On 15 July 2026, the Government of the Republic of North Macedonia adopted draft Foreign Direct Investments Notification and Screening Act.

The Government of Montenegro has adopted the Proposal for the Establishment of an Efficient Foreign Investment Screening Mechanism, a policy blueprint for the drafting of Montenegro’s first dedicated screening legislation, the Foreign Investment Screening Act (Zakon o provjeri stranih investicija), and the implementing regulations.

In North Macedonia, civil proceedings are adversarial in nature, meaning that, as a rule, it is for the parties to make and prove the factual allegations relevant to the dispute. When the understanding of the relevant facts requires expert knowledge not available to the court, the parties prove their allegations via expert opinion.