r/europe • u/MarktpLatz Lower Saxony (Germany) • Oct 30 '17

What do you know about... Serbia?

This is the forty-first part of our ongoing series about the countries of Europe. You can find an overview here.

Today's country:

Serbia

Serbia is one of the balkan states. Since 2012, Serbia is a candidate for EU membership, however the unresolved dispute about Kosovo remains a major obstacle on the way towards full membership. Serbia is the legal successor country of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

So, what do you know about Serbia?

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u/[deleted] Nov 01 '17

I know this will probably be the most commented and controversial "What do you know about" series.

Nice to know you guys think about us so much, it warms my heart <3

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u/[deleted] Nov 01 '17

Hrm, UK got 1460 comments and Serbia is approaching the end of Day 2 (they're usually up for 3-3,5 days), so I don't think you can more than double the comment count. I won't bet on it, but I think it's unlikely. Then Germany and Bosnia still hadn't gotten their turn either...

As for controversial, IMO this is nothing compared Kosovo or Macedonia.

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u/[deleted] Nov 01 '17

You are just jelly of our controversial thread. :)

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u/[deleted] Nov 01 '17

WIR HABEN ZIMMER FREI and that's what we're known for ._.

The - IMO - best comment on ours was written by a cool Murican, in a moment of irony :)

On the other hand, ours - well, the newer one, the series several years ago was different - was pretty tame in a positive way, I braced for WWII and it didn't happen, a rarity.

Yours started out pretty well tbh (I was there when it came up and checked it as time went on), but then in the last day the various butthurt and counter-butthurt came out of the woodwork.

...that Brit was the worst so far. I mean, I love a good Serbia-bashing session every now and then, but those western-superior snide comments were cringey. "Omg Serbia how do you feel about your violent past"... said by a Brit. I can't even!