Episode 1 | The Balkans: Europe’s Forgotten Frontier

Duration: 59'12''

Synopsis

The BBC's Europe editor, Katya Adler, travels to Croatia, Bosnia and Albania. Thirty years on from the Yugoslav wars of independence, she discovers a beautiful region undergoing rapid change.

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