UNDERSTANDING THE BALKANS
Web Resources: The Good, The Bad, The Mediocre
John M. Anderson
June 20, 2001
http://www.cic.lsu.edu/balkans

Country and Regional Information

General
Britannica
http://www.britannica.com/

CIA Factbook
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/indexgeo.html

Department of State - includes foreign relations
http://www.state.gov/p/eur/ci/

Modern ethnic groups
http://www.balcanica.org/history/modern.html

Russia and East European Studies Virtual Library
Searchable site from the University of Pittsburgh
http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/reesweb/

Travel warnings
http://travel.state.gov/travel_warnings.html#b

Specific Countries

Albania
Embassy contact information - nothing else.
http://www.embassy.org/embassies/al.html

Bosnia-Herzegovina
Cal Tech site with links to art, culture,  history, and daily life.
http://www.cco.caltech.edu/~bosnia/bosnia.html

   Embassy
    http://www.bosnianembassy.org/

Bulgaria
Bulgarian embassy site with links to news and country information.
http://www.bulgaria-embassy.org/

Croatia
The Croatian embassy site with links for news, politics, business, and country information.
http://www.croatiaemb.org/

Greece
The Greek embassy web site with links to politics as well as business, cultural, country, and tourist information.
http://www.greekembassy.org/

Macedonia (F.Y.R.O.M.)
Embassy contact information - nothing else.
http://www.embassy.org/embassies/mk.html

Montenegro
Government web site - English version - with biographies of government officials.
http://www.vlada.cg.yu/slike/engleski/indexE.htm

Romania
The Romanian embassy web site with links to arts & culture, news, and business information as well as education in Romania.
Follow the "Romanian Links" on the first page for history, country information, and the words to the Romanian national anthem.
http://www.roembus.org/

Serbia
Serbian government news site.
http://www.serbia-info.com/

Genealogy

Federation of East European Family History Societies
http://feefhs.org/ethnic.html
 

History

Ancient peoples
http://www.balcanica.org/history/lost.html

Twenty-five lectures from Michigan State University Libraries by Steven W. Sowards
http://www.lib.msu.edu/sowards/balkan/
 
 
 

Maps - Current

University of Texas at Austin
Select pdf. map files for printable maps.
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/europe.html

Reference Maps from the CIA Factbook
Contains printable pdf files.
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/docs/ref.html

The Balkans Atlas
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/balkan/regter.html
 

Maps -Historical

BBC Timeline
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/map/yugoslavia/

International Center for Balkans Studies
http://www.balcanica.org/history/maps.html

University of Texas at Austin
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/history_balkans.html

Former Yugoslavia Relief Map

Former Yugoslavia Map with Minor Civil Divisions - PDF
 

News

Balkans Information Exchange
U.S. Department of Defense Site
http://www.balkan-info.com/english/default.asp

BBC
http://news.bbc.co.uk/

Maps in the news
University of Texas at Austin maps for current events
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/index.html
 

NATO - KFOR
Web site for NATO's Kosovo Force
http://www.KFORonline.com/default.htm

Washington Post
Current Balkan news
http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/world/issues/balkans/

Yahoo!
Current news on Kosovo
http://uk.fc.yahoo.com/k/kosovo.html

Photos

Excite!
Searchable news photo index
http://news.excite.com/photo

Weather

USA Today
Check the weather forecast in the Balkans
http://www.usatoday.com/weather/basemaps/wbalkans.htm
 

Other

The Centre for Peace in the Balkans
http://www.balkanpeace.org/

Jane's Information Group
The famous information provider's site on reconstructing the Balkans.
http://balkans.reconstruction.janes.com/

Red Cross
http://www.icrc.org/eng/balkans

Serbian source
http://www.srpska-mreza.com/library/facts/preface.html

Titoville
Was this site necessary?
http://www.titoville.com/
 

United Nations
The United Nations Environmental Programme in the Balkans.
http://balkans.unep.ch/