Sofia | Francesco Martino | 29 May 2025

Decades after it was designed, Corridor 8 - an infrastructure axis created to connect the Black Sea with the Adriatic through Bulgaria, North Macedonia and Albania and promote economic development and regional cooperation - remains a puzzle to be solved

Media Freedom in the Western Balkans: Challenges in the Framework of EU Enlargement

As political interference and threats to journalists grow, the EU's new legislative measures, including the anti-SLAPP directive and the European Media Freedom Act, aim to safeguard press freedom in member and candidate countries. A recent webinar highlighted the struggle for media independence in Albania and Serbia amid their EU accession efforts

 

The battle for the Shushica Valley

In Albania, a project that aims at boosting tourism in the coastal town of Himarë is putting at risk over 50,000 people living in the Shushica Valley, a tributary of the Vjosa river.

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Albania: MFRR and SafeJournalists condemn blatant intimidation of journalists covering parliamentary elections
22/5/2025 - OBCT joins partners from the Media Freedom Rapid Response and the SafeJournalists Network in raising alarm over nume...
Albania: Smear campaigns against independent media and civil society organizations must stop
8/10/2024 - SafeJournalists Network and organizations of the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) strongly condemn the attacks on...
Albania: SPAK must respect source protection in case of journalist Elton Qyno
11/1/2024 - OBCT signed a joint letter together with media freedom partners in the SafeJournalists Network, the Media Freedom Ra...
Albania: urgent measures needed to safeguard journalists
20/7/2023 - OBCT condemns recent attacks against journalists in Albania and calls on authorities to ensure press freedom in the...