Nikola Vuković

Europe Correspondent, The Continental Times

Nikola covers europe for The Continental Times and has reported from more than a dozen countries.

Montenegro Closes Its Last E.U. Negotiating Chapters, Setting Up a Race to Join by 2028

The country of 620,000 would become the bloc’s first new member since 2013 if 27 national parliaments ratify a treaty that negotiators hope to sign next year.

Oct. 8, 2026 5 MIN READ

The Bay of Kotor on Montenegro’s Adriatic coast. The country opened accession talks with the E.U. in 2012.

Zagreb Counts 23,000 Empty Apartments as Croatia’s New Property Tax Takes Hold

A levy on homes that are neither lived in nor rented long-term has produced the first reliable map of the capital’s vacant housing, and an argument about what to do with it.

Oct. 8, 2026 5 MIN READ

Apartment buildings in the Trešnjevka district of Zagreb. The city has registered 23,000 homes as vacant under Croatia’s property tax.

Bosnian Serb Lawmakers Vote to Create a Border Police of Their Own, Testing Dayton Again

The measure duplicates a state institution that the entity’s leaders say Sarajevo has misused, and diplomats say it could be the most serious challenge yet to the peace agreement.

Oct. 6, 2026 6 MIN READ

A bridge over the Vrbas River in Banja Luka, the administrative center of Republika Srpska.