Annals: Series on History and Archaeology (Academy of Romanian Scientists) (Nov 2012)
BALKAN CONFERENCES (1930-1933) – SIGNIFICANT MOMENT S IN THE HISTORY OF THIS GEOGRAPHICAL REGION STATES
Abstract
The four Balkan conferences are one of modern his tory’s cornerstones because they offered the opportunity to the representatives of the public opinion of this geographical area to meet, discuss and agree upon certain common programs, and organize procedures in the spirit of what had been settled. Still of the utmost importance remains the fact that by organizing these conferences during the interwar the Balkans ceased to be the “Powder Keg” of Europe and became a zone dominated by a positive spirit and promoting solutions for a better mutual understanding and appreciation of the respective peoples.