Saturday, 10 january 2026.
Online Hate Speech, Threats Target LGBTIQ Community Before Bosnian Pride
Social media giant Meta said it removed offensive and threatening comments about the Bosnian Pride March on a Sarajevo-based website, but Detektor journalists found that some of them were still...
Internet Freedom Meet in North Macedonia: Solving Challenges Requires Society’s Involvement
Educating citizens about the sharing of data on the Internet, where gender-based violence, disinformation and other harmful narratives abound, is a necessity, BIRN’s Internet Freedom Meet conference in Skopje heard.
Bosnia Upholds Serb Ex-Soldiers’ Sentences for Executing Bosniak Villagers
The Bosnian state court confirmed the verdict sentencing ten former soldiers to a total of 162 years in prison for participating in the mass execution of 24 Bosniak civilians in...
Pro-Russian Telegram Channels in the Balkans gain ground in Recruitment and Disinformation War
More than half a million people follow pro-Russian Telegram channels covering the Balkans in Serbian and Russian languages. Followers are being urged to donate military equipment to Russia and join...
Bosnia Clears Serb Ex-Commander of War Crimes Against Civilians
Bosnia’s state court has confirmed its first-instance verdict and cleared Bosnian Serb Army company commander Rade Macura of involvement in war crimes in a village in the Bosanska Gradiska area...
Hague Court Rejects Ratko Mladic’s Plea for Provisional Release
The UN war crimes court rejected a request from former Bosnian Serb Army chief Ratko Mladic to grant him provisional release on humanitarian grounds or allow him to continue to...
From Bosnia to Ukraine: How a Serb Sportsman Became a Russian Fighter
A Bosnian Serb former martial arts fighter has been posting videos and pictures online, documenting his new life as a volunteer soldier with a Russian unit fighting in Ukraine. BIRN...
Srebrenica Memorial Centre Houses Unidentified Genocide Victims’ Remains
A facility was opened at the Srebrenica Memorial Centre to store the remains, personal belongings and clothes of victims of the Srebrenica genocide who haven’t been identified – intended as...
BIRN Bosnia Journalist Shortlisted for Journalistic Award in Slovakia
Nino Bilajac, a journalist at BIRN Bosnia and Herzegovina, has been nominated alongside his colleague Tomas Madlenak for this year’s Slovak Journalistic Award in the ‘written investigative journalism’ category.