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Everything published: stories, films and photo essays.
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The bridge that was rebuilt, and the city still divided by its riverReportage
SampleThree decades after the war, a single stone arch carries the weight of a city's memory. What reconstruction can and cannot repair.
Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina · 25 October 2026
Winter on the lake that tourists leave behindReportage · Photo essay
SampleOhrid out of season: fog on the water, closed kiosks and the churches that never close.
Ohrid, North Macedonia · 22 October 2026
The coppersmiths of Baščaršija and the trade that outlived empiresReportage
SampleOn Kazandžiluk street, a craft that survived the Ottomans, Austria-Hungary, Yugoslavia and a siege.
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina · 19 October 2026
Concrete utopia: living inside New Belgrade's socialist blocksHistory
SampleThe housing estates built for a new Yugoslav citizen, and the people who still call them home.
New Belgrade, Serbia · 15 October 2026
- LjubljanaHow a small capital rebuilt its riverbanks
Notebook
SampleJože Plečnik's Ljubljana, and the argument over whether Slovenia is Balkan at all.
Ljubljana, Slovenia · 12 October 2026
- SofiaWalking the layers: Roman, Ottoman, Soviet
Notebook
SampleIn central Sofia, three empires share a single city block.
Sofia, Bulgaria · 9 October 2026
- VevčaniA village carnival older than the border
Notebook
SampleEvery January, Vevčani puts on masks and mocks everyone in power.
Vevčani, North Macedonia · 7 October 2026
Skopje: the city searching for itselfDocumentary · Film
SampleA walk through a capital rebuilt twice: after the 1963 earthquake, and again by Skopje 2014.
Skopje, North Macedonia · 27 September 2026