Balkan Legal News – 8 May 2025
- Ned Vucijak
- May 8
- 2 min read
Updated: May 14
The following media round-up on international, legal and foreign policy issues from around the Balkans for the period from 30 April to 07 May 2025.
Guernica 37 will provide weekly media updates with a focus on Bosnia and Hercegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia. Should you wish to contribute or submit a media summary, opinion piece or blog, please send to Ned Vucijak at nenadv@guernica37.com for consideration.
Serbia – 7 May 2025
The Court of Appeal in Belgrade increased the sentence handed down to Danko Vladicic for killing two elderly Bosniaks in the Foca area in 1992 during the Bosnian War, jailing him for 12 years. The full article can be found here.
Kosovo – 6 May 2025
LDK’s leader Lumir Abdixhiku refused Vetevendosje’s Albin Kurti’s offer for a coalition agreement and tabled a counter-offer for the creation of a transitional cabinet which would run the country until the election of a new president next year. The full article can be found here.
Bosnia and Herzegovina – 6 May 2025
A new special department at the Supreme Court and prosecutor's office in Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Federation entity, established to tackle corruption and organised crime, is expected to take on more than 400 cases. The full article can be found here.
Serbia – 6 May 2025
Serbian students called for snap elections after accusing the government of continuing to ignore public concerns over the Novi Sad rail station tragedy - but the idea was flatly rejected by ruling party leader Milos Vucevic. The full article can be found here.
Bosnia and Herzegovina – 5 May 2025
As a day of remembrance for the children killed during the siege of Sarajevo was marked, three decades on, the direct perpetrators are yet to be held accountable. he full article can be found here.
Romania – 5 May 2025
Romania is set for a sharply contested presidential election runoff between far-right candidate George Simion, who won the first round on Sunday, and centrist pro-European reformer Nicusor Dan. The full article can be found here.
Croatia – 2 May 2025
Thirty years after rebel Serbs shelled Zagreb, killing seven and wounding at least 200 others, the mayor and survivors honoured the victims of what he called 'a cowardly act of revenge'. The full article can be found here.
North Macedonia 30 April 2025
The head of the Anti-Corruption Commission, Tatjana Dimitrovska – now herself the subject of corruption allegations – insisted she was innocent and ignored calls to quit. The full article can be found here.