Vijesti, Sarajevo's Oslobođenje, Zagreb's Večernji list and Belgrade's Danas will publish joint texts produced by those four newsrooms every Monday.
The basic idea is to offer the readers a complete regional picture, with all the similarities and differences, of the most important issues that arise in Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia.
Journalists will cover the most current topics that are present in the practice of our countries and present ways of approaching, relating and solving specific problems in each environment.
"Comparative data will help readers, we are convinced, to see many problems, phenomena, events in a wider, regional context and to gain a true impression of the scope, virtues or flaws of the offered solutions in their environments through an overview of practice in the region.
"I firmly believe that the media is a better part of our societies, and I see our cooperation as an opportunity to show that. I am absolutely sure that with joint efforts we can shed light on problems, but also trace the paths of solutions. For Bosnia and Herzegovina, this is particularly important, given that our country - whether someone wants to admit it or not - is particularly sensitive to events in the neighborhood, and first-hand information is always the most desirable," emphasizes Vildana Selimbegović, editor-in-chief of Sarajevo's Oslobođenja.
Večernji list also considers this idea very useful and believes that better solutions can be reached in this way.
"Today, nobody really needs to invent hot water, as politicians in our countries love to do, for many solutions it would be enough to look at how the neighbor solved the problem and apply what has already been proven to work. In the biography of one Angela Merkel, it is fascinating that the first thing she did when she became prime minister, she sent her chief of staff to her British colleague Gordon Brown's office for a week to see how the prime minister's office is run successfully, because there are no instructions for that job anywhere. That's why we are here as the media to be the right example in our countries and show what was done well and which solution was bad, and we are especially glad that Večernji list is part of this story along with Danas, Oslobođenje and Vijesti," explains Dario Markaš, deputy editor-in-chief of Večernji list.
Srdan Kosović, editor-in-chief of Vijesta, believes that all countries of the former Yugoslavia are part of the system of merged courts.
"Fragile public institutions sensitive to different influences are just one of the common things.
"Those influences, especially the strongest ones, certainly do not recognize borders, and this cooperation will show and prove how closely the destinies of the citizens of the four states are closely connected, and we look forward to offering a new perspective on numerous issues," Kosović points out.
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