Serbia – Page 3 – First World War Centenary News Archive

January 1, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Centenary News countdown to First World War anniversaries coming up in 2015

Centenary News looks ahead to some of the major First World War anniversaries which will be remembered in 2015.

October 9, 2015 CN Editorial Team

100 years ago: Belgrade falls, Bulgaria enters war & Allies land at Salonika

The Central Powers captured Belgrade on October 9th 1915 as the Allies launched a belated attempt to help Serbia by landing troops in neighbouring Greece.

October 27, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Serb soldiers of the Great War remembered at Paris exhibition

An exhibition paying tribute to Serbia’s First World War soldiers has just opened at the Serbian Cultural Centre in Paris, running until November 14th 2015.

November 29, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Scotland honours pioneering WW1 doctor Elsie Inglis

Tributes are being paid to the doctor who defied disapproval to set up hospitals, staffed by women, to treat wounded soldiers in France and the Balkans.

July 27, 2018 CN Editorial Team

New film remembers ‘forgotten’ Salonika campaign

A newly-released short film focusses on the First World War campaign in the Balkans which drew in 600,000 Allied troops from across the globe.

September 14, 2018 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago – Last Push against Bulgaria from Salonika

Allied troops started their final advance on the Macedonian Front on 15 September 1918, knocking Bulgaria out of the First World War two weeks later.

September 30, 2018 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago – Bulgaria exits the First World War

The Central Powers were left exposed in the Balkans, after Bulgaria dropped out of WW1 under an armistice which came into effect on 30 September 1918.