
Amnesty International and the European Commission have expressed deep concern about what Amnesty called Serbia's ‘intimidating’ investigation into the finances of 57 NGO and individuals in Serbia – including BIRN.