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As tight restrictions on travellers fail to stop illegal immigrants, the point of the visa system is being called into question.

By Eleonora Veninova in Skopje, Belgrade, Turin and Wiesbaden

Relaxation of EU visa rules benefits middle-class professionals but leaves poor and unskilled families as trapped as before.

By Altin Raxhimi in Tirana, Shkoder, Pristina and Barberino, Italy

The economic balance between the two halves of a once-divided continent is shifting, as firms up sticks and head east.

By Bogdan Asaftei in Bucharest, Botevgrad, Azambuja and Belgrade

If no investment is made soon in the marginalised Roma, Europe’s largest minority will remain in a poverty trap.

By Nikoleta Popkostadinova in Sofia, Plovdiv, Marchevo, Bucharest, Niš and Belgrade

Governments in the region are waking up late to the need for action to halt the flight of their future champions.

By Milorad Ivanović in Belgrade, Sarajevo, Zagreb and London

Faced with a dismal education system, political uncertainty and economic stagnation, many young Kosovars are opting to leave.

By Sokol Ferizi in Pristina, Mitrovica, Belgrade, Novi Sad, Vienna and Brussels

Thanks to regional rivalries and European inconsistency, the dream of a modern transport system for the Balkans is going nowhere fast.

By Polina Slavcheva in Sofia, Thessaloniki, Komotini, Xanthi, Pristina, Skopje, Tirana, Paris and Brussels

Extradition rules shield war criminals from justice, leaving many former Yugoslavs fearful of going back to neighbouring countries.

By Nenad Radičević in Belgrade, Sarajevo, Zagreb, The Hague, Brussels and Strasbourg

A plague of invasive algae is testing countries’ willingness to work together to save their marine heritage and tourist industries.

By Bojana Stanišić in Podgorica, Kotor, Dubrovnik, Split, Mljet, Bari, Ancona, Rome and Pisa

Pragmatic interests are replacing the old ideology of ‘brotherhood and unity’ as a motor for renewed artistic cooperation.

By Davor Konjikušić in Zagreb, Sarajevo, Belgrade, Strasbourg, Oslo, Stockholm, Copenhagen and Helsinki