The Media and the Past that is not Passing
AUTHOR: TEOFIL PANČIĆ We cannot meaningfully speak about the media and the challenge of dealing with the past in Serbia before we answer a few key questions: Is the past even over? Is our present nothing more than our past, […]
Truth not spoken at the right time is worse than a lie
The transparency of institutions in Bitola is improving. Some even have spokespersons that hold press conferences, and most of the authorities answer reporters’ phone calls now. However, local journalists still struggle to obtain needed information quickly. As we are living […]
Media Reporting on the Past: Continuation of Conflict or Peace Building?
The media is the power to present the world in a certain way. And that is why there are so many different and conflicting ways in which the meaning of the world can be constructed. It is of elementary importance […]
Media As Society’s Alarm to Deal with the Past
AUTHOR: SARA VELAGA In Bosnia and Herzegovina, the first step towards building a better future is one which takes us back to the past. It is necessary for everyone to come back and confront the past events that have characterized […]
Challenging the Truth
At the beginning of 2015, I read a story on Balkan Insight about 170 Serbs, 90 from Kosovo, who were welcoming in another New Year at Krnjača, the last remaining collective centre for refugees in Serbia’s capital. During the wars […]
The Serbia Case: Tabloid Journalism and Dealing with the Past
AUTHOR: DINKO GRUHONJIC Reporting on topics related to Serbia’s wartime past has decreased in Serbia in recent years, including coverage of trials for war crimes and for victims of war crimes and their families. Since the mandate of the International […]
The Burden of Reporting on War Crimes in Kosovo
AUTHOR: SERBEZE HAXHIAJ It will be difficult to forget the image of a scared face and the testimonies shared with me by a Roma woman who was a victim of wartime and post-war sexual violence in Kosovo. During the war, […]