Today marks 23 years since the assassination of Dr Zoran Djindjic.

We remember him as a Prime Minister who had a vision of a modern, democratic, and European Serbia, but also as the Mayor of Belgrade, a professor, a thinker, and a man who believed that society can and must change, courageously, responsibly, and with a clear orientation towards the future.
His words still remind us how important it is not to accept indifference, not to spend years in despair, and not to give up on a society in which human and national potential is used for progress rather than wasted.

The Zoran Djindjic Foundation continues, through its work with young people, students, and alumni, to preserve and promote the values he stood for: responsibility, freedom, knowledge, and the active role of the individual in society.

Remembering Zoran Djindjic is not only about remembering the past.
It is a reminder that it is our responsibility to wake up, to think with our own minds, and to build a society worthy of the life we have.

Note by Mayor Zoran Djindjic on the importance of life:

We have lost our sense of the importance of life. Not only does physical life seem to mean little, but we have also become numb to the dead.

But this applies to many generations. We behave as if this is not our only life, as if we had a make-up exam and several more lives ahead of us. An atmosphere is created in which we sacrifice ourselves for some higher goals, giving up pleasure and happiness for something important and great. Yet when we ask what that is, there is no answer. We recklessly spend days and years, sink into despair, and squander our human and national potential. For what?

We must wake up. We have wasted ten years. For some of us they were the ten best years, for others the last ten, and for some the first ten, decisive for the formation of one’s personality. And all of it with very little satisfaction, happiness or progress.