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Season 3, Episode 11 - REGIONAL COOPERATION

What is the cooperation between the countries in the region like? In addition to political cooperation, which is essential for all other forms of
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Season 3, Episode 10 - LEARNING DEMOCRACY

Despite being a key factor in maintaining law and order, democracy is often used as an alibi for anarchy and chaos. Are we headed in the right
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Season 3, Episode 9 - THE AFTERMATH OF WAR

The war of the Nineties destroyed our mutual connections and our connections with the world. The region was thrown back decades, in the economic,
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Season 3, Episode 8 - ABOUT THE ELDERLY

The eighth episode of Vicinities Season 3 is dedicated to the elderly -- how do they live and why is it that in this region they are the ones who
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Roundtable on Regional Media Cooperation

A roundtable on regional media cooperation was held on Wednesday, 8 October 2014, in Mikser House. The event was organized by the Centre for
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Season 3, Episode 7 - EDUCATION

Why do our children score poorly on international standardised tests, and is this the only criterion to assess them by? Who evaluates teachers, and
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Season 3, Episode 6 – UNEMPLOYMENT

Who or what is responsible for unemployment in our region - governments, the global economic crisis or transition tycoons? Why aren’t job creation d
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Season 3, Episode 5 - THE ENVIRONMENT

Environmental risks, lack of a strategy for the construction of new thermal and hydro power plants, inadequate waste disposal and illegal dumping
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Season 3, Episode 4 - SOCIAL NETWORKS

To what extent do social networks influence the way we communicate and the way we spend our free time? To what extent are they a tool for
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Season 3, Episode 3 - OUR LANGUAGE

When it comes to “our language” should we insist on the similarities or the differences? Are Bosnian, Montenegrin, Croatian and Serbian four lan
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Season 3, Episode 2 - ORGANIZED CRIME AND CORRUPTION

If politicians want to seriously, successfully and efficiently tackle corruption and organized crime, shouldn’t they start with themselves? Why are
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Season 3, Episode 1 - SOLIDARITY

Do we notice people around us who are in need of help or do we merely brush past them indifferently? Why do we show solidarity only when we are in a
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Vicinities presentation in the Mikser House: round table on “Media cooperation between the countries of the region”

Vicinities, a project of the European Fund for the Balkans (EFB) and the Center for Democracy and Reconciliation in Southeast Europe (CDRSEE) and the
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“Vicinities” presentation in the European Parliament: Panel Discussion “Regional Cooperation in South East Europe: Freedom and Quality of the Media"

Vicinities, the project of the European Fund for the Balkans (EFB) and Center for Democracy and Reconciliation in Southeast Europe (CDRSEE) which is
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Episode 12: “Ethno Music”

Ethno music as part of the common cultural heritage, whether it is the same thing as folk music, is it well cherished and preserved, how to promote
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Episode 11: “State Administration”

How is the state administration functioning in the region, is there a need for its modernization and professionalization, how to create a government
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Episode 10: “The Church - How separated is it from the state”

Why secularism is so important, why there is no open dialogue about the situation of thereligion in the society and the relations between the
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Episode 9: “War crimes”

The ninth episode of “Vicinities” is not concerned with the fairness of the Hague Tribunal, but with emphasizing the need to prosecute the war cri
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Episode 8: “The civil society in the countries from the vicinity”

Is the civil society still trying to teach us hot to live freely and creatively, why most of the non-governmental sector is now struggling for mere
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Episode 7: “LGBT”

How the society treats the LGBT community and how does their life looks like, do they have a freedom to choose, to fight prejudices, whether they are
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