The Balkans: Europe's Forgotten Frontier

From Croatian beaches to King Charles’ Transylvanian holiday home, via white water rafting in the Albanian mountains… and the threat of war: Katya Adler discovers the highs and lows of the Balkans.

After the Yugoslav wars of the 90s, Europe took its eye off this region. But now the West is in a battle for influence and power here with China, Russia, and the Islamic world.