Greece and Bulgaria

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Balkan countries pair of neighboring countries

Greece and Bulgaria are neighboring Balkan countries whose modern territorial boundaries were significantly shaped by the post–Second Balkan War settlement.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Bulgaria and Greece	1
Greco-Bulgarian population exchange	1
Greece and Bulgaria canonical	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Balkan countries ⓘ pair of neighboring countries ⓘ
affectedBy	collapse of Ottoman Empire ⓘ nationalist movements in the 19th and early 20th centuries ⓘ
borderDefinedBy	post–Second Balkan War settlement ⓘ
borderDemarcationCompletedBy	early 20th century agreements following Balkan Wars ⓘ
borderRegionIncludes	cross-border minority communities ⓘ
bothJoined	European Union ⓘ
bothUse	Schengen land-border cooperation (partial, de facto) before full Schengen membership of Bulgaria ⓘ
cooperateIn	cross-border regional development ⓘ energy transit projects ⓘ tourism ⓘ transport infrastructure ⓘ
EUAccessionSequence	Greece joined EU in 1981, Bulgaria in 2007 ⓘ
haveBilateralTreaty	Treaty of Friendship, Good-Neighbourliness and Cooperation (1991) ⓘ
haveCrossBorderCorridor	Pan-European Corridor IV ⓘ surface form: Pan-European Transport Corridor IV Pan-European Transport Corridor IX ⓘ Corridor X (Pan-European Corridor X) ⓘ surface form: Pan-European Transport Corridor X (via region)
haveHistoricalDisputesOver	Macedonia region ⓘ Thrace region ⓘ
historicalContext	Balkan Wars ⓘ surface form: Second Balkan War
locatedIn	Balkans ⓘ Balkans ⓘ surface form: Southeastern Europe
memberOf	Black Sea Economic Cooperation ⓘ surface form: Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) Council of Europe ⓘ NATO ⓘ Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe ⓘ United Nations ⓘ
modernBoundariesShapedBy	Treaty of Bucharest (1913) ⓘ aftermath of the Second Balkan War ⓘ
partOf	Balkans ⓘ surface form: Balkan Peninsula
postColdWar	developed closer political and economic relations ⓘ
postWWIIAlignment	Greece in Western bloc, Bulgaria in Eastern bloc ⓘ
religiousMajority	Eastern Orthodox Christianity in both countries ⓘ
shareBorder	each other ⓘ
shareBorderRegion	Rhodope Mountains ⓘ Thrace ⓘ
shareEUExternalBorderUntil2007	yes ⓘ
shareHistoryOf	Balkan Wars ⓘ Ottoman period ⓘ surface form: Ottoman rule World War I alliances on opposing sides ⓘ World War II involvement on opposing sides at times ⓘ
shareInternationalBoundaryLengthApproxKm	about 493 km ⓘ
shareRegionalOrganizations	RegionalCooperationCouncil ⓘ surface form: Regional Cooperation Council Southeast European Cooperation Process ⓘ
shareRiver	Evros River ⓘ surface form: Evros–Maritsa river system
shareStrategicInterestIn	Aegean–Black Sea connectivity ⓘ energy security in Southeastern Europe ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Treaty of Bucharest (1913) → definedBorderBetween → Greece and Bulgaria ⓘ

Arda River → crossesBorderBetween → Greece and Bulgaria ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bulgaria and Greece

Greco-Bulgarian communities → relatedTo → Greece and Bulgaria ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greco-Bulgarian population exchange