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The Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen Dynasty of Romania: King Carol I, King Ferdinand I, King Carol II, and King Michael I

By: Emily Chauviere

The Saxe-Coburg-Gotha Dynasty of Bulgaria: The Reigns of King Ferdinand I, King Boris III, and King Simeon II

By: Emily Chauviere

The Marriages of Five Princesses of Montenegro: The Petrovic-Njegos Dynastic Unions of King Nikola I's Daughters

By: Emily Chauviere

The Karadjordjevic Dynasty of Serbia: The Rise and Fall of the Royal Family in Yugoslavia

By: Emily Chauviere

The Petrovic-Njegos Dynasty of Montenegro: The Rise and Fall of the Royal Family of the Balkan Black Mountains

By: Emily Chauviere

The Black Hand: The Secret Serbian Society and the Start of the First World War

By: Wade Ankesheiln

Late Spring Sunshine Brings Success for NATO: Clearer Weather in May Helped Pilots Hit Serb Targets With Accuracy

By: Marc Latham

NATO's Spring Campaign for Kosovo in 1999: Worries About the Balkans Winter Influenced the March Start Date

By: Marc Latham

Thrace Artifacts in Bulgaria: Archeologists Find Thracian Treasures in the Balkans

By: Kerry Kubilius

Countries of the Former Yugoslavia: These Southeastern European Nations are Now Politically Independent

By: Kerry Kubilius

South Slavic Witchcraft: Magic in Slovenia and Bulgaria was used to harm and to heal.

By: Kerry Kubilius

Southeastern Europe Spirituality: Orthodoxy, Islam, and Paganism have played roles in Balkan history.

By: Kerry Kubilius

Bulgarian Easter Egg Traditions: Red dyed eggs have special meaning in Bulgarian springtime customs.

By: Kerry Kubilius

Christmas Traditions in Bulgaria: 'Koleda' mixes Orthodox religion with folk beliefs during the holiday season.

By: Kerry Kubilius

Nikolai Ceausescu and Romania: Under this Stalinist regime, systematization, poverty, and persecution of minorities were symptoms of the Communist Socialist Republic of Romania.

By: Kerry Kubilius

Yugoslavia's Political History: The country that has been a kindgom, federation, and socialist republic since 1918 once comprised Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Macedonia.

By: Kerry Kubilius

Bogomil Sect - Bulgaria and Bosnia: This peasant religion of anti-materialist ascetics had a wide following in the Middle Ages.

By: Kerry Kubilius

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