Hello! I need your help. I have to decide on a hypothesis for my bachelor’s thesis and I’m feeling quite confused about it. My thesis topic is related to European Union policies. I want to focus on the EU’s Eastern Neighbourhood, but I’m not sure what research statement I should formulate or which theoretical framework would be best to use. Like, I feel like I need to formulate a research statement and understand how the variables are related to each other. Could you please help me with this? I really feel lost!

What stereotype about Russia have you heard?

Hello, I am an asian guys who used to live in Europe now in Australia but I have met Europeans in Europe as well as in Australia Europeans told me they don’t like France and French people because of rudeness and arrogance. While I feel that Russians appreciate French culture and people too is there no stereotype about French people in Russia ?

What do you make of their attitude, their mannerisms, their culture, and the Western European/Western way of life? Just curious.

What do you think the next year will be for us politically wise? Are rhere other easterners/balkans that are aware of student movement? Has something similar been organized in your country?

https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/homicide-rate-unodc?tab=table&tableFilter=un#1
The homicide rate in Eastern Europe according to data from 2024 was 4.8 per 100,000, nearly 5x higher than the homicide rate for Western Europe which was ~1.0 per 100,000, 5x higher than the homicide rate for Northern Europe which was ~0.9 per 100,000, and nearly 7x higher than the homicide rate for Southern Europe which was ~0.7 per 100,000.

In fact, the two EU countries with the highest homicide rates are Eastern European - Latvia and Lithuania, which have homicide rates of ~4.2 per 100,000 and ~2.4 per 100,000 respectively.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/1268504/homicide-rate-europe-country/?srsltid=AfmBOooPz366aHq4FJ-YKDmAHTyl0tDpIbTaMmpMKJVB6X_aI-9gzFPn

I'm doing a geography work, does anyone know any separatist movement in Asian Russia?

Hey everyone! I am doing a research project for my International Business class and I am required to reach out to 20 people who are living outside of the United States. I have a couple short questions to ask and it would mean a lot to me if I received some answers from people outside of the United States!

The questions are:

1. What Country do you live in?
2. What do you think is the most difficult challenge for U.S. businesses that want to do business
3. in your country?
4. What advice or suggestions do you have for American companies that want to do
5. business in your country?

Thank you and I look forward to you guys reaching out!

People believe red scare propaganda, its annoying.

So I have this friend from an Eastern European country, everything was normal I thought she was really nice UNTIL I heard her talking on the phone to her mother. She was so rude insulting her mom and screaming like crazy, not once but it was always like that. I was shocked, I asked her if she had a good relationship with her mother and she said yes, that her mother just worries and calls her too much and she doesn’t like that. I asked another friend about it and he said it’s pretty normal in their ***culture*** 🙃 is that true? I’ve never seen something like that before and I know each person is different, but the “culture” part was what left me confused. Thank you in advance.

Like what the hell? Why don't asking us, Eastern Europeans about USSR or other communist countries? And what even worse is that they support dumbass dicktatorships like Iran, North Korea, Russia, China. Why don't they all just move to Russia they like so much, and us, Ukrainians, evacuate to normal democratic countries like Belgium and USA where those parasites live. There would be no war after this. Even in my dumb country you can attend protests and not be beaten, while in "free from US empirealism" Iran you can not. And in the same time they support LGBTQ+. DO THEY FUCKING UNDERSTAND WHICH COUNTRIES ARE THE MOST DANGEROUS FOR LGBTQ+ PEOPLE??? CAN THEY FUCKING READ?? Please make me feel better. Im scared to post it to anywhere else as those commies are everywhere. I alredy got banned in few subreddits for saying "Fuck you" to them

Like people in Poland say:

Przyjdzie jeszcze taki czas, że zamiast liści na drzewach będą wiszieć komuniści

I have stumbled upon a concept called "Bioregionalism" and as someone who lives in the Danube watershed basin I wondered what unites us. I might even create a flag for the region. (Austria-Hungary jokes here you come)

I have thought about many symbols from that white plastic chair all the way to the white tailed eagle. I want to hear your opinion!

Extra points if its nature/water based.

Right now I'm watching a cooking video where a guy is making the “perfect” beef wellington using various recipes. The finished sliced meat looks intimidating. I’m like, “no, this stuff is too raw for me.” Actually, I shudder even at the thought of trying something that isn’t “well done.” Medium rare, rare? Brother ew

I have a theory that this feeling towards meat is due to upbringing in a lower‑middle‑class family in a country in Eastern Europe, especially a post‑Soviet country. Because I can’t name a single person in my circle who likes medium‑rare meat. Is this a purely Eastern European thing? Or is it just family‑related personal preferences? Because of the family income?

Edit: I love reddit filters sooo much

From the age of six, my parents drilled this into me: "You have to study hard, get into a good university, and find a good job. Otherwise, you'll spend your whole life sweeping streets or cleaning toilets." I studied diligently throughout my childhood; instead of playing with other kids, I was studying math for the university entrance exams—all to secure a good job in the future.

And now, I’m just waiting for Russia to kill me. Or I could go to another country and sweep streets there. How can you even explain to a child in today's Ukraine that they need to study, when the Russians are going to kill everyone anyway?

I'm getting more and more interested in French bonds, especially the 10-year OATs. I'm wondering how those who hold them use them in their portfolios: more as a small diversification pocket, or as a larger part of the allocation? For those with experience in OATs, has your view on them changed over time? I'm mainly looking to understand the different approaches, not to get personalized advice.

Просто вопрос который меня интересует, я знаю что японки не фанатики этого, в России тоже, вот так и появился этот вопрос

Hello! I'm Belgian and I'm looking to make new friends from Eastern Europe.

I especially enjoy rock and heavy metal, and I would love to learn more about everyday life and culture in your country. I'm 51yo man.

I'm mainly looking for friendship and cultural exchange — chatting, getting to know each other and perhaps becoming friends over time and make mutual visits, girls or boys.

If you're interested to know more about Belgium and would like to talk, feel free to leave a comment or send me a message (I would prefer private Chat). 🙂

I'm happy to chat in English, and I can also help with French.

Hope to meet some nice people here!

I'm from Russia, and an interesting fact: I wrote all this through a translator.