Media have proven to be the most important communication channel with citizens, especially in the crisis era. Governments in the region to ensure additional funds for media support.
On a World Press Freedom Day, one we are celebrating in the middle of the COVID-19 crisis, media have proven to be key actors in the societies, which play one of the most important roles. At these difficult times, media serve to educate citizens and try to protect them from the COVID-19 pandemic, through timely and accurate reporting. At the same time, Media are trying to protect democracies worldwide, at the time when a majority of citizens face some level of human rights limitations caused by the pandemic.