In a relaxed working atmosphere in Daruvar, war veterans discussed the need for joint planning and next steps and reviewed their work over the past period.
Dealing with the past
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.
Life’s Boundaries – On the Study Trip to Kosovo
The study trip to Kosovo for team members of the Centre for Nonviolent Action Sarajevo – Belgrade and some of our associates was organised from 6 to 10 November 2023
The Last Station
In their 19th action, activists of the initiative Marking Unmarked Sites of Suffering visited sites in Štrpci near Rudo, the wider Kalinovik area and Hrasnica near Sarajevo
SO CLOSE, YET SO FAR AWAY: On the severed ties between BiH and Kosovo
Starting from 1 January 2024, citizens of Kosovo will be able to travel visa-free anywhere in Europe, but not to BiH, for which they will need to obtain a visa either from Zagreb, Podgorica, Tirana or Skopje
Sites of suffering marked in Rudo, Kalinovik and Ilidža
Activists from Bosnia and Herzegovina marked unmarked sites of suffering in the area of Hrasnica in Ilidža, the wider Kalinovik area and the Štrpci railway station near Rudo
BETWEEN DENIAL AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: Who and what does the Kazani memorial serve?
BETWEEN DENIAL AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: Who and what does the Kazani memorial serve?
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