Montenegro 

The government requested €137 million in funding from the EU Western Balkans Investment Framework for 12 major projects covering energy, infrastructure, transport, digitisation and the environment

The Institut Simo Milosevic Igalo, a health and spa centre in difficulty, faces debts exceeding €20 million, prompting a special commission to urge government intervention to help the company avoid bankruptcy

The new documentary film 'Sagargur', which premiered at the Montenegrin National Theatre on Thursday, tells the story of women prisoners who served time in a Yugoslav political prison camp on the island of Sveti Grgur in the Adriatic Sea in the 1950s

Legal expert Milorad Markovic has been appointed as the country's new chief prosecutor, over two years after the retirement of the previous prosecutor, Ivica Stankovic

The Montenegrin Environmental Protection Agency stated that the China Road and Bridge Corporation has not yet rectified the damage done to the Tara River, part of which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, during the construction of the Bar-Boljare motorway

116 suicides were registered in 2023, reinforcing the worrying numbers; according to WHO data, the country leads in the last decade in terms of the number of registered suicides in relation to the number of inhabitants

In October, 91 people had bank deposits exceeding one million euro, of whom 34 were Montenegrin citizens and the rest foreigners, stated the Central Bank of Montenegro

The population census began on Sunday, after the scheduled date was postponed several time for the demand by opposition parties for the completion of all the conditions of the agreement signed between the opposition and the prime minister for the census

102 suicides were recorded in Montenegro from the beginning of the year to 31 October

President Milatovic presented French President Macron with an ambitious plan for Montenegro to be ready for EU membership by the end of 2026 and to become a full member in 2028

Direct financial transactions between Montenegro, Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina will resume in November thank to a move orchestrated by Universal Capital Bank after a 16-year gap

Hundreds braved the rain and joined the 11th annual LGBT pride parade in Montenegro's capital last Saturday, also attended by cabinet members, party leaders and ambassadors