The Balkan Peninsula, a crucial crossroads between Europe and Asia, has a storied history marked by the rise of the Byzantine Empire and the iron grip of the Ottoman Empire. From the conquest of the ...

I recommend you do the same! Ajvar is a vegetable sauce famous throughout the Balkan Peninsula. It plays a vital role in local cuisine, so it is not difficult to find when dining in Croatian ...

Transparency International's Corruption Perception Index makes grim reading for most Balkan countries, with Kosovo and Albania as rare exceptions to a worsening trend. Students hold a banner with ...

Heterogeneous Turkey shows influences from the Middle East, Mediterranean, the Balkan peninsula, and Central Asia, but it’s much more than its clichéd image of where East meets West.