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by Nick Thorpe


  Slankomen, battle of (1691) (i), (ii)

  Slavs (i), (ii)

  Šljivančanin, Viktor, war criminal (i), (ii)

  Slovakia (i), (ii)

  and Gabčikovo dam (i)

  independence (i)

  and Nagymaros dam (i)

  Slovenes, Hungary (i)

  Slovenia, coat of arms (i)

  Smederevo, Serbia (i), (ii)

  fall of (1459) (i)

  fortress (i)

  Turkish attack on (1439) (i)

  smuggling (i), (ii)

  snail, Danube (i)

  snowdrops (i)

  Babadag (i), (ii)

  solar power, Germany (i)

  Soroksári branch of Danube (i)

  Spannraft, Hermann, cable ferry captain (i)

  springs, at Sari Saltuq's tomb (i)

  Srebarna, Romania, pelican reserve (i)

  Srebrenica, Serbia, massacre (i)

  Srejović, Dragoslav, archaeologist (i)

  Sremski Karlovci (Karlowitz), Serbia (i)

  Stahremberg, Ernst von (i)

  Stahremberg, Count Guidobald von (i)

  Stambuk, Vladimir, aide to Milošević (i)

  Stanimirović, Vladimir, Serb leader in Vukovar (i)

  Stara Palanka, Serbia (i)

  Stara Planina mountains (i)

  Starčevo culture (Neolithic) (i)

  Stari Slankomen, Serbia (i)

  Starović, Andrej, archaeologist (i), (ii)

  Stasiuk, Andrzej, The Road to Babadag (i)

  Stavrianos, L.S., historian (i)

  steel industry (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  Stein, Austria

  Minorite church (i)

  war memorial (i)

  Stephen, King and Saint, Crown of (i), (ii)

  Stepinac, Alojzije, archbishop of Zagreb (i)

  Stockerau, Austria (i)

  Stokić, Radislav, barge owner (i)

  stone, musical (i)

  storm wizards (i)

  Stoyanov, Petar, President of Bulgaria (i)

  Stur, Lud'ovit, Slovak poet (i)

  sturgeon (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)

  ability to live out of water (i)

  ban on fishing (i), (ii)

  beluga (i), (ii), (iii)

  caviar (i)

  fossil (i)

  ‘Harald’ (i), (ii)

  Hungary (i), (ii)

  hybrid (i)

  plans for breeding (i)

  recipes (i)

  Romanian-Norwegian research project (i), (ii), (iii)

  types (i)

  Suciu, Radu, Danube Delta Research Centre (i), (ii)

  Sugovica branch of Danube (i), (ii)

  Suleiman the Magnificent (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  Sulina (i)

  graveyard (i)

  Hotel Jean Bart (i), (ii), (iii)

  lighthouse (i), (ii)

  nationalities in (i)

  water tower (i)

  Suvorov, Alexander, Russian commander (1791) (i)

  Svishtov, Bulgaria (i)

  Swabians, of Ulm, resettlement in Hungary (i), (ii)

  sword-making, Passau (i)

  Sylvester, Pope, and Crown of St Stephen (i), (ii)

  Syrlin, Jörg, wood carver (i)

  Szabados, György, jazz pianist (i)

  Szapolyai, János, battle of Mohács (1526) (i)

  Szatmár, Treaty of (1711) (i)

  Széchenyi, István, reformer (i)

  Szeged, Treaty of (1444) (i)

  Székfű, Gyula, historian (i)

  Szekszárd, Hungary (i)

  Szent-Györgyi, Albert, Vitamin C (i)

  Szentendre, Hungary (i), (ii)

  Tal'janki, prehistoric settlement (i)

  Tamás, Ferenc, fisherman (i)

  Târgu Jiu, Romania (i)

  Endless Column (i)

  Gate of the Kiss (i)

  Table of Silence (i)

  Tǎtǎrescu, George and Doina (i)

  Tatars

  Crimean (i)

  in Dobrogea (i), (ii)

  Tecliceanu, Mihai, history teacher (i), (ii)

  Tekija, Serbia (i)

  Tertullian, Roman historian (i)

  thatching, Hungary (i)

  thermal waters, Hungary (i), (ii), (iii)

  Thracians

  helmet (i)

  settlement at Lom confluence (i)

  Thubron, Colin (i)

  Tichileşti Leprosarium (i)

  timber trade (i)

  Tisza, River (i)

  Tito, Marshal Josip Broz (i), (ii), (iii)

  tobacco smuggling (i)

  Todorova, Maria, writer (i)

  Tokaj, Hungary (i)

  Tömöri, Pál, archbishop of Kalocsa (i)

  Tóth, Béla, Gül Baba (i)

  Trajan, Emperor (i), (ii)

  monument in Adamclisi (i)

  Trajan's column, Rome (i)

  transhumance (i), (ii)

  Transylvania (i), (ii), (iii)

  trees (i)

  black poplar (i), (ii)

  Bulgaria (i)

  non-native (i)

  poplars (i), (ii), (iii)

  sweet chestnut (i)

  threatened by disease (i)

  white plane (i)

  willows (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  Trevisan, Dessa, journalist (i)

  Tripol'ye-Cucuteni culture (i), (ii), (iii)

  grave goods (i)

  Tsanev, Todor, former political prisoner (i), (ii), (iii)

  Tulcea, Romania (i)

  aluminium works (i)

  branches of the Danube (i)

  ferry to Izmail (i)

  Turks in (i)

  Tulln, Austria (i)

  Salt Tower (i)

  Turda, Transylvania, salt mines (i)

  Turkey

  independence (i)

  see also Ottoman Empire

  Turkish-Romanian Friendship Association (i)

  Turks

  on Ada Kaleh island (i)

  and battle of Nikopolis (1396) (i)

  in Dobrogea (i), (ii)

  in Serbia (i)

  in Tulcea (i)

  in Vienna (i)

  Turnu Magurele, Romania (i)

  Turnu Severin, Romania (i), (ii)

  Türr, István, hero of Baja (i)

  Tuzla, Bosnia, salt mines (i)

  Ukraine (i)

  border crossing (i)

  tobacco companies (i)

  Ukrainians, in delta region (i)

  Ulm, Germany (i)

  Bread Museum (i), (ii)

  cathedral (i)

  emigration of Swabians to Hungary (i), (ii)

  Turkish tailor (i)

  Ulrich II of Celje (i)

  United States

  Karl May as poet of Wild West (i)

  military training ground (i)

  war memorial at Weltenburg (i)

  USSR, and Romania (i)

  Vác, Hungary (i)

  valonia, for tanning (i)

  Van de Bovencamp, Hans, sculptor (i)

  Vargha, János, biologist (i)

  Varna, Bulgaria, salt mines (i)

  Vasanics, László, riverboat captain (i), (ii)

  Vasić, Professor Miloš (i)

  Vasiliu, Alexe, leper colony doctor (i), (ii)

  Veliko Gradište, Serbia (i)

  Velikov, Eskren, historian (i)

  Veterans cave (i)

  Vidin, Bulgaria (i)

  Baba Vidin fortress (i)

  Vienna

  Cafe Sperl (i)

  fish market (i)

  Islamic Culture Centre (i)

  military museum (i)

  Muslim community (i)

  Police Academy (i)

  Turks in (i)

  Vienna, siege of (1683) (i), (ii)

  Villány, Hungary (i)

  Viminacium, Roman camp near Belgrade (i), (ii)

  Vinča culture (i), (ii)

  absence of graves (i)

  metalworking (i)

  precipitate end of (i)


  salt mines (i)

  vineyards (i)

  EU subsidies (i)

  leper colony (i), (ii)

  see also wines

  Visegrád, Hungary (i)

  Vitamin C (i)

  Vlkovo, Ukraine (i)

  Voiculescu, Razvan, photographer (i)

  Vojvodina, Serbia (i)

  Vrancea, Romania, epicentre of earthquakes (i)

  Vučedol monastery, Serbia (i)

  Vukovar, Serbia (i)

  museum (i)

  siege of (1991) (i)

  Wachau region, Austria (i), (ii)

  Wallachia (i), (ii)

  Roman province (i)

  water-mills (i), (ii)

  Baja (Hungary) (i)

  Wein, River (i)

  Weltenburg Abbey, brewery (i)

  wetland forests

  Grunau (i)

  Kopački Rit (i)

  willows (i), (ii), (iii)

  forests (i)

  wind turbines (i), (ii)

  winds

  near Čunovo storage lake (i)

  northern (crivăţ) (i), (ii)

  south (moriana) (i)

  wines (i)

  Aligote (i)

  ezerjó grapes (i)

  Feteasca Neagra grapes (i)

  Germany (i)

  Murfatlar (i)

  smederevka grapes (i)

  Szekszárd, Hungary (i)

  Wolf, Christa, novelist (i)

  wolves (i)

  Dacian totem (i)

  red wolf of Passau (i)

  wooden sculptures (i)

  woodpeckers (i)

  World Wide Fund for Nature (i)

  Kopački Rit wetland forest (i)

  Württemberg (i)

  Yantra, River (i)

  Ybbs, hydroelectric dam (i)

  Yourcenar, Marguerite, Memoirs of Hadrian (i)

  Yugoslav wars (1992–5) (i), (ii), (iii)

  Yugoslavia (i)

  break-up of (i), (ii)

  escape route from Romania (i)

  pop music (i)

  Zade, Kemal Pasha, poet (i)

  Zamfiropol, Rodika, museum curator (i)

  Zemun, Belgrade (i)

  zinobarite (mercury ore) (i)

  Zsemlovics, Ferenc, gold-panner (i), (ii)

  Zwentendorf, Austria, nuclear power station (i)

 

 

 


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