Why Serbia & Albania Hate Each Other

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Serbia & Albania are two Balkan countries that are known for having a complicated history with one another. When discussing the Serbo-Albanian relations most assume that the bad blood between them is due to the 1999 Kosovo War, however, while that does play a role in the current tensions between the two peoples, the history of the Serbs & Albanians is much longer and detailed.
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[@tylerapplecyder]

No.

[@edisondinaric4374]

Very good video and unbiased 👍 🇦🇱❤🇷🇸

[@obama20127]

Kosovo je srbija

[@Tokarev03]

@@obama20127 Kosovo je srbija

[@supdude1476]

You made a mistake Andrew is not Albanian.He is british american

[@yeetingpotato2934]

Man I sure hope this comment section is gonna be very civil and respectful.

[@Aprilius_Ceasar]

Famous last words.

[@H3llo2]

Same

[@mrunderhill5197]

ok lets start KOSOVO JE SERBIA

[@Aprilius_Ceasar]

​@HeisenbergIsHereStop polluting the comment section

[@bgggsht]

Koszovó Magyar

[@Teapoid]

Two ethnicities inhabit eachother’s historical homelands? What could go wrong. 🇷🇸🇲🇪🇽🇰🇦🇱

[@ulbazom365]

historical? we were here before u and even u know this 🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱 go back to Russia

[@Apfel99]

Absolutely nothing!

[@TooAlbanianForAlbania]

Nothing will go wrong!

[@tonijelecevic9238]

Kosovo is Antarctica

[@TooAlbanianForAlbania]

@@tonijelecevic9238 Omg real😨🤯🤯😱😱😱‼‼

[@ArditDiVittorio]

The calmest Serb explaining the whole Kosovo Situation. Bravo to You and Your neutral situation.

[@PurooRoy]

He's a Romanian.

[@jeboshifru]

@@PurooRoy I thought he was Hungarian? :D

[@E-Man08]

@@jeboshifru He is balkan

[@endritbajrami8795]

you albanian? Ardit?

[@ArditDiVittorio]

@@endritbajrami8795 Mixed

[@xR_Leonardo]

As an Albanian, I f*ckin love this guy. Strange we fought together against the Ottomans in the Battle of Kosova but Ottomans are the main reason everything is wrong in the Balkans. Respect to this guy, idc if he's Serbian.

[@tomgu2285]

I disagree. The ottomans are gone for like 100 years. It's the fault of capitalism and neo liberalism

[@zoranagavrilovic9403]

🇷🇸❤️🇦🇱

[@okavipra]

well it all started in some god path , but its all over now. im getting tired of Balkan . im gonna leave

[@markoperic5023]

@@okavipra dont let the door hit you on the way out

[@truealbanian2576]

@@zoranagavrilovic9403 ❤️❤️❤️

[@TheNutubu]

Really good video! As an albanian myself I would love to see the balkan nations living in peace together :) (written from my apartment in germany)

[@hans7856]

Germany je Srbija

[@arbinamiti6230]

⁠@@hans7856world je srbja

[@dinamo.slavonija]

@@hans7856 cak ni srbija nije srbija

[@arbinamiti6230]

@iipxre. and costa rica

[@DoctorM42]

The love for your neighbor is measured in kilometers.

[@robs9237]

As a diabetic Samoan with seafood allergies, I agree 100%. Glory to Prussia!!!

[@forestprophet]

Chad

[@President-JonSnow.Malkowich]

Prussia as a political entity, as a state has ceased to exist after WW2. Sadly for Prussia, there is no glory to be found. RIP - Rest in Prussia.

[@robs9237]

@@President-JonSnow.Malkowich but u didn't take into account the DeLorean with a Flux capacitor generating 1.21 gigawatts traveling at 88 MPH that strips the meta contextual narrative from the story that is in fact a satire on the isolation we experience living in a post modern consumer driven capitalistic society

[@President-JonSnow.Malkowich]

@@robs9237 oh my god! You are absolutely positively one hundred thousand million percent correct!!! How could I have been so blind?!? Forgive me!

[@Geebvs]

Bro same, Polish dude from the harbour coast city with fish allergy, damn that sucks

[@meoww7230]

I must say i am amazed by the way you have summarized this topic. There are bad people but there are not bad nations. As an albanian i think we should all let go of our past, the political propaganda, and the nationalist propaganda of both sides, and just have a fair and a happy relation between us.

[@chuturko]

political propaganda is also that there are no Serbs in Pristina of 40000, no in Peć, no in Kosovo Polje, no in Urosevac, Obilic, all Serbs were bad so they were expelled and killed, places were ethnically cleansed, when your killings were small, you demolished and burned churches to tell now that they are your churches but you should let go of the past and if your evils are still great, Albanians and Serbs live in northern Mitrovica, but in South Mitrovica there are no Serbs like that... Whether it's the past or that you're welcome in our neighborhood, so I don't trust a single hodza let alone an Albanian, you think you had many victims in 99 but our country was bombed and demolished because of Albanian lies like Racak, whether it's a lie or a harsh truth...

[@mono-rp9jx]

As a Serbian, I have never heard that we were ever natives to Balkans, we learned in school that we came in 6th or 7th and started mixing with locals, so Byzanzine allowed us a land while being afraid of union between Slavs and already existing tribes or whatever. It is known that Balkans believe in conspiracy theories, but this is me first time hearing about this

[@dios1ish868]

All northern Balkan Slavic countries have a mixture of natives, which are less % and majority of Slavs that migrated in 6-7 AD.

[@lidijamarker]

As an Serbian I am 77% Balkan DNK, 20% east europe, 2-3% west europe and 1% middle east. Something not clear? Nothing about coming in 6th or 7th from elsewhere to balkan....nada!

[@dios1ish868]

@@lidijamarker What Haplogroup do you belong to from the Balkan?

[@lidijamarker]

@@dios1ish868 I2A

[@dios1ish868]

​@@lidijamarker Thanks. That's why I asked, cause haplogroups are more specific than broad description of Balkan as it is today. I2a1b-L621 is Slavic DNA group, which became part of the Balkan make-up DNA after the migration of Slavs in 6-9 AD, cause this group has not been found in ancient remains. Anyone else who falls under the haplogroups that have been found here before this time are the natives who mingled with Slavs or were Slavicized linguistically like the Illyrians, Thracians and Dacian(Gaetan). Haplogroup I2a1b-L621-Slavs: This branch is found overwhelmingly in Slavic countries. Its maximum frequencies are observed among the Slavs (Slovenes, Croats, Bosniaks, Serbs, Montenegrins and Macedonians) as well as in Bulgaria, Romania, Moldavia, western Ukraine and Belarus. It is also common to a lower extent in Albania, Greece, Hungary, Slovakia, Poland, and south-western Russia. I2-L621 (L147.2+). The principal determining event that allowed I2a1b-L621 to become a major Eastern European lineage was probably the Slavic migrations from the 6th to the 9th century CE. The minority of I2a1b-L621 individuals negative for L147.2 are all found around eastern Poland, Belarus and western Ukraine, suggesting that this is where this lineage survived since the Chalcolithic. The I2a1b-L147.2 subclade seems to have expanded very fast from 1900 years ago, which is concordant with the timing of the Slavic ethnogenesis, considering that it takes a few centuries before one man can have enough male descendants to start having an impact at the scale of a population. This I2-L147.2 ancestor would have such an impact on the burgeoning Early Slavic population, still small 2,300 years ago, but booming. After the Germanic tribes living in eastern Germany and Poland, like the Goths, the Vandals and the Burgundians, invaded the Roman Empire, the Slavs living further east filled the vacuum. Following the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in 476, the Slavs moved in the Dinaric Alps and the Balkans. By the 9th century, the Slavs occupied all modern Slavic-speaking territories, apart from the eastern Balkans under the control of the Turkic-speaking Bulgars.'

[@enverhoxha545]

As a former dictator of Albania I see this as an absolutely Balkaning kind of thing

[@TooAlbanianForAlbania]

OMG YOU'RE STILL ALIVE??????😨😨😨

[@albundy1767]

If he was alive our legendary army would have been in Beograd since miloshevic time in a week. 1.7 million soldiers would have crush Serbian army in matter of days . Hoxha had a crazy army

[@enverhoxha545]

@@albundy1767 Correction it's 1.25 million..but by 1980s standard I don't think RPSH army is with the standard anymore as Albanian Military lacks of New modern equipment..most of their arsenal are from 40s 40s 60s or early 70s.while Yugoslav army has modern M-84 tank Albania still stuck with Type 59..while Yugoslav with new fighter jet like J22 Orao,Mig21 and mig29 Albania only have small amount of J7 Fighter aircraft with large number of old J6A and J5 Fighter aircraft..that is just one sector..goes to Air Defense system Albania only had S2 Dvina as SAM no Mid range SAM neither shot range SAM..Albanian army also didn't have ATGM technology until early 1990..before that Albanian army only depend of Recoilless rifle as anti tank weapon with RPG...there's a lot of thing to be considered

[@joosepher9435]

@@enverhoxha5451.25 million? How did Albania have the population and economy to sustain that

[@enverhoxha545]

@@joosepher9435 yep..but u need to know that 1.25 million including Paramilitary, reserves and active..Albania had this number due to the Paramilitary training is mandatory to all population of Albania except kids ofc..while their economy is really based on State run production u already know where the money is going..food is ration and many basic things also being given..so people will not get a lot of money..billions of money goes to military..and it's not suprise they got it in large number bcuz it's cheap and outdated..Albania had in total more than a thousand tanks.mainly consists of Type 59,type 62,T34 85,SU 100 etc..meanwhile their aircraft are pretty old like J5,J6 and handful of J7..for navy tho mostly their big warship is from the late 40s..meanwhile modern fleet is mostly the Chinese torpedo boat..even their 4 submarines is from the late 40 or 50s..

[@MIMthegreat]

I have a deep respect for Living Ironically in Europe for leaving the comment section on. This man has balls of steel!

[@Tankdmps]

Kosovo is nigeria

[@marchfabmeirchiawn_OGISM]

Raged kid I mock

[@the_quietobserver]

@@Tankdmps no kosovo is china

[@Zeloxity]

Kosovo is Antarctica

[@counterproductivity]

Came across your channel late last night after recalling some Balkan bands I had wanted to listen to again. Somehow your channel popped up. Glad it did. I've been binge watching ever since... Good shit. Especially for an uncultured curr like myself... Hailing from Central California, with kudos for your very entertaining and enlightening work. I'll definitely be returning to the channel periodically to see what else you find over there on the other side of the planet. Til then, ✌️👈

[@kc-ez8iz]

I feel like this video missed the whole "Where did Serbians come from" question. There wasn't any mention of Slavic migration, which is important to understand in the scheme of things. Explaining the way in which Albanian language has no relatives is important to understanding that Albanians originate from that region, where as the Serbian language being Slavic and heavily related to every other slavic language is also important to understanding their migration to the region. Also, Albanians did heavily suffer under the Ottomans, our resistance to them is heavily present in our culture and music especially to northern Albanians of Malesia so I wish that was mentioned as well. Otherwise good video.

[@socialistrepublicofvietnam1500]

Laughed so hard that I lost my kidneys That or my Albanian roommate, Idk

[@papanasicuafine]

I never know with you, so I gotta ask...is there really an Albanians roommate in your life.

[@socialistrepublicofvietnam1500]

​@@papanasicuafineno, why would i interact with an albanian in real life

[@nnasosss]

@HeisenbergIsHere no.

[@Trolligi]

@@socialistrepublicofvietnam1500 you’re everywhere lmao

[@TooAlbanianForAlbania]

Why do you have to blame your Albanian roomate like that😔

[@stargazer-elite]

People from the balkans trying to explain how in order to understand the Kosovo situation you have to go back all the way to before the universe even existed:

[@supr69deadbeat]

The Big Bang was Albanian

[@ermirdestani]

Let me explain it in a few words: The population is about 1.8 million inhabitants and 98% Albanian.

[@verscarii3238]

​@@ermirdestani It wasn't always like that, huh I wonder if a conflict at some point led to any ethnic cleansings or forced expulsions.

[@ermirdestani]

​@@verscarii3238 During the time of the Ottomans, Kosovo was one of the sanjaks administered by the Albanians, as well as in the time of Tito, as well as today. It is true that the Serbs in Tito's time were more, but we Albanians were the majority. Not counting that a large part of them were displaced in Kosovo during Tito's time.

[@cristibrad6742]

its easy. The ottoman's were not ethnic cleansing the balkans, they were taxing you more. You get the age of nations and you can not draw a clear line in the sand. Some people and states are more buttheads than others and you end up with Kosovo. It would be identical in Romania since Stalin artificially created the Hungarian enclave by moving more ethnic hungarians around in the middle of nowhere just to 'encourage' the 'struggle between peoples' (totally not a nazzi thing hurhur). Obviously other than politic spinning of some hate nothing major happened as at the local level people live normally among themselves. We do not mind different people, we hate thieves and aggressors. All ethnic minorities are represented politically in parliament and at local levels.

[@akatsukiX.]

I live in Thurgau,Switzerland. Albanians and Serbs live here together , they are neighbours and last thing they care is politics, they all do get well with each other. One sure thing is that , once the people have a better life and better income , they dont really care about nationalism, nationalism is a mindset for the poor only! Great work comrade, keep going 👏🏻

[@Gerico9008]

When people work have less time for bullshit. 😂😂 You know what I mean?!

[@Touchedbynature304]

Agree

[@pavkovic77]

Truth

[@TheSuperappelflap]

Must be nice living in a country with sane border policies where nationalism is only for the poor (are there even poor people in Swiss?)

[@nemanjagalic3471]

The thing is when we are "out" we are ours (croatians, serbians, bosnians, alabnians...) but here we are enemies xD so dumb

[@odins_claw]

This was great. The way you explained this is very relatable and I learnt something as a result. Cheers

[@tallemajas]

i had no idea the balkan federation was an idea, but now i'm almost disappointed it didn't happen. imagine all the ethnic hatred we could have had 💔love to our sultry serbian femboys from greece

[@casteddu6740]

A total battle royal across the entirety of the Balkans

[@lagjescuni5482]

this stuff of balkan federation existed in Tito's head but it was never an option in Albania bulgaria ect...maybe only in your country greece there was a movement to join yougoslavia during the civil war of 1949

[@juvencus3992]

@@lagjescuni5482 No tbh we kinda feared Yugoslavia and its need for access to the aegean

[@lagjescuni5482]

however with all the good desire that the author of the video has tried to present with the aim of being impartial many things he said are not facts but myths..he forgot to mention that the only allies of the Ottomans in Europe were the Serbs and not the Albanians since the time of Bayezid ..the invasion of Constantinople was made by an Ottoman-Serbian coalition...then it is absolutely not true that the Serbs and the Greeks are not converted to Islam On the contrary....you exchanged population on a religious basis with turkey on the other hand, the Albanians have not done such things against themselves or even against their neighbors...

[@lagjescuni5482]

@@juvencus3992 you who??

[@user-lt6ve9ns4d]

"Anyone I don't like is from Russia" is what truly unites Europe and Asia.

[@KartingRules]

Eurasian things'

[@ChicoMogs.]

LOVE RUSSIA THE MOTHERLAND ❤

[@DSpace1]

@@ChicoMogs.No ukraine 🥺

[@RedCommunistDragon]

@@DSpace1No Russia

[@hoti47]

@@ChicoMogs. true, only russians can love russia. truly a country that can only be loved by some of inhabitants and no one else.

[@ephoo4609]

as a turk with albanian heritage, PERSONALLY (underline personally) it is time we dont hold on to hate and anger from the past

[@sprunkadct]

Top Comments: 🌝 Newest Comments: 🌚

[@user-jz2yp9on5g]

as a greek i can confirm everything you said eventhough i haven't watch the video yet

[@TooAlbanianForAlbania]

Omg finally someone else who agrees without watching the video🗣🗣🗣🗣

[@Hajde_budalla]

@@TooAlbanianForAlbaniaSo many serbian lickspittles hail from greece.

[@ChicoMogs.]

@@Hajde_budalla SERBIA FOREVER

[@Hajde_budalla]

@@ChicoMogs.. SERBIA FOREVER STUPID

[@rexrip1080]

Ok, lets kiss!

[@endritmorina3335]

As an Albanian knowing that you are Serbian, hats off to you for making this fairly objective video in my opinion.

[@Molkepulver]

@@edinedin1885 He can't speak Hungarian

[@afrimlargimi16382]

He tried so hard lol. Just for a few albanian subs. The man is still a shkije non the less.

[@bojanobradovic9547]

Albanian ALBAINAN ok

[@vanja27]

@@afrimlargimi16382 Куѕ

[@sixstring4718]

@@afrimlargimi16382and he didnt need to mention the fact that serbs claim theyre illyrian as if its a valid argument, the whole world knows slavs come from ural mountains and its a fact not an insult

[@user-cm5ig9oh2j]

Jazakallah khayran, the way you delivered the history, love from 🇦🇱

[@dzonin.8403]

May Allah SWT bless you, your family, and your people from Serbia

[@lelelepina]

all i can say it was a good video, enjoyable as always. and to the balkan people out there: voli svoje, poštuj tuđe

[@dadrrd1464]

I as Serb love what's mine, I respect what's others. Albanians don't, since they occupied Serbian teritory.

[@euphoriaggaminghd]

​@@dadrrd1464how you did in 1912 yes?

[@marcinkrz3140]

I remember how during Serbo-Albanian war (or maybe after right after it ended, I don't remember that well), two fairly large groups of Serbian and Albanian immigrants (moving towards western Europe) meet by coincidence in my city, almost immediately they started threatening and curing each other, things got so out of controle that several police squads had to be dispatched to calm the down.

[@caseysilkwood47]

#justBalkanthings

[@somedesertdude1308]

damm bruv

[@FilipCordas]

There was no war it was a police action against US funded and armed terrorist groups.

[@jorgovan-ni9kz]

Yeah... They think moving to west will help them change their mentality... There is ur answer, we are both monkeys and idiots(speaking about Albanians and Serbians being idiots)

[@egyptianhibiscus9203]

There was no Serbia-Albanian war. Serbia was not in war with Albania but tried to defend and keep Kosovo, its own land.

[@chad6948]

As an Albanian, I thank you for being very neutral about this topic even though you are a Serbian. I hope everything is solved with the Kosovo situation in the future. I respect and I do not hate any ethnicity, even Serbs. 🇦🇱🤝🇷🇸

[@Unity536]

🇷🇸🤝🇦🇱

[@collared]

serbian here in my opinion north kosovo and serbian exclaves should go to serbia. and let the albanian portion be independent, or unify with albania if they want to. this is the only way peace could be achieved. otherwise both sides will just point fingers at each other, but if both nations are with their own people, we could start to rebuild relationships and maybe stop hating each other in near future. i dont hate anyone either, any nation or any ethnicity, you're a good man for not hating too

[@TheSwedishHistorian]

The problem will be solved once serbia, kosovo and Albania develops humility

[@collared]

@@TheSwedishHistorian so never

[@bletrick3352]

@@collared The exclaves should never happen. The Serbs there should just deal with it or leave, they're barely even 50k. Also Kosovo won't give up the North because of the Trepca mines and Gazivoda reservoir

[@3_character_minimum]

My colleauge in charge of our sales distributors in the Balkans has a great way of getting his distributors to try harder. He tells the Albanian that the serbians are doing great. Then tells serbians that albanians are hitting record numbers. In the sapce of 3 years they 10x thier sales.

[@Gaibreel]

Id sell my soul to have you make a whole historical movie. You're the greatest historian ever.

[@alb_mobile3725]

Serbo-Albanian relations have gotten better over the years but there is always something stupid that halts our friendship (like the recent police updoctions). Most of our disagreements are our own stupidity, we just need to do better and not act in anger. 🇦🇱❤🇷🇸

[@eaglesland8093]

@alb_mobile, I don't understand why you wanna join a gulty team , or just to have cheap mercy?

[@swatkabombonica4103]

We will always bicker, since you are good tools for you know who, but the most important thing is, whike we bicker, our criminals will always work with each other

[@srb9608]

@@eaglesland8093 Shut the fuckk up mate, cheap mercy , what is he supoused to do kill a whole nation of Serbia because of war that happend 30 years ago, both Serbs and Albanians killled,rappped,pillaged what is your point, that Albanians suffered more then Serbs or that Serbs started first ?, that doesn't matter to the dead grow the fuckkk up.

[@voskreglavincevska7080]

Nobody and never will be forgotten how primitive were Kosovars . Raping young girls Serbian , ruining Semitaries and Churches . And what is the most important for 40 years in Yugoslavia period they were having 12 children intentionaly conducted by Enver Hogja and Meca in order muslim religion to be spread in Europe ! From that period I am sweared Atheist .

[@star-spangledkingdom3804]

If you considered uniting to hate the the Turkish

[@TooAlbanianForAlbania]

As an Albanian our Serbo-Albanian relation is the weirdest thing i know from Albania

[@tamakaze712]

Kosovo je Srbija!

[@Tokarev03]

Kosovo je Srbija

[@gastonalvarodorrego6559]

@@Tokarev03NOOOO KOSOVO IS MARSHALL ISLANDS!!!!!! 🇲🇭😡🤬🤬🤬

[@TooAlbanianForAlbania]

@@Tokarev03 Nah bruh Kosovo is Antartica🇦🇶🇦🇶🇦🇶🇦🇶

[@TooAlbanianForAlbania]

@@tamakaze712 It's Antartica wdym🇦🇶🇦🇶🇦🇶🇦🇶🇦🇶🇦🇶🇦🇶

[@patrkore]

As an albanian , you have done an amazing job with this video

[@Hajde_budalla]

Hes not an albanian. Stop kissing serbian bythë, he dissed us liberally in this clip. Nevertheless, the rest of it was enjoyable, if not respectful.

[@Zuri837]

@@Hajde_budalla 👍

[@seal4150]

Unlike many other Albanians from Kosovo , i do not dislike serbs for being serb. Its just a very narrow minded way of thinking. Its what made the balkans the big ass powderkeg in the first place. If we take the very significant steps to bury the past and look ahead, we will achieve great things. Peace and love to all balkaners out there 🇦🇱❤️🇷🇸

[@leserb9228]

Živeli Brate! Cheers Brother! 🇷🇸❤️🇦🇱

[@bluruckuscrx8124]

Don't hate the people, hate the politicians

[@Azraelseraphim]

As a Serbo-Croatian half breed I think you guys are pretty alright.

[@southepirote7676]

How naive can you be? You say that because you're not a Kosovo Albanian victim 🤦‍♂️

[@jorgovan-ni9kz]

Uh no... Both are shits, shortly explained. Both are corrupted and have too many criminals... We will never learn. That is all there is to it... And that will be like that for centuries and centuries... It doesn't matter anything else... I wonder if idiotic shitbirds like that existed in our countrymen few centuries ago... Probably did and if they did then nothing can be changed... Just got back from job, don't have strength for writing more. Bye

[@compatriot852]

I like to imagine Albania and Serbia screaming at each other who is from Russia, while Montenegro is sleeping nearby

[@southepirote7676]

What a dumb thing to say. Serbian is a slavic language so they have in common with Russia 😂

[@compatriot852]

@@southepirote7676 Don't expect very logical discussions coming out of Balkan nationalists on both sides

[@southepirote7676]

@@compatriot852Us Albanians don't associate with Balkans anyway. Like Balkans is pretty much full slavs.

[@andin3720]

@@southepirote7676 Last time I checked we still live in the Balkans. Not that I am oppose to moving Albania right next to Britain. lol

[@southepirote7676]

@@andin3720 Albania just happens to be surrounded by Balkanoids but originally they aren't.

[@thearch1tect249]

I was born in Montenegro. My father is Albanian/Montenegrin & my mother is a Bosnian Serb!! Who am I supposed to hate🤣?!? Much love to all my Yugoslav brothers and sisters ( Sorry us older folk still see at as Yugoslavia) lol. And of course much love to all the Shqipa's!!

[@DomnulSarb]

Yourself

[@thearch1tect249]

@@DomnulSarb That hurts my soul!

[@georgeaksich9017]

Hate your mother for fucking a dirty pigeon. You potential for sports is ruined genetically thanks to her. Have fun being 150 cm.

[@vassilyvodka2638]

Are you from Ulqin?

[@user-mu8gb7zh6l]

What is your faith(religion)?

[@robertwhite711]

American here - love this video! 💜💚 Hope all the Balkan folks can all someday live together in peace. I sometimes imagine an alternate history: what it might have been like, had the Eastern Roman Empire withstood the invasions of the Turkic people, and survived into modern times to become a United SE Europe + Anatolian megastate.

[@kc-ez8iz]

I often imagine an alternate history: what it might have been like, had the Roman Empire, Ottoman Empire, the Slavic migration to southeastern Europe, and Greek imperialism had never happened, and Albanians were left alone for once instead of being occupied for its entire history.

[@user-nb7po6jo9l]

American...you guys are done enough for free world😂😂 stop already

[@dopaminedreams1122]

@@user-nb7po6jo9l you literally claimed to be American in another comment? Are you an american or not lmao (i already know you are not)

[@snipertrader206]

As a Non-Balkaner... All I can do at this point is... 🍿💀👍

[@bigdraco8662]

Lol.Lucky

[@osheridan]

Same

[@abc-fo1fp]

Lol...swiss is a new balkan, see ur national football team.

[@shzarmai]

lmao might as well at this point

[@DuaLipaLover3.0]

💀💀💀

[@ciprianlazar4504]

romanian living in germany here. i have serbian and albanian work colleagues. they get along very good! everytime i see them i look at them like the 8th wonder of the world. no joke!

[@tomgu2285]

My best friend is Albanian. I live in Germany. We even talked about the kosovo conflict. I personally think that Serbia should just leave kosovo independent. And that serbs should stop being so xenophobic and anti Islam. And yeah. And kosovo should be part of the open balkan. Open balkan is a great idea.

[@mincraftisawsome1234]

⁠@@tomgu2285Great thanks for your insight

[@cristibrad6742]

@@tomgu2285 that is what led to Kosovo in the first place. Serbia sht'ed the bed and now should give up instead of sleeping in the same bed. There are enclaves of minorities all over the eastern side of the iron curtain and yet only in Serbia it popped.

[@katerpese]

@@tomgu2285 Kosovo Albanians don't have a problem with Serbia being anti Islam though, as Albanian identity does not have heritage and nor is invested in religion. Albanians respect only the Abrahamic principle of the three religions they adhere to; Islam (inc. Bektashi), Catholic and Orthodox. They're are seen as a personal matter of people connecting life to God and afterlife. That's it. It plays no role in our culture.

[@user-hr7cj7jc2s]

Once again, you've given us an enlightening and hilarious video. Keep it up!❤😂

[@marchfabmeirchiawn_OGISM]

Vegan

[@pliska6819]

As a pro-Balkan Bulgarian sending warm regards to both countries. Balkans are so so similar. All of our cultures are interesting and we are home to creative people and strong sports people. Jivela Srbija and long live the land of the eagles.

[@edinedin1885]

Thanks for the kind words, wish you all the best!

[@Bennov26]

You Bulgarian are the Best in Balkan respect from Kosova

[@dej4n76]

and long live the land of Vasko Jabata 😁

[@LeoWalzim]

@@dej4n76hahahahaha 🐸 thanks

[@LeoWalzim]

@@Bennov26thanks vlla. But Kosovo is Serbia

[@heisen-bones]

>me, a bored non-balkaner >go to Albanian national anthem and comment "KOSOVO JE SRBIJA" >go to Serbian national anthem and comment "KOSOVO IS ALBANIA" >free entertainment :)

[@TimisoaraPatriot]

crazy

[@shzarmai]

exactly lmao

[@DuaLipaLover3.0]

Lol

[@aldca]

😂😂😂

[@alicedelarge]

The Berserk reference was perfect lol great vid as always

[@eraldidisho4325]

I have to say, this is by far the best comment section out of any Balkan video.

[@idrizlama2018]

As an Albanian I don’t hate Serbian people, I do hate their regime their politics, Serbs are people like Me , we the people suffer therefore we shouldn’t listen or play the politics that we don’t know what’s done behind the doors , we need to build bridges not walls. I’ve met and worked with Serbians in Sydney Australia 🇦🇺 and yeah of course we talk about our history, surely there was agreement and disagreement, but it was civilised conversation and we work and talk without hating each other. And yeah they’ve changed their mind about Albanians as they never met an Albanian before but heard from Their media. So blame our politicians of any hate that goes on!

[@itsmilepetkovic]

hello from Western Sydney 😀

[@te0nani]

"In an effort to make it better, we made it worse." - The Balkans.

[@TheDennys21]

I'm from Croatia and all i can say is i wish i was born *LITERALLY* anywhere else in Europe, The Balkans are nothing but hate and corruption turned up to 11, my government is a criminal organization, like you wouldn't believe the shit they pull here, it boggles the mind.

[@limontrashupa2768]

Damn as an Albanian I appreciate how well you portrayed us in your video! This was clearly very well thought out and researched and you portrayed both sides realistically

[@excentrik5725]

yes, it would be nice if we stopped fighting once and for all

[@southepirote7676]

Yes, totally not biased

[@limontrashupa2768]

@@excentrik5725 I’m open to that as you can see

[@midlspahe]

@@limontrashupa2768 Serbia and Albania will probably be in the EU soon. and the eu is becoming more and more a federation:)

[@cristibrad6742]

@@midlspahe Serbia needs to clean its act as we should all remember the Wagner posters in their cities and many other things. Ironically or not, being part of the EU solves the balkan ethnic tensions but buttheads will keep being buttheads not because they are stupid, but devious with ulterior motives that are not doing anything good for the state and society as a whole.

[@taboulefattouch4744]

I've been waiting for this video for my entire life. I can now rest in peace.

[@youenbodenan7295]

Every eu4 player knows that everyone wants Kosovo because of it's gold mine

[@SerbGeo2024EDITS]

How can they take Serbian land

[@Bruno-dx1oy]

what a lovely video surely people won't say that KOSOVO JE SRBIJA

[@osheridan]

KOSOVO JE IRAK 🇮🇶 🇮🇶 🇮🇶

[@TK-317]

​@@osheridanSADDAM HUSSEIN FOUGHT NATO TO GET HIS RIGHTFUL LAND!

[@Alb_Balk]

KOSOVO ESHTE ANTARTICA!!!!!!!!!

[@lagjescuni5482]

because it makes no sense to say such a phrase when you can very well say serbia je Albania

[@Tokarev03]

@@osheridanKosovo je Srbija

[@rubeniinebur7938]

As an Albanian I'm very pleased that everything you sad was quite accurate. You were quite neutral in your narration and that was a suprise to me. The only thing that you sad and I was quite surprised is the incident during world war 1, when the Serbian army escaped through Albania and was attacked by mountain tribe in a guerrila warfare. This was a shock to me. I never knew anything about this. In our history this fact is completely ignored.

[@thechosenmwuaha]

From my understanding it was based on tribal(clan?) lines mostly, some clans were hostile some were helpful/neutral.

[@tomgu2285]

​@@KundershtimiDigesSkavicesI definitely agree with you.

[@illusiveman8561]

well it makes sense, its pretty hard to explain to kids how you were the good guys in there I was surprised no one mentions that we drove Albanians out after we beat the Ottomans. No one mentions that here either because it was a dick move in fact that might have been the big trigger , if they had let the Albanians living there stay in relative chill everything would look different,

[@sixstring4718]

Yes, because a few years prior to the serbian exodus thru albania the serbian army slandered albanians everywhere (they also did it after the exodus)

[@dijanastankovic3977]

As a serb I have so many similar instances. I never knew anything about the ethnic cleansing of Albanians by Serbia during ottoman empire. We never learned about this in history either

[@thomasglessner6067]

Great video. I am now subscribed.

[@user-kd9hr9by1t]

I like how you are using papers please theme as a background music.I love that game!

[@cerebrummaximus3762]

Love to both Serbia and Albania, from a Bulgarian! 🇷🇸❤🇧🇬❤🇦🇱 May there be peace in the Balkans! Balkans for ever! Na zdrawe/Živeli/Noroc/Yiamas! 🍻🍻 🇭🇷🇧🇬🇷🇸🇲🇪🇬🇷🇷🇴🇦🇱🇸🇮🇧🇦🇲🇰 (🇽🇰)(🇲🇩🇨🇾) Edit: No GSM song in the sponsor section?? 😢

[@potatoes8414]

Piss of turk

[@alexbayer2365]

Love Bulgaria from Russia We are brothers too. Our languages is very close to each other.

[@potatoes8414]

@@alexbayer2365 ey its new war criminal,howdy do man

[@alexbayer2365]

@@potatoes8414 I don’t support Putin’s band. Are u bot? Your registration date

[@MalukuPL]

@@potatoes8414USA with their NGO’s also involved let’s not pretend it wasn’t.

[@nicolasfernandezcastanon9655]

The Sebian Countryball uses his shield as an eye patch. Important fact. Kind regrds from Argentina bro, I´ve been in Belgrade and Tirana last year; you guys are cool

[@Fleathemighty]

i feel like this is some sort of sibling fight. It's because they are similar that fuels their hate for each other even more

[@grouchypotatowolfpack5580]

This channel has helped me understand why they didn't teach us about the bit between Italy and Greece in history and geography class.

[@SomeSmallFish]

When I arrived in Serbia a couple weeks ago, one of the first things I saw outside the airport was the big KOSOVO IS SERBIA grafiti on a bridge or something above the highway. That's how I knew I really HAD arrived in Serbia and not in Iowa, what with all that corn.

[@diellibetim]

that’s how u understand serbians are primitive

[@d0dge407]

Oh yes ik what ur talking about, thought it was only me that saw it on my way to Belgrade.

[@cristibrad6742]

so they quickly tore down the Wagner posters once sht hit the fan with the coup in Russia?

[@swatkabombonica4103]

​@@cristibrad6742no. No one gives a f about that. But we do about that globalist elite private police, nato

[@voskreglavincevska7080]

If you only could understand that graffity are true . And why did you go there , in that airport . To see if it can be converted to albanian one ? It was reality Srbia . Kosovar Albanian didn't like Yugoslavia unity ! They started to humiliate serbian on a religious basis ruining churches and cemeteries of old serbian forefathers in order to whipe all what was Serbian . It is going like domino effect now you are all extending to like more and more . You like now Great Albania . So help yourselves take all Europe ! Oh my God your promised continent since Otoman Time ! What else could it be ?

[@vickisnemeth7474]

It's so complicated, I had to pause and go back several times, but by the time you got to the '80s and '90s I stopped trying to understand and just let it run.

[@VemiX1000]

Cant recall where exactly I heard or read it from but I remember the quote "Balkans is not a geographical location but a state of mind".

[@jetmirsyla7111]

I was born in the States, but both my parents are Albanians from Kosova. I actually subscribed to your channel!! Just wanted to say I think you do great work and I like the fact that you don’t sugar coat anything. Thanks for keeping it 💯

[@southepirote7676]

Sugarcoat? This was pure Albanian slander 😂

[@belivuk2526]

This was slander of both sides lol

[@invader7191]

@@belivuk2526serbs did worse crimes than Albanians in history but not as bad as croats.

[@belivuk2526]

@@invader7191 I'd like it if you listed a few real ones that are worse than Albanian did. Not something already proven to be a made up incident like Račak

[@iliriandisha9099]

@@belivuk2526Bro.. CNN was on the scene there the day after the racak massacre. They caught it all on camera. It’s disrespectful to the families that lost loved ones to say it was made up.

[@ContextlessMonarchist]

Serbia, only neighbour that didn't invade us. Respect from Romania 🇷🇴🤝🇷🇸

[@vlada91bulbulder]

i think Romania can kick our ass🍺

[@ContextlessMonarchist]

@@vlada91bulbulder We just don't want too because you are based asf.

[@peka003]

because you would steal our uniforms and guns,love from serbia

[@TheArcso]

Wait for it...

[@Mendogology]

No yet 😈

[@iliriandisha9099]

I love your videos man. Not only are they fucking hilarious but they are also nuanced and try to show both sides points of view as accurately as possible. Don’t waiver to the nationalist haters. Keep up the great content.👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@user-et1wf2ju3e]

I Hope One Day Our Children Gonna Be Friends Like French and Germans and not Enemies. Respect for all good People Greetings from Prishtina.

[@Trolligi]

I’m sure that the comment section under this video won’t be at all violent! 😁

[@osheridan]

Take this 🛡🍶🩹

[@miliba]

Living in Switzerland, I can confirm getting into the crossfire of Balkan debates. We have many Balkan immigrants and the conflicts are still a hot topic, though most of them are just trying to integrate into society and work

[@sizserb2270]

Great video hope we can settle this one day and live in peace

[@NjamNjam0]

Holy fuck. Full history of the conflict given with no biases? This some good shit.

[@Agka07_036]

Bravo brate im albanian and I say screw the old beefs, lets unite the balkans into one large Union like the European union and stop being exploited by outsiders !!!

[@PD55_]

ALWAYS educational and entertaining! Too bad people in these beautiful countries cant just chill out and enjoy the wealth of peace for a change.

[@notastone4832]

nato bombing serbia only happened like 20 years ago.,..

[@an0nycat]

They accuse each other of coming from the mountains in Russia. But actually... The ancient Hungarians originated from the Ural region of Russia. 😅😅

[@cristibrad6742]

And maybe finns. Who knows, who cares, take a map of what is east of continental Europe... People would not be migrating from the moon

[@dacduk]

And even if. Who cares. We’re here now all together

[@EnoBarjami]

Respect for our beloved Balkans and this nice channel…we always go love&hate. Cheers from an Albanian 🇦🇱 living is Russia 🇷🇺

[@ardian_g]

Ca ke dash n rusi bro 😂

[@Cubedbypixle]

I zoned out halfway through when I realized. Is that Soul Eater music in the background?

[@lamamawa7541]

This is Quality Content!

[@fnansjy456]

John Cena is Albanian Albania 🇦🇱

[@JohnnyWalker1077]

We´re hating each other on KZbin and in front of the TV but in Austria and Germany we´re working together at the Baustella.

[@swatkabombonica4103]

Same as our criminals, I guess, together with all the other neighbouring countries that "hate" each other. Only nationality they cab bicker over is money.

[@armandokoshena5133]

Bro wtf,we don't love each other but lately kinda start to not even hate each other,we are evolving some kind of way.Even in political field we are looking small but stady changes. ✌️ from Albania

[@yondayyon4131]

The only time we were friends with u guys was during fight against turks lol 😂 that was long time agoo dude hahahah

[@de_anubis]

As an albanian I want to greet my Serbian friends! There is enough bloodshed. We should all get along.

[@de_anubis]

You guys didn't really believe any Albanian would ever say this right??? Greetings to the balkan from germany :p

[@alohaluvvs4251]

@@de_anubis i knew it something wasn't right here

[@Lavortriziska]

This video seems so knowledgeable, I hope the comment section is pretty nice and civil.

[@shrekdank3473]

Albanians being the most patriotic while living in every country except Albania

[@Iam.Palestine]

😂😂😂 thx that was a cool Project from ju bro I loved it❤

[@BalkanOdyssey_]

Very good and objective coverage of the whole history of conflict. Well done.

[@FilipCordas]

Really objective we just gonna skip the Skenderbeg SS brigade and the ethic cleaning they did in WW2?

[@soul8938]

@@FilipCordasithin german occupied territories you had volunteers and mercenaries ready to work for them in every state Thats why you also had servian cetniks working with the germans not that unique

[@soul8938]

He criticized you not to long ago for not being nationalist enough…i hope he changed his views i think this video is a step in the right direction

[@lagjescuni5482]

BalkanOdyssey_he tried to be objective and also seems like a nice guy but since he lives in serbia he doesn't have all the necessary infos and many of the sources are contaminated...i know balkan history in details therefore it is not necessary to go digging in antiquity to affirm that the Albanians are right...Kosovo was wrested from the Albanians at the London Conference in 1913 and has suffered ethnic cleansing and genocide more than once....(cubrillovic plan in 1937)... and (Operation Horseshoe 1999)

[@FilipCordas]

@@soul8938 Not an SS division only Albanians and Croats managed to do that. Cetniks didn't work for the Germans. For example Serbia had an occupational government lead by Milan Nedic but under direct control of Swabians. Unlike in Kosovo where the Albanians had full autonomy they used to murder and expel Serbs as a policy.

[@dsong2006]

This beef reminds me of the current political issues between China-Korea-Japan. Same levels of hatred due to historical+recent genocide/war crimes, historical revisionism and a free for all for claiming all historical and cultural elements.

[@dsong2006]

@@INES-mz3zu Colonialism and imperialism is really terrible and surely still affects probably more then 1/2 of the world today. But what I'm talking about is more historical "fraternal" countries which might possible stem from shared/similar origins or always had close relationship throughout history but due to nationalism has build an identity on "not being XXX". For ex. Korean and Vietnamese history for thousands of year has been about "survival as a people and NOT becoming Chinese" despite using Chinese characters/following confucianism, being highly influenced by China etc. etc. Same with Japan and Korea and China vs. Taiwan. Therefore today we have these petty arguments about what is food is Korean, is it 'korean new year" or "Chinese new year". Is "Korean martial arts Japanese influenced" or is "okinawan martial arts" really "Chinese influenced". Is Dokdo island Korean or Japanese? Are the Senkaku Islands Chinese/Taiwanese or Japanese. You can find nationalists fight tooth and nail about every little thing because the other side might use their political clout to officially. claim something via UNESCO or some official channels. The only people that I've personally encountered who come close to this level of pettiness in bickering are Balkans people, Turks vs. Greeks and East Asians

[@cristibrad6742]

and even tough Russia had a longer Imperialist legacy, Japan outgrew them in maturity given current Korean peninsula status quo.

[@cristibrad6742]

@@dsong2006 I do believe that imperialism was not a fault in itself. If the modern world devolves in a crapshoot and 1 nation evolves 500 years above the rest, would it not be fair for humanity to spread progress? Imperialism for the sake of Imperialism just to spread misery and destroy functional nations is a crime against humanity.

[@aitakuya5386]

Ever since I was a kid, I've always thought that objectively speaking, the hatred of East Asian countries towards each other is too abnormal. I am Japanese, and I can honestly understand why people hate Japan because of its history. But Korea and China also hate each other. Unfortunately, with the exception of Mongolia, East Asia is full of hatred. It's an atmosphere where we can't even joke around like you people in the Balkans.

[@LeonLecei]

Hey lisen lets have respekt to albania love Albania from Serbia 🇷🇸🤝🇦🇱

[@user-qs2yj8fn9q]

❤❤❤❤🇽🇰🇽🇰🇽🇰🇽🇰🇽🇰🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱Shqiperi dhe Kosove gjithmone te bashkuar

[@alcyonae]

LivingIronicallyinEurope is single-handedly healing the Serbo-Albanian conflict

[@r.m.ocinneide6935]

Man you know this is gonna be the quite the day here when Janoš drops a banger like this at 11 AM EST

[@FungiFilmReviews]

Dude😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 this was mad educational and hilarious!!!!

[@thefallenvalley4340]

Proud Dardan/Illyrian🇦🇱 Also Serbs, a Slavic nation claiming to be Illyrian? Absolutely ridiculous. All that non-sense just to claim Kosovo. A pretty unbiased video tho, bravo.

[@kidfox3971]

As an American I'm proud to say my first vacation outside of the US was to Albania, regardless of what arrogant westoids in Berlin and Paris may say it was a lot more beautiful than either of those places and a lot cheaper. Great people with great culture that they're proud of, something the world today needs more of. The Balkans are the jewel of Europe in terms of culture and tradition, patriotic religious communities who understand their history and seek to preserve it. I will be visiting again one day, same with Kosovo which i also visited 🇺🇸 ❤️ 🇦🇱 🇽🇰

[@diktrejsi8214]

Watch your watch 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@kidfox3971]

@@diktrejsi8214 I said I visited Albania, not Romania.

[@diktrejsi8214]

Hahah, that's why I said, they stole watch George Bush when he visited Tirana

[@invader7191]

@@diktrejsi8214no they didn’t that was serbian propaganda news. Bush himself said it and showed a video of him putting the watch in his pocket.

[@besnikillyrian8520]

​@@diktrejsi8214albanians stole your mom

[@AwayWithYouVileBeggar]

Like Gandhi once said: "Бог је Србин" 💪😎☦ P.S: It's all in good fun so *Keep Calm and Drink Rakia* since we're all poor around here

[@MegrelMamba]

Drinking is what got ya'll into this mess 🤦🏿‍♂️🤦🏿‍♂️🤦🏿‍♂️👱🏿‍♂️

[@user-ux3lb3ou3b]

thats bad for your kidney and liver

[@theoneandonlydetraebean8286]

I thought Ghandi said "Our words are backed with nuclear power"

[@mincraftisawsome1234]

@@user-ux3lb3ou3blisten mate we work 12 hour shifts in 40+ C for less than 1000 € a month if we want to smoke 2 packs and drink a whole bottle of rakia to ease the reality we’re going to.

[@user-ux3lb3ou3b]

@@mincraftisawsome1234 you astoneshly describe with absolute detail my job .my hour shifts, job condicions and the salary the same

[@florijanabazi5602]

I can say, top work!

[@wassatir9065]

funny and informative video 👍👍thanks

[@Ali-bu6lo]

The Claim that Albanians are from the Caucasus sounds like made up by some guy who only saw the Wikipedia title "Caucasian Albania" and didn't bother to check the rest of it.

[@elvinsherifzade]

Yeah Caucasian Albania is our history as an Azerbaijani. It is just a coincidence that they have the same name 🇦🇿

[@petrivesho1343]

​@@elvinsherifzadethe name Albania is from latin. Roman Empire names Albania land that they didnt know quite well. Even in Scotland has e region called Albania. It is latin word but none similarities with each other

[@JudgeNicodemus]

As a Serb, I really never hated Albanians, as far as Kosovo is concerned, I don't mind it being independent so long as Serbian heritage sites aren't being disturbed.

[@tonymatic1704]

Fr, also ZSO would be nice but otherwise it's ok

[@FilipCordas]

I am fine with Kosovo being allowed to create its own state as long as Republica Srpska and Republica Srpska Kraina get to do so as well.

[@ahura]

I'm fine with Serbia existing, if it's identical to the Belgrade pašaluk

[@Azraelseraphim]

Same here. Although I want Kosovo to get a better flag design.

[@denethorr3]

@@Azraelseraphim The Serbian tricolor instead of that US-colony blue background, would've been sweet

[@rambled]

I don't know what I, being a Chinese, am doing here. But anyways, fun videos, loads of info, and hope the Balkan people could live prosperous and peaceful. The Balkan Federation thing sure sounds both crazy and awesome.

[@Hajde_budalla]

The Chinese were Albanias only friends when we were under the dictatorship of Ever Hoxha. That was after he told the Soviets to GFT.

[@testadelcomputer1839]

7:33 It's true that the battle of Kosovo was led by the serbian king, the problem is that the serbian king was leading a coalition of soldiers therefore not everyone in the serbian front was a serb speaker, infact in the coalition there were also other ethnicities and Albanian soldiers and that's why the albanians have the same protective bound with kosovo

[@teodorgeorgescu9291]

The hungarian folktales theme in the opening ❤🇭🇺

[@LucicIvana]

Actually I like Albania 😂 Iʼve been on the beach in Durres last week. Greetings from the northernmost city of Subotica ❤🇷🇸🇦🇱

[@KartingRules]

Thats cool

[@LucicIvana]

@@KartingRules I wonʼt lie, it’s better than in Croatia or Montenegro

[@southepirote7676]

This is what I mean, we have Serb tourists in Durres every summer

[@LucicIvana]

@@southepirote7676 it is great. Reasonable prices for drinks, food, a motel room for us 2 and the surprising hospitality. We are definitely coming to Durres in 2024 too 🙂😁

[@truealbanian2576]

​@@LucicIvana I hope that you enjoyed it there. 😊

[@Follower_of_Yeshua]

In Stead of Giving Kosovo to Anyone, Why Cant We Just Unite the Serbs, Albenians, & the rest of the South Slavic Nations?

[@KNJpd]

That moment when he shows the petty comments part and I'm checking to see if any of mine are there, guilty lmao.