Hey his is a plea for help for anyone who does not have a scond familiar place set up, to please think of using Tirana, Skopje, Pristina, any city in the balkans so we can get some more reviewers down here.
You dont have to be as strickt as in the west since there are barely any pokestops around, and nominations are stuck for months in voting.
So be nice help out its only a 12 months comitment anyhow and youll see max 10 new posts per day
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Recently Niantic has said that a Bonus area commitment is only 3 months. So I always encourage folks to check out new places.
That said there are both eligibility and rejection criteria. Please be respectful of the ideals set out by the community.
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Hi! I’ve just set my bonus location to Tirana. I’m looking forward to reviewing and hope the Balkans collectively will see some movement in their nominations. 
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Good idea to ask and I hope you get some people to help out.
And the bonus location can change every 3 months.
However the nominations need to be reviewed as normal.
You might want to add a post with any specific information eg what is streetview satellite view like. Anything that might help someone review.
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Thank you for helping. unfortunaly street view is about 8 years outt of date down here and also when you see Bar it means coffe and alchohol and kids are alloud in. any question or xtra checks u need just write here and ill help out as much as i can. Thanks agian
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I do have a question that’s just come up. I’ve come across a title edit that are changing the names from Cyrillic alphabet name to Latin alphabet name (or vice versa, I’m not sure what the original Wayspot is named.) Both appeared to be the correct name, just one is written in Cyrillic and the other in Latin. This Wayspot is in North Macedonia, for reference. I’m unsure if there’s a preference for one over the other, and I’d like to be as respectful as I can to which script is preferred. Google maps showed both scripts. If you or others have insight as to which is preferred, I’d be grateful. Otherwise I’ll just skip those edits. Thank you in advance for any guidance!
Macedonia is the bigest issue since it has a mixed population and three official languages. Both would be correct in my opinion but even in Albania when i get tittle corrections i tend to favor english since its more international. Same logic should apply there if we strip the politics of race and nationality out of the equation. Latin alfabet is more reconisable internationaly. if you dont feel like risking picking wrong i would just skip them.
Any reviewrs from Macedonia or the region please feel free to contribute in this discussion as well, i am by no means the authority on this subject.
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Anyone one willing to consider an exchange program? You put tirana as your second spot ill put your city. I can get a few other guys too to participate in this program