#Balkan region

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Montenegro's 2023 Census Reveals Demographic Changes and Ethnic Identity Shifts

Montenegro’s 2023 Census Reveals Significant Demographic Shifts On Tuesday, Montenegro unveiled the results of its 2023 census, highlighting a notable change in the demographic landscape of the small Balkan nation. According to the data, approximately 41% of the population identifies as Montenegrin, marking a decline from around 45% in the previous census conducted in 2011. This shift indicates…

[civilmentor1]

Current affairs - 27 August 2024

1.Balkan Region Source: The HinduSyllabus Reference: Geography Context: A tragic incident occurred in the Balkan region where the death toll from a migrant boat capsizing in the Drina River, which flows between Serbia and Bosnia, rose to 12. Background: The boat was transporting between 25 and 30 migrants when it overturned while crossing the Drina River from Serbia to Bosnia. About the…

[wearenemies]

[albanian-folklore]

 Detail of an Albanian traditional costume from Shestan.

[yugocar]

one of the fundamental things non-europeans (and many europeans frankly) don't understand, by not knowing european history, is the historical relationship between the balkans/eastern european countries with their surrounding empires (western european powers, russia, ottomans). the birth of most of these countries, in the 19th/20th century, was defined by the interests of the empires at the time. empires which leveraged their power to to determine the future of these nations, with little to no care for the populace of the regions they were shaping. it's okay not to know this, you cannot possibly know the history of every part of the world, but this is the exact reason why some sweeping statements about europe as a continent sound nonsensical. particularly so for the people who live in its newer and poorer countries. for the various people of eastern europe, grouping them with the same countries whose leaders played with the future of their nations/people as though they were toys, is absurd. and they are right to find it absurd. if you erase a significant portion of history of an entire area for your convenience, a history that defines their current reality, its people are right to dismiss you. of course there are times when simply saying europe/european is appropriate and necessary, it's just that a lot of people can't seem to tell the difference when it should be used. naturally the point of all this is very simple - don't make sweeping statements about places (any place) you know nothing about, and if you don't listen to people when they try to talk to you about their own history, why on earth would they listen to you in return?

[souvlakicocaine]

I’ve seen 2 separate posts recently abt greeks. saying we wanna not be white so bad but also simultaneously wanna 2 b western so bad? only ppl I’ve seen contesting the whiteness of greeks are like. british academics so maybe take that up w them. also there’s a difference between wanting 2 be western and having ur shit stolen by the west since the dawn of time. thirdly, we were considered part of the middle east til the 1970s and under the turks 400+ yrs b4 even that. so

[folkadot]

Old Bachelor

Old bachelor, ruddy bachelor just like this, just like so, he's tilted his cap just like this, just like so. He's tilted his cap just like this, just like so, a bit to the left, and the right just like this, just like so. To the left, to the right just like this, just like so, he's made his way to the village just like this, just like so. Made his way to the village just like this, just like so, and joined in on the dance just like this, just like so. Joined in on the dance just like this, just like so, he's made his way to the maidens just like this, just like so. Made his way to the maidens just like this, just like so, sent them all running just like this, just like so. All of them ran just like this, just like so, only the youngest remained just like this, just like so. Only the youngest remained just like this, just like so, the youngest, Angelina just like this, just like so.

(translation by folkadot)

[bruttomisandro]

The funniest thing about CH to me is JFK being classified Caucasian while Abe is European American on the wiki

[soliusss]

au where ion is balkan instead of nalkan

My brother in wan he is from the balkans in like. Most of the canons. I am 95% sure.

[ghelgheli]

you think kurdistan should be a thing?

[sege-h]

“Please...I have just endured 500 years of misery...”

Macedonians coming out of 500 years of being under Ottoman rule only for WW1 to get started by nearby events almost immediately

[rainerrs]

One of the beautiful mountain valleys in Kosovo!

[sisididis]

It looks like Romania won’t be joining Schengen after all. 😞

[albanian-folklore]

Albanian Jewellery

[da-riya]

[folkadot]

A Fir is Bending, Bowing

(Wedding Song - for the bride's departure from her family home)

(Ela se vie, previva - English translation)

A fir is bending, bowing. A girl is parting with her family. Farewell, my kin, and to you, mother. Who carried me nine months in your heart. Nine months in your heart, and three years in your arms. Now I leave you, my kin, to my younger sisters. To my younger sisters, to my free-spirited brothers.

(translation by folkadot)