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unusual facts about Southeastern Europe



Geography of Romania

Located at the intersection of Central and Southeastern Europe, bordering on the Black Sea, the country is halfway between the equator and the North Pole and equidistant from the westernmost part of Europe—the Atlantic Coast—and the most easterly—the Ural Mountains.

Štefan Füle

Füle has argued that "enlargement is the most important transformation instrument the EU has" and attributes the "difficult reforms" that brought about Central and Southeastern Europe's political and economic transformations to the fact that they were "taking place within the wider enlargement strategy".


see also

Battle of Karanovasa

Peter Sugar: The Early History and the Establishment of the Ottomans in Europe, in "Southeastern Europe Under Ottoman Rule, 1354–1804".

C. iberica

Centaurea iberica, the Iberian starthistle or Iberian knapweed, a plant species native to southeastern Europe

C. maxima

Corylus maxima, the filbert, a hazel species native to southeastern Europe and southwestern Asia

C. sativa

Castanea sativa, the sweet chestnut, a tree species known for its edible seeds originally native to southeastern Europe and Asia Minor

Cherry laurel

Prunus laurocerasus, native to Southwestern Asia and Southeastern Europe and widely cultivated

Lafayette Young

He again became a war correspondent, travelling to southeastern Europe in 1913 to cover the Second Balkan War.

Mirsad Türkcan

His sister Emina Jahović (known as Emina Sandal in Turkey) is a famous pop singer in southeastern Europe and the wife of a famous Turkish singer, Mustafa Sandal.

Romans in Persia

Finally, one characteristic of the Roman presence in Persia is that Roman emperors dreamed of conquering all Persia from Trajan to Galerius, while Parthian/Sassanian kings never tried to conquer Rome, Italy or southeastern Europe according to historian Theodor Mommsen.

Tourkia

Turkey, a country in southeastern Europe and western Asia