An Englishman in the Balkans

In this episode Tamara and I visit “Chiquita”, a Mexican restaurant in Hanište, Banja Luka. Chiquita is the only venue that serves Authentic Mexican cuisine in the city. Yes, there are Mexican recipes featured on our restaurants menus, but to be honest they really don’t “cut the mustard”. Adriana, who co-owns this small restaurant, tells us about the influences she has brought to Banja Luka as well as the similarities in culture, historical links and the food she prepares. It's quite the story

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In this episode I get to talk to Peter Korchnak, Podcaster and Writer, about the “Remembering Yugoslavia” Podcast.

The Remembering Yugoslavia podcast explores the memory of the country that no longer exists. How do people of the former Yugoslav republics remember and imagine their former homeland?

“I was born in a country that no longer exists (Czechoslovakia) and explore the memory of another (Yugoslavia)”.

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In this episode I get to talk to Biljana Lipić, a resident of Cornwall in the United Kingdom but originally from Sarajevo.Biljana lives on a boat anchored on a Cornish river. I first found out about Biljana from a story that I stumbled across online.

I have to admit that I have always had an interest in narrow boating, and living on the water in general, so when I saw that someone from Sarajevo had achieved what was one of my dreams back in the day, I just had to find out more.

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In this episode I’m out and about enjoying coffee in the early evening on the outskirts of Banja Luka.

Catching up for a coffee on the banks of the River Vrbas and talking to Vanja Mišić, an accomplished singer and songwriter from Banja Luka. 

We’ll listen to some of her songs, plus find out about what the music industry is like in this part of the world, her musical journey, mental health and her future plans.The English Lyrics to “Prstima”Find out more about Vanja HERE:

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In this episode I talk to David Harmes, a Canadian, who at the age of 22, was a Documentary Photographer for the Red Cross in 1993’s war torn Croatia, experiencing the effects of conflict and Dodging Mines.He came back to the region some 16 years later and this time was thrown out of one of them.It’s quite the story.

Osijek - Croatia -1993.

Just a few of the images from David’s time in Osijek in 1993.

David’s Hyperlocal Community Radio Project

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Hello and welcome to this week's post, which is audio based. Why? Well this 13th February is World Radio Day.As you will know from following the blog, plus my content on social platforms, I have always been passionate about radio.In fact, I came to Bosnia and Herzegovina back in 1998, to launch a radio station!Back to this post. My initial plan was to write about the history of this UN launched project, but, by pure happenstance, an old radio buddy of mine who is in Canada, and runs a community station there, contacted me and asked if we could chat about radio for his programme on Midtown Radio.I simply couldn’t refuse, so here’s David Harmes, chatting with me about radio and why its so important a medium.Click on the player at the top of this post to listen :)

This podcast is both a fun and serious conversation about community radio.I (we) hope you enjoy it.

So grab a tea of coffee and put 30 or so minutes aside to join us.

What is World Radio Day?

World Radio Day 2022 will be celebrated once again on the 13th of February. UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation) proclaimed the event at their 36th Conference after it was put forward as an idea by the Kingdom of Spain.

The purpose of World Radio Day is to raise greater awareness among the public and the media of the importance of radio. This is done in the hope that we can encourage decision makers to establish and provide access to information through radio.

World Radio Day brings people and communities from all backgrounds together in order to create dialogue for positive change. Radio is also a fantastic way to provide democratic debate over issues such as violence and political arguments. It can promote and raise awareness among old and new listeners!

The 2022 edition of World Radio Day is based around 3 sub-themes:

Evolution - The world is always changing, so radio evolves along with it. This refers to the resilience and sustainability of radio!

Innovation - The world is always changing, so radio adapts and innovates. Radio has had to adapt to new technology to remain the go-to medium of mobility, accessible to everyone, everywhere!

Connection - The world is always changing, so radio connects. This sub-theme refers to radio's services to our society!

Top 5 Facts about the Radio

* Physicist Heinrich Hertz was the first person to prove that radio waves exist.

* A ‘broadcast’ only occurs when a radio signal is sent to many receivers at once.

* The first radio messages were one-way and were an attempt to replace telegraph messages.

* FM radio began in 1939.

* There are almost 15,000 radio stations alone in the USA.

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Between 2002 and 2004, a successful Club in Leeds UK, called SpeedQueen, temporarily set up in the north west of Bosnia and Herzegovina to bring a new experience to the youth of the area.NATO at that time had a byline for their operation. It was “Mir i Tolerancija”, or “Peace and Tolerance”SpeedQueen however, really hit the mark with youth audiences with their “Harmonija I Fantazija” or “Harmony and Fantasy”.This podcast starts to tell that story.

I think one of the biggest experiences that we had was, we got asked by NATO, by the Stabilisation Force– if we would go and work in Bosnia, because, there was a guy there in the British Army who read about the kind of work we were doing in Leeds, in terms of integration. And he’d started a program to try and integrate the young displaced people after the war because there'd been this huge genocide in Bosnia years previously. And, he'd told us that the older generation were even more prejudiced after the war, like more set in their ways, and they were trying to, they were trying to integrate the youth through music. and he asked if we would go out there, like for ten days, and run some club nights where they were gonna try and integrate the youth and we said yeah..Suzy Mason, SpeedQueen Leeds 2002.

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In this episode of the podcast David and Tamara explain the 90 days in any 180 rule for people visiting Bosnia and Herzegovina and also what you will require to do if you wish to apply for long term residency.

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Banja Luka is the birthplace of Nataša Konjević a female muralist.At the time of writing this post, Nataša is the only female muralist in Bosnia and Herzegovina, doing big scale murals on buildings. Yes, there are more women and men doing murals, (but none of the other girls paint on a large scale of 10 or 15 meters high

In my opinion, Nataša is a Unique, Trail Blazing person.In the following podcast I find out about her. Not only as a person, but why she chose to paint these huge Murals, her ethical approach to art, and much much more.You can find out more about Nataša on our Blog.If you enjoy the podcast please subscribe/follow and share with a friend!

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In this episode of the podcast David and Tamara talk about Zimnica - Winter Food.If you enjoy the podcast please subscribe/follow and share with a friend!

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