Southeastern Europe is a relative recent political designation for the Balkan states.[1][2] Because of the negative connotations of the term Balkan, writers such as Maria Todorova and Vesna Goldsworthy have suggested the use of the term Southeastern Europe instead.[3] The use of this term is slowly growing; a European Union initiative of 1999 is called the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe, and the online newspaper Balkan Times renamed itself Southeast European Times in 2003.
The Balkan PeninsulaThis concept is based on a geographic argument, that is, on the boundaries of the Balkans (which is considered a synonym by the supporters)
- Albania
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Bulgaria
- Greece
- Kosovo (Disputed status)
- Macedonia
- Montenegro
Countries which are significantly located in the peninsula: Croatia (1/2) and Serbia (2/3).
Countries which are located mostly outside the peninsula: Slovenia (1/3), Romania (6%) and Turkey (3%).
Southeastern Europe (most extended sense): Southeastern Europe proper (the Balkan Peninsula) Countries and territories located outside the Balkan Peninsula, but who are related to itIn the extended sense, Southeastern Europe might also include regions and countries who are located mostly or completely outside the Peninsula, but from political and historical reasons related to the Balkans. It is based on the historical concept- the largest extent of the former Ottoman Empire in Europe.
- Albania
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Bulgaria
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Greece
- Hungary
- Kosovo (Disputed status)
- Macedonia
- Montenegro
- Moldova
- Romania
- Serbia
- Slovenia
- Turkey
- Ukraine (only Budjak)
Even so, some countries are often regarded as Southeastern European (for example Romania), while other seldomly (for example Hungary).
References
- ^ http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?is=0333793471
- ^ http://www.kokkalisfoundation.gr/en/articles/2003/12/9/1224/
- ^ Bideleux, Robert; Ian Jeffries (2007). A history of Eastern Europe. Taylor & Francis. p. 37. ISBN 9780415366274. http://books.google.ie/books?id=PTB0gn_qwTcC&printsec=frontcover.
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