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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.

Issues of conflict of interest have arisen after a company owned by a town councillor in Srebrenik was recently entrusted with construction of a COVID isolation facility in the town.

Despite strong evidence that emerged in their superiors’ trials, officers who led brigades of the Bosnian Serb Army’s Sarajevo-Romanija Corps as it targeted Sarajevo with shells and sniper fire have never been indicted.

How Bosnia’s neglect of its wartime displaced foreshadowed its latest humanitarian crisis. Milena Mitrović, Rogatica, Zvornik i Sarajevo On Easter Sunday 2010, Angelina Jolie came to the eastern Bosnian town of Rogatica and performed a miracle. The Hollywood star had been touring the country in her off-screen role as ambassador for the UN refugee agency, UNHCR. […]

Investigation

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

Bosnia Town Gives Councillor’s Firm Contract to Build Isolation Facility

Sarajevo Siege: Brigade Chiefs’ Role in Terrorising City Ignored

No Country for the Needy: Bosnia Fails to House its Displaced

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