Balkans
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She’d been traveling all over the Balkans, to untouched places that seem right on the verge of being truly developed for tourism.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026
Mr. Hoffman shifts from personal memoir to vivid nature writing—as if a modern Thoreau had arrived in the Balkans, eyes open, and begun to write a book of unusual beauty.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Of the six countries in the Western Balkans, only Montenegro is further ahead – and it has been in talks for a decade longer.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
Freed from its worries about Russian power, Turkey would look to expand its economic and political power in the Balkans and the Middle East.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
Although Hitler was at the height of his power, having conquered Czechoslovakia, Austria, Poland, the Balkans, the Netherlands, France, and parts of Russia, he remained worried about the United States.
From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple
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