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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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6 New Episodes of "Vicinities" for the Fall TV programme

The new 6 episodes of the second season of the regional TV-Show “Vicinities”, which is presented by the European Fund for the Balkans and the Cen
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Episode 6: “About The Sport In Sports Manner”

The subject of the last episode of the spring cycle of “Vicinities” is “About the sport in sports manner”. The sport as a victim of the wrong
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Episode 5: “Our history vs. your history”

The history of the educational systems in the region, how is the history discussed and learned in the classrooms, how to get rid of the
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Episode 4: “Violence of youth over youth”

Why do we see increased violence in the region and how can we deal with it, the wars and the conflicts in the region and their effects on the young
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Episode 3: "Vicinities through caricature”

The theme of the third episode of “Vicinities” is the “Vicinities through caricature”. The caricatures of the famous cartoonists in the region
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