1.0European Western Balkanshttps://europeanwesternbalkans.comEWBhttps://europeanwesternbalkans.com/author/ewb/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="bELJrhRRXO"><a href="https://europeanwesternbalkans.com/2025/02/27/freedom-house-western-balkan-six-are-still-partly-free-countries-corruption-remains-a-major-issue/">Freedom House: Western Balkan Six are still “partly free countries”, corruption remains a major issue</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://europeanwesternbalkans.com/2025/02/27/freedom-house-western-balkan-six-are-still-partly-free-countries-corruption-remains-a-major-issue/embed/#?secret=bELJrhRRXO" width="600" height="338" title="“Freedom House: Western Balkan Six are still “partly free countries”, corruption remains a major issue” — European Western Balkans" data-secret="bELJrhRRXO" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> https://europeanwesternbalkans.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/6b1a7f51-f7c8-44f8-a73d-f211f284ba62-min-scaled.jpg25601707WASHINGTON – According to the latest annual “Freedom in the World” report by Freedom House, in 2024 global freedom declined for the 19th consecutive year. When it comes to the Western Balkans Six, the decline in civic rights and liberties was recorded in Serbia, while the scores of the other countries in the region remained […]