is an open platform, available to all those from the region, or the Western Balkans, whose voice needs amplifying, and who are eager to express their critical perspective, fresh ideas and points of view on current affairs in writing, video, or other formats.

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Testimony to the times we live in

Towards better understanding, respecting the Other, and implied respect of the rule of law – towards everything that will make us part of the democratic world. It is time for democratic institutions to become tradition, rather than the goal we are slowly and clumsily pursuing.

„The pandemic has demonstrated how political oligarchies can turn fragile democracies into provincial dictatorships in no time.“

Enver Kazaz

Enver Kazas: Sketching out Chronicles of the Abnormal

In waiting for the vaccine, humanity is, in reality, waiting for a new victor on the global capitalist scene. Simultaneously, our region is reliving its bloody history as a constant projection of the future.

Voja Znatic: THE NEW ABNORMAL

The strengthening of radicalism and demagogy, failings of economies, poverty and unemployment, consequences of historical stresses, are all characteristics of the ‘new normal’ which may frighten the developed world. To us, this seems like a piece of cake, cake we’d been served many times before. ‘The new normal’ is, indeed, very normal in the world we live in.

Balsa Brkovic: Scaled Down Southern Hospitality

What is left in the end? The Man is always left standing. The Man and his surroundings, or vicinities. That is precisely why it is essential that we hear and see each other: the consciousness of the Other is the first step towards consideration.

Renato Baretic: The Grumps of our reality

Honestly, what the, hm, fudge is wrong with us Croats? Why is whingeing our most developed collective skill?  (Some) public space figures and voices are changing, but the concerns and frustrations of common, normal people, alongside a celebration or two, remain largely the same..

The Voice of Vicinity

Switch your camera on and film your every-day! This is the space for the most creative video stories

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In our Video Stories:  Dzenan Dzin advocates for preservation of Hajducka Vrata, a pearl of nature in Jablanica; well-known TV personality Ana Mihajlovski discusses poverty in Serbia; a story about Nina Vojinovic, a humanitarian from Niksic; an initiative for legalisation and decriminalisation of marijuana in North Macedonia; and from Albania we have an interesting short documentary on sexual assault in poorly-lit towns; sisters Tamara and Nikolina Kapetanovic from Kosovo* cherish traditional singing, and have shared with us their exquisite gift.

Небитен си ко маска ставена под нос.

Ум @Kolozheg

E luftojmë korrupsionin, avullojmë milionaMan facepalming

imer mushkolaj @imermushkolaj1

NASA objavila veliko otkriće, pronadjena voda u Sarajevu!

Bosanski Bukvalista @SolzenjicinH

Ne izlazite napolje traže još jednog ministra.

Deseti Jugović @pera_vampir

75 milionë euro për mafian e plehrave ka paguar Edi Rama, nga lekët e shqiptarëve.Asnjë kacidhe për 100 mijë të papunë, për pensionistët,për mjekët dhe infermierët, për sipërmarrjen drejt kolapsit.Boll me vjedhje e me kakarisje gënjeshtrash dalë boje.Zbato planin me 5 pika! Tani!

Lulzim Basha @lulzimbasha_al

Što se više pralo u 2020-oj godini: ruke ili mozak?

Podgorički moral @ibretnica