18.2.2007
Workers who have put decades into jobs may never get to retire because of unpaid contributions to health insurance and pension funds. All they can do is keep on working for daily wages – and hoping things will change.
Đemal Memagić, the long-serving mayor of Olovo and a businessman, purchased an apartment in Poreč, Croatia, in 2021 for half a million BAM. He also included a car valued at BAM 412,000 in his asset declaration.
Đemal Memagić, a member of the Party of Democratic Action (SDA), has been the mayor of Olovo since 2012. It was already clear before the 2024 local elections that he would secure a fourth term, as he was the only candidate for the position.
In 2021, Memagić purchased an apartment in Poreč for just over half a million BAM. Along with his new property, in the asset declaration he submitted to the Central Election Commission of Bosnia and Herzegovina (CIKBiH) in 2024, he reported owning…
Workers who have put decades into jobs may never get to retire because of unpaid contributions to health insurance and pension funds. All they can do is keep on working for daily wages – and hoping things will change.
Struggling to remain competitive and profitable, textile and shoe-making factories skimp on salaries and pension contributions and workers don’t protest out of fear they could end up worse off.
A survey by the Center for Investigative Reporting found that unregistered black market workers see little point in complaining, and only hope for a change in the future.
The public waits too long and pays too much because of faulty bidding for roads, schools and other big projects.
Trying to get an easy payment plan stalls road construction in Konjic.
Bosnia is at the bottom of road contributions in Europe. What”s the reason: financing of bloated administration or lack of funds?
Nobody monitored federal main roads for one year because of administrative tangles. During that time, traffic inspectors in FBiH were administrators and not inspectors.
Auditors say that the government favors certain companies and fails to provide proper bid specifications which lead to missed deadlines and poor-quality road reconstruction.
Outdated and poorly maintained roads are big reasons for traffic accidents and fatalities, but BiH unlike Croatia and other European countries, has no strategy for improving and adding to its roads infrastructure.
Auditors suspicious of irregularities in road reconstructionAlthough third-best and one million KM more expensive than competitors, the state-owned construction company Sarajevoputevi still won a contract
All the government agencies that were involved in repairing Vilsonovo walkway had to do was meet once and cooperate on plans. Instead, small projects have become big projects with higher costs and long closures.
Workers who have put decades into jobs may never get to retire because of unpaid contributions to health insurance and pension funds. All they can do is keep on working for daily wages – and hoping things will change.
Struggling to remain competitive and profitable, textile and shoe-making factories skimp on salaries and pension contributions and workers don’t protest out of fear they could end up worse off.
A survey by the Center for Investigative Reporting found that unregistered black market workers see little point in complaining, and only hope for a change in the future.
The public waits too long and pays too much because of faulty bidding for roads, schools and other big projects.
Trying to get an easy payment plan stalls road construction in Konjic.
Bosnia is at the bottom of road contributions in Europe. What”s the reason: financing of bloated administration or lack of funds?
Nobody monitored federal main roads for one year because of administrative tangles. During that time, traffic inspectors in FBiH were administrators and not inspectors.
Auditors say that the government favors certain companies and fails to provide proper bid specifications which lead to missed deadlines and poor-quality road reconstruction.
Outdated and poorly maintained roads are big reasons for traffic accidents and fatalities, but BiH unlike Croatia and other European countries, has no strategy for improving and adding to its roads infrastructure.
Auditors suspicious of irregularities in road reconstructionAlthough third-best and one million KM more expensive than competitors, the state-owned construction company Sarajevoputevi still won a contract
All the government agencies that were involved in repairing Vilsonovo walkway had to do was meet once and cooperate on plans. Instead, small projects have become big projects with higher costs and long closures.
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