A cycle route of 3,364km ... will also be indicated on the map. Some sections might be steep – “the Balkans are the Balkans,” as Alex puts it, with experienced hindsight – but stages ...

The EU and its member states have taken a number of measures to address the migration situation on the Western Balkans route. The Western Balkans are at the heart of Europe, geographically surrounded ...

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The Western Balkan route is one of the main migratory paths into Europe. After the record number of arrivals in the European Union in 2015, the number of irregular migrants choosing this route fell ...