Although they have encountered many difficulties throughout their life together, Danijela and Miralem have been living in a happy marriage for 27 years. They proudly point out that love is always the right value to fight for, because when there is love, there is respect among partners.
Olga and Zijad will celebrate 40 years of happy marriage this year. Despite being born in Banja Luka, their wedded bliss and commitment to bringing up two daughters have not been broken by ethnic and religious divisions; not even by the war that raged in Bosnia and Herzegovina for almost four years. The key to the success of their marriage is, as they say, love, respect and compromise, above all.
For the fourth year running, the State of Peace Youth Academy, organized by the European Union in Bosnia and Herzegovina, in cooperation with the Post-Conflict Research Center (PCRC), has brought together young people from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia and Montenegro with a goal of strengthening dialogue, mutual understanding and lasting peace.
In a region where history is so often told as competing, mutually exclusive stories, the fourth “State of Peace” Youth Academy set out to test a different premise: that different experiences of the past don't have to produce separate futures.
For the young people gathered across Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) this week for the fourth “State of Peace” Youth Academy, the European Union is not an abstract policy framework, it's a lived, daily question.
On July 7th, the Srebrenica Youth School convened a panel discussion titled “Building Accountability: International Responses to the Legacy of Srebrenica.”
The fourth Youth Academy "State of Peace," organized by the European Union in Bosnia and Herzegovina in cooperation with the Post-Conflict Research Center, opened this weekend in Vitez, bringing together over 45 young people from BiH, Croatia, Serbia, and Montenegro for a two-week peacebuilding program.
As Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) continues to suffer from political turmoil and corruption, journalists must stay committed to facts, objectivity, and integrity.