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How the diaspora might heal the past

For every new school year in Vienna, my parents were obligated to fill out a basic form with their contact details. For every year, my mother would put down Foča as her birthplace and it would take me almost 19 years to understand what that meant.

Growing up in Austria, I had few contact points with...

The Poisoned Waters of Gospić’s Past and Future

Every time we utter the names My Lai, Oradour-sur-Glane, Sabra and Shatila, Lipa, Škabrnja or Ahmići, we shudder and stop short in horror. These places belong to an all-too-long list of villages that would probably have remained unknown had almost unimaginable crimes not been committed there against their inhabitants. Sadly, three small villages in the...

A time before the war

I was sixteen, and I thought I was fearless. It would take me years to understand there was nothing fearless about me.

All that could have been

Surviving a war isn’t like pressing pause on life and then resuming once it is over. War changes everything.

A list of uncountable things

There is the time before September 1991, in which I lived, and the time after that September, in which I have been dying.

Call for Blogs: The Internationals

For the past three decades, foreigners working in embassies, international civilian and military missions, and NGOs — known in Kosovo simply as “the internationals” — have had a significant impact on Kosovo’s statebuilding, economy, and, perhaps most importantly, some of the most sensitive questions of transitional justice. While they have been praised for bringing international expertise and resources across a […]

Pro Peace condemns the attack on Vladimir Arsenijević and stands in solidarity with KROKODIL

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Pro Peace condemns the attack on Vladimir Arsenijević and stands in solidarity with KROKODIL

Pro Peace strongly condemns the violent attack on acclaimed writer and KROKODIL Program Director Vladimir Arsenijević, as well as the threats, intimidation and desecration of the site intended for the peaceful commemoration of the victims of the Srebrenica genocide in Belgrade on 11 July 2026. Due to serious security concerns, the commemoration organised by the People Remember People/Ljude Pamte Ljude […]

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Call for Blogs: Stories of Unfinishedness

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DwP Column

DwP Column is a new media product of online platform about dealing with the past www.dwp-balkan.org. DwP Column is regional online platform for constructive reflection on the topics related to dealing with the past for the purpose of strengthening constructive and open approach on the regional level. By using Column tool we want to promote constructive online discourse related to current topics in the field of dealing with the past.

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How the diaspora might heal the past

For every new school year in Vienna, my parents were obligated to fill out a basic form with their contact details. For every year, my mother would put down Foča as her birthplace and it would take me almost 19 years to understand what that meant. Growing up in Austria, I had few contact points with my Bosnian heritage or […]

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The Poisoned Waters of Gospić’s Past and Future

I was sixteen, and I thought I was fearless. It would take me years to understand there was nothing fearless about me.

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A time before the war

I was sixteen, and I thought I was fearless. It would take me years to understand there was nothing fearless about me.

Balkan Perspectives

Balkan.Perspectives is a regional magazine focused on dealing with the past (DwP) in the western Balkans. Produced by forumZFD in four (4) languages, this is a collaborative effort between Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, North Macedonia and Serbia. The magazine provides a platform for local actors to support conflict-sensitive discourse on issues related to the recent past. By offering a plurality of perspectives on DwP topics from across the region, the magazine aims to challenge stereotypes and ethno-centric narratives, encourage critical thinking and wider debate, and strengthen constructive approaches to dealing with the recent past.

01/2025

ISSUE 25

Films and Dealing with the Past

07/2024

ISSUE 24

Road to reconciliation: Dealing with the Past in the Western Balkans

06/2023

ISSUE 23

Pop Culture and Dealing with the Past in the Western Balkans

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The Balkan Perspectives podcast is forumZFD’s audio format on Dealing with the Past and Peace Education in the Western Balkans. The podcast is produced in four languages (Albanian, BHCS, Macedonian and English) by the forumZFD offices in Bosnia and Hercegovina, Kosovo, North Macedonia, and Serbia.