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<p><strong>Duterte</strong><strong>'s government gags the media: </strong>In an unprecedented move, the Philippines government <a href="https://ift.tt/2ylvFHB" target="_blank">ordered</a> the nation's largest broadcast network, ABS-CBN, to shutter its operations Tuesday, leaving blank the screens of millions of Filipinos seeking news about the coronavirus pandemic. President Rodrigo Duterte, a rough-spoken populist who often targets the press, said the order to close down radio and television operations came from an independent commission. But critics, including some who are aligned politically with the president, say it's an attempt to muzzle any criticism of his response to the coronavirus crisis. Reporters have already documented <a href="https://ift.tt/2Uzlzeb" target="_blank">inadequate protection</a> for healthcare workers and poor social support amid lockdowns which has led to widespread <a href="https://ift.tt/2xmMtNW" target="_blank">hunger.</a> During Duterte's tenure, the Philippines has become one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a journalist, ranking 136th in this year's World Press Freedom Index.<br/></p><p><strong>EU counters China and Russia in the Balkans: </strong>During a<strong> </strong><a href="https://ift.tt/35BaFIO" target="_blank">videoconference</a> with six Balkan countries – Serbia, Kosovo, Montenegro, Albania, Bosnia, and North Macedonia – the EU delivered a clear message: stop falling for overtures from China and Russia. As protective equipment has been in short supply around the world in recent months, Beijing and Moscow have both enthusiastically <a href="https://ift.tt/2wu8gma" target="_self">sent gea</a>r to many countries, drawing praise particularly from Eastern European countries that have complained of insufficient support from Brussels. But during the videoconference, representatives from all 27 EU states pushed back on this narrative, reiterating that the <a href="https://ift.tt/35e6imS" target="_blank">3.3 billion euros </a>recently doled out to states from the West Balkans by the bloc far outweighs anything Moscow or Beijing have sent through. But beneath the great power geopolitics, are the Balkan states playing a shrewd game of their own? They want to join the EU, and they may wager that showering praise on Russia and China will spook Brussels into speeding those talks. Whether that approach will work during a pandemic and global depression is less clear. </p>
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