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Balkans
Balkan states
Balkan states Group of countries in the Balkan Peninsula,
se Europe, consisting of
Albania,
Bosnia-Herzegovina,
Bulgaria,
Croatia,
Greece,
Macedonia,
Romania,
Serbia, and European
Turkey. From the 3rd century
ad, the region was ruled by Byzantium. It was later invaded by Slav peoples, and then for 500 years formed part of the Ottoman Empire. The individual countries regained independence in the 19th century.
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Greece and the New Balkans: Challenges and Opportunities
Magazine article from: Journal of Political and Military Sociology; 1/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; Greece and the New Balkans: Challenges and Opportunities Edited...challenges and prospects for Greece in the Balkans following the disintegration of Yugoslavia...cooperation and confrontation in the Balkans: A Historical Overview by Constantinos...
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Hupchick, Dennis P. The Balkans: From Constantinople to Communism.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: History: Review of New Books; 1/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...There is always something new out of the Balkans!" The distinguished Scottish author...it might well have been applied to the Balkans. Since nation-states became the normal...already written on the history of the Balkans: L. S. Stavrianos, The Balkans Since...
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Greece: Message from balkans.com: You must be logged in to view the full news.
News Wire article from: TendersInfo; 7/10/2009; 536 words
; Byline: sanjayV03 Balkans.com Business News is the primary resource for professionals...makers around the world seeking business information on the Balkans. Our flagship product, Balkans.com Business News, is an online and email resource...
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BALKANS: CRIME RATES DIP BELOW THOSE OF WESTERN EUROPE.
News Wire article from: Interpress Service; 6/17/2008; 700+ words
; ...chaos, instability and violence, the Balkans have turned into one of the safest areas...report, "Crime and its Impact on the Balkans" covered Albania, Bosnia, Bulgaria...crime, and vice versa, that plagued the Balkans in the 1990s has been broken," said...
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Fed: Balkans veterans to give samples in depleted uranium plan
Newspaper article from: AAP General News (Australia); 1/21/2001; 684 words
; ...News (Australia) 01-21-2001 Fed: Balkans veterans to give samples in depleted uranium...Australian soldiers who served in the Balkans will be asked for blood and urine samples...about 30 aid workers stationed in the Balkans at various times, is also considering...
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EU/BALKANS: FIGHT AGAINST ORGANISED CRIME MUST BE STEPPED UP, SAY MINISTERS.
Newspaper article from: European Report; 3/1/2003; 700+ words
; ...necessary if the Conclusions of the June 21 Balkans Summit in Salonika were to have any value. He said that the Western Balkans countries would be asked to do their...threat to stability in the Western Balkans. The Minister explained that the Greek...
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BALKANS: CRIME RATES DIP BELOW THOSE OF WESTERN EUROPE
News Wire article from: Inter Press Service English News Wire; 6/17/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...chaos, instability and violence, the Balkans have turned into one of the safest areas...report, "Crime and its Impact on the Balkans" covered Albania, Bosnia, Bulgaria...crime, and vice versa, that plagued the Balkans in the 1990s has been broken," said...
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WORKING WITH RUSSIA IS KEY TO NATO'S SUCCESS IN THE BALKANS.(Editorial)(Column)
Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA); 6/16/1999; 700+ words
; ...NATO's new mission is ``to keep the Balkans quiet, the Americans in and the Russians...but managing the bloody turmoil in the Balkans, not the Eastern Front, and managing...NATO's Brussels headquarters, and the Balkans is turning out to be it. This shift from...
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EU/WESTERN BALKANS: SUMMIT SET TO BACK COUNTRIES' MEMBERSHIP PROSPECTS.
Newspaper article from: European Report; 6/18/2003; 700+ words
; ...governing relations with the Western Balkans in order to furnish it with more "enlargement...The Thessaloniki agenda for the Western Balkans: Moving towards European Integration...leaders the day before the EU-Western Balkans Summit. Along with the Balkans Summit...
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FIGHT AGAINST BALKANS ORGANISED CRIME MUST BE STEPPED UP, SAY MINISTERS.
Magazine article from: Europe-East; 3/13/2003; 700+ words
; ...Fighting organised crime in the Western Balkans is a not only a top priority for the region...a conference on organised crime in the Balkans in November last year in London. A recurrent...to support the countries of the Western Balkans (i.e. Albanian, Bosnia & Herzegovina...
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Balkans
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
BALKANS BALKANS. The term "Balkans" stems from the Ottoman Turkish word balkan, defined as a pass through wooded and rocky mountains. The designation is quite recent and, in fact, was not universally accepted until the end of the nineteenth...
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Balkans, the
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
Balkans, the the countries occupying the part of SE Europe lying south of the Danube and Sava Rivers, forming a peninsula bounded by...
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Italy, Relations with
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History
...schizophrenic collaboration and competition in the Balkans and Danubian Europe has marked Italo...autocratic Russia's penetration of the Balkans. Later, Russia's defeat at Japanese...counterbalance to Austria's influence in the Balkans, and Italy became every bit as aggrieved...
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Roma (Gypsies)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
...there were Roma scattered throughout the Balkans. While most lived as nomads, those in...gradually took over other parts of the Balkans, the Roma were subject to a growing body...plight of the Roma in the rest of the Balkans was not much better, particularly in...
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Eastern Europe
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood in History and Society
Eastern Europe BALKANS Traian Stoianovich POLAND Bogna Lorence-Kot BALKANS Because of common biological foundations, societies...most social categories of the western and central Balkans, however, a long transitional stage between childhood...
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