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| − | '''The Balkans''' is an area of South Eastern Europe. | + | '''The Balkans''' is an area of South Eastern Europe. The citizens living there have the lowest wages on average for at least the last 15 years, earning on average less than 50% of people in [[Western Europe]]. The wars in [[Yugoslavia]] in the [[1990s]] have played a significant role in that.<ref>https://www.wikiwand.com/en/List_of_European_countries_by_average_wage#Average_monthly_gross_wage_(1998%E2%80%932018)</ref> |
| + | <ref>https://balkaninsight.com/2019/09/27/kosovos-abandoned-ghost-villages-a-desolate-legacy-of-conflict/</ref> | ||
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[[image:balkans_ottoman_years.jpg||440px|thumbnail|The number of years different parts of the Balkans were under [[Ottoman]] influence.]] | [[image:balkans_ottoman_years.jpg||440px|thumbnail|The number of years different parts of the Balkans were under [[Ottoman]] influence.]] | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
Latest revision as of 20:39, 9 February 2024
 Balkans(Region)    | |
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The Balkans is an area of South Eastern Europe. The citizens living there have the lowest wages on average for at least the last 15 years, earning on average less than 50% of people in Western Europe. The wars in Yugoslavia in the 1990s have played a significant role in that.[1] [2]
The number of years different parts of the Balkans were under Ottoman influence.
History
The European Union and NATO have expanded into the Balkans.
Language
"Balkanisation" has come to mean splitting up into different regions.
Nation states
| Nation state | Description |
|---|---|
| Albania | A small country in Southeastern Europe. |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | small nation in the Balkans. |
| Croatia | Formerly part of Yugoslavia, Croatia is westernising at a rapid rate, with membership of the European Union and NATO being achieved relatively quickly after independence. |
| Serbia | A nation state in the Balkans. |
Related Documents
| Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Document:Building Governance in the Western Balkans | project proposal | 17 October 2018 | Euan Grant | "The campaign will consider the digital landscape and the differing methods of coordinating on-line influencers, which could be through paid media, creative content or indirect 3rd party influencers". "Project risk: The proposed counter-measure narratives are themselves identified as external interference in WB6 countries" |
| Document:Chris Donnelly proposal to FCO | document | 24 May 2018 | Chris Donnelly | The local partner then needs to do or commission an assessment of the agents or promoters of corruption and influence, eg key businessmen or politicians, as well as opposition politicians and clean businessmen, journalists etc who can be allies. These we bring out on trips to London, HQ NATO etc. |
| Document:The Balkans: Courruption as a Weapon of War, the Vulnerabilities to Corruption and Malign Influence | project proposal | 17 October 2018 | Euan Grant | Awareness of Chinese, Turkish and V4 influence in non-EU Balkan States, and associated potential risks to be mitigated and opportunities that might be exploited; mitigating Russian (and associated) malign influence |
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