The situation in the Balkans on the eve of the Ottoman invasion Attack .

Lack of stability was eminent in the southern Balkans as well : in 1341–1347 the Byzantine Empire was shaken Motion by a bloody civil war between John V Palaiologos and John VI Kantakouzenos .

Circa mid 14th century the Balkans were politically disunited into a number of small states frequently in competition Competition with each other and there was no single strong entity with a powerful enough army to withstand Defending the Muslim invaders .

The Byzantines often lost Earnings_and_losses control over the Ottomans then as the latter regularly plundered Robbery villages in the Southern Balkans after the 1320s .

In the same year the Ottomans seized their first fortress on the Balkans , Tsimpe on the Gallipoli peninsula , setting Placing firm foot in Europe .

The Eastern Front of World War II was a theatre of conflict Hostile_encounter between the European Axis powers and co-belligerent Finland against the Soviet Union ( USSR ) , Poland and other Allies , which encompassed Surrounding Central Europe , Eastern Europe , Northeast Europe ( Baltics ) , and Southeast Europe ( Balkans ) from 22 June 1941 to 9 May 1945 .

Now , the southern group of German forces would have to use Using the long roundabout route through the Balkans , with all of the supplies being rerouted over the Romanian railroads , which were in poor condition .

In order to save Rescuing its southern sector from complete collapse Catastrophe , the German high command Control was forced Request to transfer Military_operation 8 divisions in January- February and another 26 German divisions as reinforcements Cause_change_of_strength between March- May from across France , Germany , Denmark , Poland , Balkans and Army Group Centre to the crumbling Destroying front of Army Group South .

The system later played a role in triggering Causation torrential rains over the Balkans , which resulted in Causation severe flooding Catastrophe in Greece and Bulgaria .

The goal of the Italian leader , Benito Mussolini , was the elimination Removing of Anglo-French domination in the Mediterranean , the reclamation of historically Italian territory ( `` Italia irredenta '' ) and the expansion Expansion of Italian influence Influence over the Balkans and in Africa .

The war Military_operation ended Process_end with a peace treaty Sign_agreement which restored Recovering the Bulgarian market in Constantinople and confirmed Check Bulgarian domination in the Balkans .

Conference of Western Balkan States was a 28 August 2014 conference Social_event of heads of states and governments of Western Balkans region initiated Creating by German chancellor Angela Merkel .

In this regard Albanian delegation presented Presence a document under the title `` Albanian Working Paper for the Western Balkans Conference in Berlin '' , which is based Causation in the vision of `` a region in peace and well prepared GetReady to join Becoming_a_member the European Union , by guarantying a dignified living for all its citizens . ''

Franz Lothar Altmann , expert on the Balkans , stated Statement in his pre-conference interview Expressing_publicly for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty that conference Social_event proves increasing Expansion importance of Balkan region , especially with respect to Ukraine crisis .

The king wanted Greece to maintain her neutrality , a position that would favor the Central Powers plans in the Balkans while the Allies wanted demobilization of the Greek army and the surrender Surrendering of war materiel equivalent to what was lost Earnings_and_losses at Fort Rupel as a guarantee of Greece 's neutrality .

The Allied army shortly thereafter defeated Conquering the Central Powers forces in the Balkans , followed Self_motion by the liberation of Serbia and the conclusion of World War I .

Irene then focused Aiming her attention to the Balkans , but warfare Hostile_encounter with the Arabs resumed Process_start in 786 , until mounting Arab pressure led to Causation another truce in 798 , on terms similar to those of 782 .

By 1914 , the remaining core region of the Ottoman Empire had experienced a population increase Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale of around 2.5 million because of the flood of immigration from the Balkans .

The collapse Earnings_and_losses of Italy necessitated German troops replacing Change_of_leadership the Italians in Italy and to a lesser Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale extent the Balkans , resulting in Causation one fifth of the entire German army being diverted Removing from the east to southern Europe , a proportion that would remain until near the end Process_end of the war Hostile_encounter .

The battle Hostile_encounter was fought Hostile_encounter in the initial stage of the Macedonian campaign , in the Balkans Theatre .

The nearly 500-year conflict Hostile_encounter encompassed Surrounding the northern and western Balkans , or what is known today as north-western Serbia , Romania and northern Bulgaria .

The war started Process_start in the Balkans in July 1853 , when Russian troops occupied Control the Danubian Principalities ( now part of Romania ) , which were under Ottoman suzerainty , then began Process_start to cross the Danube .

The rule of Miloš Obrenović consolidated Cause_change_of_strength the achievements of the Uprisings , leading to the proclamation of the first constitution in the Balkans and the establishment of the first Serbian institution of higher learning still in existence Presence , the Great Academy of Belgrade ( 1808 ) .

These included opening an Anglo-French front in the Balkans , invading Attack Norway to seize control of Germany 's main source of iron ore and a strike Attack against the Soviet Union , to cut off Removing its supply of oil to Germany .

It has been suggested Statement that this action was a factor in Napoleon 's decision to change Change the direction of his planned Arranging eastwards expansion in 1812 from the Balkans to Russia .

It included Cause_to_be_included dates in the Balkans , Israel , Europe , North America , and Oceania .