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'More for more' has largely been the EU's policy in the Eastern Partnership countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine), but it has been hopelessly insufficient at encouraging media freedom (Photo: Surreal Name Given)

Eastern Partnership must now improve media freedoms

"It is better than nothing," replied Volha Siakhovich, legal expert for the Belarusian Association of Journalists, when asked about the Eastern Partnerships' (EaP) record of advancing media freedom in the country.

The EaP is an initiative aimed at strengthening relations between the EU and six post-Soviet states (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine).

Although its creation in 2009 was widely seen as bold and visionary, its implementation has been decidedly...

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Jessica Ní Mhainín is policy research and advocacy officer at Index on Censorship and manages Index's Media Monitoring and Advocating for Media Freedom project.

'More for more' has largely been the EU's policy in the Eastern Partnership countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine), but it has been hopelessly insufficient at encouraging media freedom (Photo: Surreal Name Given)

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Jessica Ní Mhainín is policy research and advocacy officer at Index on Censorship and manages Index's Media Monitoring and Advocating for Media Freedom project.

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