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LIE AND VIOLENCE AS A WAY OF GOVERNANCE
The President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, announced the "largest gathering in the history of Serbia" for Saturday, April 12. Hundreds of buses arrived at...
THE GODLY TO GOD, THE REST IS OURS
Over the past ten years, a frequent topic in PERSPEKTIVA has been religion, or more precisely, the manipulation of it. Young people often say...
THE YOUTH VS. POLITICIANS
The unprecedented protests against corruption in Serbia, alongside the months-long demands for institutions to do their job, reflect the deep distrust Serbian citizens have...
WOMEN AREN’T PROPERTY
Over the last few days, events or protests for women's rights have been held across the world. It is a sad fact that the...
THE CAPABLE PROTEST, THE OBEDIENT KEEP SILENT
One of the reasons students have been protesting in Serbia for months is the employment system. It’s a widespread issue, not only in Serbia,...
VERDICT MANIPULATION – DIVIDE AND RULE
The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina delivered the first-instance verdict in the criminal case against Milorad Dodik et al. on February 26, 2025. The...
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
ANOTHER AMENDMENT OF THE MACEDONIAN CONSTITUTION?
The Macedonian Constitution was amended in 2001 under the threat of conflict from ethnic Albanians in the country. It was changed again in 2019...
DO YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE REAL OPPORTUNITY?
About thirty young people from the cross-border region of North Macedonia and Serbia participated in the four-day informative and educational "Growth Bootcamp". Thematic areas...
Serbia
WHO ARE ĆACI (“BUPILS”) AND WHO ARE ĐACI (PUPILS)?
Youth-led protests have been ongoing in Serbia for the fourth month, addressing issues such as systemic abuses, corruption, and institutions failing to do their...
DOCUMENTATION OF THE CANOPY RATHER THAN A NOBEL PRIZE
As we await the resolution of current events in Serbia, with both the academic and fundamental future in question, I attempt to observe the...
Monte Negro
HATRED, HATRED AND MORE HATRED
Last week in Montenegro, another member of the LGBT population experienced violence, this time worse than ever before.
CHANGE SOCIETY BY CHANGING YOURSELF
What do you think when an American girl decides to live in Montenegro?
In this part of the world where everyone has a conspiracy theory,
they...
BiH
THEY KEEP ARGUING, THE STANDARD KEEPS FALLING
Bosnia and Herzegovina is undergoing yet another round of post-election drama and friction. Everyday nationalism and tensions are constantly on the rise, and the...
SREBRENICA: A HOUSE FOR ALL OF OUR CHILDREN
"Everyone thinks of Srebrenica as a ghost town. We are proving that that isn't true. That there are some of us who are looking at a better future" - says Haris, high school student from Srebrenica. Haris is a member of a choir and a guitar player in House of good sounds. Here is their story.
Out of Borders
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...
THEY CREATED PROBLEM AND ARE ALLEGEDLY SOLVING IT
Stories about the disintegration of BiH are re-emerging in the region, even among those in the international community. While they make secret agreements at...
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
