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The "Mirëdita, dobar dan" festival took place for the first time this year in Austria, Vienna, on November 29, 2023. The festival, which has traditionally been held since 2014 in Serbia and Kosovo, provides a platform to bring together art, culture, advocacy and public debate on key issues for our societies. This year, the festival crossed the borders of its usual destinations for the first time, and the atmosphere was filled with positive energy and the desire to create an inclusive space. Bistra Kumbaroska, the initiator of the festival, emphasized the importance of the Balkan community in Vienna, at the same time emphasizing that there are still differences in values ​​that come from their history. However, the festival aimed to overcome...

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 organized by Civic Initiatives Austria, Integra and YIHR and is following the same goals. “There is a big community from the Balkans living in Vienna. Even though most of us are fully settled in Austria, there are still different values...

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 in this region that does not bear the trauma of an insurmountable loss", said Sofija Todorović, program director of the Youth Initiative for Human Rights, at the opening of the festival. She also reminded that this region is connected by...

The tenth jubilee edition of the "Mirëdita, dobar dan!" festival, a unique cultural event that has been organized in Belgrade and Prishtina since 2014, will be held from May 4th to 6th in Prishtina, with the presentation of the modern artistic, cultural, and social scene of Serbia and with raising critical issues concerning both the past and the future in times that represent a great challenge for Kosovo and Serbian society. Citizens of Prishtina will have the opportunity to get to know the Serbian cultural scene, musicians, film, and literary authors. "Despite the current challenges and relations between Kosovo and Serbia, the festival 'Mirëdita, dobar dan!' continues to remain one of the few platforms that offers space for promotion of cultural...

The ninth “Mirëdita, dobar dan!” Festival will open on May 25 at 6 PM with an exhibition entitled “All of our tears,” while the festival programme will continue in several locations across Belgrade until May 28.  Organized by Youth Initiative for Human Rights (YIHR), Civic Intiatives, Forum Ziviler Friedensdienst and the Integra NGO from Kosovo, this year’s festival “Miredita, dobar dan!” will merge contemporary art and culture with some of the most important questions concerning the past and the future of societies in Kosovo and Serbia alike.  This year’s festival will open on Wednesday, May 25, with an exhibition entitled “All of our tears,” which will run until June 1 at the Endžio Hab (Dobračina 4). The ninth edition of the festival...

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, has resulted in his enormous contribution in the fields of human rights, transitional justice and dealing with the past. "I do not consider this award as a personal achievement, but as a joint venture and I would like to highlight one...