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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).
See Bulgaria–France relations. Bulgaria has an embassy in Paris; France has an embassy in Sofia. Both countries are full members of the European Union and NATO. [157] [155] Bulgaria is a member of the Francophonie since 1993. [186] Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy played a role in the release of a Bulgarian nurse in the HIV trial in Libya.
The victorious wartime Allied powers (principally the United Kingdom, Soviet Union, United States, and France) negotiated the details of peace treaties with those former Axis allies, namely Italy, Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, and Finland, which had switched sides and declared war on Germany during the war.
Bulgaria paid damages for shooting Greek soldiers [1] World War II (1941–1945) (see Bulgaria during World War II) Allied Powers: Soviet Union United States United Kingdom Kingdom of Italy (1943–45) French Third Republic (1939–40) Free France Kingdom of Romania (1944–45) Kingdom of Bulgaria (1944–45) Kingdom of Greece (1940–45)
See also: Romanians in Belgium and Belgians in Romania Bulgaria: 1879-07-28: See Bulgaria–Romania relations. Bulgaria has an embassy in Bucharest. Romania has an embassy in Sofia. Both countries became members of the European Union on 1 January 2007. Croatia: 1941-05-13: See Croatia–Romania relations. Croatia has an embassy in Bucharest.
Dimitar Petkov, Prime Minister of Bulgaria Killed in Sofia by an anarchist. 14 June 1923: Aleksandar Stamboliyski, Prime Minister of Bulgaria Killed in his home town of Slavovitsa during the 9 June coup d'état: 16 April 1925: Stefan Nerezov, former Chief of the General Staff: Was among 150 killed in the Saint Nedelya Church bombing: 13 ...
Romania lost again Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina, to USSR, back to the border of 1940; Second Vienna Award was annulled (Romania re-gained control of Northern Transylvania, lost to Hungary in 1940) Bulgaria kept control of Southern Dobruja, as of 1940; Communist regime installed in Romania; 300,000 soldiers dead
However, Bulgaria had relinquished its claims against the Ottomans, while Serbia, Greece, and Romania (allies of the UK and France) held territories perceived as Bulgarian by Bulgaria. Recuperating from the Balkan Wars, Bulgaria remained neutral during the first year of World War I. When Germany pledged to restore the boundaries of the Treaty ...