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PETER'S PHOTO GALLERY: The Balkans

Albania

	Kukes, 1999 The border town of Kukes hit world headlines in 1999 when it was the first stop for tens of thousands of ethnic Albanians fleeing Serb forces in Kosovo.
	Kukes, 1999 A desolate, abandoned factory on the main road from the Kosovo border.
	Shkodra, 1999 A fisherman tries his luck at dusk on Lake Shkodra.
	Shkodra, 1999 View from the Rozafa Fortress on the outskirts of Shkodra, looking out across the River Drini.
	Shkodra, 1999 Rubbish collection in Albania ceased during the disturbances of 1996-97 and has yet to be reinstated. As a result, many cities are ringed by belts of smouldering rubbish.
	Tirana, 1999 A triumphant social-realist mural decorates the national museum in the Albanian capital.
	Kruja, 1999 The view from Skenderbeg's fortress in Kruja.

	Kruja, 1999 Bread is still made by hand at the town bakery in Kruja.
	Kruja, 1999 Majlinda waits for her little brother at Kruja's primary school.
	Elbasan, 1999 Musicians celebrate Ramadan, the Muslim holy month, by performing in the streets of Elbasan.
	Berat, 1999 Mangalem, the old Muslim quarter of Berat, clings to a cliff face below the city's citadel.
	Berat, 1999 Albert Bojaxhui and his lovely sister Genta outside their family's apartment.
	Berat, 1999 The 14th century Church of the Holy Trinity overlooks modern suburbs in Berat.
	Gjirokastra, 1999 Gjirokastra is known as Albania's museum town for its traditional 19th century buildings and spectacular setting.

Want to read more about Albania? See The last bus to Shqiperia.

Bosnia-Herzegovina

Mostar, 1999
Young Muslim refugees play among the ruins of Mostar - a city that was once a symbol of Yugoslavia's ethnic harmony.

Mostar, 1997
Stari Most (the Old Bridge) survived 500 years of invasions and two world wars. Sadly, it did not survive the Bosnian civil war.

Bulgaria

	Cherven Bryag, 1992 Every morning in a village just outside Cherven Bryag, this gentleman cakes himself in curative mud.
	Veliko Turnovo, 1992 A family enjoys a summer evening outside.

	Rila Monastery, 1995 Bulgaria's greatest monastery nestles in a valley among the Rila Mountains.
	Melnik, 1995 Traditional houses and strange rock formations in Bulgaria's wine growing region.

Kosovo

	Prizren, 1999 The juxtaposition of a mosque and an orthodox church illustrate Kosovo's religious and ethnic divide.
	Prizren, 1999 Two months after the Kosovars returned home, NATO troops - such as this young German soldier - were hugely popular with the kids.

Peje/Pec, 1997
A trader in the market of Kosovo's second biggest city, wearing the traditional white Albanian fez.

Macedonia

	Lake Ohrid, 1997 The 15th century church of Sveti Jovan perches on a rocky point on the shore of Lake Ohrid.
	Debar, 1997 The slightly mad resident photographer and artist in Debar, a small ethnic Albanian town near the Kosovo border.

Monastery of St. Jan Bigorski, 1997
A carload of orthodox monks who stopped to offer me a lift while I was hitching through Macedonia.

Romania

Iasi, 1995
Two pilgrims - a young girl and an orthodox monk - at a pilgrimage in the city of Iasi, honouring Moldavia's patron saint.

	Hunedoara, 1997 Hunedoara has what is almost certainly the most spectacular castle in Romania - the only thing wrong is that it is situated in the middle of a giant steel mill.
	Bukovina, 1995 A slightly mad villager I met while waiting for a bus that never came.
Want to see more of Romania? See the photo essays Far From Home and Portrait of a Village.

Yugoslavia

	Budva, 1999 Though Yugoslavia's coastline is short, it is exceptionally beautiful. The old walled town of Budva is the country's favourite summer playground.
	Veliki Plaz, 1999 Dozens of fishing platforms crowd a river in Montenegro, using an intricate system of levers and pulleys to raise and lower nets.

Ulcinj/Ulqin, 1999
Children dress up for a concert put on by the UN to thank the townspeople of Ulcinj for housing and helping thousands of Kosovo refugees.