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BE SMART OR BE “STRONG”?
Last week, a 19-year-old young man entered a school in Zagreb and stabbed several children, killing one of them. The perpetrator was known to...
PARTITOCRACY
It started in Novi Sad and spread to the University of Belgrade, with students from the Fifth Belgrade High School now joining the protest....
OUR CHILDREN ARE LECTURING US
Protests in Serbia have been ongoing for an extended period, with demands for accountability regarding the tragedy at the Novi Sad railway station. The...
SOCIAL NETWORKS BANNED
At the end of last week, on November 28, the Australian parliament passed a law banning individuals under the age of 16 from using...
THE WORLD DOES (NOT) RESTS ON THE YOUNG
“The world rests on the young.” This is the message sent to youth by politicians. “Don’t be passive” is another message young people hear....
ARE WE REALLY SO BAD?
At the end of last week, the Minister of Health and two other people were arrested in Croatia. The reasons were bribery and abuse...
Themes
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
YOUNG PEOPLE LOVE THEIR COUNTRY, BUT DOES THEIR COUNTRY LOVE THEM?
In the world, the quality of life is determined based on several parameters. North Macedonia has a low purchasing power index, as for safety...
WITHOUT ECO MUNICIPALITIES THERE IS NO US
Polluted rivers, lack of parks and bike paths, dirty streets, that's roughly the picture of Macedonian municipalities. The bright light in all that darkness...
Serbia
YOUTH ON THE STREETS OF SERBIA
There is a joke that goes like this: a wife unexpectedly comes home and finds her husband in bed with another woman. The lady...
TRUMP AND US
Since the election of Donald Trump as the new president of the United States, media outlets around the world have been analyzing what his...
Monte Negro
SMALL PROBLEM SOLVED, MUCH BIGGER HAS NOT
One month ago, on November 24th, professors and students of the Faculty of Montenegrin Language and Literature (FCJK) protested in Cetinje because the Montenegrin...
HE CAN, BUT DOES NOT WANT TO
People who have an impact on society with their attitudes have long been recognized in the media scenery. Because they have many followers on...
BiH
“I’M A SKATER AND A CRAFTSMAN”
Sulejman from Sarajevo found his freedom as a skater and owner of a crafts shop, and his happiness in unusual mix of traditional and...
THE SCREAM IS LOUD BUT NO ONE HEARS IT
The Youth Theater "Chesta" continues to work on introducing cultural changes in its community. This time they presented a new play "STAY OR LEAVE"...
Out of Borders
THEY LEAVE AND THE STATE DOESN’T CARE
Three youth organizations surveyed 355 young people aged 15 to 30 years in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The lack of opportunities to get a job,...
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. ...
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
