We Must Stop the Bear!
The Balkans has always been a point of contention between the East and the West, and although the various incarnations of Hungary, Austria, and Austria-Hungary
Three Players in the Balkan Sandbox
The last thousand years of Balkan history is a tale of three powers pulling on the limbs of an infant, as in the Biblical parable
Yet Another Balkan Crisis
The provinces of Bosnia and Herzegovina shall be occupied and administered by Austria-Hungary…Austria-Hungary reserves the right to maintain garrisons and to have military and trading
The Gods of the Slavs
Some mythologies are well-known around the world with the Greek and Roman mythologies being the most popular. There are also some lesser-known, although just as
Proudly Third
“We are not going to pay the balance on others’ accounts, we are not going to serve as pocket money in anyone’s currency exchange, we
From Plague to Vampires
The most popular walking tours in London include strolling by known plague pit sites, where the hundreds of thousands of Londoners who died during the
It Became Slav
On 7 August 626, faced with an inability to breech the sea walls at the Golden Horn area of then-Constantinople, the Slav fighters supporting the
From Serbian Independence to Israel
Between 1804 and 1835 Serbia fought for independence from the Ottoman Empire that had ruled over the Balkans for more than 400 years. Men like
The Rabbi That Started It All
When Ferdinand and Isabella expelled the Jews from Spain on 31 July 1492, they were welcomed with open arms into the Ottoman-ruled Balkans. Thus the
A Crisis the World Didn’t Know Existed
On 4 July 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sofie were buried at their estate of Artstetten. Emperor Franz Josef of Austria-Hungary didn’t even