Albania marked progress with the media freedom. “Reporters without
borders” rank Albania 85th in 2014. Our country was 102nd in 2013.
The organization based in Paris considers the government change in Albania as a new page in the media history.
“The elections 2013 changed the governments in Albania. The Socialist Party had a clean victory, which ended two decades of difficult elections. Their program for the media in Albania is ambitious; planning a new legislation that improves transparency for the media property, which reinforces the independence of the public broadcast, and guarantees information access which was held by state entities. In October 2013, 11 members of the board of directors of the public television prolonged their mandate with one year. This gives an idea of the level of challenges that the new government is facing, which inspires that Albania should be accepted as a candidate country for the EU membership”.
The report ranks Kosovo 80th, while in 2013 it was 85th. Macedonia is behind Kosovo and Albania in the region, going from the 116th place to 123rd, and Montenegro in 114th, lower than last year.
As regards the other South Eastern European countries, Slovenia is 34th, Serbia 54th, Croatia 65th, Bosnia and Herzegovina 66th. In the list of 180 countries, Finland, Netherlands, Norway, Luxembourg and Andorra are on top of the list. Last on the list are Turkmenistan, North Korea and Eritrea. The US have fallen to the 4th place, while last year they were 32nd.
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