Zudem besuchten wir mit Partner*innen der Western Balkans 6 Strategy Group die Gedenkstätte Srebrenica in Potočari. »Die Erinnerung an den Völkermord von Srebrenica ist nicht nur nationale oder regionale, sondern internationale Verantwortung.« Das ganze Statement der Gruppe:

Safeguarding truth, preventing denial | Heinrich Böll Stiftung | Sarajevo - Bosna | Hercigovina | Sjeverna Makedonija

Members of the group paid respect to the victims of the Srebrenica genocide and reaffirmed the importance of preserving their memory as an essential part of addressing the legacy of wars and building ...

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Maskenaffäre, Villenkauf, Spendendinner - #Spahn stolpert am Ende über #Leihmutterschaft vor allem seine politisch zu wertende Haltung: für mich ja, für euch nein. Hintergrundinformation zum Thema #Leihmutterschaft von @boell.de @boellgender.bsky.social www.boell.de/sites/defaul...

Words are inadequate to describe the sadness. However sadness is not enough. As we pay our respects and give prayers to the victims of Srebrenica genocide, we renew our commitment to the fight for human rights. Thank you my dear friends for sharing this important day together.

Safeguarding truth, preventing denial, relevant 31y after the #Srebrenica genocide. We visited the Memorial Centre in Potočari, colleagues of @boell.de with partners of the @wb6sg.bsky.social read the whole statement -> ba.boell.org/en/2026/07/1...

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Words are inadequate to describe the sadness. However sadness is not enough. As we pay our respects and give prayers to the victims of Srebrenica genocide, we renew our commitment to the fight for human rights. Thank you my dear friends for sharing this important day together.

#Albania is not for sale! A delegation of 5 Greens/EFA MEPs and @europeangreens.eu co-chair are in Tirana to support protests against nature destruction and corruption. Here is what we have seen there ➡️ www.greens-efa.eu/en/article/p... 🦩🦩 #FlamingoRevolution #HandsOffVjosaNarta

“Albania is not for sale”

Today, a delegation of Greens/EFA MEPs and the European Green Party, including Co-Chair Vula Tsetsi, visits the Vjosa-Narta protected area, the planned Vlora airport and wider foreign luxury tourism d...

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We join the voices of tens of thousands protesting loudly against the billionaires’ project to destroy nature and build a holiday resort.   We need to protect our nature, the home of 200+ bird species, flamingos and nesting ground for turtles.   #handsoffvjosanarta

"We are not objects, we are subjects, every solution needs a survivor-led approach." Lina Kushch Ukraine 3 experts from 🇺🇦🇽🇰🇧🇦 on what survivors of conflict-related sexual violence actually need, 2. June @boell.de with @medicamondiale.bsky.social re-watch the full panel www.youtube.com/live/ud1lEUA...

What comes after survival? 3 leading experts on supporting survivors of sexualized violence in war share insights from 🇺🇦🇽🇰🇧🇦. Women and HROs have been central – naming these crimes, providing care, and pushing for political change ⬇️reading tip & join us June 2. @boell.de www.boell.de/en/2026/05/2...

Sexualized Violence in war. Survival comes first, what comes after? | Heinrich Böll Stiftung

How can survivors of conflict-related sexualized violence be supported in the midst of war and beyond? Three leading experts: Lina Kushch, Ukraine, Dr. Feride Rushiti, Kosovo, and Ajna Mahmić Ćatić, B...

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June 2. 6pm @boell.de 📌Berlin What do survivors of sexualised violence need – during war and long after it ends? We discuss with experts from Bosnia & Herzegovina, Kosovo and Ukraine: from psychosocial care and reparations to criminal prosecution. calendar.boell.de/en/event/con...

Conflict-Related Sexualised Violence in Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Ukraine Lessons from the 1990s and Today

Taking place just weeks before the United Nations International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict: 19 June, this event marks a moment of global attention to a war crime that is st...

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Was bedeutet Überleben nach sexualisierter Gewalt im Krieg? Und welche Unterstützung brauchen Betroffene, wenn die unmittelbare Gefahr vorbei ist? Ein Beitrag über die oft übersehene Zeit danach: über Trauma, Gerechtigkeit und den langen Weg zurück in ein selbstbestimmtes Leben:

Sexualisierte Gewalt im Krieg: Überleben geht vor, was folgt danach? | Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung

Wie können Überlebende sexualisierter Gewalt im Krieg und danach unterstützt werden? Drei herausragende Expertinnen: Lina Kushch, Ukraine, Dr. Feride Rushiti, Kosovo und Ajna Mahmić Ćatić Bosnien und ...

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Vjosa-Narta lagoon hosts hundreds of protected and threatened species kilometers of coastline are being destroyed by heavy machinery already, pine forests, hills, and unique sand dunes within the protected area. For a dubious airport construction. Spread the word ppnea.org/save-vjosa-n...

#Albania celebrates the #Vjosa, Europe's last wild river. Meanwhile bulldozers destroy the #Vjosa–Narta Protected Area, for an airport. You can't have it both. Environmental standards are not a bargaining chip, not for Albania, nor for 🇪🇺 🦩🌍🌱 👉 ppnea.org/save-vjosa-narta

🟢 Schmidt's #Bosnia resignation: US pressure, a pipeline deal, European silence. @katjagiebel.bsky.social asked Paola Petrić of @boell.de's Sarajevo office what comes next 👉 eu.boell.org/en/2026/05/13/3-questions-resignation-high-representative-bosnia-and-herzegovina-paola-petric

3 Questions on the resignation of the High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina to Paola Petrić | Heinrich Böll Stiftung | Brussels office - European Union

Christian Schmidt's resignation as High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina was not a routine handover. It followed intense US pressure, linked to a controversy over the Southern Interconnection ...

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Bergbau im Westbalkan, was passiert mit Umweltstandards im EU-Beitrittsprozess, werden sie gestärkt oder verschärfen sich bestehende Probleme im Bereich der Regierungsführung? Wir diskutieren nächsten Mittwoch, 22.04. 17:30 in der @boell.de Berlin die neue Studie von @biepag.bsky.social

Team Ost- und Südosteuropa I Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung@boell-s-easteurope.bsky.social · 4mo ago

The EU’s demand for critical raw materials is pushing mining in the Western Balkans, raising concerns about governance, environmental harm, and public participation. Join the discussion 📅 April 22 17:30pm 📍@boell.de & @biepag.bsky.social calendar.boell.de/en/event/min... #Mining #EU #WesternBalkans

Who‘s responsible for #Bosnia 🇧🇦's deadlock? Join us for SARTRs Don‘t Dream Dreams Monday, Dec 15th, 19:30h at Gorki Kiosk. Few tickets left at the door. calendar.boell.de/en/event/dec...

Decolonizing Dayton - DON’T DREAM DREAMS Theatre & Discussion

Dayton, Ohio. Thirty years ago, the Bosnian War was brought to an end with a peace agreement in this small US-American town.

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Local elections in #Serbia showed up violence and police didn‘t intervene. @crta.bsky.social stopped the observation and a MP from our sister party #ZLF was injured by hooligans. This has to stop! en.vijesti.me/world-a/balk...

VIDEO Serbia: Big fight in a cafe in Mionica, after attack on ZLF MP

As Predrag Voštnić from the Local Front explained to the Nova.rs portal, the situation escalated when masked men retreated to the Lovac cafe and started shooting...

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#RigaConference Baltic partners LATO and Western Balkan 6 Strategy Group @boell.de explored new avenues for security and democratic resilience for value-based EU integration. Baltic model proves small states can punch above their weight, a key lesson for the WB6 ba.boell.org/en/2025/10/1...

Unexpected Partners: Lessons from the Baltics for the Western Balkans | Heinrich Böll Stiftung | Sarajevo - Bosna | Hercigovina | Sjeverna Makedonija

Riga/Tallin, October 10th 2025 -The need for a more active engagement of the Baltic states in pursuing a merit-based EU enlargement was underlined by members of the Western Balkans 6 Strategy Group an...

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🔴 highly recommended, livestream now: www.youtube.com/live/y6FlDsq... @verabenatar.bsky.social

25th Foreign Policy Conference

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#Serbia: From discontent to disobedience to a hot autumn. Despite brutal repression by the regime, the protests demand accountability, far-reaching reforms and new elections - not less than a democratic future. By Bojan Elek+ @balshone.bsky.social www.boell.de/en/2025/09/0...

Serbia: Winter of Discontent Turned into Summer of Civic Disobedience | Heinrich Böll Stiftung

In November 2024, the collapse of a railway station canopy in Novi Sad killed 16 people and sparked a protest wave in Serbia. Despite brutal repression by the regime, a decentralised movement is now d...

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Hier meine kleine deutschsprachige Presseschau zur Gewalteskalation in Serbien. Fangen wir an mit diesem hervorragenden Kommentar, der klar benennt, von wem die Gewalt ausgeht, und fragt, warum die EU dazu eigentlich weiter schweigt. @hahnebuechen.bsky.social www.tagesschau.de/ausland/euro...

Kommentar zu Protesten in Serbien: Die EU muss von Vucic abrücken

Mit extremer Härte geht die serbische Regierung gegen Proteste im Land vor. Präsident Vucic zeigt damit sein wahres Gesicht, meint Silke Hahne. Und die EU? Sie schweigt zu den Vorgängen in dem Land, d...

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Heute gedenken wir gemeinsam der Opfer des Völkermords von Srebrenica vor 30 Jahren – dem massivsten Kriegsverbrechen während des Bosnienkrieges @bpb.de. Unser Gedenkprogramm auf YouTube: www.youtube.com/live/ccg1QPY...

Studierendenproteste in #Serbien sind seit heute in der ganz neuen Phase - massiver Zivilungehorsam hat begonnen. #Belgrad ist nahezu vollständig blockiert, aus immer mehr Städten werden massive Blockaden gemeldet. Die nächsten Stunden & Tage werden das Schicksal des Landes entscheiden.

#WeRemember #Srebrenica 1995 - 2025

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We approach the 30th anniversary of the #Srebrenica #genocide on 11 July and remember over 8,000 Bosniak men and boys murdered in 1995 for having the 'wrong' names. In memory and honor to the victims and survivors, we invite you to a series of events on 29/30 June calendar.boell.de/en/event/sre...

Tolle Reportage! Albaniens Küstenparadies zwischen Naturschutz und Bauboom: www.riffreporter.de/de/umwelt/al...

Albaniens Küste: Das Paradies am Mittelmeer ist in Gefahr

Traumstrände und Naturschutzgebiete locken nicht nur Urlauber nach Albanien, auch Investoren wie Trump-Schwiegersohn Jared Kushner. Wohin führt der Bauboom?

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Mit traumhaften Stränden und günstigen Preisen lockt #Albanien Millionen Touristïnnen. Doch der #Boom hat seinen Preis: Investoren und massive Bauprojekte bedrohen unberührte #Natur und #Schutzgebiete. Was wird aus Albaniens #Küste? #Archiv

Zur Position Serbiens zwischen Russland und der EU im #deutschlandfunk www.deutschlandfunk.de/unterstuetzt...

Unterstützt Serbien die Ukraine? Florian Bieber, Osteuropa-Experte

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Heute ist der Tag der weissen Bänder in meiner Heimatstadt Prijedor. Am 31.5.1992 riefen serbische Behörden Nicht-SerbInnen auf, sich selbst mit weissen Bändern zu markieren. Meine Familie tat es auch. 3.167 Menschen wurden in Prijedor getötet. Das Ankämpfen gegen das Vergessen ist nicht umsonst.

EU backs controversial Serbian lithium project, risking environment, democracy & trust. #Jadar #CRMA #Serbia #EU www.boell.de/en/2025/06/0...

Today 13 projects outside of the EU were approved as #strategic by the EU. Amongst them the highly controversial project #Jadar in Serbia. This decision can be seen to undermine democratisation potential in Serbia and could also backfire from a geopolitical perspective www.boell.de/en/2025/04/0...

How Brussels Risks Undermining Serbia’s Democratization Potential | Heinrich Böll Stiftung

While Brussels may see the Jadar lithium mining project as a strategic step toward a greener future, Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vučić sees it as a tactical tool to reinforce his grip on power - jus...

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