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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 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...

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...