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| Europe no longer so exemplary, Russian tragedy deepenshttp://www.sources.com/Releases/NR611.htmSources News Release
 Publisher:  Reporters without Borders
 Date Written:  22/10/2009
 Year Published:  2009
 Resource Type:  Article
 
 For the first time since 2002, the press freedom indexâ##s top 20 is not quite so European. Only 15 of the 20 leading countries are from the Old Continent, compared with 18 in 2008.
 
 Abstract:  For the first time since 2002, the press freedom indexâ##s top 20 is not quite so European. Only 15 of the 20 leading countries are from the Old Continent, compared with 18 in 2008. Eleven of these 15 countries are European Union members. They include the top three, Denmark, Finland and Ireland. Another EU member, Bulgaria, has been falling steadily since it joined in 2007 and is now 68th (against 59th in 2008). This is the lowest ranking of any member of the union.
 
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