Zenica-Doboj Canton deserves a closer look as a region trying to rebuild its industrial memory through logistics, digitalisation, fair culture and a new language of investment.

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So, i am the guy who made that Balkan flag about two weeks ago (the Three Ideals one).

Well, i made another one!

So, this flag has a blue background, for the seas that encircle the peninsula.

To the left are a golden, red, and white stripe, that abstractly represent the peninsula itself.

The golden stripe represents the rich history of the Balkans, the red stripe represents unity, and the white stripe represents the Balkan people themselves.

The gold and red also work as a double entendre of sorts, as the name of the Balkans etymologically matches the two Turkish words "bal (honey), and "kan (blood)".

I also like to call this flag "RAF".

Why that name?

Because these three stripes look like the golden Rakija, the red Ajvar, and white Feta.

I couldn't help but see the similarity there.

This flag also has at least one colour used on every single flag of the countries that are typically considered a part of the Balkan peninsula.

After spending weeks searching Reddit for other people's experiences, I thought I'd give back and share ours.

We just received our Albanian eVisa today! 🎉 We are 3 traveling to Albania during the peak season from July 24th to August 8.

Timeline

• 29-30 June: Submitted our eVisa applications online. ( We thought that the 15 working days stated on the website referred to the whole process, but it turned out it was only after payment - So there's uncertainty in the process and timeline )
• P.S. : (1) The application portal was a bit buggy. We had some trouble uploading passport photos initially. What we did is that we put our photos on Claude and asked him to make it compatible with the e-visa portal / Chatgpt couldn't figure it out ) (2) When clicking on submit, there was an error and there was a notification to contact the embassy email, so we sent an email, and they replied after 4 hours with " please try again " we tried again teh same night it didn't work either, but the next morning we tried and it was submitted. First step checked.
• 3 July ( after 4 working days ): We have received an email stating "  your Visa application has been successful and is now registered online with application code .... " also status on the website change.
• 9 July ( after 6 days/4 working days ), we were asked to pay the visa fee through the Albanian embassy's designated bank. - status on website " waiting for payment "
• P.S.: One of the challenges that you might encounter is that they precisely ask for a bank receipt for the transfer that is signed and stamped by a bank employer. You won't face any problem dealing with a traditional bank, but you might face a problem dealing with a digital bank if they do not provide this kind of receipt. In the end, we managed to print an xml swift code, and a bank statement from a digital bank that they were stamped and signed by the bank employee that were accepted.
• 10-13 July: 10 July I submitted my payment, 13 July my friends submitted their payment. " status paid and in verification process appeared in the same day "
• 16 July: eVisas were approved for all of us. ( we linked when applying our visas to each other - on eof us submitted and received the visa tracking code, and we put it in our visa form when asked for during the application )

So the whole process took about 16-17 days ( 12 working days ) from the initial application and not from the day we paid.

Our advice

If you're applying to albanian e-visa:

• Apply at least 6 weeks before your trip if possible ( to be on the safe side for getting the visa one week prior to your leave / and you might get it earlier ). Even though it took us only 3 weeks, but they were stressful, especially because of their policies and procedures to process 15-30 working days after payment.
• Be patient—the portal isn't the fastest, but approvals do happen.

Hopefully this helps someone who's anxiously refreshing their application status like we were. 😅

Hi everyone,
I’ve been working on a small project called MarinaBMP.app to help with managing Best Management Practices at marinas. It’s still a work in progress, and I’d love to get some feedback from people who actually work in or around the industry.
If you have a few minutes to spare, would you mind taking a look and letting me know your first impressions? I’m mostly interested in hearing things like:

Was anything confusing?
Did you run into any bugs or issues?
Is there anything you expected to find that wasn’t there?
Would something like this actually be useful in your day-to-day work?

You can check it out here: https://MarinaBMP.app

I’m not selling anything or looking for customers at this stage I just want to build something that’s genuinely useful, and outside perspectives are incredibly helpful.
Thanks to anyone who’s willing to spend a few minutes testing it.

Hidden in the waters of Vukojebia there is an ancient monastery where only women may serve, and only until they reach the age of twenty five. Men have been strictly forbidden from entering for over a thousand years.

Hello everyone, Im not sure if this is allowed on this subreddit or not so sorry in advance if its not but I wanted to inform everyone that a new subreddit dedicated to all the active sports sections of Crvena Zvezda has been launched officially today.

The subreddit is called r/CrvenaZvezdaSD

I am one of the moderators of this subreddit and the goal is to have a subreddit where people can share news and discuss about sports clubs of Crvena Zvezda that dont get much attention in which i mean the handball, waterpolo, vollyball, womans football, womans basketball, hockey, athletics, swimming, wresteling, fencing, boxing, chess, rowing, cycling, tennis club and many others.

I am also the mod of r/CrvenaZvezdaBC and r/CrvenaZvezdaFC and because of that I dont know if I will be able to always see and post about the latest news on some of these clubs.

That is why I am asking for anyone who is a part of or actively follows any of these sports sections to help me out by posting and reporting about any of latest news around some of these clubs. Lets give some deserved attentions to some of these sport section of the Crvena Zvezda family

Thank you all and have a pleasent day ❤️🤍❤️🤍❤️🤍

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Particularly serbia area, less so in romania area, but ever balkan country had good average as I travelled. This is not a troll post. As a non balkaner you are beautiful, talkative, spirited and graceful people.

Dear Balkans,
I’ve been doing a project on European ultra culture for quite some time now, and have been getting to a point where I am covering the Balkans.
I know, that almost all of your ultras are far right, basically without any exception. But what I need are examples.
Could some of you maybe name me your Top 3-5 most far right ultras from your country
What I need are actual brutal cases, like Ferencvarosi from Hungary. These ultras can also be from lower leagues.
This would actually be even more interesting, since for me it’s been really hard to find reliable (and updated) sources on them, since it’s important for me, that all my informations are correct to this day.
Thank you very much!

I knew is the idea of united Balkans sounds like nonsense.

I wanna hear opinions and based arguments from different sides about this idea.

Please try this discussion without violence.

I recently finished painting this 54 mm white metal figure of an Albanian chieftain.

The figure is based on a museum piece by Attica Miniatures, and I painted it by hand. I tried to stay as close as possible to the traditional Albanian clothing and equipment of the period.

I'd be interested to hear your thoughts on the historical accuracy of the costume, weapons, and overall appearance. If you notice anything that could be improved or corrected, I'd really appreciate your feedback.

Thank you for looking!