After we published an article today about the operations of SNS’s call center and possible vote buying, the Belgrade Higher Public Prosecutor’s Office is passing the buck to the Republic Electoral Commission (RIK) and the City Electoral Commission (GIK).

Following CINS’s article on the work of SNS’s call center, Nemanja Nenadić from Transparency Serbia says that it contains enough data and evidence that point to various criminal offenses.

CINS journalists Teodora Ćurčić and Jovana Tomić have won the Annual Tolerance Award presented by the Commissioner for the Protection of Equality on the occasion of the International Day for Tolerance.

This year’s jury of the European Union (EU) Investigative Journalism Awards in the Western Balkans and Turkey awarded CINS journalists with two awards. The database and series of texts on the financing of political organizations in Serbia won second prize, while third place went to the series of texts “The Roads of Serbian Weapons”, written in cooperation with BIRN.

Serbian Progressive Party supporters came to the May 26 rally by buses, minibuses, cars, and even trains. Vehicles owned by public institutions were also used for transportation, CINS has uncovered.

The Center for Investigative Journalism of Serbia is expanding its team and is looking for an editor for community relations (position name in English: Engagement editor).

Investigative journalists are engaged in uncovering important facts that someone wants to cover up, often pitting them against the will of powerful social groups, which is why investigative journalism is the riskiest form of journalism.

What did the state bought during the pandemic, from whom, and for how much money? These questions remain unanswered to this day, even though government representatives announced that they would be fully transparent. CINS has uncovered a contract worth 64 million EUR, which shows how the deals were concluded and how the Government disregarded the Law on Public Procurement.

The Hungarian pro-government press is making extremely serious accusations (betrayal of the nation, working for foreign orders, attacking minority Hungarians in the neighboring countries, and carrying a national security risk for Hungary) against investigative journalism outlet Átlátszó, based in Budapest, Hungary.Átlátszó came under attack because of their role in the “Hungarian Money” (hungarianmoney.eu) cross-border investigative […]