On Friday 10 November, the European Commission announced three new projects for supporting independent media in the Western Balkans, which will begin in early 2018. The announcement came during a trip by Enlargement Negotiations Commissioner Johannes Hahn to attend a conference on the media in Albania.
The first project, the Regional Training and Support Programme to improve Quality and Professionalism in Journalism, will have funding of €2 million. The action will focus on young and...