The following article is an excerpt from our latest printed Ecosprinter titled Reclaim Your Rights! – The Social Issue. We decided to bring you the articles from this edition in a digital form as well. by Jelena Aleksic People have divided thoughts about communism in Yugoslavia. Some will say that it was the worst regime…
Tag: Serbia
Recycling in Serbia: the case of pink toilet paper
On which level are recycling policies in Serbia and has there been any progress in the past few years? These questions are very nicely presented by a commercial for toilet paper. While a family is walking and shopping in a big supermarket, a girl brings some toilet paper she likes and which is, surprisingly, pink…
Second life of products
What does the hierarchy of waste management include? Why burning waste is not the preferred option? What is the problem related to the biggest Belgrade landfill (Vinča) and the public-private partnership that the City of Belgrade made to solve this problem? What are the recommendations for the future? At the level of the European Union…
Belgrade Pride- From Nowhere to No Place
After 3 years of being banned, and already having a pejorative image of “that thing that is traditionally canceled” Belgrade Pride (in further text Pride) happened on the 26th October 2014, without major incidents and with the presence of approximately seven thousand heavily armed policemen. Before the actual Pride itself, there was a “Pride Week”…
Green Check-in: Serbia
From Serbia to Norway, the Ecosprinter has done a quick check in with some of our Greens and Young Green friends around Europe to see what they are doing and what we should look out for! “I think the average person that knows about the Greens (because that’s a struggle also) they like us.” Žaklina…
News from Serbia
The campaign of Green Youth for the year 2003 mainly deals with public debates in order to raise public awareness on certain issues and also to introduce the Greens and the ”Green idea” on the Serbian social and political scene. The issues which we introduce in our debates are : The ecological problems in transitional…
The first congress of Green Youth, Serbia
The boat `Marina` on Danube river in Belgrade welcomed members of Green Youth and their guests. The first congress took place in very pleasant atmosphere. The first part of our work was devoted to discussing amendments and adopting youth Charter, which specifies our work and aims we want to achieve. Following this important process, elections…