Compliance

Cybersecurity in the AI Age

As AI increasingly intersects with nearly every dimension of digital security, so too does the consciousness of creating conditions to use it in a secure cyberspace. As Space Hellas Group General Counsel Konstantinos Argyropoulos puts it, “there is an acceleration in the way AI interfaces with cybersecurity,” pointing to an emerging arms race in which malicious actors and defenders alike adopt increasingly automated tactics. Argyropoulos shared his thoughts on this during the CEE Legal Matters GC Summit 2025 in Prague.

New Serbian Decree on Palm Oil Labelling Step Forward to Aligning with EU Standards

The Government of the Republic of Serbia recently adopted a Decree on Additional Requirements for Placing on the Market Products Containing Palm Oil, Palm Fat, or Other Vegetable Oils and Fats ("Official Gazette of RS", No. 47/2025), which entered into force on 7 June 2025 (“the Decree”).

David Vucinic Joins MaxBet as Compliance and AML Officer

David Vucinic has joined MaxBet, a member of Flutter Entertainment, as its new Compliance and AML Officer.

What the Labor Inspectorate Is Interested In: Discrimination and Unequal Remuneration

The National Labour Inspectorate's report on the status of equality and discrimination in employment relations for the year 2024 shows that discrimination in the workplace is a hot topic.

Albania Adopts New Instruction on the Processing of Health and Genetic Data

As part of the broader effort to harmonise national legislation with the EU General Data Protection Regulation, the Albanian Data Protection Commissioner issued Instruction No. 2, dated 30 April 2025 (Instruction No. 2), on the protection of personal data in the health sector. This Instruction repeals the previous 2020 framework and establishes a comprehensive set of rules governing the collection, use, and disclosure of health and genetic data.

Companies May Have Six More Months to Comply with the NIS2 Directive

“To comply with the cybersecurity requirements of the NIS2 directive, affected businesses may get an additional six months to prepare,” announced the Supervisory Authority for Regulatory Affairs of Hungary (SZTFH) in a statement on 5 May 2025.

The Extraterritorial Effect of Ukrainian Sanctions

The recently issued decision of the Ukrainian Supreme Court addresses the enforcement of Ukrainian sanctions in relation to foreign corporate structures and ownership chains involving a sanctioned person.