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The origin of the word Balkan is obscure; it may be related to Turkish bālk 'mud' (from Proto-Turkic *bal 'mud, clay; thick or gluey substance', cf. also Turkic bal 'honey'), and the Turkish suffix -an 'swampy forest' [9] or Persian bālā-khāna 'big high house'. [10] It was used mainly during the time of the Ottoman Empire.
The Balkans theatre or Balkan campaign was a theatre of World War I fought between the Central Powers (Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, Germany and the Ottoman Empire) and the Allies (Serbia, Montenegro, France, the United Kingdom, Russia, Italy, and later, Greece). The offensive began in 1914 with three failed Austro-Hungarian offensives into Serbia.
Macron attended an informal European Council and the EU-Western Balkans summit. Belgium Brussels: 21–22 October: Macron attended the European Council. Italy Rome: 29–31 October: Macron attended the G20 summit. He also met the day before the summit with U.S. President Joe Biden. United Kingdom Glasgow: 1 November
The Ten-Day War (Slovene: desetdnevna vojna), or the Slovenian War of Independence (Slovene: slovenska osamosvojitvena vojna), [7] was a brief armed conflict that followed Slovenia's declaration of independence from Yugoslavia on 25 June 1991. [8]
The road starts in Albania at either Durrës (SH4) or Vlorë (A2), both situated on the Adriatic coast.It intersects at Rrogozhine (SH7, SH3) and runs towards Elbasan.It then crosses the border with North Macedonia at the Ohrid lake and then runs north to Tetovo mainly as a 2-lanes single-carriageway.
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The History of the Balkan Peninsula; From the Earliest Times to the Present Day (1966) Stanković, Vlada, ed. (2016). The Balkans and the Byzantine World before and after the Captures of Constantinople, 1204 and 1453. Lexington Books. ISBN 978-1-4985-1326-5. Stavrianos, L.S. The Balkans Since 1453 (1958), major scholarly history; online free to ...
Environment of the Balkans (11 C, 10 P) Ethnic groups in the Balkans (19 C, 16 P) G. Geography of the Balkans (3 C) H. History of the Balkans (15 C, 26 P) L.