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Despite growing concerns over the controversial vote on Republika Srpska’s public holiday, polling stations opened in Bosnia’s Serb-dominated entity regardless.

Dalibor Gjuric, inmate at the prison in the Montenegrin city of Kotor sentenced as part of a high profile cocaine running gang, was killed by a sniper as he was exercising in the prison yard on Thursday afternoon. The killer hid on a hill overlooking the Spuzh prison, and shot Gjuric who died in hospital where he was rushed for treatment. The bullet went through a wire fence and hit him in the chest. Gjuric had survived several earlier assassination attempts. Police found a burning Skoda vehicle with Italian license plates near the prison, and believes it was used by the mafia sniper. It’s believed that a dozen of mafia […]

Officials in Bosnia’s Serb-dominated entity Republika Srpska are finalising preparations to hold their controversial referendum but the apparent haste has been causing confusion, while a boycott by Bosniaks seems certain.

The Bosniaks have made a strategic error in magnifying the trivial issue of the Serbs’ national day out of all proportion.

Former Bosnian Army soldier Jasmin Coloman was sentenced to three years in prison for his involvement in the murder of detained Croat civilians in the Vitez area in 1993.

Sunday’s controversial Bosnian Serb referendum, which directly contravenes decisions made by state and international authorities, will undermine the enforcement mechanisms of the 1995 Dayton peace accord.

A jailed boss of one the rival drugs clans in the resort of Kotor was shot dead in prison on Thursday while serving a two-year sentence for extortion.

1] “Smoking gun emails reveal Blair’s ’deal in blood’ with George Bush over Iraq war was forged a YEAR before the invasion had even started”, Glen Owen & William Lowther, The Daily Mail, October 18, 2015. shayler-gaddafi.htm David Shayler on MI6 Kill Gaddafi Coverup November 11, 2001 23 Sep 16 Tony Blair Winds up Operations in Albania After the former UK Prime Minister said he was closing down his business empire, his office confirmed to BIRN that his dealings with Albania, which were never made public, are also complete. Fatjona Mejdini BIRN Tirana Edi Rama and Tony Blair during a government meeting in October 2013. Photo: kryeministria.al Tony Blair Associates, […]

The General Secretary of the European Federation of Journalists, EFJ, says the outlook for press freedom in Macedonia is depressing, condemning the incarceration of the journalist Zoran Bozinovski.

Russian President Vladimir Putin met Milorad Dodik just ahead of the controversial Bosnian Serb referendum, but the substance of their talks could not be judged from terse statements.

This year’s October Salon, Belgrade’s famed international contemporary art show, examines the role of emotion in modern art through diverse mediums.

As anxiety mounts in Bosnia over the referendum set for Sunday, the EU decision to accept its candidacy is designed to resolve issues about its stability, say analysts.

While purges continue and even intensify, activists and opposition leaders are increasingly protesting, claiming the process violates basic justice and the constitution.

After the former UK Prime Minister said he was closing down his business empire, his office confirmed to BIRN that his dealings with Albania, which were never made public, are also complete.

The controversial referendum in Bosnia's Serb-dominated entity has unleashed passions and language of a kind not seen since the 1990s - with the media in some countries fanning the flames.

Tausende von Kriminellen, erhielten schon Albanische Staatsbürgerschaft, oft nur wenn man ein Appartment im Bauschrott der Albaner Mafia in Durres, Shengin, Tirana kaufte.21 Sep 16 Bei der korrupten EU ist Alles möglich. Ralf Streck Nach Panama Papers nun Bahamas-Leaks Mit Neelie Kroes rücken die ehemalige EU-Vizepräsidentin der EU-Kommission oder auch die britische Innenministerin nun ins Rampenlicht Spike in ‘Special Merit’ Citizenships Raises Eyebrows in Albania Recent award of citizenship to six Kosovo politicians has triggered a debate over the Albanian President’s discretionary right to hand out these important privileges. Fatjona Mejdini BIRN Tirana Tirana. Photo: BIRN/Ivana Dervishi A BIRN investigation can reveal that the number of foreigners – mostly from […]

Viel US TV Sender berichten über das Doubel. Die Kriminelle isz seit einer Woche nicht mehr gesichtet, leidet wohl an Parkinson. Hillary Clinton erlitt ein Unwohlsein während der Zeremonie zum Gedenken an den Angriff am 11. September in New York. Eine Stunde später kam sie wieder aus ihrer Wohnung heraus, mit Sonnenbrille, um das Publikum zu begrüßen und sagte, sie fühle sich sehr wohl. Ein Blick auf die Fotografien bezeugt, dass die aus der Wohnung kommende Person nicht Frau Clinton ist. Wenn man auch lange über die Falten im Gesicht diskutieren kann – trotz der schwarzen Gläser – die Größe ihres Beckens jedoch gleicht ihr sicher nicht. CIA Offiziere über […]

Prosecutors from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Montenegro, as well as the Hague Tribunal and the EU’s Kosovo mission, told a BIRN conference that states must work together to prosecute war crimes.

The Balkan Investigative Reporting Network has launched a unique database of the publicly-available final verdicts delivered in 348 war crimes cases by courts in the former Yugoslavia and by the UN tribunal in The Hague.

The trial of 37 alleged members and accomplices of an ethnic Albanian terror group that battled Macedonian police in Kumanovo last year has been marred by allegations about false witnesses and police brutality.