It may come as a surprise that this tiny tip of the Balkan Peninsula could command such attention.

' If you ask, 'Where do the Balkans begin?

During 1912 and 1913 it became involved in the Balkan Wars, a series of conflicts with its neighbours, during which Bulgarian territory varied in size.

But in the Balkans, as well as parts of the Caucasus, Central Asia, and also Africa, the process was fraught with difficulty.

Consider the Balkans. They are portrayed in the liberal Western media as a vortex of ethnic passion - a multiculturalist dream turned into a nightmare.