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One Year After the Collapse of the Railway Station Canopy in Novi Sad

The 1st November 2025 marks one year since the collapse of the canopy in Novi Sad. This tragic event claimed the lives of 16 persons and sparked the biggest protest movement in Serbia since the fall of the Milošević regime. For twelve months students and citizens have taken to the streets to ask for justice, protest corruption and demand structural […]

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When the world sleeps

UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese addresses Sarajevo on the 30th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide.

Marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day

To highlight the importance of preventing the Holocaust and mass atrocities, PCRC, Educators Institute for Human Rights, and forumZFD BiH held a conference in Sarajevo. The event, titled “Lessons from the Past for the Future,” marked the International Day of Remembrance of Holocaust Victims. The conference was opened by Naida Hota-Muminović, Minister of the Ministry of Education of Sarajevo Canton, […]

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Serbian government bans cultural festival “Mirëdita, Dobar Dan!”

The ban on the Serbian-Kosovan festival “Mirëdita, Dobar Dan!” is a serious setback for the efforts to promote dialog and mutual understanding in the region, forumZFD comments. Yesterday, just a few hours before the planned start, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Serbia banned the festival “Mirëdita, Dobar Dan!” (Albanian and Serbian for “Good day”) in Belgrade. A written order […]

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Conflict, Peace, and Democracy: Analyzing Bosnia and Lebanon’s Experiences

Nikola Vučić Published in Association Network for Building Peace As a visiting scholar in Beirut, Lebanon, in fall 2023, I often found myself enjoying discussions with various actors on the challenges of peacebuilding in this multi-confessional country – particularly in a city that was once known as the Paris of the Middle East. However, these conversations with representatives of different […]

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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What Did the Balkans Do to Protect Women After the Wars?

When women rule, peace lasts – this is what speakers at international conferences often say when talking about gender issues and peace. But in practice, neither women rule (given their low representation in politics), nor is peace lasting. We are witnesses to the constant outbreak of conflicts in different parts of the world, and in each of them the greatest […]

I do not wish to be reduced; I wish to find new words to better represent how I function so irregularly.

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The dream creates the memory

I do not wish to be reduced; I wish to find new words to better represent how I function so irregularly.

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From Streets to Skies: Building a Self-Organized City

The city is one of humanity’s greatest inventions. Not because it is dense, or efficient, or economically productive, but because it made collective life possible beyond mere survival. The city separated humans from constant exposure to hunger, animals, and weather; it organized water, shelter, infrastructure, and care. But more than that, it organized culture. It allowed encounters, disagreements, and solidarities. […]

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

Podcast

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.