Investigation Archives

Court records in Bosnia reveal that prominent members of Serb nationalist Chetnik organisations have been charged with war crimes, while the Bosnian Security Ministry has warned that such groups are extremists who could pose a security risk.

BIRN reveals how a campaign to build renewable energy plants, supported by the EU, siphoned away subsidies and wrecked pristine waterways in Serbia and beyond.

Hague Tribunal documents reveal the names of Croatian Defence Council brigade commanders and military policemen associated with the unlawful detention, abuse, rape and killing of prisoners in Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Prozor-Rama area in 1992 and 1993.

Millions of euros have been raised through appeals in Bosnia and Herzegovina to build wells and mosques in Africa, but concerns persist about suspect fundraising methods and claims that photographs documenting some charity-funded wells were faked.

Finding inspiration in Ukraine’s notorious far-right battalion Azov, Bosnian Croat ‘skinheads’ and football fans in the town of Mostar have embraced far-right and neo-Nazi symbols and slogans.

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The New Energy company, co-owned by a founder of the Bosnian branch of the pro-Putin Night Wolves Russian bikers’ club, has failed to meet all the deadlines in a government contract to build a hydropower plant near Han Pijesak.

Russian Cossack groups are building ties with Serbs in the Balkans. But are they just promoting Russia, or finding fighters for it too?

Hague Tribunal judgments and evidence files contain names of Bosnian Serb soldiers and policemen who have never been prosecuted for suspected involvement in killings, ethnic cleansing and detention camp abuses in Bosnia’s Prijedor area in 1992, a BIRN investigation has found.

Extreme right-wing groups that flirt with Nazi and white supremacist ideologies are establishing a presence in the northern Bosnian town of Prijedor.

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Sarajevo Canton bought 50,000 protective masks from a company owned by the son of a cantonal parliamentarian, raising questions of corruption and conflict of interests, BIRN BiH has learned.

Investigation

Serb Chetniks’ Links to War Criminals and Extremists Uncovered

Green Ideals, Dirty Energy: The EU-backed Renewables Drive That Went Wrong

Hague Archives Show Bosnian Croat Officers’ Links to Executions, Rapes

Murky Bosnian Charity Appeals for African Wells Raise Concerns

In Bosnian River Town, Far-Right Symbols and a Link to Ukraine

Putin-Linked Bosnian Biker’s Energy Firm Misses Contract Deadlines

Under Cossack Banner, Russian Ties with Balkan Fighters Strengthened

UN Court Documents Reveal ‘Overlooked’ Bosnian War Crime Suspects

Ultra-Right Groups Show Their Face in Bosnian Town

Bosnian Canton Bought Masks From Politician’s Son

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