KS Prosecutor’s Office Checks On Forgeries of Prointer
The Prosecutor’s Office of the Canton of Sarajevo is checking the allegations about falsified documents the company Prointer ITSS submitted in the 2020 tenders of the FBiH Ministry of Labor and Social Policy, on which CIN reported previously.
Criminal Complaint Against Minister Mitrović
Transparency International in Bosnia and Herzegovina filed a criminal complaint against the Minister of Transport and Communications of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Vojin Mitrović, for unlawfully adopting a new Rulebook on vehicle registration. According to the Rulebook, millions of marks collected from vehicle registration validation stickers could end up in the hands of private businessmen instead of the budget, as CIN wrote about last month.
The Ministry Hides Data On Spending Of Veterans’ Funds
The FBiH Ministry For Issues Of The Veterans And Disabled Veterans Of The Defensive-Liberation War refused to share reports on the spending of funds allocated for employment through veterans’ co-ops with CIN, even though the Sarajevo Cantonal Court had previously ruled that such a decision was illegal.
The American Dream Turning Into A Nightmare
Ajša Ramić from Visoko and Merjem Mirsada Veladžić from Florida promised dozens of BiH citizens an easy way to an American visa. They took about US $140 thousand from them, giving them false hope and falsified documents in return.
A Dry Hole Soaking Up Sarajevans’ Money
The former manager of the “Otoka Olympic Swimming Pool” wasted tens of thousands of BAM of the Sarajevo taxpayers’ money on the search for water that was not found. During his term of office, he also collected about BAM 20,000 in fees to which he was not entitled.
Citizens Pay A High Cost for a Term of Inactivity
Almost BAM 16 million of public money has been paid for the salaries and allowances of 80 officials of the Parliamentary Assembly of BiH, the Council of Ministers, and the Presidency of BiH since the beginning of the term.
State Minister Signs The More Expensive Registration Favoring Sole Traders
In the future, millions of marks from the collection of vehicle registration stickers could go to the coffers of sole traders instead of the budget of Bosnia and Herzegovina. This is determined by the new Rulebook, which the state minister of transport and communications adopted without consultations and approval.
CIN Journalist And Photographer Won The “Eco Journalist” Award
Nino Bilajac, a CIN journalist, and Dženat Dreković, a CIN photographer are the winners of the “Eco Journalist” award presented by the Center for Civil Society Promotion (CPCD). Bilajac received the award for the best written text and Dreković for the best photography. The award-winning story “The King of Poison Leaking from the Mostar Landfill” […]
The Tara River Canyon Is A New Protected Area
The entire course of the Tara River through Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) up to its confluence with the Drina River was declared a protected area. By the decision of the Government of Republika Srpska (RS) in mid-July of this year, the Tara canyon was declared the 32nd protected area in this entity. The protection of […]