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North Macedonia has taken a significant step toward modernising its civil justice system with the adoption of the new Law on Civil Procedure, introducing the most comprehensive procedural reform in over two decades.

Montenegro has taken a major step forward in modernizing the governance of state-owned enterprises.

The Law on the Management of State-Owned Companies, which entered into force on 2 July 2026, establishes, for the first time, a comprehensive legal framework governing how the State exercises its ownership rights in state-owned companies.

The EDPB’s proposed DPIA Template and Explainer provide an important clarification: DPIAs are not limited to risks arising from the intended processing of personal data.

When we think of domestic violence, we often picture visible injuries. Yet violence frequently begins much earlier – with humiliation, threats, coercive control, isolation, and fear. These invisible forms of abuse can leave wounds that last far longer than physical injuries.

Bosnia and Herzegovina (“BiH”) has adopted a set of intellectual property laws that significantly reshape how innovation, branding and confidential business information are protected. Together, the new Patent Law, Trademark Law and Law on the Protection of Trade Secrets as Intellectual Property (“Trade Secrets Law”) bring the domestic framework closer to EU standards, expand available remedies and give businesses clearer tools to secure and enforce their competitive advantage.

In 2012, Eastman Kodak filed for bankruptcy — undone not by the arrival of digital photography, but by its failure to understand what it truly was.

In November 2012, the European Commission tabled a proposal for gender balance on corporate boards. The file then spent ten years blocked in the Council. It took until November 2022 for it to become Directive (EU) 2022/2381 – an arc long enough to earn the file its nickname.

Serbia goes paperless on sick leave — doctors, employers, and the health fund now share data instantly, cutting queues, costs, and paperwork in one move.

Hiring foreign nationals in Bosnia and Herzegovina is no longer an exception – it is becoming a key workforce strategy across construction, hospitality, and manufacturing sectors.