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Not to be confused with Balkan Province, Turkmenistan. The Balkan Peninsula in southeastern Europe is located between the Adriatic Sea and the Black Sea...

While often called classical Turkish music, it is influenced by Byzantine, Arabic, Persian, Balkan folk music as well, and this is often cited as the...

call "Balkan jazz," a type of improvised music based on traditional Bulgarian wedding music but with inflections from various other types of music. Finland:...

known as the Republic of Bulgaria (Република България), is a country in the Balkan region of Europe, west of the Black Sea and south of the Danube river. Bulgaria...

Montenegro (Montenegrin: Crna Gora, Црна Гора) is a country in the Balkans, on the Adriatic Sea. It is one of Europe's most recently independent countries...

in the heart of the Balkans. One can expect a wonderful mix of architectural and ethnic heritage. The country represents the Balkans in the truest sense...

abbreviation "RS", see Rio Grande do Sul Serbia (Serbian: Србија, Srbija) is a Balkan country in Southeastern Europe. It is at the crossroads of European history...

an important mercantile center, situated as it was at the crossroads of Balkan trade and communications routes. It was celebrated for its urban life and...

Босна и Херцеговина, usually shortened to BiH) is a European country on the Balkan Peninsula. Mostly mountainous, it has access to a tiny portion of the Adriatic...

that definition but are treated in other region articles here are: In the Balkans Bulgaria, much like the countries covered here, with a South Slavic language...

Shopping Centre), ☏ +44 01462 683449. M-Th 8AM-5PM; F-Sa 8AM-6PM; Su 9AM-4PM. Balkan/Eastern-European-style cafe. A sandwich is around £9 but the portions are...

Central Europe and the Middle East, and assumes the central position in the Balkan peninsula, surrounded by a number of mountains, two rivers, two beautiful...

the Balkan peninsula. To the north, the valley extends to the "bottom" of the Balkan Mountains - the Sredna Gora mountain range, the Sub-Balkan Valleys...

Sveti Vlas (St. Vlas) – A town at the foot of the southern slopes of the Balkan Mountains. Even though heavily developed in the 2000's it is a pretty quiet...

high concentration of celebrity chefs and their fine dining restaurants. Balkan cuisines form a continuum with Greece, Cyprus, Turkey and the Caucasus where...

included in UNESCO's World Heritage list. Once the biggest port of the Balkans, Thessaloniki is a city that has been conquered by many empires, with each...

steep banks of the Yantra river as it snakes through the foothills of the Balkan Mountains. In the middle ages, Tarnovo was the capital of the Second Bulgarian...

from the past. While it has significant cultural similarities with other Balkan states, it is regarded as unique due to its strong Latin heritage, reflected...

order "burek" which is pastry with cheese, one of the best in this part of Balkan  You can drink on the promenade, Riva caffe, Banana caffe, Zlatne godine...

in 1829 and 1878, which reached the western outskirts of Istanbul. The Balkans were literally "balkanised" - broken up by nationalist movements and wars...