Montenegro 

Government has yet to approve a firearms law proposed for tightening licensing rules, despite a steady increase in the number of registered gun owners and repeated calls for reform, following two mass shootings in Cetinje that left 23 people dead.

Food and beverage imports are at their highest in 2025, while sales of domestic products are declining; farmers attribute this to the poor policy of the Ministry of Agriculture, demonstrated by the agricultural budget, one of the lowest in the region

New navy breast badges depicting the ship Jadran, The Adriatic, sparked Croatia's resentment and a claim for $2 billion for “illegally seized military property”; this was of words is rooted in unease over the rise of a pro-Serbian faction in Montenegro

Wildfires have been plaguing Montenegro, with authorities updating the situation hour by hour as flames menace houses and underground fires make the situation even more dangerous; the arrival of a firefighting plane from the UAE is awaited

Athlete Evald Krnić has once again claimed victory at the traditional “Bentbaša Cliff Diving” competition in Sarajevo, BiH, winning the title for the third consecutive year; the 11th edition of the event took place at Bentbaša beach on the River Miljacka

Parliament has postponed voting on two controversial bills, one limiting public protests and another expanding powers of national intelligence agency; critics came from citizens, civil society and the EU as new laws could undermine democratic standards

The women's junior handball team quickly overcame the defeat to Hungary and advanced to the quarterfinals of the European Championship in Podgorica; Montenegro outplayed the Czech Republic 36:29 and in the worst case scenario will be among the top eight

Statements by Serbian Orthodox Church clerics over weekend, who praised WWII criminals, remarks are deemed by many as historical revisionism and hate speech, are causing concern and drawing criticism from local and international institutions

As coastal municipalities and northern ones advocate for decentralization to manage coastline and forests, President Milatović said the issue is not whether management will central or local, but that a frame is set to guarantee the best management

Million euros have been offered by Montenegro for information on the murder of journalist and editor Dusko Jovanovic outside his newspaper's office on 28 May 21 years ago - a case that remains unresolved

Since the beginning of the school year, 115 cases of peer violence have been recorded in schools alone in an escalation of cases; investigating how institutions are fighting the problem, the DRI found 15 out of 140 schools had active anti-bullying teams

It is still unknown whether the UAE company Eagle Hills will manage 9 beaches on Velika Plaza in Ulcinj, for which it offered the highest sum winning the tender of Public Company for Coastal Zone Management, or whether it will sublease to current tenants

The use of cryptocurrencies and digital assets, not yet regulated in Montenegro, allows officials – including the prime minister – to withhold the value of their digital assets from anti-corruption bodies in their mandatory asset declarations