Maritime Disruptions: Rough seas tied to the enhanced southwest monsoon (habagat) have forced multiple ferry cancellations across Luzon and nearby routes, with the Philippine Ports Authority listing affected sailings and urging passengers to refresh schedules as conditions change. EU–Montenegro Business & Integration: Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš met Montenegro’s Milojko Spajić to discuss European integration, defence cooperation, and trade opportunities, with both sides highlighting growing institutional ties. Regional Water Security Clash: Montenegro’s leadership is drawn into a wider Balkans dispute after Serbia’s Vučić floated changing the Ibar River course, prompting Kosovo and Albania to warn that unilateral moves could threaten water, energy, and human security—an issue that also raises cross-border infrastructure risk for the wider region. Cyber & Managed Security: Sophos announced deeper integration with OpenAI models inside its Fusion platform, aiming to simplify security operations for managed service providers by reducing tool sprawl and centralizing AI-driven defence workflows. Tourism Packaging: TUI is marketing a “single-hotel base” approach that lets travellers combine Croatia with day trips to Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, betting on cross-border experiences without extra flights. Security/Infrastructure Pressure: Serbia–Kosovo tensions also continue around Mitrovica’s Ibar bridge and KFOR/Kosovo police security arrangements, keeping regional logistics and critical infrastructure in the spotlight.