Irena Pejić

Oct 13, 2023 | greeneuropeanjournal.eu | Irena Pejić |Cléa Fache |Hugo Chirol |Léa Legras

In Serbia, the war in Ukraine, the rekindled conflict in Kosovo, and the government’s culture of violence seem to have left little room in political debate for environmental issues. But a conversation with political anthropologist and Belgrade city councillor Jelena Vasiljević suggests that the country’s democratic and ecological struggles are inseparable – and can only be solved by reclaiming its political institutions.

Jul 31, 2023 | greeneuropeanjournal.eu | Mariam Nikuradze |Ben Snelson |Katja Artsiomenka |Irena Pejić

Alexander Lukashenko has made Belarus Russia’s accomplice in the Ukraine war, against the will of the Belarusian people. In this European Press Prize-nominated essay, Katja Artsiomenka critiques the world’s response to the struggle of the Belarusian people. On the third day of the war, when hundreds of people in Ukraine had already been killed by the Russian army, many people at a rally in Düsseldorf sank to their knees. In grief. In humility. In pain.