The Treaty of Venice ends the Balkan War that was fought between the Ottoman Empire against an alliance formed by Greece,Bulgaria and Italy. The Treaty was signed on Janaury 5th 1913 and changed the map of the Balkan area. Most of the Aegean Islands and coastal Macedonia west of Salonika go to Greece; territories east of the Chalcidice go to Bulgaria. Thessalonika and the nearby peninsula become an autonomous state led by the Jewish population under Ottoman protection. The remaining territory becomes the Neutral State of Albania-Kosovo, divided into Austrian and Italian zones, north and south.The Ottoman colony of Lybia was ceded to the Italian nation.