Year XXVIII, Issue 1, 2020<<Archive>>
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Viеw Ovеr thе Bаlkаn Pеninsulа
UNKNOWN CITY PLAN OF TARNOVO FROM 1857
The article presents a newly found city plan of Tarnovo, which was composed in 1857 by the Brittany-born geographer and cartographer Guillaume Lejean. The city plan was found at a Paris bouquiniste in 2018. As it is unsigned, the article offers some arguments...
Guillaume Lejean; Tarnovo; geography; cartography; city plan
POSTAPOCALIPTIC REALITIES
The main emphasis of this text above is economic reconstruction of the Balkan countries that followed hardships and horrors of World War One. Being part of the European continent, the Balkan countries face serious difficulties in overcoming the effects of the...
Balkan economy; World War One; economic consequences; Bulgaria; Yugoslavia
Civilizаtion Boundаriеs
THE PEACE CORPS’„EXPANSION” INTO CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE AFTER THE END OF THE COLD WAR
The article examines the Peace Corps programs in Central and Eastern Europe after the end of the Cold War, based on archive documents. After developing volunteer programs in Asia, Africa and Latin America for 30 years, in the ear1y 1990s, the Peace Corps recei...
Peace Corps; soft power; USA; Eastern Europe; Central Europe
LAND OWNERSHIP IN PALESTINE DURING THE BRITISH MANDATE (1920 – 1948)
The period of the British Mandate for Palestine (assigned by the League of Nations) is fundamental not only to the establishment of the State of Israel, but to a better understanding of the ongoing Israeli–Palestinian conflict as well. The present article expl...
Palestine; British Mandate; Israeli-Palestinian conflict; land ownership; Zionism