Europe Montenegro 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
Europe Montenegro 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
Europe Montenegro 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
Europe Montenegro 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
Europe Montenegro In 2024 ONGs, citizens, media and businesses submitted 6.787 requests for access to information to government bodies; the Agency for Personal Data Protection and Free Access to Information reports they have decided on 4.220 cases of administrative silence
Europe Montenegro Montenegro has joined the Observatory on History Teaching in Europe as a fully-fledged member state
Europe Montenegro The Montenegrin parliament voted to open an investigation and form a commission of enquiry into the role of state authorities in the politically motivated murders and attacks on journalists since the 1990s
Europe Montenegro Montenegro and Albania could conclude negotiations for EU membership in 2026 or 2027 if it were only technical aspects in the talks; the new EU Enlargement Commissioner reminded decisions are made by the 27 member states
Europe Montenegro Over 1.500 weapons have been handed in so far during the weapons amnesty introduced by the government following the mass shooting on New Year's Eve; experts warn that without greater law enforcement, illegal weapons will continue to flourish
Europe Montenegro The government adopted proposals for 14 new heads of diplomatic and consular missions in Montenegro
Europe Montenegro Montenegro is holding three days of mourning after a gunman killed 12 people, including two children, in the city of Cetinje – the worst mass shooting in the country’s history; the perpetrator of the murders committed suicide
Europe Montenegro The founder of two failed crypto currencies, Do Kwon, will be extradited to the US and not to South Korea, Montenegro's Ministry of Justice ruled, overhauling previous decision that allowed extradition to his homeland
Europe Montenegro EPCG, Montenegro's largest electric utility, is planning to launch a large-scale tender for battery energy storage by the end of 2024 for the supply of 300 MWh of battery systems