BalkanThemes Volume 1: Issue 2 – Roma

November 3rd, 2014

Roma family stands behind a broken window of their house where they were attacked by the local population in Osenik, which is located 20 km west of Sarajevo (Credit: Midhat Poturović)

The second issue of BalkanThemes examines the rights of Roma and other minorities in the countries of former Yugoslavia.

Minorities Roma

Open Data Kosovo: New Professions Highlight Women’s Potential

“Marriage is traditionally the destiny offered to women by society,” wrote Simone de Beauvoir in her 1949 treatise The Other Sex. Seventy-two years later and many women continue to face social pressure forcing them to decide: family or career?

March 7th, 2022

Irma Ahmetspahić

An Adopted Rescue Dog is a Happy Dog

Many heroic stories unfold right in our immediate community. Unfortunately, however, with the flood of negative news, these stories often get swept aside.

September 19th, 2025

Rijad Cerić