The 6th Biber Contest was open from 8 December 2023 to 26 May 2024. A total of 490 stories were submitted.
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We Come in Peace Book Promotion and Photography Exhibition in Goražde
On Monday, 17 March 2025 the Culture Centre in Goražde hosted the presentation of the book We Come in Peace: War Veterans in Peacebuilding, followed by the opening of the exhibition of photographs
Arte.tv – Re: Späte Versöhnung, nach Krieg und Terror
Arte.tv about examples of reconciliation work in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Spain
Valterportal.ba: “Books like We Come in Peace can work like an elixir”
Valterportal.ba asks how war veterans, people who used to look at each other through cross-hairs, can become not just peace activists, but good friends, and gives answers through a review of our book
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”.
Peace Activists from the Region Mark White Armband Day in Prijedor
A group of peace activists and war veterans attended the marking of White Armband Day in memory of non-Serb civilians killed during the war from 1992 to 1995 in Prijedor
Peace Activists at the Commemoration in Čardak near Derventa
Peace activists of the Centre for Nonviolent Action Belgrade – Sarajevo attended the commemoration for 37 civilian victims in Čardak near Derventa
War Veterans and Peace Activists Visiting both Ahmići and Trusina Today
A group of peace activists and war veterans will attend the commemorations on 16 April 2024 both in Ahmići and in Trusina
Presenting the Biber Contest in Ulcinj
A literary evening was held in Ulcinj on 4 April 2024 where we talked about the 6th multilingual Biber Contest for short stories about reconciliation
Promotion of the Biber Contest and Collection in Užice
The Biber multilingual short story contest focusing on reconciliation and the short story collections that came out of it were presented at the Užice Public Library
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.
26th Annual Report Published
We have published the 26th Annual Report of the Centre for Nonviolent Action. We look forward to your comments, suggestions and feedback about this report.
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
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