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After 40 years of travel to Albania, has it finally come of age as a tourist destination?
11 months ago

After 40 years of travel to Albania, has it finally come of age as a tourist destination?

The Independent  

The first-ever long weekend holiday to Albania ended badly. open image in gallery Distant dream: the beach at Durres in Albania Religious plurality and tolerance are now a selling point for a nation that is anchored at the foot of Europe’s GDP per capita table. A former nuclear bunker-turned-museum lifts the lid on the extreme hard-line communism that, for decades, …

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A thought-provoking rail odyssey through the Balkans
1 year, 11 months ago

A thought-provoking rail odyssey through the Balkans

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. A likely herald of climate change was the 78 metre high gushing waterfall being reduced to a trickle, a shadow …

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EU expanding border guard presence along busy Balkan route
2 years, 1 month ago

EU expanding border guard presence along busy Balkan route

Associated Press  

SKOPJE, North Macedonia — The European Union signed an agreement Wednesday with North Macedonia to deploy officers from the bloc’s border protection agency Frontex in the small Balkan country as it expands its reach into nearby non-member states. The signing ceremony in North Macedonia’s capital Skopje was attended by EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Home Affairs Commissioner …

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‘I will get to Europe eventually’: The mental illness epidemic among child migrants at Europe’s door
3 years, 5 months ago

‘I will get to Europe eventually’: The mental illness epidemic among child migrants at Europe’s door

The Independent  

Nawab stands on the top floor of an abandoned factory building overlooking the port of Patras, in western Greece. During Greece’s first lockdown in March 2020, thousands of migrants were detained inside closed camps on the Aegean islands, following nationwide Covid-19 restrictions that blocked asylum seekers from moving on to mainland Greece. “But these ones below are what remain of …

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Kosovo, Serbia clash over Balkan border issues at summit
3 years, 7 months ago

Kosovo, Serbia clash over Balkan border issues at summit

Associated Press  

BRDO, Slovenia — Serbia and Kosovo clashed Monday at a summit of Western Balkan nations over state border changes, a thorny issue in a region that is still recuperating from bloody civil wars in the 1990s. However, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic rejected such a wording in the resolution because it would indirectly mean that Serbia recognizes the borders of its …

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Islands of floating waste clog rivers in Balkans
3 years, 11 months ago

Islands of floating waste clog rivers in Balkans

The Independent  

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