Photo: Media Center Belgrade In March 2020, when the President of Serbia declared a state of emergency and, listing various “difficult moments for our country”, mentioned Srebrenica, it wasn’t really clear what an act of genocide committed 25 years ago has to do with the coronavirus pandemic. The truth is – there is nothing connecting the two events. Actually, the […]

Twenty years has passed since the siege of Dubrovnik, which lasted from October 1, 1991 to the last days of June in 1992. One of the most beautiful cities, and not just in the region, was shelled by the ex-Yugoslavian Army and Montenegrin reserve forces. While monuments were being demolished, houses burned, and people killed, the assault on Dubrovnik was […]

Photo: BIRN For quite some time, the “economic normalization” between Serbia and Kosovo has been one of the crucial topics for the Serbian public. This has particularly been the case in the last three weeks, ever since the meeting in the White House and the signing of those documents. Even more than the general public, notable experts have combed through […]

The year 1992 in Bosnia and Herzegovina… One gets up and sees that everything that one has known, all ideals, dreams, love and hopes are disappearing. One feels something evil in the air, in people around one. And one would prefer to run away, but cannot, because one is not a person to run, but rather a person to fight. […]

Picture: Oštra Nula Every May 09, we have been celebrating the day of victory over fascism in our region for 75 years, but also throughout the world, or this is what we naively believe it to be. When democratic systems are facing a crisis, nationalism becomes extreme, and historical revisionism becomes the key tool in the hands of those who […]

It seemed to me that after 30 and a few years of journalistic practice, nothing could astonish me, but wow! When I visited Banja Luka’s Correctional Institution, better known as the Tunjice Prison. The head of the department responsible for educational work with prisoners took me to the workshop in which Christian prisoners, in a Christian way, make icons in […]

Regarding the publication Naming War Crimes by their Real Name Legal regulation of the prohibition of denial, minimizing, justification or approval of genocide, Holocaust, crimes against humanity or war crimes Almost twenty-five years after the signing of the Dayton Peace Agreement, Bosnia and Herzegovina is still perceived as a country in transition. In addition, it should also be emphasized that […]

Photo: www.dnevnikdianebudisavljevic Director Dana Budisavljević, on human kindness, crimes, the female perspective and common country, on the occasion of the Belgrade premiere of her film “Dnevnik Diane Budisavljević” (Diary of Diana Budisavljević). The screening of the film, opening in Belgrade as part of the festival “Slobodna Zona”, is sold out. Another screening is scheduled, and attracting a lot of interest. […]

‘I am sorry I did not get the chance to ask Caco: ‘Why did you do it, Caco, my son? Why did you do it to the man who loved you? Why did you do it to the man who neither wanted nor could hurt you”, said Momčilo Šalipur, the father of killed Predrag, who was killed. Author: Edvin Kanka […]

Politicians still largely (ab)use the word ”peace”, and even more frequently the word ”war” in the public space on a daily basis. Both of these words appear in the media as part of the coverage of topics related to victims of war, disabled war veterans, reports on persons who were killed or wounded by a mine in the remaining mine […]

The past defines the present that we live in Our country is trapped, we have no understanding of democracy, our society is poisoned, our educational system is degraded, our legal system is inefficient, our minorities are discriminated, and the media is under constant attack. As I sit and read the news about events which occupy the public’s attention, I can’t […]