The decline in media freedom in the Balkans is eroding the European values of democracy and rule of law and creating a climate ripe for disinformation that is cultivating anti-EU and anti-western sentiment across the region, writes Peter Horrocks.
Lack of Media Freedom in the Balkans Erodes European Values
Novinite.com
13 May 2021, 00:12 GMT+10
The decline in media freedom in the Balkans is eroding the European values of democracy and rule oflaw and creating a climate ripe fordisinformation that is cultivatinganti-EU and anti-Western sentiment across the region, writes Peter Horrocks.
Even if their purpose is not to offend, the EU s latest assessments of the candidate countries of the Western Balkans make sobering reading on the subject of media freedom.
Albania and North Macedonia qualify for the least criticism although they are both deemed only moderately prepared in this area. By contrast, Montenegro registered no progress on freedom of expression against a background of arrests of editors and citizens for the posting of online content.
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