Investigation Archives

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. […]

They have friends in high places and a stranglehold over the private security industry.

A far-right militant movement in Ukraine is forging ties with like-minded politicians and war veterans in European Union member Croatia, a BIRN investigation reveals. Chain-smoking in a Zagreb cafe, 43-year-old Denis Seler would hardly stand out were it not for the word AZOV emblazoned in Cyrillic on the front of his grey sweater. Seler is […]

At youth training camps in Serbia and Russia, teenagers are being taught pro-Russian ‘patriotic’ values and given military instruction by right-wing extremists with links to the conflict in eastern Ukraine.

Among those gathered at the military cemetery on a hill above the Bosnian town of Visegrad, two Russians stood out. Rubbing shoulders with Bosnian Serb dignitaries, the pair was there to salute the hundreds of Russians who fought alongside Bosnian Serb forces during the 1992-95 Bosnian war. Viktor Zaplatin and Aleksandar Kravchenko were both veterans […]

Like the original Night Wolves in Russia, a Bosnian Serb branch of the motorcycle gang enjoys close ties to the political elite.

Courts in the Balkans usually side with mothers in child custody cases.

After dozens of self-proclaimed imams were prosecuted for recruiting fighters for Middle East wars, state-backed religious organisations have joined the online fight for the hearts and minds of Muslims in the Balkans.

The former director of the Health Insurance Institute of Sarajevo Canton faces a lawsuit after spending more than 20,000 euros on a conference in the US that never took place.

Some the candidates who were elected as the best possible fits for positions at the Prosecutors Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina never raised an indictment. Young and without extensive prosecutorial experience, these hires are working on war crimes cases, one of the most complex areas of criminal law.

Investigation

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

Foul Play: Serbia’s Football Hooligans Get Down to Business

Croatia Key to Ukrainian Far-Right’s International Ambitions

How Russian Fighters Train Serb Teens at ‘Military-Patriotic’ Camps

Ukraine War Veterans Bind Russia and Bosnian Serbs

Bosnian Branch of ‘Putin’s Angels’ Enjoys Political Backing

Access Denied: Divorced Dads Fight for Kids

Balkan Imams Take Counter-Extremism Struggle Online

Scrapped US Health Conference Costs Bosnia Canton Dear

Problematic Hiring Procedures at HJPC Worry Bosnias Legal Community

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