Greek-Serbian relations in the Greek press : the case of the Efimeris ton Valkanion

Abstract

The paper attempts to present the image of inter-war Yugoslavia in the
Greek press, and the Greek-Serbian relations of the same era through the
study of Efimeris ton Valkanion (Journal of the Balkans), which was published
in Thessaloniki between 1918 and 1950. It focuses on the 1930’s, a period that
represents an important transitional phase in the political developments of
Greece, Yugoslavia and the Balkans, and indeed of Europe as a whole. The
Efimeris ton Valkanion was one of the publications which lent its support to
the initiatives towards rapprochement between the Balkan peoples and followed an explicit friendly line towards Yugoslavia. The data extracted from
the Efimeris have been compared with corresponding evidence from other primary and secondary sources, the archives of the Foreign Office of the United
Kingdom and the relevant literature.