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Media freedom throughout Europe needs all the support it can get, but the situation in the Balkans is particularly worrying, participants told an online conference “Media Freedom in the Balkans” organised by EURACTIV. The situation for independent media in the region has deteriorated sharply in recent years, panellists told the event on Thursday (3 June), setting the stage for an international debate on media freedom in the Western Balkans. Independent media are at risk and could not survive on their own as they are part of a political and economic environment that favours mainly pro-gove...

Media freedom throughout Europe needs all the support it can get, but the situation in the Balkans is particularly worrying, participants told an online conference "Media Freedom in the Balkans” organised by EURACTIV.

This is a problem, because across the Western Balkans region rivers are polluted and the water supply of millions of people is being put in serious jeopardy by unfiltered pollutants being dumped in rivers, garbage dumps near water, mini hydroelectric plants, and construction plans that don’t take into account the environment. Garbage island on the Drina In January, local and international media reported on a “island of garbage” floating near the Višegrad hydroelectric plant on the Drina river in Bosnia and Herzegovina. According to environmentalists, this is not a new problem for the r...