Tako LakoThe capital is Sarajevo, and the country comprises two autonomous entities: The Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Republika Srpska. The third unit, the Brčko District, has its own local government. Throughout history, Bosnia and Herzegovina was at the crossroads to different empires, such as the Ottoman and Austria-Hungarian empires, which helped create a unique center of cultural diversity.
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A highly geographically diverse country. The ten regions offer beauty and diversity in nature, culture heritage, and gastronomy. Each region offers breath-taking destinations that will give you memories for life. The Croatian coast is known as the pearl of the Adriatic with its crystal clear water and hundreds of islands. The country’s capital is Zagreb, located in the north part of the country.
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Montenegro’s capital is Podgorica, but its cultural center is the historical capital of Cetinje. The country is small yet rich in history and incredibly diverse. You can go from the sea to the mountains in an hour. You can explore the Mediterranean and continental climate in a day. The Montenegrin coast is one of the jewels of the Adriatic. The Montenegrin language was standardized in 2009.
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The capital of Serbia is Belgrade, a cosmopolitan city, rich in cultural and historic heritage, and built at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers. Beyond urban cities like Belgrade and Novi Sad, Serbia’s enchanting landscapes offer plenty of opportunities to experience active holidays, rural retreats, traditional food made according to old family recipes, and family holidays.
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Maša Kolanović is an associate professor in the Department of Croatian Studies at the University of Zagreb and a fiction writer. Her works include the poetry collection Leeches for the Lonely (Pijavice za usamljene, 2001), the novel Underground Barbie (Sloboština Barbie, 2008), the prose poem Jamerika (2013), and the short story collection Dear Pests and Other Chilling Stories (Poštovani kukci i druge jezive priče, 2019). Following her monograph Strike! Rebel? Consumer… (Udarnik! Buntovnik? Potrošač…), which she completed in 2011 for her PhD in Croatian Language and Comparative Literature, she publishes essays on literature and popular culture. She co-edited Komparativni postsocijalizam: slavenska iskustva (Comparative Postsocialism: Slavic Experiences, 2013) and The Cultural Life of Capitalism in Yugoslavia (with D. Jelača and D. Lugarić, 2017).
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Novinar Hrvatskog nacionalnog radija, glas Jamesa. Već nekoliko desetljeća P.A. ( službeni najavljivač -public announcer) Hajduk Split. Producent tona za Davis cup Croatia Serbia, na svjetskom i Euro prvenstvu u rukometu, kvalifikacijama u košarci za Olimpijske igre, utakmicama nacionalne selekcije Hrvatske u košarci, nogometu, odbojci i futsalu. 14 Croatia all star susreta košarkaša, 18 susreta nogometne reprezentacije Hrvatske i brojna druga sportska i društvena događanja s više desetaka tisuća sudionika…. Narator u više dokumentarnih i promo filmova
Novinar Hrvatskog nacionalnog radija, glas Jamesa. Već nekoliko desetljeća P.A. ( službeni najavljivač -public announcer) Hajduk Split. Producent tona za Davis cup Croatia Serbia, na svjetskom i Euro prvenstvu u rukometu, kvalifikacijama u košarci za Olimpijske igre, utakmicama nacionalne selekcije Hrvatske u košarci, nogometu, odbojci i futsalu. 14 Croatia all star susreta košarkaša, 18 susreta nogometne reprezentacije Hrvatske i brojna druga sportska i društvena događanja s više desetaka tisuća sudionika…. Narator u više dokumentarnih i promo filmova
Franka Karabatić holds an MA in Italian and Russian Language & Literature from the University of Zadar, Croatia. She is fluent in 4 languages. Besides teaching, she shows great interest in the management of tourism. For this project she has provided voiceover and recording, as well as the original photographs for the textbook.
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Martina Grgić lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Integer vestibulum risus quis ipsum ornare maximus. Vivamus fermentum vulputate est, ac interdum est tristique ut. Nullam cursus, est id posuere porta, nibh est tincidunt ligula, sed aliquet tortor nibh vel magna. In tincidunt eget orci ut porttitor. Sed facilisis, mauris eu porta elementum, neque mi consectetur justo, sit amet pharetra erat leo nec urna. Maecenas nec purus egestas nunc ornare porta. Ut eu nisi in felis eleifend eleifend. Aenean finibus, ante nec aliquet blandit, magna tellus finibus ipsum, euismod tincidunt diam urna sed lacus. Quisque luctus ligula nec diam ultricies facilisis. Praesent malesuada odio sed mollis tristique. Aliquam hendrerit rhoncus efficitur. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nunc id leo vel odio consectetur dapibus.
Marko Borota Studied Visual Communication Design and Type Design at the Academy of Arts in Split, Croatia. More than 10 years of work experience as a designer, type designer and art director Working at the Faculty of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Geodesy in Split, Croatia as an assistant professor. Currently working at 404 Agency in Zagreb, Croatia. Designed the logo of the project.
Ariel Pitre Young holds an MA in Government from the University of Texas at Austin with a focus on Comparative Politics and Eastern European politics. Her work focuses on ethnicity, nationalism, and the intersection of music in politics in Eastern and Southeastern Europe. She is a three-time Foreign Language and Area Studies fellow for Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian. Ariel is also a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant in Bosnia and Herzegovina for the 2023-24 academic year. In addition to B/C/S study, Ariel is fluent in French and holds a BA in French and Government from the University of Texas at Austin.
David Michael Castillo is a Ph.D. student of history at the University of Texas at Austin studying the former Yugoslavia and its successor states; with current research focusing on historical questions of gender power dynamics, masculinity, intercommunal violence, and propaganda. His studies in the Bosnian/Croatian/Montenegrin/Serbian language have been funded by the Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) fellowship and have taken him across the Ex-Yugoslav space over a span of three years. Through receiving language training from a combination of programs at Arizona State University (2020), Indiana University (2020- 2022), and a summer of language study in Sarajevo with the Udruženje za jezik i kulturu Lingvisti, David qualified as a C2 level speaker in the BCMS language.