It is less than from Italy, across the Strait of Otranto which links the Adriatic Sea to the Ionian Sea.

The Balkans meets the Adriatic Sea on the northwest, Ionian Sea on the southwest, the Mediterranean and Aegean Sea on the south and southeast, and the Black Sea on the east and northeast.

Apulia () is a region of Italy in Southern Italy bordering the Adriatic Sea in the east, the Ionian Sea to the southeast, and the Strait of Òtranto and Gulf of Taranto in the south.

The lowlands of the west face the Adriatic Sea.

In addition, access to Croatia's Adriatic port of Ploce remained unsettled.

It is sixty kilometres from the coast of the Ionian Sea, in the province of Enna.

Tourism is increasingly important, especially along the Adriatic coastline and the cities of art.

Demographics The population of the Ionian Islands in 2011 was 207,855, decreased by 1,50 compared to the population in 2001.

It is also a separate regional unit of the Ionian Islands region, and the only municipality of the regional unit.

King Přemysl Ottokar II of Bohemia ruled over an area from Austria to the Adriatic Sea.

Venice, aware of its major economic and military power, disliked competition from other maritime cities in the Adriatic.

There are small Roman Catholic communities on some of the Cyclades and the Ionian Islands, remnants of the long Venetian rule over the islands.

Nowadays the city is landlocked, but Ravenna remained an important seaport on the Adriatic until the early Middle Ages.

The Ionian Islands were returned by Britain upon the arrival of the new King George I in 1863 and Thessaly was ceded by the Ottomans.

Gustav left a lasting legacy in all countries that were exposed to its charms, from the Baltic to the Adriatic.

Šibenik () is a historic town in Croatia, located in central Dalmatia where the river Krka flows into the Adriatic Sea.

In the Eastern Mediterranean, British and French ships would patrol up to the Dardanelles, but not in the Adriatic Sea.

The sunniest parts of the country are the outer islands, Hvar and Korčula, where more than 2700 hours of sunshine are recorded per year, followed by the southern Adriatic Sea area in general, northern Adriatic coast, and Slavonia, all with more than 2000 hours of sunshine per year.

From 1994, for seven years, 20 of these boats made the trip across the Adriatic, from Montenegro to Italy, every single night.

Cetina descends from an altitude of 385 m at its source to the sea level when it flows into the Adriatic Sea.

More gas and large oil fields lie off the Greek coast in the Aegean and Ionian Seas, enough to transform the finances of Greece and the entire region.

After suppressing the Ionian Revolt, a rebellion of the Greek cities of Ionia, Darius I of Persia, King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire, decided to subjugate Greece.

Italy insisted, and the Allies agreed, that the question of the Adriatic coast between Zara and Istria should be settled after the war.

Venice, one of the wealthiest cities due to its control of the Adriatic Sea, also became a centre for Renaissance culture, especially architecture.

The Tagliamento is a braided river in north east Italy, flowing from the Alps to the Adriatic Sea at a point between Trieste and Venice.

At the height of its power Bulgaria spread from the Danube Bend to the Black Sea and from the Dnieper River to the Adriatic Sea.

Phytogeographically, Bosnia and Herzegovina belongs to the Boreal Kingdom and is shared between the Illyrian province of the Circumboreal Region and Adriatic province of the Mediterranean Region.

The Adriatic Sea began at what is now the Gargano Peninsula, and what is now its surface up to Venice was a fertile plain with a humid climate.

But when the fourteenth night had come, as we were driven back and forth in the Adriatic Sea, about midnight the sailors surmised that they were drawing near to some land.

the party vanished, overnight, as if all of a sudden a giant sponge had drained the entire sea, Adriatic and Austral, leaving litter and clots of mud, and all the boats stranded.

WARSAW It was two decades ago this summer that communist rule began to implode from Tallinn in the Baltic to Tirana in the Adriatic, ushering in free elections, market reforms, and expanded civil liberties.

In terms of phytogeography, Croatia is a part of the Boreal Kingdom and is a part of Illyrian and Central European provinces of the Circumboreal Region and the Adriatic province of the Mediterranean Region.

Maxwell first gained recognition as one of the British captains involved in the successful Adriatic campaign of 1807 1814, during which he was responsible for the destruction of a French armaments convoy at the Action of 29 November 1811.

1. Expresses concern at the persistence of special economic problems confronting the Eastern European States affected by the developments in the Balkans, in particular their impact on regional trade and economic relations and on the navigation along the Danube and on the Adriatic Sea

1. Expresses concern at the persistence of special economic problems confronting the Eastern European States affected by the developments in the Balkans, in particular their impact on regional trade and economic relations and on the navigation along the Danube and on the Adriatic Sea

Recognize the significance of the activities developed under the framework of the Adriatic Charter as a valuable instrument designed to support the member States endeavour to join NATO as well as the importance of sustained efforts by the interested participating States towards accession to the Partnership for Peace.

See also Adriatic Campaign of World War II References Further reading External links The Fate of the Jews in South Eastern Europe During the First Years of the War on the Yad Vashem website Summaries http www.ucc.ie staff jprodr macedonia helmodww2v.html Timeline of the Balkans Campaign World War Two Online Newspaper Archives The Invasion of the Balkans Yugoslavia, Greece and Crete, 1940 1941 World War II in the Balkans