Bosnia Blog

SwimmersGuide is an excellent, well-kept user-collaborate database of swimming pools around the world. Click on Bosnia-Sarajevo to find a list of pools. Hours and prices might not be precise, but you have the address and most importantly link to the pool’s website.

Bosnia currently has only two regions listed: Sarajevo and Jahorina, with one pool each; I doubt if the info is even correct. If you have swum or known any pool from other cities especially major ones like Mostar and Banja Luka, please add them to the database.

Update: Answers added [Thanks novala!]
1. How to get from Graz to Sarajevo? Is there some bus or train between these two cities? Graz is a city from Austria, in the south-east, close to Slovenia.

Check Eurolines. There is a bus from Graz to Sarajevo.http://www.eurolines.at/fahrplan/Inhaltsverzeichnis/S_7.pdf

2. Where can I find an online movie and theater directory (in english) listing current showings?

Try http://www.infobar.ba (in Bosnian though)

3. How can I find tutors and school teaching Bosnians for foreigners?

http://www.soros-school.com/more.php?level=1:10:E

I’m still searching, but if you have some knowledge regarding asked questions, please send me information. Thanks in advance.

Location: University of Kent, Canterbury
Closing date: 12 noon Wednesday 29 August 2007
Salary: £22,332 - £25,889 pa pro rata (pay award pending)
Starting Salary: £22,332 pa pro rata

Contract: Fixed-Term from October 2007 to December 2008 & Part-Time (0.35fte)

Brief description:
We are seeking a Research Assistant for a British Academy Large Grant project entitled: ‘NATO and EU Conditionality in
Bosnia and Herzegovina: from Peace Building to State Building’ under the supervision of Dr Gulnur Aybet and Dr Florian Bieber.

You will assist in data collection, preparation for field trips, maintenance of a project website and maintenance of a network of policy makers and scholars associated with the project.
You should have expertise in the Balkans, preferably Bosnia, and a good working knowledge of international organisations, preferably the EU and/or NATO, and linguistic skills in Bosnian (Croatian, Serbian). An advanced degree (M.A. or Ph.D.) in Politics (or a related discipline) is desirable. Anticipated start date is October 2007.

Informal enquiries can be made to Dr Gulnur Aybet at G.Aybet@kent.ac.uk and Dr Florian Biever at F.Bieber@kent.ac.uk

Visit the University’s website for more information.

Irfanview, the brainchild Bosnian-born Irfan, is a cool computer application which lets you view photos and perform light editing on them.

Before Irfanview, I’d used a few photo viewing and editing programs and didn’t stick with any particular program until Irfanview. Adobe Photoshop is too heavy with many extra features I don’t need for photo handling while MS Office Picture Manager is limited to basic features.

Irfanview loads quickly and has a variety of features I need for my every-day-photo-messing experience. If I want something extremely fancy and complicated, I can always go back to Adobe Photoshop or GIMP.

If you have not heard of Irfanview, try it out. It’s completely free.