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A FIFTH DIES AND THE GOVERNMENT INVESTS 20 TIMES LESS
North Macedonia is still at the top of the list of the most polluted countries in Europe and the world. Of the total of...
ELIZABETA HASANI: THE FIVE-YEAR-OLD WHO WAS KILLED TWICE IN KOSOVO
The photograph taken by photographer Tyler Hicks in March 1999 shows the murdered five-year-old Roma Elizabeta Hasani
March 1999 was the month. More specifically, during...
SOCCER FANS AS TOOLS AND VICTIMS
Someone once said that the war in former Yugoslavia started in football stadiums where chauvinism and hatred towards others were promoted. Citizens are intentionally...
THE CORRUPT CANNOT FIGHT CORRUPTION
An independent judiciary is one of the 14 key priorities for Bosnia and Herzegovina's accession to the European Union. Less independence means less trust....
THREE YOUNG WOMEN BREAK STEREOTYPES
In the world of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) young women are breaking out of traditional frameworks and successfully building their professional careers....
WHAT DOES THE CENSUS MEAN FOR YOUTH?
Young people in Montenegro are confronted with invisible challenges and changes. The census becomes crucial in revealing their migration trends and living conditions. They...
Themes
READ TO NEVER BE AT A LOSS FOR WORDS
With the advancement of smartphones, which are more and more common in the hands of all generations of society, books are slowly being forgotten,...
ALEKSANDRE, BELGRADE IS NOT AFRAID OF YOU
When can we truly say that a city is big? Does this bigness reflect in the number of people living in it, perhaps its...
“FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT IS AN ELEMENTARY RIGHT, NOT A NEW YEAR’S...
EU and Kosovo flags close to one another/ Illustration purposes/
On December 31st, Kosovo celebrated not only the arrival of the year 2024 but...
HISTORIOGRAPHY IN THE WESTERN BALKANS: HIGH ON MYTHS, LOW ON FACTS
The cover of the book of the same title, written by Barbara Jelavich used for illustration purposes only
How is history written in Kosovo? What...
NO MORE PROMISES, WE’VE HIT ROCK BOTTOM
2024 is an election year for North Macedonia. Macedonian citizens will vote in the spring for the 11th time in the parliamentary and the...
SILENCE ABOUT CRIME ENCOURAGES CRIME
Thirty years ago, in February 1993, a crime was committed in Strpci, Montenegro. The Army of Republika Srpska kidnapped 20 civilians from the train...
North Macedonia
A MESSAGE TO THE NEW RECTOR
The largest and oldest university in North Macedonia, "St. Cyril and Methodius" (UKIM) consists of 28 faculties and institutes with over 20 thousand students...
DIGITAL TEXTBOOKS – NO!
The digital revolution is changing the world and it cannot be stopped. However, there is one initiative in North Macedonia facing a strong resistance.
Serbia
CAN TERRORISM HAPPEN IN SERBIA?
Since the beginning of the millennium, the world has witnessed 67 terrorist attacks on civilians. In the last 15 years, there have been 55...
THE PHENOMENON OF „BRESKVICA“ – WHERE IS THE BEGINNING AND WHERE...
One of the verses by the young singer Anđela Ignjatović, also known as Breskvica, in her newly released song "Gnezdo orlovo" (Eagle's Nest), goes...
Monte Negro
WHAT IS OUR “RACISM”?
https://vimeo.com/429435224
Protests in the United States over racial discrimination are being followed around the world and in the region. However, some say, that luckily, we...
CAN ALTRUISM BECOME CONTAGIOUS?
https://vimeo.com/449808308
At the time of the pandemic, there were hundreds of young volunteers helping the elderly. Luka Kis is only one of them. He comes...
BiH
To stand up and brake out
Description: "It's in our culture to treat people with disabilities like they should be in a some sort of bubble, to be given everything...
AN IRON HAND AND AN IRON WILL
Hasan Gvozden was born without his left fist, but he didn't let that stop him from doing anything. Even as a child, he drove...
Out of Borders
LEGISLATIONS BETTER THAN HUMANS part II
In the Balkans, and in Montenegro, attitudes about the rights of the LGBT population are slowly moving towards European standards. The legislation is more...
YOUTH FROM HERCEG NOVI ABOUT SELECTIVE ABORTIONS
Selective abortion is the practice of choosing to have an abortion if one is carrying a girl. Publicly, no one supports such justification, but...
MODERATORS
“Great crew is working on the Perspective project. I think they chose well when it comes to topics and questions, topics that are either muted, or false answers are offered. Perspective is showing the true state of mind of young people in the region. The young are frightened. They are enraged because they want to be different, but their environment is condemns different.”
Edo Maajka
