Freedom House: Western Balkan countries remain hybrid regimes, decline for Serbia and BiH
WASHINGTON – All Western Balkan countries remained in the category of hybrid regimes in the newest Nations in Transit report published by the Freedom House...
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Freedom House “Nations in Transit” Report: Albania and Serbia decline, North Macedonia improves
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WASHINGTON – All six Western Balkan countries have once again been classified as “transitional governments or hybrid regimes” in the newest “Nations in Transit” report...
Freedom House: Western Balkans saw both setbacks and progress
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WASHINGTON – As a lethal pandemic, economic and physical insecurity, and violent conflict ravaged the world in 2020, democracy’s defenders sustained heavy new losses in...
Reports cited by Serbia in response to Freedom House show an even darker image of democracy in the country
Government of Serbia recently published a detailed rebuttal to this year’s Nations in Transit Report of Freedom House, in which 0.25 points were subtracted from...
Freedom House reports on Serbia and Montenegro: “The results were not surprising”
Freedom House’s “Nations in Transit” report drew more attention than usual after classifying Serbia and Montenegro as “hybrid regimes”, in which the power is based...
Freedom House: Serbia and Montenegro are no longer democracies
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WASHINGTON – Serbia and Montenegro, for the first time since 2003, are not democratic states, reads the conclusion of the report “Nations in Transit”, by non-governmental...
Serbia’s new Media Strategy: Light at the end of the tunnel or Potemkin village?
Ensuring the independence of the Regulatory Body for Electronic Media (REM), financing public services primarily through fees pay by citizens, along with reducing the share...
Protests in the WB amidst democratic decline: Can the EU change its approach?
Democracy in Western Balkans is backsliding. Civil society, international organizations and independent experts have been reporting on unfair election practices, rising corruption, lack of accountability...
[BSF] Brnabić: A frozen conflict holds back reforms and investments
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BELGRADE – One of the things that can be initiated within Berlin Process is establishment of a Western Balkans Research Foundation, which would contribute to...
Transformation and Stability in the Western Balkans: The bluff of enlargement
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WASHINGTON – Freedom House has organised a discussion on the topic Transformation and Stability in the Western Balkans on the 15th of May in Washington...