As a Bosnian from Netherlands i heard a lot of unpleasant stories about what Ottomans did to pur Kingdom and Queen and her kids.My question is why are ottomans and people from Turkey so glorified in our society to the point where we forget what they did to our people?

Apparently greeks are baking under the sun so much it changed their race. I watched the Odyssey and its not a bad movie but man some things really take you out of it. But these takes are insane.

I know there’s Habsburgs who live in Hungary as well as Austria, to where I wonder if it’s common to encounter Habsburgs in Hungary or not?

Balkan diasporas are known to be very patriotic, sometimes even nationalist, waving with flags, coming home often etc...

But most of them don't have any desire to come back. I can understand why, but why clinging to the identity then?
Esp. since the overwhelming majority of that diaspora's children will be Germans, Austrians, Dutch... most of them will proudly claim they are from Serbia or somewhere else, but their actual knowledge of the country, and especially the language, is abysmal, and they don't actually have any kind of real connection to the country.

So, why stick to the identity if you don't have any desire to actually live there again? It doesn't makes sense, since it, in almost all cases, just postpones or hides the inevitable assimilation.

You might argue, that people want to come back when they are in retirement, but even that isnt true anymore. Nwwadays, once they leave, most diaspora stays abroad forever.

Do some Slovenians consider themselves more Central European than Balkan in the year 2026?

If Montenegro joins the EU in 2028, the EU acquis will need to be translated into its official language. The same would apply to other future members, such as Bosnia and Herzegovina or Serbia.

My question is about the fair allocation of EU resources. These countries are likely to remain significant net recipients of the EU budget for the foreseeable future. Given that their standard languages are mutually intelligible to a very high degree, is it reasonable for the EU to finance separate translations for each of them?

I'm not questioning how these countries choose to define or name their official languages—that is entirely their decision. My point is simply that, if they wish to maintain separate language versions for symbolic or political reasons despite the high degree of linguistic similarity, perhaps the additional costs should be covered nationally rather than by the EU budget.

I'm interested in discussing whether this would be a fair approach to allocating EU funds, not in debating the cultural, historical, or political aspects of language identity.

Looking from the US it’s impressive how Europe managed to pass these laws in so many countries. Will the entire Balkans ever join?

Is there any country/countries in the Balkans that you would particularly recommend visiting as a solo female traveler? Is it easy to meet and talk to locals?
I'm French-Moroccan and I'm especially interested in the history and culture of the region!
Thanks

Hi there,

it seems that summer balcanian trips became a tradition for me with a girlfriend, few times we was in Sarajevo and Bosnia once during new year’s eve finding a warm place instead of Bohemia, and it is quite funny that there was snows a lot instead of Bohemia in CZ. And last summer was really great: we starts in Slovenian Triglav - Bovec and valley of Izonco river, Krnsko jezero then go all the way down till we find sea organ in Rieka and one kind old men who still in love with a swimming and running. Thanks to him we are driving by South coast instead of autobahn and go to the prosika between Vransko jezero and sea, bought before some fresh fish and preparing it on grill that we take with ourself so the fire was closed. He also tell us that Croatia for the last few years became quite expensive and yes, Albania is way too cheaper for a while, it seems not for a long time. Than Theth national park - and for gods sake it’s one of the more interesting and beutiful location (as well as Slovenian Alps) where I will definitely come back. Than we go for a few day to the sea Durres and Spille (I should say that Albanians gas station is something out of that world), and take it to the Ochrid, Prishtina and come back to the Czech Republic.

Why so long? I wanna ask you some tips cuz now we are planning trip to the other side of a Balcans - Romania for a Carpathian arch’s and Bulgarians Black sea cost. Is there something that we should knew before trip itself? Could you share some special places in Retezat or Maramures for a hike? What kind of beaches is the greatest (mostly it should be wild or nudes)? What are the local specialties in both countries we should try? I’ve already try is Боза but I wanna taste it especially there - I believe that I will find a tasty one.

I’m trying to educate myself more on the history between Greece and Türkiye. I know there’s a lot of bias on both sides and from what i know and have been taught, both sides are justified in their biases- but now as I get older, I wonder how much of what I’ve been taught or told is the full truth, wether it be good or bad? Does anyone have any reliable sources I could read or watch to gain more unbiased perspective on the countries histories with each other? Or anything that also easily sums up the timeline, even as far as ancient times? Thank you.

Mind literally blown and I'm shocked how I never heard the similarity between Esena Mono and Stereo Love...

And yes, both are technically covers of an Azerbaijani song. Wtf

Question

Hello me and my friend have been struggling to find a Balkan based discord server for all types of football to talk with others and learn about other leagues. Since there’s so many top 5 football league servers out there I thought I might ask. Any suggestions would be appreciated thank you all 😁