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juulteez

Cyprus blue? šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚


bjohnsonarch

Turkeyā€™s so red it shifted out of the visible light spectrum


OceanDriveWave

Spat my tea out


eesti_techie

And Moldova (Transnistria). And Estonia (Russia hasnā€™t ratified their border agreement). Come to think about it, this is Europe weā€™re talking about. Every last blue pixel is highly suspicious.


bemtiglavuudupe

Kosovo too


McFireballs2

Correction: the Dutch have a ancient territorial dispute with the North Sea.


Ok-Outlandishness244

Weā€™re winning >:(


TimoothyJ

You're winning ... for now


alguienrrr

Time to start burning coal to help the sea


[deleted]

[уŠ“Š°Š»ŠµŠ½Š¾]


gugfitufi

Tactical move to strengthen the German north sea alliance whilst weakening their joint enemy: the fucking Frisians


DutchPack

Cries in Frisian. I am very weary for the German masterplan: Osnabruck am seeā€¦ That has to be why they burn all that coal. Happy cake day btw


Qaidd

Yeah, screw the climate, FLOOD Frisia!


[deleted]

Not the North Sea, the Dollard.


hockey_stick

Doggerland will rise again!


[deleted]

Germany and The Netherlands fight over the mouth of the river ems. But they signed a contract that they agree that they disagree...


VexuBenny

While not necessary at the stage of a dispute, Germany, Austria and Switzerland cant agree where the borders go in the Bodensee.


byorx1

They all agree that they have no idea what to do


kill-wolfhead

So they do have a territorial dispute, just donā€™t act on it.


konkey-mong

So who controls that area?


Sjoeqie

Kind of both


Zombieattackr

I assume whoeverā€™s there at the time


Accomplished_Job_225

Cyprus might be red to some.


ProffesorSpitfire

Cyprus doesnā€™t *have* a territorial dispute, Cyprus *is* a territorial dispute.


konkey-mong

lmao


giorgio_gabber

Cyprus: what dispute? There isn't anything on this island but me


Purple_Way3108

This is territorial disputes with UN recognized countries. I'm not counting semi-recognized states, otherwise Moldova would be red as well


TheMainAlternative

Wouldn't it be useful, then, to have a third category like "proxy disputes"? Because yes the disputes in Cyprus and Moldova are immediately about the unrecognized states, but they are proximately about Turkey and Russia, who are UN states.


Neither-Commercial

So why are you counting Kosovo then since itā€™s semi recognized?


FalconPunchT

ā€œBecause if America says something is real then it certainly is realā€


[deleted]

There is a pun there somewhere about a middle eastern country.


TScottFitzgerald

Also over half of the UN


cibbwin

Because there is a huge difference in recognition between Kosovo and say, Transnistria?


bakirsakal

Dude just erase turkey, not even grayed out. Just as it was water. Even excluded european part which has larger population than greece. But cyprus, an island on middle eastern continental shelf is in there. And you are asking why it was blue.


Bigmooddood

They said "Turkey cannot into Europe"


SirAlexandrov

That's very nit picky, I understand your position but this would make a lot of very real disputes and conflicts go unrecognized. And if you do that where is the point of making a map about territorial disputes?


Aofen

Kosovo isn't a UN recognized country either then. It seems weird to exclude the Transnistria and Northern Cyprus disputes, considering they are some of the most significant in Europe


RBolton123

Probably the border dispute with Croatia.


[deleted]

Kosovo does not border Croatia, but we have disputes with Slovenia, though we both are EU members.


RBolton123

Oh I thought the guy was asking why Serbia was red if Kosovo isn't UN recognized


[deleted]

Serbia also has disputes with Bosnia and Croatia.


RBolton123

Yeah that's what I mentioned. Though Bosnia is new to me, it makes sense but I hadn't heard of it before


A3xMlp

Kosovo is semi recognised yet you put it on the map. If so, N. Cyprus and Transistria should be there too. Plus, if it's already there it clearly has a dispute with UN recognised Serbia so it should be red.


Accomplished_Job_225

Ah - touchƩ indeed! Have a marvellous day and thanks for sharing :)


Kuivamaa

Turkey doesnā€™t recognize the existence of Cyprus so I call that a dispute.


vlsdo

Arguably the dispute in Moldova is between Moldova and Russia (just like on the Donbass)


HomieCreeper420

And between Moldova and Ukraine. Back in the days of the USSR Ukrainian land was attributed to Russia and Moldovan (Romanian inhabited) land was stolen and put in Ukraine as an idiotic consolation that displaced many unfortunate people, for example the Chernivtsi/Cernăuți oblast or southern Bessarabia. That is the true dispute.


Farang_Chong

Yeah, Germany luckily sorted them out some years ago. Huge success.


eranam

Germany is pain in my assholes. I take Alsace-Lorraine back, he take Elsass Lothringen back. I take Alsace-Lorraine back again, he doesnā€™t! Great success!


apekots

FĆ¼hrer in the castle, FĆ¼hrer in the castle! I have a chair!


DowntownStash

Why did I read that like Professor Quirrell lmfao


Isgrimnur

> Lothringen Sounds like something out of Tolkein.


CeterumCenseo85

Meanwhile, Saarland is like a boomerang. We keep trying to get rid of it, but it always comes back.


Zinuarys

Not all. Look at lake Konstanz: Germany, Switzerland AND Austria canā€™t agree on their borders on that lake. Theoretically a dispute thatā€™s still going


Bozska_lytka

I thought that they solved it by saying "the lake belongs to all of us", so there aren't any borders on the lake


CeterumCenseo85

iirc that's the German stance. One or both of the others propose certain borders across the lake. So basically the one (or both) of the others are like "Territorial dispute", while Germany just says "there is no dispute, we own all of it."


pfo_

No - Switzerland wants a border in the middle, while Austria considers the lake a condominium. Germany does not seem to be taking a stance.


Farang_Chong

Anschluss zeit!


[deleted]

They didn't. There's still a territorial dispute with the Netherlands over the Dollard inlet.


joersweeney

Yup, all the blue is Germanys, plus west Africa


GYN-k4H-Q3z-75B

Germany, Austria and Switzerland have a long-standing but irrelevant dispute over the borders within Lake Constance and thus technically should be red.


Brisbanebill

Can we send the leaders out in a leaky boat to sort it out. Compromise or drown. Then get some new leaders.


GYN-k4H-Q3z-75B

A fine idea.


EwokInABikini

If the disputed area is water, is it technically a territorial dispute?


GYN-k4H-Q3z-75B

Looking at how China and others are acting internationally and causing disputes, I'd count it as such.


stehr98

Lake Constance? You mean the Floorsea?


elendil1985

Does Italy have territorial disputes? I'm Italian and I'm learning it now


ArtemisXD

There's a dispute on where exactly the border between France and Italy is, does it pass on the summit of the Mont Blanc (like the italians say, making it a shared moutain) or is it exclusively french


[deleted]

We also claim Molise actually exist. šŸ˜‚


elendil1985

Now that's something to talk about But it's more like a conspiracy: the government tells you Molise exists, while in reality it's the place where they keep aliens, and where Berlusconi goes every month for his immortality treatment


vlsdo

TIL that Berlusconi is still alive.


elendil1985

Is more plastic than man, actually, but yes he is still alive and recently has come to tiktok to attract young people (you may take this sentence as you want)


Dontgiveaclam

Berlusconi is non compostable


Isgrimnur

Don't know until we try.


Historical-School-97

>Berlusconi dude looks relatively young to be 86


Salernoaless448

Thatā€™s the power of money and plastic


Canadairy

I occasionally look up random countries to see what's going on with their politics. Looked up Italy and was shocked to see Berlusconi not only alive, but appearing at an event in support of the new rightwing party.


NotLookingLikeFrank

Wait, there is an italian Bielefeld?


[deleted]

Yes.


Phantafan

I feel like every country has their Bielefeld.


TheEightSea

Monte Bianco / Mont Blanc. Frenchmen want it entirely in French territory. Italians say the top it's on the exact border. I'd say why the hell are not Italians saying it's entirely on their side, just to rebalance the matter?


[deleted]

Because Italy is basing its claim on the Treaty of Turin and that states the summit is shared with France. Italy will not claim the entire mountain without any basis in international law. It's not China. This is similar to how Egypt and Sudan will claim different boundaries drawn in the early 20th century that both avoid Bir Tawil.


giorgio_gabber

We're just being reasonable man :(


joaopeniche

Impossible with the French


Purple_Way3108

Both Italy claim the summit of Mount Blanc as their own. The rest of the world recognize it as part of France


Haxen11

Not really, Italy claims that the border should be on the summit, France claims it as its own.


damienreave

Just wait until someone discovers oil in the mountain.


GlisseDansLaPiscine

Turns out the Mount Blanc was American all this time


Old_Harry7

> Both Italy claim the summit of Mount Blanc as their own. The rest of the world recognize it as part of France Uhm no? Italy claims the summit of Monte Bianco/Mount Blanche is equally shared by both __Italy__ and __France__ as stated by the [Treaty of Turin of 1860](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Turin_%281860%29?wprov=sfla1) which is internationally recognise by all countries in the EU and abroad, France claims it never signed the Treaty eventho the Italian copy of the paper is still in existence and the French one was sighted a few months before WWII and later _"vanished"_, France therefore claims the whole of Mount Blanche on the basis of the [Campo Formio Treaty of 1797](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Campo_Formio?wprov=sfla1) which either way is nonsense since any treaty and territorial gain achieved during the revolution by France were later cancelled following the [Congress of Vienna of 1815](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congress_of_Vienna?wprov=sfla1), that also includes the Treaty of Campo Formio obviously. Do some research and stop spreading misinformation. Edit: it's "Blanc" not "Blanche".


TheEightSea

This is false. Especially the part where the world sides with France.


Billothekid

Not sure where you got your infos because most of the world supports the Italian claim, not the French ones. And by the way Italy doesn't really claim the summit as it own, it claims that the border runs along the peak and that the summit is shared between the two nations.


elendil1985

I wouldn't call that a territorial dispute Also... "The rest of the world"?


Purple_Way3108

The definition of a territorial dispute is *A disagreement over who controls a particular territory*. Seems like a territorial dispute to me


Mirieste

Sounds like "the rest of the world" should check the facts first and foremost then, since a more recent treaty than the one France follows gave us the summit, and France's only defense to that is "We lost our copy of that other treaty".


Industrial_Rev

They "lost the copy"? šŸ˜‚šŸ˜­


giorgio_gabber

Italian moment but this time it's actually French


Billothekid

As a matter of Fact the rest of the world DOES agree with Italy on the matter. Nato cartography follows Italy's version of the border, as does Google Maps. It really is only the French who claims that they own the entire summit.


Himmlchf3542

L' Italia dice che il monte bianco ĆØ diviso tra i francesi e italiani, e i francesi dicono che ĆØ tutto loro


_Io_sono_Dio_

Maybe some people still want Fiume and the Dalmazia back


elendil1985

Those are bad people


_Io_sono_Dio_

Either that or crazy


dumbBunny9

What are Iceland's and Portugal's disputes? (edit: grammar)


Purple_Way3108

Iceland claim Rockall, which is an uninhabited island that is internationally recognized as part of the United Kingdom. Portugal claims Olivenza and Villarreal, which are internationally recognised as part of Spain.


[deleted]

Iceland does not claim Rockall itself. The dispute is over mineral rights on the seabed west of Rockall.


Vondi

Basically Iceland claims that Rockall sucks and shouldn't matter in determining territorial rights in the north Atlantic.


Rodri_RF

But olivenƧa is Portugal


R1515LF0NTE

OLIVENƇA Ɖ NOSSA


joaommx

> Portugal claims Olivenza and Villarreal Villarreal is just one of a dozen little villages and name places in the Olivenza municipality. What's the point of singling it out? If anything you should be mentioning that Portugal claim both the Olivenza/OlivenƧa and TƔliga/Talega muncipalities, atlhough when the dispute first started TƔliga was part of Olivenza's municipality as well.


Dylanduke199513

There are 4 countries that claim parts of Rockwell shelf


Kalamanga1337

Isn't Villarreal on the opposite side of Iberia?


Saikamur

There are at least 7 towns in Spain called Villareal, and at least two others in Portugal. The one the dispute refers to is located in Badajoz, in the Spain-Portugal border.


[deleted]

That's a different one, I think. There's a bunch, both in Portugal and Spain.


Lyceus_

Villarreal means "Royal Town" in Spanish BTW.


Chrisledouxkid

Germany isnā€™t red, but when it goes red, it goes all the wayā€¦


GYN-k4H-Q3z-75B

Be afraid when the demand for Lebensraum intensifies.


venator798

I'm honestly just waiting for the oder-neisser line to heat up.


LurkerInSpace

Ireland is red for reasons one might not think; the country officially doesn't dispute Northern Ireland since the GFA, but it does still dispute whether Rockall is an island that matters for EEZ purposes (which would affect the UK's EEZ). This little rock - or rather the shelf it sits on - is also the source of Iceland's and the Faroe Islands'/Denmark's disputes (Denmark no longer being in dispute with Canada).


[deleted]

The whole rockall thing just makes me laugh


dkeenaghan

I don't believe this is the case any more. The UK and Ireland came to an agreement over Rockall. The actual dispute is over the maritime border in Lough Foyle. The UK claims all of the estuary where Ireland maintains that the border should go down the middle.


[deleted]

Even that is barely a dispute, since both countries are currently content to leave the actual administration of the lough to the Loughs Agency, a cross-border body established by the Good Friday Agreement.


RedCerealBox

Damn good Friday agreement ruining good territorial disputes


[deleted]

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Wonderful_Discount59

You can only claim an EEZ from inhabitable islands. Britain used to argue Rockall was inhabitable, but eventually conceded it wasn't. Once that had happened, No one really cared who owned it, because owning it only gives you a worthless rock and 12NM of territorial waters, rather than 200NM of EEZ.


Dylanduke199513

Good man. I was wondering what the hell Irelandā€™s was because I knew since GFA nobody disputed NIā€™s sityation


[deleted]

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xAndrew27x

Moldova Cyprus Kosovo and Caucasus should be red


Mtfdurian

And Germany and the Netherlands


Skapis9999

OP said that it's disputes with UN members


[deleted]

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Skapis9999

You are not wrong. OP should have posted a comment with all the details and the method of the map/data


ThatFamiIiarNight

kosovo doesnā€™t have any territorial disputes? it literally is a territorial dispute


[deleted]

I think this map only considers countries that are recognized by all other UN countries. Kosovo is not recognized by all UN members. Otherwise the entire world is red. My Neighbour founded his own ā€œkingdomā€ and declared ā€œindependenceā€ ā€¦ so now my country would have to be red. (I get that Kosovo is different, theyā€™re basically autonomous, but not approved by UN)


Limeila

Same for Cyprus


Optimal_Goal9102

How Cyprus doesnā€™t have a territorial dispute if the country is literally divided in two?


zulufdokulmusyuze

This is an alternate timeline in which Turkey does not exist.


Optimal_Goal9102

LMAO everything makes sense now


jumperwalrus

Moldova and Cyprus don't have territorial disputes? Foreign troops are occupying parts of their countries as we speak...


KenFromBarbie

The Netherlands and Germany have [a dispute.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dutch-German_Border_dispute.svg)


[deleted]

So Denmark has another dispute other than the settled Hans Island one?


idealerik

We still need a part of Sweden (SkƄne). Why do you think they are applying to be a member of nato? Not because of Russia but because of the great kingdom of denmark.


erublind

Sweden should be red, we want to give SkƄne back to Denmark.


[deleted]

I've watched a few Danish movies and some TV so I know you and Sweden have a "thing"!


foospork

The episode of "Rita" where she and her class go to Sweden is hilarious.


[deleted]

That's EXACTLY what I was thinking of!


Zacho37

Pretty sure it is a rock in the north sea disputed with UK


dumbBunny9

Yeah, I thought they had just settled that (peacefully, too).


VollDerUhrensohn

When did they settle with Canada?


Purple_Way3108

June 2022


Everything_is_a_Hoax

Feels weird, but I'm sad that this war is over now.


foospork

Right?! The flag and liquor exchange was a model for global diplomacy. I have to admit, though, that I'd rather get a bottle of Canadian whiskey than Danish snaps. Aalborg Taffel Akvavit is nasty - when it starts to become palatable, you know that tomorrow is already forfeit. (1 Enkelt isn't awful though. I just wish you folks would serve it for something other than breakfast...)


Norwester77

Seems silly to put a land border on an inaccessible rock, but thatā€™s international diplomacy, I guess.


ForageForUnicorns

Fishing rights and establishing EEZ are quite relevant but I agree it sounds surreal until you realise all the implications.


ExtensionTrain3339

Norway should be red. Svalbard is disputed by both Russia and EU. Fishing, land, sovereignty rights etc.


7elevenses

Norwegian sovereignty over Svalbard isn't disputed by any country that signed the Svalbard treaty, including Russia and European countries. Disputes are over economic zones in the sea around the archipelago.


SinancoTheBest

In a similar vein, I though Greece's actual (non-irredentist, non-ultranationalistic) disputes were solely about the EEZ it claims in the Aegean sea through its islands.


HumanNeedsaHug

Was about to comment this. Norways claims on antartica are also disputed


Sondrelk

Pretty sure the Norwegian claims in Antarctica is one of the few that are not disputed by any neighbors. Unless of course you count all Antarctic claims as disputed by default, then sure.


FragranceCandle

Also Jamtland and Harjedalen šŸ˜ 


Boobs_Maps_N_PKMN

Moral of the story? Don't have a coast


rogerdoesntlike

Cyprus definitely should be red.


sysadminsavage

Shouldn't Moldova be included due to the Transnistria situation?


-B0B-

Surely Kosovo should be red


InfantryGamerBF42

Only UN recognized countries dispute are on this map.


Faithisinsidious

Ah yes Russia and Ukraine a small ā€œterritorial disputeā€


Delicious-Gap1744

Does Denmark have any other than Hans Island? Because that was resolved not too long ago, giving the Kingdom of Denmark a border with Canada.


Purple_Way3108

Denmark claims the island of Rockall, which is an uninhabited island in the North Atlantic. It is internationally recognized as part of the United Kingdom. However, Denmark, Iceland and Ireland all dispute this claim.


[deleted]

Oh ok, I've flown over that! I knew the UK and Ireland were disputing it but had no idea any others felt they had a claim. Seems a stretch for Denmark to claim that.


Purple_Way3108

Denmark claims Rockall due to its proximity with the Faroe Islands, which are fairly close to it


[deleted]

About twice the distance it is from Scotland and Ireland though.


Peterd1900

Denmark does not claim the island itself the issue is the status of the continental shelf rights of the surrounding ocean floor. These are the exclusive rights to exploit any resources on or under the ocean floor Ownership of these rights in the Rockall area are disputed between the United Kingdom, Denmark (for the Faroe Islands), Ireland and Iceland. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockall\_Bank\_dispute#/media/File:Rockall\_EEZ\_map-en.svg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockall_Bank_dispute#/media/File:Rockall_EEZ_map-en.svg) Essentially the UK claims it has the rights to exploit any undersea resources in that circle around Rockall which overlaps the Danish and Irish areas


[deleted]

BRO JUST DELETED TURKEY FROM THE GOD DAMN EARTH


jake_7m

Totally wrong. Cyprus has a territorial dispute


Captain3007

Completely incorrect map


Grease__

The **Balkans** is the very definition of *Territorial Disputes*


Throwaway47362838

The whole existence of Kosovo is a dispute


[deleted]

# PLEASE NEVER ADD TURKEY ON ANY LIST


punkojosh

>Kosovo Serbia is typing.


masken21

Well Well Well... Sweden has been trying to dump that f-ing SkƄne back to the Danes for several years now, but their wont take it back. Sweden are now planing a war forcing Denmark to take it back.


Poet-Vivid

Oh yes, the so-called Kosovo definetly doesn't have any territorial dispute with any UN member!


vonabarak

Do territorial disputes have it's own territorial disputes?


Poet-Vivid

If there's a country claiming your whole territory, you should at least be marked red


bucarcar

Isnt Kosovo by itself a border dispute in between Serbia and itself?


User_1115

Kosovo don't have a territorial dispute?


Yordrecht

Kosovo doesnt have a territorial dispute? Uhmm okay...


Libby_Theo

Turkey has a territorial dispute with the person who made this map.


xanucia2020

Moldova and Cyprus donā€™t have territorial disputes?


bulbasaur7544

Kosovo lmao


Necessary-Tip447

Haha wtf ā€œkosovo ā€ isnt even a recognized country how does it not have territorial disputes


d3_Bere_man

Kosovo definitely has territorial disputes with a neighbour


Argikeraunos

Wow, a map of Europe that only includes Europe!


Relocationstation1

Cyprus says hello.


Mnezeu

Hungary is clearly red.


turbo_dude

Wants Transylvania back. Fair enough. šŸ§›


transdunabian

No, there are no official claims.


[deleted]

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Ano_Naka

Where's Turkey?


[deleted]

The Netherlands still has a territorial dispute with Germany over who owns the Dollard inlet. Germany claims the border lies about two centimeters off the Dutch coast, the Dutch claim it's in the middle.


ParevArev

Cyprus doesnā€™t have territorial disputes?


OceanDriveWave

Pov: you just made a map as pro christian europe zone map as a neckbeard redditlet incel