Nino Bilajac

Nino Bilajac was selected for the 2021 European Press Prize shortlist with ‘Vote selling network exposed by CIN reporters.’

Nino Bilajac, born on 30 June 1990 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, studied political science at the University of Sarajevo. During his journalist career Bilajac has worked in the broadcasting media. Currently, hi is working at the Center for Investigative Reporting in Sarajevo. He is closely following political, social and other important events, especially projects related to corruption and crime at the BiH government institutions and public companies. He produced some of the stories that gained most attention on the program after months of reporting. He works on the projects related to corruption and crime.

Mubarek Asani

Mubarek Asani was selected for the 2021 European Press Prize shortlist with ‘Vote selling network exposed by CIN reporters.’

Mubarek Asani is an investigative journalist, producer and the first VJ in the Balkans. Born on August 15, 1978 in Tetovo, North Macedonia, studied political science at the University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. In 2003, he was awarded an EU scholarship for a one-year journalism study, which he graduated as the most successful television journalist. He did a thesis on the rights of minorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, which he presented through a short documentary TV story “Confession of the Shadows”. After graduation he was invited to be a lecturer at the same journalism study course in Sarajevo. During his long career, Asani worked on the most difficult journalistic tasks such as those on drug trafficking, tobacco smuggling, terrorism, prostitution, judicial crime, election vote-trading, and illegal exploitation of natural resources. He has been working for the Center for investigative Reporting (CIN) since 2007.