Digital Safety & Youth Rights: UNICEF reports nearly 20 million children across 21 countries faced technology-facilitated sexual abuse in a year, with most cases happening on mainstream social media and underreporting to authorities staying below 1%. Media Governance: UNESCO-backed multi-stakeholder recommendations for digital platform governance were adopted for Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia, aiming to strengthen rights-based oversight and journalism as a public good. Local Campaigns: Makedonski Telekom launched a new nationwide push to curb youth violence and online hate, rolling out awareness, school-linked projects, and tools to help communities “break the circle” instead of amplifying harm. Culture on Screen: The documentary “Yugo Goes to America” begins cinema screenings across the region, with North Macedonia included in September’s local audience run. Heritage & Faith: Orthodox hierarchs from Romania, Serbia, Bulgaria and the Ohrid Archbishopric concelebrated at Osogovo Monastery to honor St. Joachim of Osogovo, drawing thousands of pilgrims. Arts for Kids: Targovishte Puppet Theatre will take Astrid Lindgren’s “Adventures with Karlsson” to an international festival in Podgorica, competing alongside theatres from the Balkans.