Hello i am from Serbia, and i will tell you some things about witches in my country.
During the Middle Ages, many Catholic countries in Europe had anti-witchcraft laws, women of "magical powers" were severely convicted and convicted without the opportunity to defend themselves, and one of the most notorious and cruel punishments was burning at the stake. However, the legend says that the last witch was burned in Serbia until the beginning of the 19th century.
The witch hunt took place in our region during the 18th and 19th centuries, ie later in relation to the western world. Also, there were no inquisitors - the local "witches" were tried by superstitious Serbian peasants, and the punishments could be even scarier than a bonfire.
According to some sources, the first to face accusations that she was a witch was Mijoljka, the mother of the Groč priest Petar Ninković. In July 1704, the locals first tortured her by immersing her in the Danube, and then expelled her and her family from Grocka.
The Virovitica County archives allegedly contain the case of Anica Paunković, who was accused of witchcraft by her neighbors in 1746. In order to extort her confession, they tied her to a winch, stretched and broke her bones, lit candles under her armpits and genitals… Anica finally admitted that she was "Satan's mistress" and was burned at the stake on the City Square in Osijek. Montenegro also burned witches - in the Kotor archives there is a list of women tortured in 1800 due to suspicion that people were killed by witchcraft rituals - 40 women were thrown into the sea, and those who survived were burned, because swimming was considered a demonic skill, writes Your magazine.
Wikipedia has a special chapter on the persecution of witches in Serbia, where, allegedly, the last witch in Europe was burned - in 1803. And maybe it happened a little later…