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Investigative stories
As government officials keep telling the public about millions of euros being invested in the construction of the EXPO, the stories of some foreign workers reveal a bleaker reality. Through testimonies of those who worked on this national project’s construction site, as well as inspection records and court proceedings, CINS uncovers how some foreign workers become victims of undeclared work.
Near the National Assembly and tent settlement known as “Ćacilend,” at least 35 attacks on journalists have been recorded since March 2025, according to data from the Independent Journalists’ Association of Serbia. Eleven of these cases have reached the prosecutor’s office. CINS analyzed these incidents and managed to identify some of the attackers – people whose identities had not previously been known to the public.
Đorđe Prelić, one of the former leaders of Partizan’s ultras group Alcatraz, convicted for the murder of French fan Brice Taton, was hired for work on the EXPO project, CINS can reveal.
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The Misdemeanor Court in Belgrade has acquitted the Belgrade branch of the company Power China International Group Limited of charges that it hired four Chinese workers without work permits for the construction of the National Football Stadium in Surčin, CINS learns.
In the last local elections in Negotin, Mionica, and Sečanj, held on November 30 last year, the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) spent a total of around 12 million RSD on its election campaigns.
Urban planners, architects, and legal experts have been warning for weeks about a series of irregularities surrounding the entire General Staff (Generalstab) case. Together with interlocutors, CINS summarizes the contentious decisions and inconsistencies.
At this year’s Journalism Award for Tolerance ceremony, the Commissioner for the Protection of Equality presented first prize to the Center for Investigative Journalism of Serbia (CINS) for its series of articles on obstetric violence in Serbia.
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CINS journalists analyzed how many medical doctors there are in each district in Serbia, and what salaries prevail in healthcare and social work. We also looked at how the situation has changed since the COVID-19 pandemic.
More than 750 MPs have passed through the National Assembly in the past ten years. CINS analyzed who they are – how many were Female MPs, what is the parliament’s age structure, and which parts of Serbia the decision-makers come from.
International Women’s Day – 8 March – is an occasion to discuss whether men and women in Serbia are equal – and to what extent. According to data, men are more likely to hold leadership positions and earn more.
The quality of air in Serbia has been the subject of discussion for years, and it is no secret that the country is the worst in Europe in terms of premature pollution-related deaths. Recent satellite data accessed by Deutsche Welle in cooperation with the European Data Journalism Network is revealing.
