State deputies adopted a proposal to reduce the retirement severance pay for politicians from BAM 30,000 to 10,000. In addition to high severance pay, the current regulations allow them to receive both the pension and salary.
On the occasion of the World Press Freedom Day, professors, representatives of BIRN, CIN, BUKA magazine, and the Swedish Ambassador to BiH spoke about how to protect the truth from misinformation. On this occasion, an exhibition of important journalistic stories which failed to prompt the necessary reaction from judicial institutions was organized.
The 2021 Best Journalist of the Year Award presented to the Center for Investigative Reporting.
The Federation of BiH is one step closer to stopping the construction of small hydropower plants, given that the FBiH Government has accepted the proposal to stop issuing energy permits.
The habitat of rare plants “Gostilj” on the mountain Ozren near Doboj and the natural monument “Mokranjska Miljacka Cave” near Pale are new protected areas in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Former members of the Brčko District Assembly, Radoslav Bogićević and Nenad Kojić from the Narodni demokratski pokret NDP [People’s Democratic Movement] sentenced to four months in prison for election fraud ahead of the 2020 elections.
Former Minister of Physical Planning of West Herzegovina Canton Ivan Topić and director of the company “Lager” from Posušje, Dubravka Bašić are sentenced to 10 and 8 months in prison respectively for abuse of office or authority, while Lager was ordered to pay a BAM 5,000 fine.
The United Kingdom sanctioned Milorad Dodik and Željka Cvijanović for undermining the legitimacy and functioning of BiH. The United States also sanctioned Asim Sarajlić and Gordana Tadić for abusing their position and undermining the country’s democratic process.
The FBiH authorities persistently ignore state regulations on roadworthy vehicle inspection and illegal collection of ECO tests even after the warnings of the Ministry of Communications and Transport of BiH.
The Sarajevo Municipal Court will have to revoke its decision on the recruitment of Olja Avdagić, an acquaintance of the Court president Janja Jovanović, who was irregularly recruited to this court. In its earlier stories, CIN wrote about Jovanović hiring and assigning several employees to positions for which they did not qualify.
Six state MPs who qualified for high pension severance pay had the opportunity during their terms to change the law that allows them this perk. Nikola Špirić, Lazar Prodanović and Dragan Čović voted against.
BiH Presidency Member Milorad Dodik gave a formal statement in the BiH Prosecutor’s Office about the purchase of an expensive villa in Belgrade.
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