During the summer months of 2021, numerous initiatives for regional cooperation among the Western Balkans countries were launched. Therefore, in this issue’s Topic From Prespa to Brussels, summer of regional cooperation - the open Balkan and its borders, we gave a brief overview of the regional networking but also challenges that they were facing in the past two months. In our new double issue, you can read an Interview with Albin Kurti, while the Focus of the newsletter is on the report Forgotten children of Serbia. In the Column LGBTQ+ community in Serbia, a long road to the EU you can learn more about the members of this marginalized group in Serbia, while in the text Slovenian Presidency to the Council of the EU: recovery is the keyword, you can read more about Slovenian plans for the EU Presidency in the next 6 months. We Present you the new program of the Belgrade Open School Media and Youth for Democratic Development, which is being implemented with the support of the Swedish Embassy in Belgrade.

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