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 alliance system drew other great powers into the conflict. Serbia thought that South Slav state could take land away from Austria-Hungary and Turkey. More unrest caused the Balkans to be a powder keg and more fighting. Then a Serbian nationalist assassinated their heir to Austrian throne.