At the beginning of August, 31 years will have passed since the end of Operation Storm, the military-police operation known in Croatian as Oluja. More than three decades later, it remains one of the most sensitive and symbolically significant events in the collective memory of Croatia and Serbia, as well as across the broader post-Yugoslav...

Thirty years after the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, peace education is proving to be an ever greater necessity. Although formal education is not focused on this, non-governmental organisations, sometimes in collaboration with institutions, have long taken the initiative and realised that they will guide the next literate generations through social change. However, assuming there...

Bosnian law does not provide for a special procedure for the burial of persons convicted of genocide, crimes against humanity or war crimes. The remains are handed over to the family, as in any other case. However, it is at this point that the question arises – what happens when a grave ceases to be...

Zgjim Zyba's exhibition touches on the concepts of memory and manhood in war.

By Adelina Ahmeti



"I told myself: 'I have postponed confronting the truth for far too long, including what I witnessed 26 years ago.' I decided to visit the Jashari family compound. I arrived there, but I couldn't find the strength to get out of the car. I simply couldn't. Then I broke down and cried uncontrollably...