Tuesday, 24 march 2026.
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...
Inside Roj: Syria Tensions Fuel Fears for Women, Children in Kurdish Detention
In December, BIRN went inside camps in northeastern Syria where thousands of women and children who lived under the Islamic State are being held in indefinite detention, some of them...
Bosnian Canton Incorporates Judicially Established Facts into Teaching
Bosnian Podrinje canton signs memorandum on using BIRN’s Database of Judicially Established Facts about the War in Bosnia in schools.
Bosnia and Herzegovina Target of Chinese Hackers, Google Reports
Bosnia and Herzegovina is among the countries with suspected or confirmed victims of a hackers’ group linked to China.
From Zenica to a Ukrainian Prison: How Selver Hrustic Became a Soldier and Ended up in Captivity
The first Bosnian citizen captured in Ukraine describes to Detektor how he went from Germany to Moscow and, without adequate training, became a mercenary in the Russian army. This interview...
Moldova Convicts Three of Attending Subversion Camps in Bosnia, Serbia
A court in Chinsinau convicted three Moldovan citizens of participating in Russian-led training camps in Bosnia and Serbia in 2024 in order to incite unrest and disrupt elections at home.
‘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...
Bosnian in Ukraine Prison Tells of Joining Russia’s War
‘They send people to their deaths,’ Bosnian Selver Hrustic says of the Russian army in an interview from his prison cell in Ukraine.
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...
‘No Paperwork Required’: Sarajevo Firm’s Dubai Property Offer a Red Flag
A Sarajevo-based firm is offering apartments for sale in Dubai and claiming clients can pay in cash or cryptocurrency without having to prove the origin of their funds.
How a TikTokker Used Religion to Obtain Money for Gambling
Presenting himself as a religious authority and humanitarian, Alen Kotoric used the TikTok profile Hadžija to collect money from followers around the world for months, convincing them they were helping...
Bosnian History Teachers Visit Former Camps in Brcko and Learn How to Teach About War
To help school teachers learn more about how to teach students about the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, a group of teachers from several towns and cities visited detention camps...