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LEARNED HELPLESSNESS OF YOUTH IN B&H
Although student and citizen protests in Serbia are rarer this year than last, their movement is preparing for the inevitable elections. All polls show...
FEAR THAT THERE WILL NOT BE A CHANGE
According to Eurostat, the European Union's statistical office, 24% of young people in the EU aged 16 to 29 were engaged in politics or...
WHO WILL CONTROL WHOM?
Last week, news broke that Norway was introducing an almost complete ban on the use of artificial intelligence for primary school students, while limiting...
EITHER BAN EVERYTHING OR LEAVE IT ALONE
A few days ago, England joined the growing list of countries that have banned children under the age of 16 from using social media....
TWO LIVES EVERY DAY
In Graz, Austria, 14% of the population are citizens who came from European Union countries, while another 15% arrived from elsewhere. In other words,...
SAVAGE VALUES RULE IN THE WILD
The world we live in today is not only a world of wars, although there are currently around 130 armed conflicts across the globe....
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MY MOTIVE IS INJUSTICE
The 11th parliamentary elections will be held in North Macedonia on May 8th when 123 representatives will be elected according to the proportional representation...
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...
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....
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...
North Macedonia
VALERIA, THE WAR HAS BEGUN
More than five million people have fled Ukraine since the start of the Russian invasion. This is the story of Valeria Sobol, Tatiana Mashkovskaya...
HATE IS A CONSEQUENCE OF IGNORANCE
In these times of ethnic tension, poverty, corruption, with aggressive talk from politicians that have dominated the Western Balkans for 30 years, tolerance towards...
Serbia
“A NEW WORLD” IN NOVI PAZAR
The 15th anniversary edition of the Mikser Festival was held outside Belgrade for the first time. This year, the host was Novi Pazar, a...
WHEN THE LECTURE HALL BECOMES YOUR BEDROOM
After students in Belgrade occupied their faculties and moved into the university buildings, they faced the challenges of communal living as people experiencing life...
Monte Negro
IVA SAYS ME FIRST, YOU SECOND, THEN THIRD, TENTH…
Iva Korovic from Montenegro is 21 years old and has been abroad several times during her education, and is currently at the Faculty of...
IF YOU HAVE IT – LEAVE IT, IF YOU DO NOT...
One day, unique and unusual boards with the message "If you have it – leave it, if you do not – take it" appeared...
BiH
GIVING IS RECEIVING
As a result of the biggest migrant wave in Europe since WWII, thousands of people have moved through the Balkan countries, including Bosnia and...
ALONE AGAINST ALL
Isidora Brankovic is an interdisciplinary artist from Banjaluka. She is the founder of the Vagon Gallery and a doctoral student in new media. Her...
Out of Borders
LEGISLATIONS BETTER THAN HUMANS
In the Balkans, and in Montenegro, attitudes about the rights of the LGBT population are slowly moving towards European standards. The legislation is more moderate than reality. ...
“PERSPECTIVE” GUESTS ABOUT SOCIETY – part I
The pandemic affected many lives this past year. Thus, "PERSPECTIVE", like many others, could not travel where they wanted. That is why the prime...
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
