Azem Kurtić

Bosnia correspondent @BalkanInsight | @BIRN_BTJ | @BIRN_Network |

[Azem Kurtić @AzemKurtic]

Check my latest investigation on how an appetite for a special shell is destroying Bosnia's precious 22 kilometers of sea coast.

https://t.co/8rFBt1xJyV

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Natasa Miljanovic Zubac links her detention to publishing fresh information on alleged corruption in Bosnia's police and judiciary, saying: 'I believe the system is taking it out on me.'

Read more: https://t.co/6nBW3o4vqi

[BIRN @BIRN_Network]

🤗 We had a great time during the @RadioActiveZe visit to our @BIRN_BiH office, which was part of their regular mentorship activities within the #WBMediaForChange project.
📻 This radio empowers young people through workshops and practical media skills: https://t.co/06rG2GawOx

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Milorad Dodik’s party triumphed in Bosnia’s Serb-dominated Republika Srpska entity in the recent local elections, once again showing that no amount of Western sanctions or court cases can threaten his support base.

Read more: https://t.co/90vnZinDmt

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Bosnian police have arrested five youngsters in Sarajevo suspected of sending dozens of hoax bomb threats, which have disrupted schools, courts, and shopping malls and inflicted significant public costs.

Read more: https://t.co/hgIfVoASVg

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BIRN details the creation of a shadowy, heavily-armed and potentially illegal police unit at the exclusive, 24-hour beck and call of the man who led Bosnia’s border police for nine years and is now a fugitive from arrest.

Read our investigation: https://t.co/HIgkxZTX8v

[Katarina Baletić @cokikica]

Krimi priča iz policije! Bravo @AzemKurtic 👏

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Imagine having a group of trained operatives carrying military-grade weapons at your constant disposal. Former director of Bosnia’s Border Police had one, handpicking them from the biggest police agency in the country. Go read the investigation.

https://t.co/8qe5a1Y46Z

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Edin Gacanin, alias ‘Tito’, has been convicted of trafficking a huge shipment of cocaine from South America to Europe. BIRN looks at his rise from child refugee during the Bosnian war to a life of luxury in Dubai, via Peru and Colombia.

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https://t.co/8oFOCNDQWm

[Hamdi Fırat Büyük @HFiratBuyuk]

Read our @AzemKurtic's piece on Bosnia's hardcore football fans.

Names of some of those tell a lot:

Manijaci, Maniacs
Horde Zla, Hordes of the Evil
Crvena Armija, Red Army
Lesinari, Vultures
Robijasi, Convicts

https://t.co/gZt1m8I1En

[Azem Kurtić @AzemKurtic]

Besides their right-wing politics, Milorad Dodik and Donald Trump have something else in common: legal issues.

And when it comes to mounting a defence, both draw from similar playbooks.

@KurtBassuener thanks for insights.
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When a Bosnian Serb artillery attack hit Sarajevo’s Markale market 30 years ago, killing 68 people, two women journalists were among the first on the scene. The carnage they witnessed has marked their lives ever since.

Read more 👉 https://t.co/6l5ZjS0LEm

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Set a reminder to join us and @freedomonthenet tomorrow at 19 CET to discuss #DigitalRights in the Balkans.

With @AzemKurtic, @ivonezy, @obefintlig, @tyanyia

Moderators: @HFiratBuyuk, @Cathryn_Grothe

@freedomhouse
@ResourceDesk
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https://t.co/GwHspdJQTl

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Digital rights violation are increasing globally and in the Balkans. In our recently published report, we analysed in-depth 2023 trends and threats.

Join our Space, co-hosted by @freedomonthenet, to discuss with us online safety and risks.
https://t.co/Pme2z7VYwN

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🎥| In a wide-ranging interview with BIRN, Christian Schmidt defended his interventionist approach to the role of @OHR_BiH and warned that the possibility of removing #BosnianSerb leader Milorad Dodik remains “on the table”.

https://t.co/swZa006RV9

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💬 “I am not a diplomat; I am a politician,” Christian Schmidt, former cabinet minister and #Bundestag lawmaker told us in his Sarajevo office at @OHR_BiH

” I have to be sometimes very outspoken in my decisions.”

Our interview with #Bosnia's overseer 👇
https://t.co/swZa007pKH

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🔴 Reacting to #BIRN's interview with HR Christian Schmidt, president of #RepublikaSrpska, Milorad Dodik, wrote that he does not "interpret the #DaytonAgreement", but simply read it.

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[Eleni Stamatoukou @AhEleni]

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Schmidt has since drawn criticism from both Republika Srpska and the central state, having intervened nine times to change electoral rules, suspend laws, rewrite the criminal code and amend the constitution of the Federation entity. https://t.co/TXAJYYpx5b

[Azem Kurtić @AzemKurtic]

Christian Schmidt knows he ruffles feathers.

Two years into his mandate, Schmidt knows the biggest test is probably still to come if he is to stop Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik from chipping away at the Bosnian state until it collapses.

https://t.co/PgcxMWEogP

[Azem Kurtić @AzemKurtic]

Ranting against the presence of foreign judges on Bosnia’s Constitutional Court, Dodik has disregarded its rulings, something Schmidt described as “incredible”.
He likened his first two very active years in office to “a training phase for Mr Dodik”.

https://t.co/DLxVjB0vxz