Reading about a country’s culture is a little like being told about the flavor of an apple without tasting it. But that’s all children in both BiH entities can do because their teachers are not taking them to see the other entity’s culture. Cultural education, like so much else in BiH, is still controlled by the heritage of political agendas from the war.
From unexcavated buildings under the village of Mošunj to Sarajevo’s National Museum, economic opportunities are being overlooked from a heritage BiH citizens and their children are not even aware is slipping away forever.
Cultural monuments and institutions seem to be close to last on post-war BiH’s priority list. But before everyone lets the country’s heritage crumble away, here is an inventory of what is being lost.
The canton minister of culture wonders if you can properly appreciate a Nobel Laureate’s literary library upstairs, if there is a party going on downstairs.
The latest chapter in the long standing power struggle between the FBiH institute and a state level preservation commission over control of historical sites and national monuments. It looks like the state commission is winning.
Despite anethical collapse in the medical profession, and without the help of government, some doctors, nonetheless, continue to do what is right and fight hard for their patients.
Top health care official are all pointing at each other for responsibility for a bankrupt system. The answer is obvious to everyone but no one wants to give up enough power to make it happen.
A health care system that can make its patients pray to die is caused by the same regional and political conflicts that affect so much of life in Bosnia Herzegovina, according to health officials. But the surprisingly low priority that public officials give health care system reform may have the most devastating effects on everyday life.
The lack of equipment and supplies in BiH hospitals and clinics, despite 987 million KM in spending last year, is an example of the waste and inefficiency that is bankrupting this country’s health care.
CIN’s team goes looking for the 987 million KM spent last year on BiH health care. Auditors and health officials say they cannot find it.
In one month of reporting, a team of nine journalists from CIN talked to doctors, patients and health care officials to find out how medical ethics had collapsed.
Center for Investigative Reporting (CIN) takes a look at health care through the eyes of the people who give it and receive it.
The Center for Investigative Reporting (CIN) in Sarajevo is unique in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the first organization of its kind to be established in Balkans. CIN is dedicated to investigative reporting, aimed toward providing fair and unbiased information, based on evidences and solid proof, to BiH citizens who need to make educated decisions.
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