Final Winners of “Ready. Steady. Our Europe!” Photo Contest Announced – Award Ceremony to Take Place at Ljubljana Sports Festival News | WeBalkans

Final Winners of “Ready. Steady. Our Europe!” Photo Contest Announced – Award Ceremony to Take Place at Ljubljana Sports Festival

15 Aug 2025
15/08/2025

Final Winners of “Ready. Steady. Our Europe!” Photo Contest Announced – Award Ceremony to Take Place at Ljubljana Sports Festival

The WeBalkans campaign “Ready. Steady. Our Europe!” has reached its grand finale with the announcement of the six final winners of the regional photo contest. Over the past six months, this unique campaign by WeBalkans has celebrated inclusion, unity, and the spirit of sport, bringing the shared values of the Western Balkans and the EU closer to citizens across the region and beyond.

 

Launched in April 2025 in Pristina, the contest invited young photographers and sports enthusiasts aged 18–29 to capture inspiring moments from the world of sport — celebrating perseverance, EU enlargement, unity, peacebuilding, and cultural cooperation. From 183 submissions, a professional jury selected 18 best works, which then toured the Western Balkans as part of a traveling exhibition, stopping in seven towns: Belgrade, Podgorica, Skopje, Struga, Maglaj, Pristina, and Tirana. Finally, this August, the citizens of our region had their say, voting on WeBalkans social media to select the final winners:

 

Albania: Klevisa Kapo – Lifted by Support, Carried by Dreams

Bosnia and Herzegovina: Haris Pervan – Grassroots Football

Kosovo: Fillojetë Maloku – Sport is not just competition

Montenegro: Nataša Đurović – Lines of the freedom

North Macedonia: Ilina Pulejkova – Sport connects, includes and loves

Serbia: Jasmina Pavlović – Together – we can do anything

 

The campaign’s closing event will take place in Ljubljana, Slovenia, chosen as the first EU capital to host the finale of Your lens. Your story. Our Europe! campaign. As part of a special collaboration with the Ljubljana Sports Festival, together with the winners attending the festival, the winning photographs will be exhibited from 3 September as part of the official festival programme. The Award Ceremony will be held on 6 September at Tivoli Iliria Pool. Marta Kos, Commissioner for Enlargement, will also give a video message to the winners of the photo competition.

 

By wrapping up “Ready. Steady. Our Europe!” in Slovenia, WeBalkans highlights its aim to share stories of EU enlargement, showcase the richness the Western Balkans brings to Europe, and point to the opportunities the EU offers beyond borders. The finale also gives space for young voices and encourages unity through activism and creativity — showing that Europe’s future is stronger when shaped together.

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