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Albania boasts miles of Adriatic and Ionian Sea pristine coastline, as well as spectacular Roman ruins. Land-locked Kosovo has a reputation for exceptional skiing and mountaineering, sophisticated caf\u00e9s and shops, and a forward-looking young population. And North Macedonia is a compact jewel of a country, blue with lakes and green with forested mountains. 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