On Monday 17 September, European Commissioner for Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn warned that the Western Balkans would not accede to the EU if freedom of the media and the environment in which journalists work did not improve.
"There will be no accession without the safeguard of media freedom and journalists' being granted a working environment exempt from intimidation and pressure", he said at the Western Balkans Media Days that were organised in Skopje.
Hahn said the issue...