Al Jazeera Balkans
Source Passport
BA-M-00001-7
Issued and maintained by MJRC
- Legal name
- Not disclosed
- Country
- Bosnia & Herzegovina
- Type
- Television
- Founded
- 2011
- Editor-in-chief
- Not disclosed
- Claim
- Not claimed by the organisation
- Last verified
- 23 October 2026
2 of 6 layers verified
Transparency
Not yet disclosed
1 of 7 key disclosures on record, 1 of them checked by our researchers.
- Legal name and registration number not disclosed
- Owners with influence not disclosed
- Beneficial owners (the people behind the companies) not disclosed
- State or public-body ownership stated not disclosed
- State advertising or revenue mix not disclosed
- Public contact address not disclosed
- Official websites and accounts verified
- Owners not disclosed
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Who is it?
Origin
Partly verified
- Brand names Pending check
- Al Jazeera Balkans
- AJB
- Company registration number
- Not disclosed
- Registered address
- Not disclosed
- Public contact email
- Not disclosed
Who stands behind it?
Control
Verified
- Owners with influence
- Not disclosed
- Beneficial owners
- Not disclosed
- State or public-body ownership
- Not disclosed
- Parent group Verified
- Al Jazeera Media Network, Doha (Qatar)
3 sources
- Al Jazeera, 'Al Jazeera launches Balkans channel', 11 Nov 2011, read 2026-10-19 (AJB set up by the Qatar-based Al Jazeera network; site lists Al Jazeera Balkans under 'Our Channels')
- Al Jazeera Media Network leadership profile 'Edhem Fočo', read 2026-10-19 (Director of Al Jazeera Network d.o.o. Sarajevo; one of the founders of Al Jazeera Balkans)
- CompanyWall Business (companywall.ba; data from the BiH court business registers, APIF and FIA), '"AL JAZEERA NETWORK" d.o.o. Sarajevo', read 2026-10-19 (sole owner Al Jazeera Media Network, Doha, Qatar; director Fočo Edhem)
Who pays?
Money
Nothing disclosed
- State advertising and foreign public funding
- Not disclosed
- Revenue mix
- Not disclosed
- Named funders
- Not disclosed
Where does it appear?
Channels
Verified
- Official websites Verified
- Official social accounts
- Not disclosed
How does it travel?
Distribution
Nothing disclosed
- Distribution partners
- Not disclosed
Who is connected?
Networks
Nothing disclosed
- Sister outlets in the same group
- Not disclosed
- Documented public-office or party roles
- Not disclosed
Change history
| Version | Date | What changed |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | 24 October 2026 | Updated from research database (Origin, Control) |
| 2 | 20 October 2026 | Updated from research database (Origin, Control) |
| 1 | 13 October 2026 | First published |
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