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The Institute for Balkan Studies of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts ( Serbian: Балканолошки институт САНУ, romanized : Balkanološki institut SANU) is a division of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts that focuses on the historical, social, and anthropological study of the Balkans and its peoples.
The Balkans (/ ˈbɔːlkənz / BAWL-kənz, / ˈbɒlkənz / BOL-kənz[ 1 ]), corresponding partially with the Balkan Peninsula (Peninsula of Haemus, Haemaic Peninsula), is a geographical area in southeastern Europe with various geographical and historical definitions. [ 2 ][ 3 ][ 4 ] The region takes its name from the Balkan Mountains (Haemus ...
Primary education. Primary education in Bosnia and Herzegovina is compulsory and free for all children from ages 6 through 15 and lasts for nine years in three three-year cycles (ages 6–9; 9–12 and 12–15). This system was first adopted in 2004, as a replacement for the old eight-year primary education system, offered to children from ages ...
South Slavs are Slavic people who speak South Slavic languages and inhabit a contiguous region of Southeast Europe comprising the eastern Alps and the Balkan Peninsula. Geographically separated from the West Slavs and East Slavs by Austria, Hungary, Romania, and the Black Sea, the South Slavs today include Bosniaks, Bulgarians, Croats ...
The institution's activities include researching aspects of the Balkans, publishing scholarly studies and periodicals, organising conferences and academic meetings, teaching Balkan languages, and Greek courses for non-speakers. It was founded in March 1953, as a branch of the Society for Macedonian Studies. It became a private legal entity in ...
Macedonia (/ ˌ m æ s ɪ ˈ d oʊ n i ə / ⓘ MASS-ih-DOH-nee-ə) is a geographical and historical region of the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe.Its boundaries have changed considerably over time; however, it came to be defined as the modern geographical region by the mid-19th century.
A Greek lithograph of the Battle of Kilkis–Lachanas. The Balkan Wars were two wars that took place in the Balkans in 1912 and 1913. Four Balkan states defeated the Ottoman Empire in the first war; one of the four, Bulgaria, was defeated in the second war. The Ottoman Empire lost nearly all of its holdings in Europe.
E1b1b-M215 is the second most prevailing haplogroup amongst Serbs, accounting for nearly one-fifth of Serbians. It is represented by four sub-clusters E-V13 (17.49%), E1b1b-V22 (0.33%), and E1b1b-M123 (0.33%). [2] In Southeast Europe, its frequency peaks at the southeastern edge of the region and its variance peaks in the region's southwest.