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An old friendship - A new Euroregions
in the border area between countries in the
South East Europe
If we speak here about an old
friendship it can be seen through two meanings. On one side,
we remember the close relations between people from the border
areas from Macedonia and Serbia, since the border is a
relatively new one and to nearly the same extend a
psychological closeness between for example Sofia and Niš,
which has been obvious for decades, especially for the ones
who had the chance to visit the Bulgarian flee market in Nis
during the late 80s. On the other side, if we look at this
micro region from an international point of view: If not
generally well known, than most Western European citizens know
the triangle between Niš, Skopje and
Sofia at least as cross-roads when travelling on one of the
main Trans European routes (Corridor 10) to Greece, Turkey or
the wider Black Sea area. During and after the disruption of
Former Yugoslavia, one can realize that war threats and
collapses of economic standards lead to distancing of people
ones from each others, even if a partly notion of a common
micro regional identity kept alive. As did the economic
activities, especially small trade. Since the triangle here
has not been a place for direct war actions, the level of
trust between people across borders is still high, compared to
other Balkan order areas, why the potentials of cross-border
co-operation and economic development are even higher already
at this moment.
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