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2 days ago · The Balkans (/ ˈ b ɔː l k ən z / BAWL-kənz, / ˈ b ɒ l k ən z / BOL-kənz), corresponding partially with the Balkan Peninsula, is a geographical area in southeastern Europe with various geographical and historical definitions.
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The Balkan mountain range is a mountain range in the eastern...
- Balkanization
Origins of the term. Coined in the early 20th century, the...
- Balkan Mountains
2 days ago · Serbia, officially the Republic of Serbia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Southeast and Central Europe, located in the Balkans and the Pannonian Plain.
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4 days ago · The Yugoslav Wars were a series of separate but related ethnic conflicts, wars of independence, and insurgencies that took place in the SFR Yugoslavia from 1991 to 2001.
2 days ago · Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers and at the crossroads of the Pannonian Plain and the Balkan Peninsula. The population of the Belgrade metropolitan area is 1,685,563 according to the 2022 census.
2 days ago · Slavs are geographically distributed throughout the northern parts of Eurasia; they predominantly inhabit Central Europe, Eastern Europe, and Southeastern Europe, though there is a large Slavic minority scattered across the Baltic states, Northern Asia, and Central Asia, and a substantial Slavic diaspora in the Americas, Western Europe, and ...
1 day ago · It is a unitary presidential republic. Turkey is a founding member of the OECD, G20, and Organization of Turkic States. With a geopolitically significant location, Turkey is a regional power [33] and an early member of NATO. An EU-candidate, Turkey is part of the EU Customs Union, CoE, OIC, and TURKSOY.
2 days ago · The term “Balkan” refers to a certain geographic area, while “Slavic” refers to a certain linguistic and ethnic group. For example, Bulgarians, Serbians, Albanians, and Greeks are all in the Balkans, but only the first two are Slavic. Similarly, Russians, Poles, Czechs, Slovaks are all Slavic, but they do not live in the Balkans.
