Balkania: Kosovo (light red), Serbia (yellow), and Montenegro (light blue)

Balkania was the name of a proposed state in the Balkans, suggested by the Kosovo Albanian politician Adem Demaçi in 1993.[1] Intended as an alternative to Serb-Albanian ethnic conflict, it would have transformed the rump third Yugoslavia into a democratic confederation consisting of Serbia, Kosovo, and Montenegro.[2][3]

The proposal became moot when Montenegro declared independence in 2006, and after still disputed Kosovo declared independence in 2008.

A confederation with the name "Balkania" was also proposed by the Romanian historian Victor Papacostea in 1936 to solve regional conflicts under Romanian leadership.[4]

Notes and references

References:

  1. ↑ BALKANIA – TO BE OR NOT TO BE
  2. ↑ Demaci in Belgrade
  3. ↑ Interview: Adem Demaci, the best known Albanian political prisoner in the former Yugoslavia
  4. ↑ Nyagulov, Blagovest (2012). "Ideas of federation and personal union with regard to Bulgaria and Romania". Bulgarian Historical Review (3–4): 36–61. ISSN 0204-8906.


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