Southeast Europe
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Southeastern Europe is a relative recent political designation for the Balkan states.[1][2] Because of the negative connotations of the term Balkan, writers such as Maria Todorova and Vesna Goldsworthy have suggested the use of the term Southeastern Europe instead.[3] The use of this term is slowly growing; a European Union initiative of 1999 is called the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe, and the online newspaper Balkan Times renamed itself Southeast European Times in 2003.
This concept is based on a geographic argument, that is, on the boundaries of the Balkans (which is considered a synonym by the supporters)
Albania
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Greece
Kosovo (Disputed status)
Macedonia
Montenegro
Countries which are significantly located in the peninsula: 
Croatia (1/2) and 
Serbia (2/3).
Countries which are located mostly outside the peninsula: 
Slovenia (1/3), 
Romania (6%) and 
Turkey (3%).
In the extended sense, Southeastern Europe might also include regions and countries who are located mostly or completely outside the Peninsula, but from political and historical reasons related to the Balkans. It is based on the historical concept- the largest extent of the former Ottoman Empire in Europe.
- Albania
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Bulgaria
- Croatia
Cyprus- Greece
Hungary- Kosovo (Disputed status)
- Macedonia
- Montenegro
Moldova- Romania
- Serbia
- Slovenia
- Turkey
Ukraine (only Budjak)
Even so, some countries are often regarded as Southeastern European (for example Romania), while other seldomly (for example Hungary).
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?is=0333793471
- ^ http://www.kokkalisfoundation.gr/en/articles/2003/12/9/1224/
- ^ Bideleux, Robert; Ian Jeffries (2007). A history of Eastern Europe. Taylor & Francis. p. 37. ISBN 9780415366274. http://books.google.ie/books?id=PTB0gn_qwTcC&printsec=frontcover.
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