Balkan Legal News – 6 August 2025
- Ned Vucijak
- Aug 6
- 2 min read
Updated: Aug 12
The following media round-up on international, legal and foreign policy issues from around the Balkans for the period from 30 July to 5 August 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 – 5 August 2025
Serbia exported more ammunition to Israel in the first half of 2025 than the whole of 2024. The recipients include an Israeli firm identified by a UN envoy as making a “profitable venture” of the “ongoing genocide” in Gaza – a claim that Israel denies. The full article can be found here.
Serbia – 4 August 2025
UN experts urge the Belgrade government to stop repressing ongoing student-led protests, accusing it of making a 'systematic attempt to silence critical voices'. The full article can be found here.
Croatia – 4 August 2025 Protest held in Zagreb on 30th anniversary of 1995 military operation calls attention to Serb civilian victims – and the Croatian state's failure to prosecute crimes committed against them. The full article can be found here.
Kosovo – 4 August 2025
Prishtinë court sentences Milos Antovic to nearly five years' jail and a 20,000-euro fine for participating in violent clashes in May 2023 that left 93 NATO peacekeeping troops injured. The full article can be found here.
Bosnia and Herzegovina – 1 August 2025
The Appeals Chamber of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina confirmed the first-instance verdict sentencing the President of Republika Srpska, Milorad Dodik, to a year in prison and issued a six-year ban on him holding the office of President of the Serb-led entity. The full article can be found here.
Montenegro – 1 August 2025
The government postpones the adoption of proposed laws curbing the right to protest and expanding the powers of security agencies, following criticism at home and from Brussels. The full article can be found here.
Albania – 31 July 2025
Head of cybercrime directorate says computer fraud and related offences, often for the purpose of financial gain, are the main cybercrimes committed in Albania. The full article can be found here.
Kosovo – 31 July 2025
Milos Pleskovic is found guilty of the murder of three Kosovo Albanians, shot dead near Prizren while out cutting firewood in September 1998. The full article can be found here.