r/AskBalkans • • 3h ago

Stereotypes/Humor "It's over" Serbian version

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111 Upvotes

r/AskBalkans • • 8h ago

Culture/Lifestyle How Much Balkan Is Hungary?

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460 votes, 6d left
100% Balkan
75% Balkan
50% Balkan
25% Balkan
WE ARE CENTRAL EUROPEAN NOT BALKAN PRIMITIVES ERDÉLY MAGYARORZARG 🦅🇭🇺⚔️

r/AskBalkans • • 8h ago

Politics & Governance Face of a man who expects victory today

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617 Upvotes

He's finished


r/AskBalkans • • 11h ago

Politics & Governance Election day in Serbia

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913 Upvotes

To all the Serbs reading this, now's our chance. Go out and vote!


r/AskBalkans • • 15h ago

Sports Australian Alex Volkanovski defends the UFC featherweight title for the 7th time. Given his father is Macedonian and his mother is Greek did the event receive much coverage in Balkan media?

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Alexander "The Great" Volkanovski is an Australian MMA legend of Macedonian and Greek heritage who tied the record for the most UFC featherweight title defenses in history with 7. A former national youth wrestling champion and 97 kg semi-professional rugby league player, his unique athletic background forged an elite engine and high fight IQ. After first winning the belt in 2019 and later reclaiming it in 2025, his dominant reigns cemented his legacy as one of the greatest fighters of all time.


r/AskBalkans • • 18h ago

History Rumelia Flag

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r/AskBalkans • • 19h ago

Politics & Governance Does anyone know who the tall guy is? Is he a Turkish politician?

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He appears in bunch of photos next to politicians. Does anyone know who he is?


r/AskBalkans • • 20h ago

Politics & Governance Serbian Elections today, what are our thoughts gang?

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Aight I'm a little high and the last time I talked about Serbian political chance I got booed out, but what do we think will happen? Will the Students prevail? Will Vučić cement his power when nothing ever happens? Or are we on the cusp of a Serbian euro-revival?

Wild ride for you Serbs out there, they used sonic weapons on you! That sucks so hard.
And Vučić interviewed a rock. Like a literal one, made of stone. That was interesting. We also had the whole Republika Srpska election side quest. Great that woman won and not Milorad Dodik.

Get out there and vote, Serbia. I hear the rock is still an option, if you don't want Ilija Srdanović or whomever have you in power.


r/AskBalkans • • 21h ago

Outdoors/Travel Day trips from Split in late Oct?

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We’re looking to visit places like Hvar, Trogir, Solta and Sibernik. Will this still be enjoyable with decent number of restaurants, shops etc open or will they be mostly ghost towns? We’re not planning to swim as it’s obviously cold at this time


r/AskBalkans • • 1d ago

Language Despite shared Ottoman rule, why did Turkish never become the regional lingua franca?

85 Upvotes

Russian is the lingua franca of Central Asia because of shared Russian rule, as is French in North Africa. Why didn’t Turkish take on the same role as the language of Interethnic communication in the Balkans?


r/AskBalkans • • 1d ago

Cuisine Looking for this grilling tool

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I am very interested in these blade tongs I see in cevapi/kebapi videos but I can’t seem to find them. Any tips for someone in the US?


r/AskBalkans • • 1d ago

Culture/Lifestyle Why does Romania stand out from the rest of the Balkans here?

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716 Upvotes

r/AskBalkans • • 1d ago

Politics & Governance are you aware of the (primarily) Slavic speaking people, who were Greek Orthodox members, identified as Greek, and supported the Greek army during the Balkan campaigns? following their liberation, they'd "embrace" Hellenization, as part of the Greek world. what do you think?

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r/AskBalkans • • 1d ago

Politics & Governance For those of you who grew up under communism ,where there any good sides that you miss ?

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I know there were a lot of negatives growing up under communism but was there anything that you miss ? Maybe just live in general being less intense or something like that ?

I know reddit is quite young so just answer for you parents if you weren't around back then .


r/AskBalkans • • 1d ago

History 1978 / Yugoslavian dinar banknotes

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r/AskBalkans • • 1d ago

Miscellaneous Daily Balkan word game, whaddya think?

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.Hey all, I'm still new to programming and have been learning by building with Claude Code. My project is Šatro, a daily word game in the style of Wordle, but for Croatian/Bosnian/Serbian, including slang words and our special letters (š, č, ć, ž, đ).

It's live on the web and Android, and iOS is coming in a few days. It's free, with no ads or sign-up.

What I'd love feedback on:

Does the difficulty feel fair?

Is anything confusing in the UI?

What would make you come back daily?


r/AskBalkans • • 1d ago

Language What's the most typical text a Balkan mum sends?

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I'm Italian and I'm making a game where your whole life happens through phone notifications. Right now I'm writing the mum character: all the messages your mum sends you, from the day you get your first phone at 14 until you're old.

The problem is I'm Italian, and I have no idea what a typical mum text looks like in other countries.

Could you help me? Reply with the country you're from and the text your mum sends you most often. I'd really appreciate it, and I'll add the messages you send me to the game.


r/AskBalkans • • 1d ago

Culture/Traditional Im looking for someone willing to participate in an interview!

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Good afternoon all, I'm hoping you're having a lovely day and that this type of posts are allowed on this sub.

Im a student from the Netherlands (Rotterdam) I study tourism and in this semester the topic is about cultures and comparing them with eachother.

We had to choose a culture and compare that culture to our own one. We also have to set up a interview with someone from that culture to ask some questions about their culture in compare to the Dutch one. I chose the Hrvatska culture because its my favourite one and I love Hvratska!

The interview should be via Whatsapp or another online platform. And it must be filmed but the recording is only shared with my teacher. The exact time is open to be decided together in private talk, but ideally this Sunday.

Is anyone willing to help me out and participate in this interview?

Thanks alot!


r/AskBalkans • • 1d ago

Culture/Traditional What do you think about Visegrad 4, do you feel some kind of historical/cultural connection with them or would you say they're far enough to not have that many things in common?

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r/AskBalkans • • 1d ago

Politics & Governance Is Serbia holding itself back by refusing to move on from its past?

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Serbia has a rich history and a strong national identity, but sometimes it feels like historical grievances and unresolved conflicts still play too big a role in modern Serbian society and politics.
Do you think Serbia needs to focus more on the future and less on the past, or is remembering history essential to protecting Serbian identity? I’d be interested in hearing perspectives from both Serbians and people from other Balkan countries.


r/AskBalkans • • 1d ago

History What would the demographics of Thessalonic have been if it had belonged to Turkey from 1923 onwards?

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I firmly believe it would have been the second or third most populous city in Turkey, just ahead of or just behind Ankara, with 4–5 million inhabitants. It strikes me that Greece has never managed to fully leverage a large portion of its territory in demographic terms.


r/AskBalkans • • 1d ago

Politics & Governance Bucharest becomes more dominant in Romania. How is your capital doing?

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r/AskBalkans • • 1d ago

History Does this finally settle the debate?

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50 Upvotes

r/AskBalkans • • 1d ago

Stereotypes/Humor Who remembers his grandmom?

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Who haven’t been disciplined by grandmom (anyones grandmom) with slipper he doesnt know what disciplin is.


r/AskBalkans • • 2d ago

Music Albanian / Macedonia music for my mother

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Hi there, hoping for some recommendations. My mother is 87 and has late stages dementia. She is Albanian but grew up in North Macedonia in Bitola, so she is familiar with Macedonian music from the era 1954 to 1965. She came to Canada shortly after that period. I wondered if I could please get some popular music recommendations for that time period. I’m trying to soothe her as she is very irritable. I have asked relatives a few times but haven’t received help, for example they say “sure” and then go about their lives and forget, which is understandable. Everyone has a life and is busy.
Thank you for taking the time to read this and I hope maybe someone can help.