This week's regional briefing examines electoral safeguards, constitutional reform, media freedom, digital privacy and judicial governance across the Western Balkans.

This week's Balkan Legal News examines key developments across the region, including Serbia's parliamentary elections, Bosnia and Herzegovina's General Elections, Kosovo's constitutional crisis, the Krško nuclear waste dispute, and Albania's proposed criminal procedure reforms.

This week's Balkan Legal News examines key developments across the region, including Serbia's parliamentary elections, Bosnia and Herzegovina's General Elections, Kosovo's constitutional crisis, the Krško nuclear waste dispute, and Albania's proposed criminal procedure reforms.

For two decades, Daniel Ortega preserved the appearance of democracy while systematically dismantling its foundations. With the announcement that Nicaragua will no longer hold elections, the pretence has ended. Toby Cadman examines how constitutions, courts, the legal profession and civil society are captured before the ballot box itself disappears, and why the rule of law must confront autocracy before its final stage