... of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece. Copyright 2008 by Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2008 Greek-Bulgarian Relations in the Post – Cold War Era: Contributing to Stability and Development in Southeastern Europe George Voskopoulos The 1990s concluded...

...Michael B. Bishku Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2003 Michael B. Bishku is associate professor of history at Augusta State University, Georgia. Turkish-Bulgarian Relations: From Conflict and Distrust to Cooperation over Minority Issues and International Politics...

...Emilian Kavalski This essay examines the domestic logic informing the creation of Bulgaria's foreign policy. It contextualizes inferences made from Bulgaria's diplomatic attempt to “play the EU” during the visit by the Bulgarian minister of foreign affairs to Central Asia in September 2007...

..., the intensification of its illiberal history revisionism, the expropriation of the Bulgarian language and parts of Bulgarian history, and the mistreatment of minorities. George C. Papavizas is a retired scientist of the US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. He is the author of Blood...

... pressure. Regulation and control of the processes of migration is one of the priori- ties of the Bulgarian government. The main goal is to increase the security of Bulgarian citizens and to combat traffi cking and illegal migration. The new migration policy of Bulgaria is aimed at achieving an optimal...

... the complexity of the Macedonian problem, we must go back to the year 1862 — ­the year of appointment of the pro-­Bulgarian Count Nikolai Ignatieff as the Russian ambassador to the Ottoman government — ­to trace the origin and the reasons for the struggle for Macedonia under the Ottomans between two...

... that obscures a simple point, namely, that not all nationalists were in favor of irredentist claims. Take the case of Athanasios Souliotes and Ioannes Dragoumis, Greek agents combating Bulgarians in Ottoman Mace- donia and Thrace in the early 1900s. The two men developed...

... and part of Europe. Its national priorities reflect this reality. Bulgarian foreign policy focal points are first and foremost in the field of European and Euro-Atlantic integration, the promotion of regional cooper- ation, and the economic...

... the church and education within the Orthodox millet, created resentment among Bulgarian, Serbian, and Roma- nian nationalists who led successful efforts to “throw off Greek influence and substitute their own cultural patterns.”7 In the early part of the nine...

.... Bulgaria’s Foreign Policy Priorities In recent years, democratic Bulgaria has achieved major success in pursu- ing its key foreign policy objectives: accession to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the European Union. All Bulgarian governments and pres...

... J. Winnifrith, “Vlachs of Greece,” SFN 40, no. 2 (1997/1998). 118 Mediterranean Quarterly: Fall 2004 At various moments in their long history, Vlachs ascended the summits of power—supplying two brothers, John and Peter Asen, who helped estab- lish a shadowy Vlach-Bulgarian kingdom in the fi...

... The transformation of the Bulgarian legislative and constitutional framework began at a slow pace but accelerated after 1997. Between 1989 and 1991 the opposition vocally criticized the armed forces as being a partisan instrument of the Socialist Party, which was a continuation of the defunct Communist Party...

... or language. One was either a Muslim (Sunni or Shiite, it did not matter), a Christian, or possibly a Jew. Mazower cites an early twentieth-century Greek activist, M. Avgerinos, as asking some Macedonian peasants whether they were Greek or Bulgarian...

... or language. One was either a Muslim (Sunni or Shiite, it did not matter), a Christian, or possibly a Jew. Mazower cites an early twentieth-century Greek activist, M. Avgerinos, as asking some Macedonian peasants whether they were Greek or Bulgarian...

...), a Christian, or possibly a Jew. Mazower cites an early twentieth-century Greek activist, M. Avgerinos, as asking some Macedonian peasants whether they were Greek or Bulgarian. The response was, “Well, we’re Chris- tians. What do you mean, Greek or Bulgarian...

... the community councils and courts were responsible. Thus, rabbis and priests, not to mention mullahs, had considerable local power and authority. Not until Napoleon and the rise of nationalism did people begin to think of themselves as Serbian or Bulgarian Orthodox Christians, rather than as just...

... the community councils and courts were responsible. Thus, rabbis and priests, not to mention mullahs, had considerable local power and authority. Not until Napoleon and the rise of nationalism did people begin to think of themselves as Serbian or Bulgarian Orthodox Christians, rather than as just...

... by Jovan, also in Sarajevo. Demetrius, the fourth-century patron saint of Thessaloniki, came to be venerated by Serbs because they believed Demetrius had killed the Bulgarian Tsar Kaloyan in 1207. That res- onated with Serbs “who also had their conflicts...

... by Jovan, also in Sarajevo. Demetrius, the fourth-century patron saint of Thessaloniki, came to be venerated by Serbs because they believed Demetrius had killed the Bulgarian Tsar Kaloyan in 1207. That res- onated with Serbs “who also had their conflicts...

... by Jovan, also in Sarajevo. Demetrius, the fourth-century patron saint of Thessaloniki, came to be venerated by Serbs because they believed Demetrius had killed the Bulgarian Tsar Kaloyan in 1207. That res- onated with Serbs “who also had their conflicts...