The Bridge, a cultural magazine, is devoting two special issues – this issue
and the next one - to the COVID-19 crisis. This is the greatest challenge of the present
historic moment for the countries of the region like for the...
In the editorial of the previous issue, we discussed a natural disaster that struck a small Balkan country. Now, we find ourselves facing another natural disaster that is striking the entire planet and has paralysed almost all spheres of...
On November 26, an earthquake struck Albania which was so powerful that people
felt its tremors in Bosnia and Bulgaria. Albania was the epicentre and the damage was very
severe. 51 dead. Entire families, including all their children, killed; or nearly...
Are the Balkans part of Europe? This question is not simply about geography. Nor is it just about membership or the prospect of membership in the EU, in political Europe. If it were, the answer would be “Not entirely,...
In our region, many international artistic and literary festivals fall in
the May-June period, which this issue of the magazine covers. Consequently, we devote a special section to information
and reflection about the most significant festivals. These events create...
In a recent interview, Pope Francis talked about the walls, both legal and physical, being built by wealthy countries to keep out immigrants and refugees, and he said: “whoever builds a wall ends up imprisoned inside the...
Where is Europe going? This question is being asked with increasing concern. We live in a time when the European dream is at risk, a dream that emerged in the decades after World War Two and which...
