6 June 2025
The third edition of the largest Macedonian comic festival, “Strip Trip 2025” begins on Friday in Skopje. The fans of the ninth art are eagerly awaiting the rich program that this cultural event will offer. The festival will be held from June 6 to 8 at the Youth Cultural Center (MKC), bringing a unique experience […]
4 June 2025
This July, as part of the program marking the 28th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide, in cooperation with the Srebrenica Memorial Center, the Post-Conflict Research Center (PCRC) is organizing the fourth edition of the Srebrenica Youth School in Srebrenica (Bosnia and Herzegovina). The school will bring together 30 young people from the Western Balkans, Europe, and the […]
24 April 2025
Canal France International (CFI) is launching the #YouthVsFake – Balkan Youth Poster Competition. This regional initiative is designed to raise awareness about the dangers of disinformation while empowering young people to engage in creative, critical, and civic expression. The competition is open to individuals under 30 from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and […]
10 March 2025
In just a few weeks, video clips of “Balkan Boys,” the new single of the Bosnian rock band Dubioza kolektiv, reached over four million views on social network, gaining a status of regional hit in the Balkans. The song ridicules various stereotypes, including the Flat Earth conspiracy theories which are widespread in the region. At […]
14 January 2025
"It’s about taking something most people see as taboo and turning it upside down, which makes it funny. I’m honestly tired of subjects people find taboo."
15 November 2024
The Network for Protection Against Discrimination (NPAD) issued a written reaction last week expressing concern over the possibility of adoption of the draft laws for primary and secondary education which, according to them, would mean backsliding rather than progress in the protection of students from discrimination and violence within the educational process in Republic of […]
3 October 2024
The Metamorphosis Foundation and the International Center for Journalists for the third year in a row, are continuing the program “Journalism for a New Generation”, with the support of the US Embassy in Skopje. This year, once again, dozens of young people from the country have the opportunity to participate in trainings and be part […]
26 August 2024
Elon Musk speaks Albanian, while Donald Trump presents himself as the “President of the Russian Federation” – such manipulative videos can now be made in less than two minutes. Nowadays, artificial intelligence (AI) tools offer unlimited possibilities, and thus they can be used to replace the face of one person with another and alter or […]
15 August 2024
A student party in Skopje this spring took an unexpected turn when playing an Albanian song towards the end of the event sparked controversy and hate speech on social media. Despite the organization’s inclusive nature, which includes members from diverse ethnic backgrounds, a nationalist group named “Patriotsko drushtvo” (Patriotic Society) on Instagram, self-proclaimed as a […]
22 May 2024
From the fifthteenth to the seventeenth of May, the first workshop on prebunking was held in the city of Ohrid in North Macedonia, where ten young participants learned about different types of preventive strategies of ways to prevent the spreading of disinformation. This workshop was intended for young students, journalists, members of the civil sector, […]
16 May 2024
Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković announced that his government will reward the musician Marko Purišić, known professionally as Baby Lasagna, after winning the second place at Eurovision 2024. Croatian media informed that the government made the decision to grant 50,000 euros to the singer at their session of May 16. Twenty eitht year-old Purišić thanked […]
11 May 2024
In the May 2024 edition of Alan Ford comics, publisher and author Max Bunker introduced artist Veronica Guitti as new member of the team that produces this Italian cult classic. In his op-ed for the 659th episode, Bunker explained that Guitti work was supposed to feature in the issue number 660, however they had to […]
8 April 2024
The popular Serbian weekly magazine Politikin Zabavnik, which celebrates its 85th anniversary this year, published a comics in Romani language. The comics by Lazo Sredanović and Nikola Lekić features the adventures of Dikan “the youngest Ancient Slaw”, which were extremely popular across the whole Yugoslavia. In its last two issues, Politikin Zabavnik includes an insert […]
7 April 2024
On April 6, Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Bajaga i Instruktori repeated their first concert held in the Youth Cultural Center in Skopje, held at the same location 40 years before, in 1984. Two members of the original 1980s lineup joined the frontman Momčilo Bajagić “Bajaga” on stage in Skopje – guitarist and vocalist […]
20 March 2024
Germany’s Climate Protection Minister Robert Habeck has warned in strong terms of the uncontrollable momentum of global warming, publishes DPA news agency. “We may be on the verge of global warming, in this case the warming of the oceans, actually getting out of control,” the Green politician said on Tuesday in Berlin at an international […]
18 March 2024
More than a dozen young people from North Macedonia took part in the second workshop as part of the “Journalism for the New Generation” program on the subject of “Countering Disinformation and Fact Checking” which took place from March 13 to 15 near Veles. At the three-day workshop organized by the Metamorphosis Foundation together with […]
3 March 2024
Members of the Last Generation climate activism group daubed orange paint onto the façade of the German chancellery on Saturday morning, publishes DPA News Agency. A photo published by the group shows the phrase “Help! Your children” written in large letters, and numerous handprints. Several activists can be seen sitting or lying down on the […]
21 February 2024
Leskovac school comics “Nikola Mitrović Kokan,” operating within the Leskovac Cultural Centre, announced that they will organize the event “The Balkans festival of young comics creators” for the twenty-sixth time in 2024. The event will take place from June 28th to 30th in the premises of Leskovac Cultural Center, the National Museum of Leskovac and […]
20 February 2024
US digital giant Microsoft has announced it will spend billions on data centres for artificial intelligence in Spain, in addition to the major investment projects it plans in Germany. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and Microsoft manager Brad Smith announced on Monday that €1.95 billion ($2.1 billion) would be invested over a period of two […]
13 February 2024
Film fans in the German capital forked out funds for nearly 78,000 tickets to the Berlinale, the city’s famous film festival, slightly higher than the 77,599 sold on the first day of sales last year, publlishes DPA news agency. There were actually 77,757 tickets sold since sales opened on Monday, a Berlinale spokeswoman announced on […]
