At the invitation of the Goražde Prison Camp Survivors Association, a group of war veterans and peace activists attended a commemoration for civilians killed in Lozje near Goražde
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Promotion of the Biber Collection in Bitolj
The Biber 05 Contest and Short Story Collection, as well as engaged literature, reconciliation and peacebuilding, were discussed at the Cultural Centre in Bitolj
Biber 05 Short Story Collection in Zagreb and Petrinja
The multilingual short story collection from the regional Biber 05 contest was promoted in Zagreb and Petrinja on 5 and 6 April 2023.
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.
25th Annual Report Published
We have published the 25th Annual Report of the Centre for Nonviolent Action.
We look forward to your comments, suggestions and feedback about this report and our work.
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.
Meeting of War Veterans – We Remain Steadfast on the Path of Peacebuilding
From 6 to 10 June 2022, in Blagaj near Mostar, we organised a meeting of war veterans and peace activists
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.
Against Forgetting and Indifference
The 18th action to mark unmarked sites of suffering (ONMS) was carried out in February 2022 in the Brčko District of BiH
After Pristina, anti-war stories from the Biber Contest were presented in Prizren
After last night’s presentation in Pristina, tonight the Biber collections of anti-war short stories and stories about reconciliation were presented in Prizren at Autostrada Hangar.
Biber Contest and multilingual short story collections presented in Priština
Biber Contest and multilingual short story collections presented in Priština at the Kino Armata
The Biber Contest and the multilingual short story collections were presented in Bujanovac
The Biber Contest and the multilingual short story collections were presented today in Bujanovac, at the Vuk Karadžić Cultural Centre
Marking the anniversary of the closure of the Silos detention facility near Hadžići
War veterans and peace activists from the region attended the commemoration on the anniversary of the closure of the “Silos” detention facility located in Tarčin near Hadžići.
Honouring Those Killed in Skelani: Remembrance of All Victims
Members of the Centre for Nonviolent Action Sarajevo-Belgrade attended the commemoration for people killed in Skelani, a local community within the Srebrenica Municipality. In Skelani and other surrounding villages, 34 Serb civilians and 35 members of the Republika Srpska Army were killed on 16 January 1993.
Fifth Regional Short Story Contest Biber
On Human Rights Day 2021 the fifth Biber Short Story Contest has been opened. Both established and unpublished authors writing in Albanian, Macedonian, Bosnian, Montenegrin, Croatian or Serbian are eligible to enter.