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 Montenegro, Serbia, Regional
2025 Assessment – Report for Serbia
The 2025 assessment finds a widening gap in Serbia between a largely unchanged legal framework for civil society and a rapidly deteriorating environment in practice.
2025 Assessment – Report for Montenegro
The 2025 assessment finds the environment for civil society in Montenegro broadly stable, with no major negative changes to the core freedoms, but with growing pressure on how they are implemented.