BETWEEN DENIAL AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: Who and what does the Kazani memorial serve?
Dealing with the past
Kruševo Republic of Tears and Laughter: 45th Basic Training in Peacebuilding
The Basic Training in Peacebuilding, its 45th edition, was held in Kruševo, in the south of North Macedonia from 6 to 16 October 2023.
Second edition of the study “On the Trail of the Danube Swabians in Vojvodina”
We published the second expanded edition of On the Trail of the Danube Swabians in Vojvodina in German in 2023
The Green Grass Covers the Past
We visited Gospić, Divoselo, Počitelj and Medak, and the few people still living in the villages
War Veterans and Peace Activists at the Commemoration in Rogatica: Victims welcome all support
Invited by the “Suza” Association of Families and Friends of Missing Persons from Rogatica, a mixed group of war veterans and peace activists from the region attended the commemoration to mark 31 years since the start of persecution of non-Serbs in the Rogatica area
Commemoration for Killed Children Not Focused on Killed Children
Nedžad Novalić, member of the CNA team, in a text published by the ResPublica portal writes about the commemoration for killed children in Sarajevo
The collection of short stories from the Biber 05 regional contest has been published
The fifth Biber Contest ran from 10 December 2021 to 1 June 2022. A total of 473 stories were entered anonymously. Twenty stories selected for the collection were chosen by the jury made up of: Lejla Kalamujić, Kalina Maleska and Olja Savičević Ivančević.
Prison Camp Survivors and Peace Activists Visit Sites of Detention Together and Issue a Public Appeal
Together with prison camp survivors, supported by peace activists, reporters and war veterans the Centre for Nonviolent Action organised a joint visit to mark four silos that were used as sites of detention in the area of Tarčin near Hadžići, Kaćuni near Busovača, and in Žepče and Derventa
Documentation: The Present of Our Past
The Present of Our Past study trip included visits to marked and unmarked sites of suffering in the wider Jasenovac and Novska area in Croatia, as well as Donja Gradina, Kozara, Prijedor and Sanski Most in Bosnia and Herzegovina
The present of our past
The study trip included visits to marked and unmarked sites of suffering related to the Second World War and the wars of the 1990s in the wider Jasenovac and Novska area in Croatia, and that of Donja Gradina, Kozara, Prijedor and Sanski Most in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Three Decades since the Crime in Sjeverin near Priboj: Families Still Waiting for Justice
On the thirtieth anniversary of the abduction and killing of 17 civilians from Sjeverin near Priboj, a funeral service was held and a commemoration in memory of the victims. The commemoration was attended also by peace activists and war veterans from Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Croatia.
Documentation: South Asia – Western Balkan Peacebuilding Exchange
The encounter within the project “South Asia – Western Balkan Peacebuilding Exchange” took place in Bosnia and Herzegovina from 26 March to 2 April 2022. The exchange included two parts: optional study trip in Mostar and the workshop held in Sarajevo. The participants of this exchange programme came from India, Manipur/India, Bangladesh, Germany, North Macedonia, Croatia, Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina.
“Introduction to Peacebuilding”, Mir-Paqe-Мир 2022
Many topics and questions discussed at the training are taboos in our societies, they are not spoken about, not even in the most intimate circles
War Veterans at the Commemoration to Children Killed in Vitez: We Can Learn from the Painful Past
It has been 29 years, yet no one has been held responsible for the deaths of eight children in Vitez, killed on 10 June 1993 by a shell fired from the positions of ARBiH. A mixed group of war veterans and peace activists from BiH, Croatia and Serbia visited Vitez today to pay their respects to the child victims.
Joint Visit and Honouring of Victims in Trusina and Stupni Do
For the first time, representatives of the two communities and families of victims visited both monuments and paid their respects to the victims on both sides.