March 6, 2026
Lead Balkans News/Events Sarajevo The Secretariat

From Banja Luka, to Diaspora

A few months ago, the play “Four Sisters” was staged at the Banja Luka Student Theater.

Supported by the WBFโ€“EU Joint Action, the performance unfolded through fragments, notes, reflections, and memories, raising a crucial question: Can a family divided by distance be reconstructed from fragments, from shadows of dialogue and reflections of memory?

Today, we ask a similar question again. This time, not through theatre, but through one of the largest conferences dedicated to diaspora in 2026.

Taking place in Tirana, #๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ธ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€ โ€“ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐——๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ Conference seeks to build a network that reconnects the โ€œfamilyโ€: those living in the Western Balkans and those whose lives have unfolded beyond the regionโ€™s borders.

Different experiences, languages and perspectives, fragments shaped by distance, movement and time. All of them, will meet together in a single, strong network that resonates beyond borders, and helps build a future in which the Western Balkans is defined not by what separates us, but by what we create together.