Similar historical experiences of foreign domination including Ottoman Turks and communists.

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The Balkan Peninsula

• Similar historical experiences of foreign
  domination including Ottoman Turks and
  communists.
• Anticommunist revolutions during late 1980s and
  early 1990s overturned the governments in most
  nations.
• Term Balkanization The breaking up of regions
  into smaller, mutually hostile political units

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Romania

• Nicolae Ceausescu led the nation to economic
  chaos.
• Western investment from the US in the soft drink
  industry has helped recently through the
  multiplier effect. (the effect an investment has
  in multiplying related jobs throughout an
  economy)

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Bulgaria

• the Garden of Eastern Europe
• It new has a democratic government, though
  Communists still play a large role in the
  country.
• Foreign dollars from tourism at Black Sea resorts
  are helping the economy to grow.

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Albania

• Europes Hermit
• Foreign countries have considered Albania for
  investment in mfg. because labor is extremely
  cheap. The average income is 60./mo.

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Other Balkan Nations
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Serbia and Montenegro(Yugoslavia)

• The Serbs practice Orthodox Christianity and
  their alphabet is related to Cyrillic (Russian).
• They began to experience economic recovery in the
  late 1990s.

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Croatia and Slovenia

• Croatia
• Croats are primarily Catholic and their language
  is based on the Latin alphabet.
• Their economy benefits from tourism along the
  Mediterranean coast.

• Slovenia
• Had been the most prosperous before independence,
  it has a solid economic base.

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Bosnia-Herzegovina

• Must deal with a complex ethnic/religious mix
  including Serbs, Croats, and Muslims.
• Due to conflict, the UN and NATO was forced to
  send aid to relieve the devastating effects of
  the civil war.

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Macedonia

• Throughout the upheavals that the rest of the
  peninsula experienced, Macedonia remained
  relatively peaceful.
• Due to perceived threats, its neighbors have
  made trade a burdensome, overland expensive
  ordeal which has slowed Macedonias economic
  progress.

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Kosovo

• Conflict arose in this region when the Serbian
  govt ended self-rule here. Protests by the
  ethnic Albanian majority led to repression and
  the Kosovo Liberation Army waged guerrilla war
  against the Serbs in response.
• After peace talks failed, NATO launched air
  strikes against Serbian targets and sent in
  peacekeeping forces.