Pristina, Kosovo. Editorial credit: Bas van den Heuvel / Shutterstock.com

Kosovo

Kosovo holds credible and relatively well-administered elections, but its institutions remain weak, and rampant corruption has given rise to deep public distrust in the government.

Volunteers clean up the rubbles from a destroyed residential building in Borodyanka. Following the recapture of Borodyanka by the Ukrainian forces, the city was heavily devastated and turned into ruins under intense fighting and shelling.

Nations in Transit — Kosovo Country Report

Kosovo is categorized as a Transitional or Hybrid regime in the Nations in Transit 2023, Freedom House's annual study on the state of democracy in the region stretching from Central Europe to Central Asia.

Iranian people in Izmir protest the death of Mahsa Amini by the morality police in Iran.

Freedom in the World — Kosovo Country Report

Kosovo is rated Partly Free in Freedom in the World 2023, Freedom House's annual study of political rights and civil liberties worldwide.