Danica Maksimović: the artist combining art with environmental protection
Danica Maksimović is a thirty-two-year-old artist born in Kosovska Gračanica, Kosovo, but she has lived and worked in Niš, Serbia for the past 16 years. There, she completed her secondary art school and Faculty of Arts, majoring in Painting. Her passion for creation has been with her since childhood, complemented by her interest in environmental protection.
Transplantations in Bosnia and Herzegovina: The Difficult Search for a New Life
Organ transplantation in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) faces numerous challenges.
Ten years of Balkan Diskurs: New call for young people
Post-Conflict Research Center (PCRC) invites young people from Bosnia and Herzegovina to participate in the tenth Balkan Diskurs training and mentoring program for youth correspondents, which will be held from October 31 to November 4 in Vitez, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Ethno Villages in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Modern Custodians of Tradition
Ethno villages are guardians of national traditions built in the likeness of former Bosnian-Herzegovinian villages. They take you back to Bosnia a hundred years ago and present various historical aspects of life during that time, as well as untouched natural beauty. These villages are often complemented by modern amenities. They strengthen the local economy and serve as eco and ethno-tourism potentials. There are more than 25 of these villages in Bosnia and Herzegovina, each unique in its own way, but they all share a rich gastronomic offering. Visiting them gives the impression that time has stood still.
Music as a Tool for Peacebuilding
Music is not a magical tool that can be used in isolation to ensure the construction of lasting peace and reconciliation. However, if utilized correctly as a medium, it can provide an excellent means of facilitating dialogue that enables conflict to be discussed in an artistic setting.
The Fight Against Partitionist Violence in Cyprus and Bosnia Must Be Understood as a Shared Struggle
The Levantine island of Cyprus and the Balkan nation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) are not, for most, two places thought of as sharing a common history. For me however, as a Cypriot genocide researcher whose work focuses on the 1990s war in Bosnia, I have never stopped drawing parallels between these two 'post-conflict' spaces.