Dear organizers and distinguished participants, I am very happy and grateful to address you today at the “Truths That Are Denied” conference which asks us to reflect on the essential issue of truths that are denied. This is my first time in Belgrade, and I’m glad we all gathered here today. I come from Kosovo, which is connected to the topic of denied truths like the body is connected to the soul.
Over 120 people from the Western Balkans, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary and the Czech Republic attended the "Truths that are denied" regional conference. The conference opened with the poems "Born after 1992" and "8372" by the poet Mirjana Narandžić and the panel "Images in our heads and on the walls," which discussed the role of art in dealing with the past.
We congratulate all participants and supporters of the Berlin process and in particular Western Balkans leaders who have gathered in Berlin and signed three important agreements that we see as milestones for the future of regional cooperation and mobility.
YIHR’ conference “Truths that are denied” planned to be held on the 8th and 9th of November in Belgrade, will be an opportunity to once again reclaim the civic space back to the citizens.
A diverse group of 40 civil society organisations, activists, and media outlets from Kosovo and Serbia express their profound concern about the impact of a lack of progress in the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue on local communities.
