Eating and Drinking. 1  1. Eat before or while you're drinking. Eating while you're drinking can help reduce alcohol breath. 2  2. Try onion and garlic. Foods that are highly aromatic can help override alcohol breath. 3  3. Chew gum. Gum can be helpful in eliminating alcohol breath.  4. Drink coffee and water.
The Balkan powder keg was the name given to the Balkan region because of the secure and safe state it had before a minor issue led to World War I. The assassination of Franz Ferdinand, the heir to Austria-Hungary empire, and his wife, Sophie, ended the peaceful state of Europe.
The reason the Balkans were the powderkeg of Europe was and still is to a certain extent the crossroads of Eastern and Western Europe.ince the start of the 20th century this region was in a state of continuous upheaval starting with the First and Second Balkan Wars in 1912 and 1913 respectively. In 1914, Archduke Francis Ferdinand was assassinated in Sarajevo by a Serbian.