A BOY AND A GIRL, VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING, DID NOT RECEIVE ADEQUATE SYSTEM SUPPORT AFTER THEY WERE RESCUED. THIS IS THE COMMON FATE OF MANY OTHER VICTIMS TOO "The consequences of the horrors that my children survived in Kosovo are still visible today. This has marked them for life," the mother of the girl, […]

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A ‘temporary’ landfill in the Montenegrin city of Niksic has been a money-spinner for the owner of the land and the local municipality, but at what cost to the environment and respect for the rules? When public authorities in the Montenegrin city of Niksic rented two hectares of land on Budos Hill in 2003 as […]

Small fines and a reluctance to pursue criminal prosecution have contributed to a culture of impunity for companies big and small that ignore the orders of environmental inspectors. By Jelena Jovanovic On November 7, 2013, environmental inspectors in Montenegro ordered local wine producer 13. jul-Plantaze to resolve the way it treats wastewater. Two years later, […]

The Balkan Troll of the Month is an individual, a group of individuals or a media outlet that spreads hate on the internet based on gender, ethnicity, religion, or other diversity categories. The Balkan Troll is selected based on hate speech incidents identified across the Western Balkans region.   Our November Troll of the Month […]

Seven Montenegrin municipalities were offered multi-million-euro grants in 2012 to build essential wastewater treatment plants to prevent sewage polluting rivers and the sea, but no construction work has begun yet, and as years pass, the potential cost keeps rising. Rozaje was intended to be one of the first municipalities in Montenegro to get a wastewater […]

Reporting Diversity Network 2.0 is inviting CSOs; grass-root activists; human rights defenders; journalists; editors; to attend the Reporting Diversity training of trainers. The training will take place in Belgrade, between 11-13 November and will gather 30 participants from across the Western Balkans. The organisers will ensure all necessary epidemiological measures are followed. The participants will […]

If you are a young journalist in the Western Balkans, don’t miss this opportunity to produce a story that speaks to your generation. The ‘Media for All’ project is being delivered in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia. The aim of this media project is to strengthen the editorial independence of […]

DESPITE THE CLEAR MESSAGE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION THAT FOSSIL FUELS ARE THE PAST, AND THAT THE FUTURE IS RESERVED FOR ENVIRONMENTAL AND RENEWABLE ENERGY AND DESPITE BAD EXPERIENCES FROM THE REGION MONTENEGRO STARTED DRILLING THE ADRIATIC BOTTOM. ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISTS ANNOUNCE THAT THE PROTESTS WILL BE CONTINUED AFTER THE TOURIST SEASON Branko Vujičić, an experienced […]

White bread prices will be capped, while the socially vulnerable will receive a free portion of groceries and special shopping vouchers, as confirmed to Vijesti by the Ministry of Economic Development. The International Monetary Fund estimates that global food prices will continue to rise due to the effects of the pandemic.   By Marija Mirjačić […]

Montenegro does not have a strategy to fight fake news and conspiracy theories. It is not always easy for citizens to distinguish between disinformation and real news. The Government says that media self-regulation is currently the only solution because there is no relevant European practice. By Marija Mirjačić A day before a May session of […]

Montenegro has not performed geological measurements for eight years to precisely determine the water level on the border with B&H and whether the river Tara will be flooded by the artificial lake. The environmental permit was issued based on eight-year-old data While the Montenegrin authorities have not determined in eight years whether the artificial lake […]

The amount of loans on which businesses and citizens are late with repayment is growing. Interest rates remain high, bank profits have been cut in half, while citizens are making fewer and fewer term deposits. The crisis has strengthened electronic banking. By Marija Mirjačić Citizens and businesses are finding it increasingly difficult to repay loans, […]

The director of the Regional Water Supply System, Goran Jevrić, warns about the idea of "Energoprojekt hidroinženjering" Consulting Engineers Co. Ltd that water should be pumped from ''Kaludjer oko'' and ''Crno oko'' springs, stating that "hasty decisions could do more harm than good" Another confirmation from experts that the damage was caused by the deepening […]

One firefighting plane that can fly, another one that is being serviced in Germany, and a helicopter in perspective is the whole firefighting aircraft that The Directorate for Safety and Rescue (DPR) can count on throughout this year’s fire season. It seems that this year again, firefighters will be looking towards the sky, rather than […]

Hundreds of cases are pending before courts across Montenegro, waiting for practice to be established and the grounds for one final judgement to be transposed to other cases. The state could face millions of euros in damages and legal costs for breaches of human rights. By Ana Komatina In March last year, the Montenegrin government […]

Pharmaceutical and IT industries have seen significant revenue gains, while hotels are spending their accumulated profits to survive. As many as 86 new companies have been founded in the IT sector, and laboratories have profited from PCR and other tests By Marija Mirjačić The pharmaceutical, IT and healthcare sectors are the biggest business winners on […]

An 80 percent drop in water source yields could have a direct impact on tourism. The regional water supply, which cost 107 million euros, in addition to climate change, is in danger due to the extraction of a huge amount of gravel and the deepening of the riverbed, experts claim. The yield of the water […]

Do you have an idea for a big story in the public interest? Do you want to explore topics relevant for Montenegro and the EU integration process? Do you want to conduct your story to the highest standards, with training and a quality editorial mentoring from the country and the region that let you explore […]

Applications are now open for submission of investigative articles from the Western Balkans and Turkey for the annual EU Investigative Journalism Award.  Investigative stories published from January 1 to December 31 2020 and related to freedom of expression, rule of law, transparency, abuse of power and fundamental rights, corruption and organised crime are welcome to […]

The voting of the Law on Life Partnership of same-sex partners was followed, in the beginning of July last year in the Montenegrin Parliament, by the majority of public approval and only a few negative comments on the account of betrayed “traditional values ​​of society”. Despite the justification of individuals from the parliamentary majority that […]

Millions of household batteries, instead of being exported and recycled, end up in the trash. "When alkaline batteries are disposed of in a waste container with ordinary, municipal waste, the entire content becomes hazardous. This increases both the risk of pollution and the cost of waste management ", biologist Vuk Iković warns Michael Bader moved […]

By Siniša Luković Global maritime industry will decline by 4.1% in 2020 due to the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, as estimated by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in late November. From Montenegro’s standpoint, the predictions made by experts affiliated with this permanent UN body based in Geneva are more […]

It is necessary to continue providing scholarships and mentoring programs, to promote positive examples of pupils and students, to provide quality practical classes, but also to promote the principle of affirmative action when enrolling Roma and Egyptians, Samir Jaha, the executive director of the NGO Young Roma, says The number of Roma and Egyptians (RE) […]

"Patriarchy is still practiced within the community itself, so few women decide to report violence," Fana Delija, from the Center for Roma Initiatives, said. Women and girls from the Roma and Egyptian (RE) population are particularly affected by poverty and the inability to permanently separate from the abuser "We had an argument… He was drunk, […]

We planned to participate as a Roma community, but since the threshold for Roma has not been reduced, as it was done for the Croatian national minority, we are not able to stand for the elections. If they had reduced the threshold, I believe we would have had enough voters for one Member of Parliament", […]