Husein "Bilal" Bosnic is the leader of the Salafi movement in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) and supports the Islamic State (IS), a witness testified Wednesday at his trial for allegedly recruiting BiH citizens to join IS fighters in Syria.
The OCCRP is partnering up with the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga (SSE Riga) Center for Media Studies to present the Journalism for Future Challenges program again this year.
Darius Valcov, the former finance minister of Romania, has admitted to prosecutors that he had accepted at least € 1.5 million (US$ 1.6 million) in bribes from several companies in 2012.
The man who accused Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and OCCRP journalist Khadija Ismayilova of driving him to attempt suicide has withdrawn his accusation, RFE/RL reports.
Aram Manukyan, an MP from the opposition Armenian National Movement (HAK) said that Armenia burns more atar (dried dung) for fuel than gas nowadays.
Armenia’s National Security Service will donate one of its Hyundai Elantra cars worth 6 million AMD (UD$12,650) to Artsakh’s National Security Service.
Armenia’s Founding Parliament (FP) reports that several of its members, recently detained and/or arrested, have been brought before the Investigative Committee for booking.