110 years since the signing of the Bucharest Peace Treaty

The Treaty of Bucharest was signed on August 10 1913 between the delegates of Romania, Serbia, Greece and Montenegro on one side, and Bulgaria on the other. It put the end to the Second Balkan War, which was one of Bulgaria’s most unsuccessful wars, bringing many losses to our country. Romania was given not only the town of Silistra (which became its ownership by the virtue of the St. Petersburg treaty, signed on April 26 1913), but also the rest of South Dobrudja. Serbia took possession not only of the disputable zone, but also of the indisputable zone of Vardar Macedonia, with the exception of the region around the river of Strumitza. Greece kept Thessalonike and its hinterland, but it also took hold of the Aegean Macedonia, as well as Syar, Drama, and Kavala. The only acquisition from the Balkan wars Bulgaria was to keep was Western Thrace and Strumitza in Macedonia. These were the only lands under Turkish yoke to win the national liberty they had longed for for centuries.