Albania, partially free

These countries suffer a corrupted environment, weak rule of law, ethnic and religious conflicts and domination of a given party in politics. The report evaluates free countries with 1 to 2.5, partially free countries with 3 to 5 points, and 5.5 to 7 for countries without freedom.

Kosovo has equal points for the two main subjects that determine freedom of a country: 5 points in political rights and 4 points in civil freedoms.

Other countries of the region share the same group with Albania and Kosovo, such as Bosnia and Macedonia. Serbia, Croatia and Monte-Negro are ranked among the free countries. The Freedom-House report refers to political developments in 195 countries of the world.

The general conclusion of the report is that what was achieved in the Middle East last year has intensified repression and “Freedom House” criticizes the US leadership for hesitating to act while democracy in the world has marked decrease for the seventh consequent year.

The number of countries classified as free in 2012 was 90, three more than last year. 27 countries had fewer points than one year ago, 16 had more. In this group is included Libya, which went from a “non free” to a “partially free” country. The same was for Myanmar and a number of African countries, while Russia, Turkey and Ukraine plunged. Freedom House releases annual reports for measuring global freedoms since 1972.

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