No country in the Balkans has been spared from a dangerous combination of migration and population ageing.
Demographically, the tiny nation of Macedonia has it worse than many. The Balkan nation has lost a quarter of its population since the early 1990s. The Back our independent journalism by becoming a supporting memberGet EU news that matters
Cristian Gherasim is a freelance journalist contributing to EUobserver, Euronews, EU Reporter, Katoikos, Von Mises Institute, and bne IntelliNews, with a particular focus on European and regional affairs.