Balkan Region’s Media Pluralism Stagnated in Pandemic, Report Warns
Cenzolovka 28.07.2021 | Sinisa Jakov Marusic
In a new study encompassing four main areas of risk to media pluralism, North Macedonia scored best out of six Balkan countries included in the analysis, while in several others good legal frameworks remain unenforced in practice.
Photo: Pixabay Balkan countries have experienced a general stagnation or deterioration in terms of media pluralism and media freedoms during 2020, shows a new study, “Media Pluralism Monitor 2021”, published by the Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom at the European University Institute. These trends can be observed through the four fundamental risk areas encompassed in the study: fundamental protection, market plurality, political independence and social