Balkans

For several decades, Bulgaria and Serbia have maintained a formal yet less-than-cordial neighborly relationship. In 2009, however, the two countries embarked on a rapprochement as part of Serbia’s bid to join the European Union. Although they share a common history and Slavic origins, Bulgarians and Serbs, as well as their respective states, have often followed different paths over the last few centuries and still find it difficult to identify common interests. Neighboring peoples for over a thousand years, they founded separate ...