Dragan Gajin

With 2024 behind us, I look back at what were the main competition law developments in the Western Balkans, both when it comes to new legislation and the application of the current rules. A high…

In this post, I will provide a brief overview of the main 2023 competition law and policy developments in five Western Balkan countries: Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia,…

This post will present the main competition law developments in 2022 in four Western Balkan jurisdictions – Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and North Macedonia. Despite peculiarities in…

In the last couple of months alone, the Serbian national competition authority (NCA) has started as many as three new gun-jumping investigations. The investigations relate to transactions which…

This post aims to present the main competition law developments in four Western Balkan jurisdictions – Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and North Macedonia. Rather than being an exhaustive…

In light of the European Commission's recent gun-jumping investigation concerning Illumina's acquisition of GRAIL, what has been the gun-jumping track record of the Serbian competition authority and…

The Montenegrin national competition authority (NCA) has published its track record in pursuing gun-jumping violations in the last three years - and the number of violations detected by the authority…

Amidst a never-ending stream of news related to COVID-19, it went somewhat under the radar that another European flag carrier airline has been grounded – Montenegro Airlines. The halt of operations…

What were competition law developments in Serbia during 2020 worth mentioning and what to keep an eye on 2021?   Merger control Merger notification thresholds remain unchanged A well-known trait of…