{"id":2023,"date":"2025-04-28T16:39:14","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T15:39:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idmedia.mk\/?p=2023"},"modified":"2025-04-28T16:39:42","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T15:39:42","slug":"facing-the-past-healing-and-reconciliation-in-the-balkans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/idmedia.mk\/en\/facing-the-past-healing-and-reconciliation-in-the-balkans\/","title":{"rendered":"Facing the Past: Healing and Reconciliation in the Balkans"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2023\" class=\"elementor elementor-2023\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5905f29 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5905f29\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-274ed54 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"274ed54\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.17.0 - 08-11-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>The Balkans remain a region marked by a painful history of wars, conflicts, and ethnic divisions. In this conversation, we explored the psychological and social consequences of these events, and how societies can or should engage with their past to build a peaceful future. We discussed transitional justice, the importance of remembrance versus intentional forgetting, the role of forgiveness, and the challenges of interethnic dialogue. 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