BIRN Bosnia and Herzegovina News and Events

BIRN BiH, Srebrenica Memorial Centre and Forgotten Children of War Association launch joint initiative designed for students and teachers on judicially established facts about the Bosnian war.

A testimony by Srebrenica mother Emina Hajdarevic about the son she lost in the 1995 Srebrenica genocide, filmed by Detektor journalist Lamija Grebo, has won first prize at the Remembering through Art online exhibition.

Dzana Brkanic is a Detektor.ba (BIRN BiH) Deputy Editor. She joined BIRN in 2013 but chose journalism as her career long before that.

Friends, donors and partners of the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network of Bosnia and Herzegovina attended its 20th birthday party on December 13 – and were shown the new look of the Detektor portal and other new multimedia content that will be available in 2025.

Pravda&Pravda explores the pursuit of justice through the eyes of three Ukrainians who served as peacekeepers in Bosnia’s war – before fighting in their own.

Engaging all stakeholders—including governmental and non-governmental organizations, academia, and the media—in the internet governance process is essential for Bosnia and Herzegovina to align its digital regulations with global standards, according to the first panel of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF).

Speakers in Sarajevo say vital opportunity to put subject back into public discourse created by EU accession talks must not be lost.

Jury members praise probe into massive online pyramid scheme as ‘textbook example of good journalism, saying it ‘reads like a crime novel’.

The Balkan Investigative Reporting Network in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIRN BiH) is announcing an open call for the training How and Why to Report About Transitional Justice, which will be held in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, from September 16 to September 18, 2024.

Participants agree transitional judice is a priority for the EU and feelings of ‘fatigue’ must not get in the way.

The handbook ‘Media Reporting on Persons Missing Due to Conflicts in BiH 1992–1995’ was promoted at the Political Sciences Faculty of Sarajevo University.

The Balkan Investigative Reporting Network of Bosnia and Herzegovina presented a multimedia research into Serbia’s role in the Bosnian war through international tribunal verdicts – with reference to the verdict against former Serbia State Security officials Jovica Stanisic and Franko Simatovic.

Findings reveal worryingly high level of concentration and a lack of transparency over who owns and controls what.

Haris Rovcanin won this year’s regional award in the ‘Contribution to the Community’ category for his work on the Database of Judicially Established Facts about the War in Bosnia.

Each month, BIRN introduces you to a different member of its team. For October, meet Lamija Grebo, a BIRN BiH Journalist.