{"id":15220,"date":"2020-07-03T08:31:57","date_gmt":"2020-07-03T08:31:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/epi.org.mk\/?p=15220"},"modified":"2024-10-14T02:48:37","modified_gmt":"2024-10-14T00:48:37","slug":"the-western-balkans-and-the-covid-19-effects-on-good-governance-rule-of-law-and-civil-society","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epi.org.mk\/en\/post\/15220?lang=en","title":{"rendered":"The Western Balkans and the COVID-19: Effects on good governance, rule of law and civil society"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-8\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p>This policy brief underscores outstanding issues that emerged during the COVID-19 crisis with possible long-term consequences on the functioning of democracy and rule of law in the six countries of the Western Balkans \u2013 Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia. This paper specifically addresses the impact of the crisis on the functioning of democratic institutions, the judiciary, fundamental rights and freedoms, transparency, civil society, and the media, and continues to assess its impact on the social and political climates in each country of the region. 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