Marko Mlikota

— Marko Mlikota —

Marko is a trained Balkan Diskurs youth correspondent from Mostar. He graduated in public relations at the Faculty of Philosophy in Mostar, and is currently pursuing a master’s degree in Zagreb. Marko is employed by a PR agency in Croatia and is a contributor to the internet portal Bljesak.info. His journalistic areas of interest are topics related to spending state money, as well as topics of social law.
Abrašević: A Safe Haven, A Hub of Activity
Throughout its two decades of work, Abrašević Youth Cultural Center (YCC) has had to support itself in its project of providing Mostar with a social hub, a gathering space, and a place that creates unique and alternative cultural opportunities for young people. Abrašević's history goes back much further than is commonly known, but its goals remain unchanged to this day. 

Smoke Surrounds Us Wherever We Go. We Demand a Solution!
The activities of the Klima Bez Dima initiative were presented this week to a large number of visitors during the 2019 International Economy Fair in Mostar.

Mostar’s Youth Take a Stand Against Tobacco Smoke
January 31st marks No Tobacco Day. Launched in 1982 as a way to alert the public to the harmful effects of tobacco smoke, this day is now celebrated across the region. This year, activists from the “Klima Bez Dima” (“Environment Without Smoke”) initiative decided to organize an action in Mostar to commemorate the occasion.

Conditional Sentencing: The System’s Only Response to Domestic Violence in FBiH
According to data from the Gender Center, the most common form of punishment for the perpetrators of domestic violence in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH) is conditional sentencing, even though this type of punishment opens up the possibility for the perpetrator to commit additional violent crimes.