Careless food handles carries health risks
Unwashed hands, dirty counter tops and summer heat can turn food you eat every day into poison and a fractured, under-funded inspection system is not protecting you.
Smuggling
In the Northeast Bosnia villages of Popovi and Amajlije, cattle are smuggled across the nearby border from Serbia two or three times a week, according to Radiša Samardžija, chief of staff for the director of the State Border Service (DGS). About 250 cattle have been captured in the past six months in this area, according […]
Lost war criminals
The International Criminal Court for the former Yugoslavia was set up in The Hague in 1993, and a decade later, the state court of Bosnia and Herzegovina created a special chamber to handle still-remaining cases of war crimes. But during the late 1990s, at least six — but maybe more — accused war criminals from […]
Reasons for attacking relatives are elusive
Dušanka Mihajlović from Mlječanice shot and wounded her husband in 1992. During yet another of their ongoing arguments, her husband Vlado grabbed her hair and hit her with an axe handle. She wrestled free, and with him following, yelling that he was going to kill her, she made it into the house where she grabbed […]
Judges treat domestic abusers leniently
Branko Dobranić was convicted of sexually abusing teen-age relatives but judges went easy on him in sentencing. Activists say abusers frequently get lenient treatment from police, prosecutors and judges.
New laws don’t change reality of domestic violence
New laws are not enough to stop domestic violence. The laws need to be strengthened and police, prosecutors and judges must work harder to enforce them, activists say.
Old Bridge place on UN list studied
CIN story about unkept promises in Mostar results in action
CIN and Nezavisne Novine cooperated on story about refinery
CIN helps with a Nezasvisne Novine investigation
A case of extreme domestic violence
The murder of one unhappy wife at the hands of her husband shows why domestic violence still flourishes. Women, especially if their husbands have money, find little sympathy for their complaints and if they rebel even their own relatives see it as reasonable that they should be punished. Legally, husbands who hurt their wives are dealt with leniently.