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.
Rising neo-fascist tendencies are sweeping Europe, including Bosnia and Herzegovina. Bosnian activist groups, however, are prepared to resist even the most covert forms.
Although the fashion industry produces huge amounts of waste and contributes to the climate crisis, there are more and more brands showing that fashion can be about much more than superficial trends: it can be a tool of resistance in the fight against consumerism, injustice, and social problems.
Paying respect to victims of war crimes, regardless of ethnicity or nationality, and acknowledging established facts about the conflicts of the 1990s is crucial for building coexistence, tolerance, and peace in the Western Balkans.
Young people from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia, and Montenegro have gathered this month for the two-week Youth Academy “State of Peace,” organized by the European Union in Bosnia and Herzegovina, in cooperation with the Post-Conflict Research Center.
Courageous, brave, and determined are just some of the words that can be used to describe the residents of the village of Kruščica, in the central Bosnian municipality of Vitez. These brave women halted the construction of a mini hydroelectric plant on the Kruščica River to conserve nature, protect clean drinking water, and preserve the environment.