While some economic analysts and politicians, led by precise data, warn that Serbia is increasingly moving towards debt entrapment by China, and the entity Republika Srpska obviously wants to follow that path, the authorities seem to be unbothered. Perhaps that is the cost of the increasingly touted “steel friendship” between the Serbian and Chinese people…

It's been over ten years since the start of the Russo-Ukrainian war, and two and a half years since the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine. The lives of young people in Ukraine have changed significantly. Recently, a group of young Ukrainians visited Sarajevo, and two of them, who live and work in Kyiv, spoke with Žurnal journalists about the current situation in Ukraine, how the war has changed their lives, its impact on society, and especially on young people...

Is there any influence by Iran on the events in BiH? It is negligible for some, while others refer to the secret influence, which is done by indoctrination of individuals from different spheres of political and social life in BiH.

Is there any influence by Iran on the events in BiH? It is negligible for some, while others refer to the secret influence, which is done by indoctrination of individuals from different spheres of political and social life in BiH.

Construction on Trebević is moving forward quickly. Even buildings without proper permits are being constructed without any obstacles.

In a bid to evade American sanctions, at least when it comes to blocked accounts of officials and companies in Republika Srpska, Milorad Dodik envisions a "bank that will handle internal payment transactions" as salvation. The establishment of a new bank for the needs of sanctioned entities was announced last year by Dodik and Radovan Višković. Republika Srpska already had its own bank, which barely operated for four years before going bankrupt.

In trouble now could easily find themselves "Kaldera Company", "GP Krajina" owned by tycoon Borko Đurić, "Grand Trade" of Dodik's godfather and convicted criminal Mile Radišić, "Niskogradnja" of tycoon Ljubomir Ćubić, "Red Box Media", "Prointer ITSS" from Banja Luka, "Prointer ITSS" from Sarajevo, "Infinity ADS", "Infinity International Group", "Sirius 2010", marketing agency "Euphoria", department store "Boska", "Alpha Security", "Delta Real Estate", restaurant "Agape", "Agro destil", "Eco Group", "DL Plakat", "Interkont komerc", Basketball Club Igokea, "Integral Engineering" owned by the Stanković family, "Alternativna televizija", "A Media", "EP Mobile", "Infinity Media", "Una World Network", and many others.

Vladimir Putin, the "people's candidate", once again the president of the Russian Federation He previously eliminated serious opponents in various ways. Aleksandar Vučić and Milorad Dodik are happy with the election results, knowing that with Putin's victory they can continue to manipulate their voter base. And precisely at the moment when that base realizes that their faithful following does not contribute to the quality of life, on the contrary, it will be their political end.

In their analysis of China’s influence in the region, the Konrad Adenauer Foundation and Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies underline that the strengthening of China’s influence in the Western Balkan countries is causing increasingly greater headaches for the European Union, and they warn that the growing influence of China in the countries of the Western Balkans is actually distancing these countries from the EU membership. At the same time, the president of the BiH entity Republika Srpska Milorad Dodik, who is declaratory in favor of BiH’s European path, evaluates the cooperation with the Chinese as “good”, stressing that he is “completely convinced that it will be continued”.

The report states that the mayor of the Municipality of Kiseljak has "established partnership connections" with the companies Bar-Floor and Ceste Company, thereby enabling the acquisition of financial resources, such as the illegal exploitation of river sand and gravel during the execution of works in the Municipality of Kiseljak. These materials are transported from the Sports and Recreation Zone (a project of the Municipality of Kiseljak) to other locations.

It is not only domestic stakeholders who are writing to the local judicial institutions. A petition was submitted to the Municipal Court of Travnik seeking determination of a temporary measure to prohibit the disposal of funds and to identify the assets due to the suspicion of embezzlement, fraud and money laundering in the process of purchasing Vitezit

Forty years after the Winter Olympic Games, the venues of competitions, the mountains near Sarajevo, Trebević, Bjelašnica, Jahorina, and Igman have become venues of fast-paced construction of tourist resorts, hotels and apartments. The forest is being cleared for construction of private buildings, apartments and hotels, with questionable validity of the permits issued by the municipalities. The origin of the money that is being used for what some are already calling ecocide and urbicide is a mystery for some investors.

Minister of Energy and Mining of RS, Petar Đokić, recently deemed the demands of Chinese companies, which submitted bids for the construction of the Buk Bijela hydroelectric power plant, as unfair, particularly regarding responses related to disputes before the Constitutional Court of BiH and UNESCO. However, such a move is expected, as the business logic of the Chinese mostly involves seeking state property with "clean" documents as collateral. Journal's interlocutors analyze the Chinese interest in BiH and the region, whether China is a political actor in these areas, why corrosive Chinese capital is controversial, and how opacity creates a certain level of suspicion and mistrust.

For over a year, the citizens of Kakanj have been warning that due to mining activities in Vareš, the Municipality of Kakanj will be left without drinking water. The concern of the citizens is even greater because they learned about the presence of heavy metals in the water not from the relevant institutions but through social media

At the beginning of 2024, absolute freedom has acquired something akin to an official slogan - "the symbol of freedom." It has actually been so all these years only for those who unquestionably accepted and still accept the orders of the prime minister, the president, a member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Daddy Milorad Dodik. In the heart of Europe, in the 21st century, absolute freedom absolutely does not exist for, for example, other citizens.

While standing in front of the citizens, talking about the new face of the city and announcing a decade of construction, Mayor Draško Stanivuković forgot to mention that he didn't obtain the necessary building permits before starting the works. He does it casually, while the construction is well underway. The Journal didn't receive a response regarding whether citizens can do the same.

In 2018, the OSCE Mission in BiH warned about poorly crafted indictments and their hasty confirmation, with Damjan Ožegović noting that nothing has changed since then. A former employee of SIPA claims that prosecutors handle public funds without any authorization. The Chief Prosecutor of the Prosecutor's Office of Sarajevo Canton, Sabina Sarajlija, emphasizes the importance of the quality of indictments, and the significant role of pre-trial judges, and acknowledges that in individual cases, we can discuss certain shortcomings on the part of prosecutors.

Residents of several villages near Tušnica in Livno are concerned about the concession granted for the exploration and exploitation of mineral resources, fearing the loss of drinking water. While the residents fight to preserve their water sources, authorities in Livno turn a blind eye to the report of the Government of Canton 10's working body, which explicitly lists all the shortcomings from the initial exploration permit in 2006 to the first concession in 2012, and its transfer to another company in 2018.

An apparent challenge for Dodik and those around him is the lack of support among the people in Republika Srpska, unlike what they had, for example, in 2006 when Dodik rose to political heights, replacing the rhetoric of a moderate social democrat with a radical nationalist narrative. Since then, Dodik's policies have not brought anything good to the citizens of Republika Srpska.