Compensation Sought in Response to Lejla Fazlagić’s Ruling
Sara Šarika Farhi’s inheritor has filed a lawsuit against the state and Sarajevo canton authorities requesting 340,000 KM in compensation for illegally losing title to a house in Alifakovac, a Sarajevo neighborhood.
Jusufranić and Petrović to be Retried
FBiH Supreme Court reversed an earlier acquittal of the former managers of a Sarajevo transit corporation and sent the case back for retrial.
CIN Wins a Suit Against the FBiH Development Bank
The Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Development Bank will have to reconsider its decision in which it denied the Center for Investigative Reporting in Sarajevo access to information about loans given out to some private and state enterprises.
CIN Wins Tenth Case Against Institutions
The Court of BiH ruled that the Appellation Committee under the Council of Ministers illegally refused to grant CIN access to earnings of the members of BiH Presidency.
Grants in Brčko to Friends and Voters
Doling out grants to non-governmental organizations has become a lucrative business for their founders and local politicians in Brčko District. Politicians buy votes in this way, while their friends from associations spend money without oversight.
CIN Shortlisted for International Award
CIN’s story has been shortlisted for “Fetisov Journalism Awards” along with 11 investigative reporting pieces from reporters who have been selected from the four corners of the world.
CIN Organized a Roundtable about Budget Reserve Spending
Participants in the roundtable were introduced to a database about budget reserve spending in the past five and a half years. Results have shown that money was not paid out in transparent manner, while the rules for allocation and oversight mechanisms are inefficient. Representatives from the government, political parties, civil society organizations and auditors discussed how this area can be improved.
Government Officials Spend Millions of KM Without Oversight
Governments, prime ministers, ministers and presidents have doled out nearly 184 million KM from the budget reserve over the past five and a half years. With taxpayer money they sponsored party events and supported associations headed by party colleagues.
CIN Celebrates 15 Years of Work
As a pioneering team of investigative reporters, the Center for Investigative Reporting in Sarajevo has uncovered numerous corruption scandals and exposed crime and other abuses.