Estonia up to 4th in World Press Freedom Index

Text Mark Taylor
Photo Andrei Chertkov

Estonia has risen more than ten places to 4^th in the World Press Freedom Index. The rankings, which are produced by Reporters Without Borders (RSF), are released yearly.

Norway ranked 1st in this year’s index, with Denmark 2nd and Sweden 3rd. Estonia rose from 15^th last year to 4^th in this year’s index. Finland ranked 5^th. As for the other Baltic states, Lithuania ranked 9^th and Latvia 22^nd.

Looking further afield, Germany ranked 16^th, the UK 24^th, and USA 42^nd. Ukraine fell to 106^th from 97^th last year. Meanwhile, Russia, which ranked 150^th last year, dropped down five places to 155th. The rankings include 180 countries.

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