2025 Assessment – Regional report
The 2025 assessment finds the overall trend in implementing the Guidelines across the Western Balkans and Türkiye negative for a third consecutive cycle, with legal guarantees for the core freedoms…
Publications
Publications on civil society, including independent media, in the Western Balkans and Türkiye.
Assessments against the DG NEAR Guidelines, including earlier editions, are also presented on the Guidelines assessments page.
3 results for Albania, Kosovo*, Regional
2025 Assessment – Report for Kosovo*
The 2025 assessment finds the legal environment for civil society in Kosovo* broadly conducive, while cooperation between the government and civil society weakened during a year of political…
2025 Assessment – Report for Albania
The 2025 assessment finds civil society in Albania operating under tightening practical constraints within a largely sound legal framework.