Balkans

Cultural  

1. Major mountain range of the Balkan Peninsula, extending from the eastern portion of the former Yugoslavia through central Bulgaria to the Black Sea.

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Balkans

It will now offering carpooling services across countries in four regions: Latin America, Southeast Asia, the Balkans in Europe, and beginning in North Africa with Morocco.

From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026

For Jared Kushner, this is a case of deja vu in the Balkans.

From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026

As a result, the South has remained our problem child for a century and a half, roughly as the Balkans are to the rest of Europe.

From Salon ● May 18, 2026

Major world leaders who have attended in previous years were absent, with guests this year including the leaders of Laos, Malaysia, several post-Soviet nations and the unrecognized Republika Srpska, a Serb-controlled region in the Balkans.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 9, 2026

The entry of America into the European war, with its stupendous resources, made an Allied victory seem almost inevitable by mid-1943, notwithstanding earlier tactical setbacks in North Africa and the Balkans.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik