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WHERE IS THIS SHIP HEADED?
Across the world there are widespread violations of law, morality, and international order. Russia invaded Ukraine and is seizing territories, Israel is occupying Gaza...
MY WAY OR NO WAY AT ALL
It is evident that the rise of violence and extremism, visible across the region and the world, is not being seriously examined by political...
THE MARCH OF THE PROHIBITIONISTS
According to a 2019 study by CIVICUS, an organization monitoring human rights implementation, 58.3% of the population in Europe and Central Asia live in...
WHO STILL REMEMBERS THEIR NAMES?
November 2025. Mostar. A woman runs down a street in the city. A man is chasing her with a gun in his hand. She...
POINTING A FINGER AT DIVERSITY
This week, around 50 young people dressed in black prevented youth from Novi Sad from performing in Split. They shouted hate messages and the...
FROM PROHIBITION TO FASTING
Croatia has decided to completely ban mobile phones in schools. It seems that almost everyone supports this prohibition, which will be voted on in...
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
HEROES
They won the battle that meant life to them in their childhood.
Today, they spend their free time volunteering at the Children's Clinic
in Skopje and...
BITTERNESS IN THE BALLOT BOX
Presidential and parliamentary elections were held in North Macedonia on May 8. The VMRO-DPMNE party is a convincing winner, returning to power after seven...
Serbia
FROM IMAGINATION TO POSSIBILITY
Despite mounting pressure from the student movement demanding early elections, Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić is steering the country further toward open autocracy. Erosion of...
WE ARE NOT SCARED: STUDENTS VS. VUCIC
Every day, Belgrade wakes to the sound of protest. Streets once alive with music and buzzing with movement now resonate with chants of defiance...
Monte Negro
ELZANA SUES THE STATE
Recently, news echoed across Montenegro and the region that a citizen of Pljevlja, Ms. Elzana Hrkovic, filed a lawsuit against the state for denial...
“A WOMAN SHOULD SHUT UP!”
Every third woman in Montenegro faces some form of violence during
her life. Three women have been killed by their husbands in the last three...
BiH
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...
FIVE MINUTES BEFORE OR AFTER MIDNIGHT?
"The future of the world and the nation lies in the hands of the youth" is a well-worn phrase that is often repeated. The...
Out of Borders
YOUTH FROM KOTOR 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 statistics...
YOUTH: THE CHANGES ARE NEEDED, BUT…
The pandemic affected many lives this past year. Thus, "PERSPECTIVE", like many others, could not travel where they wanted. However, we managed to get...
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
