Погранични Проблеми у Односима Србије и Бугарске 1879–1884. Корени, Развој, Значај
Frontier Disputes in The Relations of Serbia and Bulgaria: Origins, Development and Significance

Summary/Abstract: The relations between the Serbian and the Bulgarian governments were dogged by frontier issues from the establishment of the diplomatic relations between the two countries in 1879 to their suspension in 1884. They were mainly caused by the manner in which the 1879 international commission defined the new Serbian-Bulgarian frontier, leaving on the Bulgarian side pastures, fields and forests of the villages which lay on the Serbian side, and vice versa. In the case of the old borderline, the problems were of an earlier date, persisting from the time of the drawing of the Serbian-Turkish frontier in the 1830s. A particularly difficult problem was the river Timok, which often altered its course. The efforts made by the two governments to solve these problems were not successful, and the dispute over a meadow on the Bulgarian side of the Timok was made the occasion for the break of diplomatic relations.

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