Talk:History of the Balkans

Commercial Link authomaticaly inserted ?

I've writing "table chess" and automaticaly the link was addded? Does anybody know how this is possible? User:CristianChirita

Links need editing on this page. "Illyrian" links to the language - it should link to the people (IllyrianS). "Illyrian kingdom" is linked at least 3 times. 71.164.128.167 (talk) 13:37, 20 March 2011 (UTC)

Begining of the article

Quote: "The history of the Balkans is dominated by wars, rebellions, invasions, the fluidity of ethnic groups, the inability of different groups to cooperate as well as interference by and clashes between great empires."

As a Bulgarian person I don't think thats fair. Well actually it is fair but it applies to ALL of nations and regions. I think the FIRST sentence was direct and open assault on the allready low image of the region. With no arguments these two sentences are radical and unreasonable; even if they had arguments, such points of view are not something to be encouraged in supposedly neutral encyclopedia.

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Doclea

Doclea wasnt a serbian principality, neither its inhabitants were Serbs. Mihailo Voislavljevic wasnt proclaimed as a king of the Serbs but as the king of the Slavs. Citizens of Doclea were called doclean Slavs or only Docleans(Montenegrin ancestors) and they werent of same nationality as the Serbs. Those who claim othervise are ignorant or liars because there is no historical evidence that Doclea(Zeta) was serbian country untill it was annexed by Serbian Empire in 1186,but again it regained its independence in 1356 and continued to exist(under the name of Montenegro) as a separate country with separate history untill 1918 when it was illegaly abolished by Serbia. Montenegro again gained its independence in 2006 so it deserves its own article, 22:36,1 february 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.155.43.33 (talk)

Well friend, for what You say You must provide a historical proof. I think You are influenced by some modern politics, and I conclude it by Your "illegal abolishion". Raška and Zeta were Serbian realms. In the time of Vojislavljević dynasty, the realm name was not "Doclea" for several centuries. And the two states existed separated until they are united under the name of Serbia. And Serbia became an Empire on the year 1346. As for Your "separate history", that is not true. Our nation's history was allways tightly connected. Please, leave independentist propaganda for some other place.109.92.190.205 (talk) 14:50, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

Fleeing of Albanians

It is stated in the 'WW2' chapter that : 'Due to severe resistance from the local Serb and Greek populations, and because of the attempts, made from Bulgarians, Croats and Albanians to change the ethnic composition of the occupied territories, several hundred thousand Serbs and Greeks died. With the end of the war, the changes reverted to their original conditions and the settlers returned to their homelands, mainly the ones settled in Greece. An Albanian population of the Greek North, the Cams, were forced to flee their lands. Their numbers were about 18 000 in 1944.' The Northwestern part of Greece from its confine with Albania till the Gulf of Arta, comprising cities such as Janina, Igumenica or Arta, was already populated by Albanian population. Due to the Greek politic of making the country's population as homogen as possible, the Albanian Cham population was either driven out of their own land which was then sold/given to Greeks or forced to change name and religion into respectively Greek and greek orthodox ones. This chapter of history is however discussed with each country giving their own version, so if you wanna stick to such an greek-indoctrinized version then please refer an official and trustworthy source! I suggest the part be deleted temporarily until the source has been given. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.53.226.104 (talk) 14:10, 23 November 2009 (UTC)