‘Virtual Memories’: New Memorialization App Unveiled in Bosnia and Herzegovina
On July 1, Balkan Investigative Reporting Network of Bosnia and Herzegovina, in partnership with ProPeace Bosnia and Herzegovina, officially presented the “Virtual Memories” application in Sarajevo.
In Bosnia, War Crimes Compensation Failing Victims – But Not Those Acquitted
Individuals acquitted of war crimes in Bosnia and Herzegovina have received far more money in compensation than the survivors of war crimes. The latter wait for decades and often never...
Online Hate Speech Erupts Ahead of Bosnian LGBT Pride March
The annual Pride march in Sarajevo has again sparked outbursts of hate speech online, with organisers urging the authorities to prosecute offenders as online threats can spark violence against LGBTQ+...
‘Why Me?’: North Korean Hackers Steal Identities From Bosnia, Serbia
North Korean hackers are stealing identities to land freelance work with Western companies, and some of the victims are in the Balkans.
BIRN BiH and Faculty of Criminalistics Sign Cooperation Agreement
Agreement on scientific, educational and professional cooperation hailed as marking step forward for joint research and education.
Srebrenica Resolution Anniversary: How Sarajevo Pupils Learned About Genocide Through Their Peers’ Stories
While writing words like “happiness” and “play” on the blackboard, pupils at a Sarajevo elementary school had no idea that they would be taught about the stories of children whose...
Mail-Order Drug Stronger Than Heroin Poses Challenge for Bosnia and the Region
Detektor has found that powerful synthetic drugs being sold online can be easily ordered to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia and Montenegro without major obstacles. Experts warn these online drug...
Dream Homes or Empty Plots: The Reality Behind Bosnia’s Land Sales to Gulf Buyers
A Kuwaiti business is deceiving foreign investors into buying land that cannot be built on, leaving buyers confused and vast areas of land left barren.
Civilian War Victims Have Rights to Benefits, But Many Can’t Be Accessed
Iako Zakon o zaštiti civilnih žrtava rata u Federaciji BiH garantuje preživjelim žrtvama ratnog silovanja prednost u zdravstvenim uslugama, plaćeno banjsko-klimatsko liječenje i druga prava, ona u praksi ostaju neostvarena...
Detektor Journalist Wins International Fetisov Journalism Award
Detektor journalist Emina Dizdarevic Tahmiscija has received a 2025 international Fetisov Journalism Award for a series of articles on transitional justice in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
‘We Mostly Use FedEx, DHL’: The Balkan Ads Offering Opioids Traced to China
BIRN lifts the lid on the online ads bringing to the Balkans illicit opioids more potent than fentanyl, sourced in China, ‘100% double vacuumed sealed’ and delivered by FedEx and...
Implicated, Yet Untouched: Serbs Evade Justice for 1992 Bosnia War Crime
Evidence presented at multiple war crimes trials point to the deep involvement of two Bosnian Serb men in the persecution and murder of Bosniaks in the Kalinovik region of Bosnia...