The Colours and Nuances of Reconciliation
As the victor, a member of the majority, a victim of the previous system – he chose the most difficult path of reconciliation – by rejecting revenge. He became a symbol of the persistent struggle for freedom, a struggle he refused to ever give up, because freedom was paramount.
Reconciling Histories!?
Reflections about Conference organised by the Centre for Nonviolent Action (CNA), Sarajevo 15.-17.5.2018.
Biber in Zagreb
The short story collection about reconciliation Biber 02 was promoted in Zagreb on 7 June 2018 at the Bogdan Ogrizović Library and Reading Room.
War(s) of the 1990s in Schools: My Truth for My Child
The announcement that as of this school year, the history of the 1992-1995 war would be studied in more detail in primary and secondary schools is perhaps the most significant change in the history curriculum since the fall of communism
KERNEIREISE – A Centrifuge of Emotions
What was valuable to me? To spend at least some time with these people, descended from Kljajićevo, the Danube Swabians and their families. To step into their shoes for a moment. To be there, for them, and not as a ‘representative’ of someone from here.
“Introduction to Peacebuilding”, Mir-Paqe-Мир, Dojran 20-29.4.2018.
Mir-Paqe-Мир “Introduction to Peacebuilding” is a three-lingual peacebuilding training for participants from Serbia, Kosovo and Macedonia. It took place in Dojran, Macedonia in the period from April 20th to 29th.
New Member of the CNA Team
Tamara Zrnović is a new member of the CNA team in the Sarajevo office
Video report: “Reconciling histories!?” Conference, Sarajevo 15-17th May, 2018
International Conference “Reconciling Histories!?” Held in Sarajevo
The Conference focused on the experience of different countries in the postwar process of seeking justice, its challenges and taboos, the role of historical myths and narratives in the reconcilitaiton process, understanding the importance of nonviolence and its limits.
We Mourn All Victims
On the 25th anniversary of the killings in Trusina, the commemoration to honour the victims was attended by veterans from the region, veterans of the Army of BiH, HVO, HV, VRS, JNA and VJ.
What, they’re here too?
Ljudevit Kolar Kole, our associate from Novi Sad, on the importance of joint visits by war veterans to sites of suffering.
War Veterans in Trusina: Compassion Is Not Limited by Ethnicity
War veterans from the region, former members of the RBiH Army, HVO, VRS, HV, VJ and JNA, attended today’s commemoration in Trusina.
Marble, Stone and Iron
In the action conducted from 26 to 29 March 2018, we marked unmarked sites of suffering in Vareš, Kakanj, Jajce, Prijedor and at Korićanske stijene.
Promotion of the Biber 02 Collection in Tetovo
Ivana Franović from the Biber Team, Anuška Minovska, whose story Obitelj strica Akija [Uncle Aki’s Family] won third place, Danilo Lučić, whose story Frakture [Fractures] was also included in the collection, and Qerim Ondozi, translator and associate of the Biber Team spoke at the promotion held at the Philosophy Faculty in Tetovo. Blerim Jashari, a peace activist from Tetovo, was the moderator at the promotion.
CNA and Peace Builders at a Commemoration in Aleksinac
Together with friends from the association Peace Builders of Kruševac, we attended the commemoration of those killed in the bombing of Aleksinac on 5 April 1999.