It was planned as the first Hollywood feature on the Kosovo conflict, but ‘Guests at the Sofra’ has landed its producer – and two former ministers of culture – in a battle of their own.

At a time of budget cuts and financial belt-tightening, the government remains cagey about where the money for Skopje’s grand makeover is coming from.

With no real market in art in Serbia, few artists can expect ever to survive from their trade.

Although the law now allows Serbs to request the return of property confiscated by the Communists, their chances of getting back any of their long-lost paintings remain minimal.

Plans to demolish one of Tirana’s best-known landmarks, a former museum dedicated to Enver Hoxha, have drawn the ire of architects, activists and even some former Hoxha-era political prisoners.

Kosovo’s domestic soaps are falling victim to cheap imports from Turkey and Latin America.

Archeologists are unearthing an important new building in the UNESCO-protected ancient city in Albania, which could shed fresh light on the life of the Roman colony.