The seventh Biber Short Story Contest, this time dedicated to the student protests, has been opened. Authors writing in Albanian, Macedonian, Bosnian, Montenegrin, Croatian or Serbian are welcome to send in their short stories.
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JOINT ONMS ACTION: YIHR Croatia, YIHR Serbia and CNA mark unmarked sites of suffering in Serbia, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina
Together, peace activists of the Centre for Nonviolent Action Belgrade-Sarajevo and the Youth Initiative for Human Rights (YIHR) from Croatia and Serbia marked sites of suffering in Serbia, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Biber 06 Short Story Collection presented in Sombor
The Biber 06 Short Story Collection with stories selected through our sixth Biber Contest was presented in Sombor on Thursday, 23 October 2025, at the LINK Community Development Centre.
The Student Uprising in Serbia – The Power of Nonviolence
How and why the student rebellion began and developed? About the deep commitment to nonviolent action despite the regime’s brutal crackdown. About the solidarity.
Biber at Slovo Gorčina
The multilingual collection Biber 06 from the regional Biber Short Story Contest was presented at the 54th edition of the Slovo Gorčina Culture Festival in Stolac, on Sunday 27 July 2025
The collection of short stories from the Biber 06 contest has been published
The 6th Biber Contest was open from 8 December 2023 to 26 May 2024. A total of 490 stories were submitted.
Indictments raised for several sites we marked in past years
In the first days of 2025, the Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina raised a series of indictments against individuals accused of war crimes committed in the area of Livno, Žepče and Hrasnica.
New Book: “We Come in Peace: War Veterans in Peacebuilding”
We are pleased to announce the publication of our new book “We Come in Peace: War Veterans in Peacebuilding”.
Open Letter – in response to the statement by the Mayor of Prnjavor
Open letter to the Mayor of Prnjavor in response to his media statements and denial of war crimes in the City of Prnjavor
Understanding the past in order to form the future
During the panel discussion, we talked about our work, the book, research study and exhibition “On the Trail of the Danube Swabians in Vojvodina”
Women against violence, hate speech and genocide: Experience from the Kigali workshop
The Office of the UN Special Advisor on the Prevention of Genocide (OSAPG) organised a workshop in Kigali, Rwanda on 4 and 5 November 2024 for women active in communities
Results of the Sixth Biber Short Story Contest
The jury for the regional Biber Short Story Contest, comprising Almin Kaplan, Jasna Dimitrijević and Tanja Stupar Trifunović, selected 24 stories to be included in the multilingual collection and decided on the prizes. One story was selected for the collection by the Biber organisation team.
Participation in the regional activist school on the 1990s “LOVE WILL SAVE US”
At the invitation of the CK 13 Youth Centre in Novi Sad, activists of the Centre for Nonviolent Action presented their peace activism, work with war veterans, as well as the activity Marking Unmarked Sites of Suffering to participants in the regional political school on the 1990s “LOVE WILL SAVE US!”
In Memory of Johan Galtung: A Man without a Country
Johan Galtung, the Norwegian sociologist and one of the founders of peace studies, passed away on Saturday 17 February 2024
Sixth Regional Short Story Contest Biber has been opened
The competition is open until 26 May 2024. Authors writing in Albanian, Macedonian, Bosnian, Montenegrin, Croatian or Serbian are eligible to enter.