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In 2006 in Beslan, in the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania, the city still held chilling reminders of the massacre that took place there in a school in 2004 that left 334 civilians dead. Photographs by Sara Di Pede, who spent ten days in the city.

The vivid colours of Bosnia. These pictures were taken by Roberto Giudici in cooperation with the "Valle di Smeraldo" project. For more information: robyreisen@libero.it.

Faces of rural Bosnia. These photographs were taken by Roberto Giudici in cooperation with the "Valle di Smeraldo" project. For more information: robyreisen@libero.it.

Some glimpses of Turkish Kurdistan by Giacomo Scattolini. Scattolini began to working as a photographer in the early 1990s and made his first photo reports during the war in the former Yugoslavia. He then began to focus on the entire South-east European region and its social issues. For more information: giacomoscattolini@libero.it.

These photos were taken during a journey travelling with the music group “Maxmaber Orkestar” across Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2006. Pictures by Max Jurčev.

Belgrade, Beli Grad, the “white city”. Pictures by Christian Melis.

“When I was a child, I liked watching films. There was something magic in them. I liked turning the handle in the dark and watching images crawling upwards. I always dreamed of shooting my own films...” A photo portrait of Grozny by Kulia Vishnevets.

Croatia's annual commemoration for Jasenovac concentration camp victims is held on the 22nd of April. Some photographs of the “big flower” memorial sculpture in homage to its designer, architect Bogdan Bogdanović. Pictures by Luka Zanoni.

Kurds and many Middle Eastern populations consider Newroz to be a new year holiday. In Turkish Kurdistan, Newroz is the only time when Kurds can wear traditional clothes and display Kurdish flags. Photos by Giacomo Scattolini. For more information: giacomoscattolini@libero.it, www.immaginifuorifuoco.it.

During spring 2007, Mauro Pigozzo travelled to Mostar to attend some events sponsored by the Italian trade union organization “Caaf Nordest Cgil”. Pictures by Mauro Pigozzo - info@mauropigozzo.it.

Pristina: children in the streets, industrial archaeology and, of course, blackbirds forever flying in the Kosovan sky. Pictures by Rocco Del Nero.

They don't want to stay under the jurisdiction of Republika Srpska any longer. In protest, they left Srebrenica and moved to Sarajevo with their tents. A photo reportage by Paolo Cagnacci.

These photographs were taken between 1998 and 2000 in Argirocastro when the author was teaching the Italian language at the city university of Argirocastro, in southern Albania. Photographs by Paolo Benegiamo. e-mail: paolo.benegiamo@istruzione.it.

Andrea Mella is a geopolitics researcher specializing in the region of the Former Union of Socialist Soviet Republics. He travelled to Turkey to experience Istanbul: a city between two (or more) worlds. Pictures by Andrea Mella.

Glimpses of Bosnia from the summer of 2005. The author, Maria Ilaria Mingione, travelled to Sarajevo to attend a peacekeeping course.

The Guča trumpet festival, held in southern Serbia every August, is famous not only in Serbia but also abroad. Many trumpeters from across the region of the former Yugoslavia, as well as from other Eastern European countries, gather to play and compete. Pictures by Laura Portinaro.

Kotor, a pearl on the coast of Montenegro. Pictures by Luka Zanoni.

Anger, disappointed expectations, clashes with the police, two dead and dozens injured. Some images from the Vetevendosje protests in downtown Pristina on 10 February 2007. Pictures by Francesco Martino.

These photographs, taken by Luca Panvini in September, 2007 in northern Albania, are part of a broader photo reportage that began in Kosovo in 2004 and then turned its gaze to the wider Balkan region. For further information: www.lucapanvini.com.

These images are part of a photojournalism project on the Balkans which looked at Kosovo in 2004 and then turned to Bosnia and Albania, focusing on the cooperation activities carried out by the Italian NGO "IPSIA". To explore the whole project go to: www.lucapanvini.com.

Between tradition and modernity, a “Kukeri” carnival in Bulgaria. Pictures by Francesco Martino and Nicola Zambelli.

Mitrovica: a divided city. Some images from the days following Kosovo's declaration of independence. Pictures by Giovanni Cobianchi.

Discovering Georgia's natural and cultural heritage on a journey through the western and eastern regions of the country. Source: www.visitgeorgia.it.

Carnival day in Zagreb – Photographs by Luka Zanoni.

A train trip in Albania. Photographs by the young Albanian photographer and Rome resident Ina Verzivolli.

An explosion at an ammunition depot in Gërdec, 14 kilometres from Tirana, Albania, in March 2008 left enormous damage in its wake. Pictures by Mimoza Dhima.

Some pictures of nationalist protests on the border between Slovenia and Croatia, held on Saturday 26 April 2008.