Balkan Legal News – 2 April 2025
- Ned Vucijak
- Apr 2
- 2 min read
Updated: Apr 9
The following media round-up on international, legal and foreign policy issues from around the Balkans for the period from 27 March to 01 April 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.
Bosnia and Herzegovina – 1 April 2025
Bosnia's War Childhood Museum marked its eighth anniversary with an exhibition of photographs by Milomir Kovacevic Strasni of children during the siege of Sarajevo along with their adult selves – a visual testament to their resilience and survival. The full article can be found here.
Croatia – 28 March 2025
Staff at Croatia's public broadcaster protested on Friday against a government 'consolidation plan', which includes cutting 700 to 800 employees – about a third of the total staff. The full article can be found here.
Moldova – 28 March 2025
The Moldovan authorities have pledged to overhaul the country’s care system for people with intellectual and psychosocial disabilities, launching what they termed “deep” inquiries into abuse cases that were exposed by a BIRN investigation into the country’s five residential institutions. The full article can be found here.
Serbia – 27 March 2025
Over 100 days into Serbia’s student-led protests, a call for the rule of law has grown into a roaring challenge against President Aleksandar Vučić’s governance model. The EU must stop whispering, and speak – clearly, urgently and truthfully. The full article can be found here.
Bosnia and Herzegovina – 27 March 2025
The Bosnian state court sentenced Zdravko Cvoric to seven years in prison for raping a Bosniak woman prisoner in the settlement of Divic near Zvornik in 1992. The full article can be found here.
Kosovo – 27 March 2025
Pristina Basic Court sentenced a defendant identified only as F.P., the administrator of a group on messaging app Telegram called Albkings – which distributed intimate images and the personal information of women and girls – to one year and nine months in prison and imposed a 5,000-euro fine. The full article can be found here.
Bosnia and Herzegovina – 27 March 2025
The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina said it was seeking an international arrest warrant for Bosnian Serb President Milorad Dodik, who is facing legal action for his separatist policies. The full article can be found here.
Kosovo – 26 March 2025
Naim Maloku told Kosovo ex-President Hashim Thaci's trial for war crimes and crimes against humanity that the KLA did not have the structure of a 'real army' with orders issued by the General Staff. Naim Maloku told Kosovo ex-President Hashim Thaci's trial for war crimes and crimes against humanity that the KLA did not have the structure of a 'real army' with orders issued by the General Staff. The full article can be found here.