Kosovo Agency of Statistics

This is the latest in a series of articles about the demographic crisis facing Central and Southeast Europe.

See also: Bye-Bye, Balkans: A Region in Critical Demographic Decline

Members of Kosovo's huge diaspora intend to vote in larger numbers than ever in the forthcoming October elections - but advocacy groups say the process is still too complicated and time-consuming.

Those who have registered to vote have until October 4 to access their right to cast ballots in the early parliamentary elections due on October 6.

The continuing dominance of conservative attitudes to sex and virginity appear to have been confirmed by a recent survey, Monitoring the Situation of Children and Women, produced by the Kosovo Agency of Statistics and UNICEF.

According to the survey, practically all unmarried women aged 15 to 24 are virgins, while no married woman aged 49 and under had ever changed sexual partner.

The Bosnian and Kosovo authorities made a huge mistake when they decided against mutual visa liberalisation, warned entrepreneurs from both countries during their first joint business forum on Friday in Sarajevo.