American Shocked: Why Some Balkan Countries Hate Each Other

Added: 2026-04-29

[00:00:00]You know, when I thought of the Balkan countries, I thought they were like a really tight-knit group, but apparently they hate each other. Today, we're checking out why the Balkans hate each other, coming from living, ironically, in Europe. It's been a long time since we've checked out a video from him. This one came out 3 years ago, so uh I'm sure it's still got very relevant information, but nonetheless, let's figure out what's going on with the Balkan countries and why do they hate each other. Smash like button. Let's dive in.

[00:00:31]the Balkans.

[00:00:39]When it comes to the Balkans, it is no secret that the region is famous for its ostentatious relations between its neighbors. No matter what country you point on the map, at least one country from the region is bound to hate it. Thus, with a region so jam-packed with history and lore, it might be a bit difficult for a feeble western mind to understand why the people from village of Bumblefrick nowhere hate the people of wolf nowhere.

[00:01:08]Thus, in an effort to make the world a worse place, I feel that it is my solemn duty to share our secrets in the hopes that you too, dear viewer, can engage in proper Balkan intellectualism of the highest order.

[00:01:22]I knew it.

[00:01:24]>> Wait, is this the is this the the the alcohol that they create and that they drink like crazy? Feel like we just talked about this the other day.

[00:01:35]>> So, without further ado, let's begin.

[00:01:41]>> Romania versus Hungary. Now, the beef between Romania and Hungary is a bit one of the more milder ones out there, as it can basically be summed up as two kids on a playground screaming at each other, saying that their dad can beat up the others.

[00:01:58]>> Well, I bet my dad can BEAT UP YOUR DAD.

[00:02:00]>> YEAH, WELL, I bet that my dad didn't beat up your dad.

[00:02:02]>> Is that so? Yeah. Is that so?

[00:02:10]Mostly the hatred comes from this piece of land, Transylvania, as essentially both countries argue continuously on who was there first and then accuse the others of stealing their rightful clay and V-Bucks.

[00:02:25]>> V-Bucks.

[00:02:25]>> Other than that, the beef also comes from several wars fought between the two countries. In the 19th century, many Romanians rose up in rebellion against Hungary during the Hungarians' freedom fight against the Habsburgs in their revolution. Later on in the 20th century, during World War I, Romania invaded Hungary in several occasions, trying to take Transylvania, which they >> they did. I did not even know that >> they did with the treaty of Trionon as someone in the comments is writing a seven-page essay about it.

[00:02:58]Oh, >> they just walk away.

[00:03:03]>> And when Hungary tried to invade them to take it back, the Romanians marched their way all the way to Budapest and filled their pockets with lovely knickknacks found in the city's national museum and took it all the way back to Romania.

[00:03:23]It's so wild that there's just thousands of years of history in Europe that has kind of hung around for so long to where here in the US it's like we have states that have been around for a couple hundred years and we argue about the dumbest [ __ ] >> Besides that, both accuse each other of oppression. The Romanians argued that the Hungarians were oppressing the Romanians and the Kingdom of Hungary.

[00:03:45]And the Hungarians argued that today Romania is oppressing the Hungarian diaspora within Romania and mostly centered in Transylvania. After the 1920s, they haven't fought a single war against each other. Moreover, they were able to be in the same faction on two separate occasions. So, all in all, it's nothing to worry about. Just a bit of banter.

[00:04:08]>> It's all It's all cleared up. All right.

[00:04:15]is happening.

[00:04:15]>> If there exist a conflict in the world where no one cares or gives two about except for the two parties involved, then that would be the conflict between Macedonia and Bulgaria. Basically, it's as if two SJWs are constantly arguing with one another, accusing the other of cultural appropriation. Bulgarians claim that the North Macedonians are actually Bulgarians brainwashed by evil Serbs.

[00:04:41]Hi, by the way. who made them think actually Bulgarians brainwashed by evil Serbs. Hi, by the way. Who made them think that they are a different ethnicity and rebel against the glorious motherland of Bulgaria.

[00:04:55]Macedonia denounces the idea completely and claims that they're their own separate people group who originated from the ancient Macedonians and intermingled with the local Slavs and that they actually were the ones who then created Bulgaria and their culture.

[00:05:11]So you can kind of see what the problem is. both argue over the ethnicity of famous historical figures such as revolutionary Gev and Clement of even though we all know they were clearly Hungarian.

[00:05:33]>> Nevertheless, both claimed them as their own. Bulgaria claims that they cannot be Macedonian as practically before the 19th century no one in Macedonia called themselves Macedonian but rather everybody thought of themselves as Bulgarian. However, Macedonia claims it is simply fake news and that they are Macedonian because they were born there.

[00:06:05]Macedonia.

[00:06:09]>> Then Bulgaria decides to block an unuccession and Macedonia decides to beat up Bulgarian tourists. And the cycle continues. But you know what will never block you from joining the EU? My merchandise.

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[00:06:46]>> Greece versus Turkey.

[00:06:48]>> I kind of felt like I knew about this beef A LITTLE BIT.

[00:06:51]WHEN IT COMES TO THE CONFLICT BETWEEN Greece and Turkey, it is approximately the same conflict between any Balkan country and Turkey. Prior to the Turks coming to Anatolia, the Greeks existed as the powerful Byzantine Empire.

[00:07:05]However, after a couple of years of funny language speaking horsemen riding through their empire, soon their country ceased to exist and it got replaced by an Islamic empire run by the same funny language speaking horsemen that rode through it a couple of years previous.

[00:07:23]SEE, SHE WHACKED THIS [ __ ] who then went to oppress, assimilate, and displace the local Greeks for the next 500 years. After the Greeks were able to gain their independence once more, the two fought several wars within the 19th and 20th century, where they ethnically cleansed each other's populations by forcing them to take swimming lessons within the Aian.

[00:07:58]In more recent times, the two have been fighting over the sea and who owns it.

[00:08:03]Greece controls most of the islands within the Aian and with that most of the sea. However, Turkey would like to be able to swim and extract oil without having to pay Greece to do so. So now they're constantly at each other's throats, even though on paper they're basically allies as they're both members of NATO.

[00:08:28]>> What the [ __ ] Serbia versus everyone.

[00:08:30]You know what they say, brothers and sisters are natural enemies like Croats and Serbs or Bosnjaks and Serbs or Albanians and Serbs.

[00:08:43]>> Shut the up or I got to say uh Serbians are really cool. Every Serbian I had a really good Serbian friend growing up in high school and uh solid dude. Really solid dude.

[00:08:59]Hilarious. really funny. And even now, we got a uh I guess you could call it a I I wouldn't really call it a maybe like a Mediterranean style food place. And uh it's Serbians that own it. And also solid, dude. Really, really cool.

[00:09:14]>> Serbs. Goddamn Serbs. They ruined Serbia. Now, if there's a country in the Balkans that arguably has the most beef in it, then that would be Serbia. Now, okay, to sum up most of the conflicts regarding Serbia, they and some people group that they were in a country with had a civil war. Started using the Geneva Convention as toilet paper.

[00:09:35]However, Serbia starts getting explosive diarrhea while the other party had somewhat enough fiber in their stool.

[00:09:42]One thing leads to another and suddenly everyone denies that they ever had the shits in the first place. Thus, the beef between the Serbs, Karats, and Bosnjaks can be summed up like that. When it comes to the conflict between the Serbs and Albanians, there is a little bit extra. Primarily, they fight over this place, Kosovo. And much like Hungary and Romania, they both argue that they were there first and therefore they are the rightful owners of the place. The Albanians claimed that uh in ancient times the ancient Yrian kingdom of Dardania used to exist here and as they are the descendants of the Yrianss, they are the rightful owners of Kosovo.

[00:10:28]Meanwhile, the Serbs argue that they were the first and that they built their medieval kingdom of Serbia from Kosovo.

[00:10:35]And they say that it cannot be the Albanians as they were not mentioned as a people group up until the 13th century.

[00:10:46]So, who's lying? Throughout history, they also constantly had skirmishes against one another as they backed different sides in wars. The Albanians were usually backing the Ottomans.

[00:10:57]Meanwhile, the Serbs were usually backing the Hapsburgs. In the '90s, much like the other republics, there was a war. People got displaced. Serbia bars Kosovo from joining the UN and other international organizations. And both sides are claiming that the other is oppressing their people. So, you know, just regular Balkan stuff. And yeah, those would be the major beefs between the Balkan countries. Of course, there are numerous other ones which are smaller in size. And if you like this video and would like to hear more about them, click that subscribe button and drop a like. And if you really enjoyed this video, maybe go on and head to the Ironic Shop and purchase yourself a nice shirt or become a member like these lovely. All right, I got to I got to check out part two cuz I want to know what the other beef is. It's kind of wild that it's just like oh man, it just goes back so far. It's so unreal to me.

[00:11:51]But all right. Uh that was interesting.

[00:11:53]Living ironically in Europe always comes in clutch with a good video. So appreciate you guys watching. I'm getting out of here. I'll see you in the next one. Peace.