Balkan Blues: Secrets of Investigative Reporting
The Mediacentar Sarajevo will host a masters workshop focused on investigative reporting techniques used during the preparation of „Balkan Blues: Bosnian Chronicles 1975-1995“ by authors and long time journalists Susana Šačić and Medina Delalić.
Law Enforcement Help Smugglers
Even when caught in the act of helping smugglers — and recent cases show they are — it is difficult to prosecute or punish customs officers and border police.
Court Case Offers a Look at Coffee Smuggling
Smuggling has gotten sophisticated. A recent case in the Court of BiH offers a look at the relationships and methods that bring illegal goods into the country under the eye of customs and border authorities.
Ensuring Payment through Caution, Muscle and Computers
You might as well kiss your money goodbye instead of trying to collect debts in BiH. Rather than relying on courts, small businessmen have become creative when they need to get paid.
Chinese Shopkeepers Threatened and Hurt
Chinese retailers who want to sell cheap goods in BiH must contend with suspicious tax authorities and armed thugs demanding cash.
The Adventure of Incorporating
Long lines, silly rules and a needlessly complex 12-step procedure that only a lawyer could understand make an ordeal of getting a new business officially recognized in BiH.
BiH Businesses that Beat the Odds
A look at what it takes to achieve entre-preneurial success in BiH today.
BiH’s Bleak Business Atmosphere
Everything seems to be stacked against small business operators in BiH. Entre-preneurs can expect little or no help from banks or government bureaucrats to get started, and once on their feet, they face high taxes and tariffs. Small businesses can often power a vibrant economy, but it is not happening here.
Nothing for Something
Newspaper ads promising easy college degrees seemed too good to be true. As it turns out, the degrees are legal, but mostly worthless.