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r/AskBalkans has 232,873 members and 10 posts in the last 24 hours, with about 21.2 comments an hour right now. From the Redlisten index, refreshed daily.

232,873members
10posts in the last 24 hours, newest 4 h ago
21.2comments an hour right now, newest 4 h ago
1,698points on the top thread this week

Words coming up in r/AskBalkans this week

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Top threads this week

  1. Ohh shi which one do i pick

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    1,698 points76 comments6 d ago
  2. Post-dictatorship depression
    859 points60 comments4 d ago
  3. Is putting a lace doily on top of the TV also a thing in your country?
    710 points94 comments4 d ago
  4. How accurately can you tell Greeks and Turk apart?
    497 points593 comments4 d ago
  5. Greece during the time of the Fall of Troy (1194–1184 BC). This is what the Greeks of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey would have actually looked like. What do you think of Mycenaean civilization?
    316 points85 comments5 d ago
  6. Did you know that Matild Manukyan, a Turkish-Armenian brothel owner, was both the highest taxpayer and wealthiest woman in Turkey between 1986-1993? She owned more than 30 brothels and, unlike many other wealthy people, paid her taxes very honesty that she received state tax awards six times.
    298 points143 comments4 d ago
  7. Why didn't the Ottomans adopt Byzantine mosaic art, one of the most distinctive and sophisticated aspects of Byzantine artistic heritage? Considering how heavily their monumental architecture was influenced by Byzantine churches, why didn't mosaics become part of the Ottoman artistic tradition?
    245 points175 comments6 d ago
  8. How are cabbage rolls made in your country? In Greece, they're traditionally served with avgolémono (egg and lemon sauce) and fresh dill, with a filling of pork and beef.
    231 points123 comments3 d ago
  9. Lion is dragged in an interview in Romania. Similar incidents from your country?

    Are there any similar incidents or insane moments you can recall from your country?

    186 points33 comments2 d ago
  10. Greece's Defense Minister inaugurated the military's space command. Will the next Balkan Wars be fought in Mars?
    144 points81 comments1 d ago

Newest posts

  1. Unanimity in EU Accession and Jepordizing Throughput Legitimacy
    1 points0 comments4 h ago
  2. Do you see English and Americans as similar people or vastly different?
    1 points0 comments10 h ago
  3. Is it true that people can pay $5K to be on magazine covers in Bulgaria? Scene from last night’s RHOP episode.
    1 points13 comments12 h ago
  4. Strong regional identity
    16 points100 comments13 h ago
  5. Which Balkan country for winter solo travel?
    2 points16 comments13 h ago
  6. Do you have laws regarding insult?
    1 points13 comments17 h ago
  7. what is your opinion on the "GSI" project? backed by EU, it will "connect" Israel, Cyprus, Crete, and mainland Europe.
    38 points149 comments17 h ago
  8. Do you think the Balkans will ever catch up with the rest of Europe in terms of net wages?
    65 points167 comments19 h ago
  9. Is the Flamingo Revolution in Albania more right-leaning or lib? (read text of post)
    0 points14 comments20 h ago
  10. Which one do you prefer/have a better opinion of?
    0 points14 comments23 h ago
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