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Today, after 2:00 p.m, The Youth Initiative for Human Rights received verbal notification from the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Serbia regarding the ban on all events within the "Miredita, Dobar Dan" festival. The ban was formally communicated as an order to cease the gathering, initially verbally and then in writing, encompassing all the activities associated with the festival, both public events and those intended solely for participants.With this order, the MUP violated the Constitution of Serbia, specifically freedom of...

One of the volunteers engaged in an NGO in Belgrade, an Albanian from Pristina, talks over the phone with her worried mom׃ "Don't worry, mom, I’m having a great time here." Another frightened teenager who had been refusing to go to Croatia for summer vacation with his parents, believing that he would be slaughtered there by the Ustashas, returned from a trip through Istria with completely different views.  It is so important for young people to travel; exchange programs, getting to...

This year's edition of the "Mirdita, dobar dan" festival organized by Youth Initiative for Human Rights (YIHR, Serbia), Civic Initiatives (CI, Serbia), and Integra (Kosovo), will showcase a unique blend of art, contemporary culture, and meaningful discussions that shed light on pivotal historical, as well as future-oriented themes, especially pertinent during this challenging period for Serbia-Kosovo relations. The entire program of the festival is available on the website. "Mirdita, Dobar dan is a unique platform for cultural exchange, as well as...

We are really excited to announce that the inclusion and cross cultural festival “Mirëdita, dobar dan!” will celebrate its premier in Austria on 29 November 2023. The festival that has been held since 2014 in Serbia and Kosovo merges art, culture, advocacy and public debate in one platform. By bringing artists, human rights activists as well as opinion makers together, the festival aims to create inclusive spaces where otherwise often confrontation dominates.  The first edition on 29th November in Vienna is...

The tenth edition of the "Mirëdita, dobar dan!" festival ended last night in Pristina, with the presentation of the award to Bekim Blakaj, the executive director of the Humanitarian Law Center Kosovo, and the theater performance "Would be a shame if the plants died". As every year, the award "Miredita, dobar dan!" is awarded to persons who, through their work and efforts, contribute to better relations between Kosovo and Serbian society.  Blakaj's work, which aims for true peace between the two societies,...

The opening of this year's tenth edition of the "Mirëdita, dobar dan!" festival began with a minute of silence, as a sign of solidarity with all the victims and their families after the tragedy that happened in Belgrade on Wednesday. There were numerous visitors, as well as representatives of Kosovo and international institutions, in the packed Kino ABC hall. "Our task has always been to bring people together in difficult times and to create space for solidarity. There is no family...

The "Mirëdita, dobar dan" festival, a unique event that has been presenting the cultural and social scene of Kosovo to the Belgrade audience since 2014, will be held from May 30 until June 2, 2018. By presenting artists and performers, representatives of the modern Kosovo cultural scene, the goal of the festival is to initiate changes and create a tradition of cooperation through the meetings of the Serbian and Kosovo social and cultural communities, which will indirectly contribute to the...