Montenegro 

The average salary in February without taxes was €706, with employees in financial sector having the highest income of €1.156, followed by the energy sector €1.090, while people in the manufacturing industry received the lowest earnings - €571

The Montenegrin Foreign Ministry said it has agreed to allow local Serbian citizens with dual citizenship to cast their votes at polling stations that will be opened in some towns in Montenegro

The EU has reminded would-be member Montenegro of its obligation to silence propagandistic Russian media outlets

14.000 households and 800 businesses have so far applied to the public tender of the electricity company Elektroprivreda Crne Gore for the subsidised installation of photovoltaic panels, with an expected target of 3.000 households and 500 businesses

At a time of deep polarisation, authorities have been urged to tackle online extremism in the country's new counter-terrorism strategy, which is to focus more on young people and the dangers of online extremist content, according to civil society groups

The country currently counts active ambassadors in seven countries, while in some important addresses such as Washington, London and Berlin, the position of ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary has been vacant for 12 months

The Port of Bar has tightened its rules to curb drug smuggling; checking containers, which now pass through scanners will need to be improved as the measure is generally considered not accurate enough

The country ended 2021 with more than 1 million mobile users, up almost 4% year-on-year, according to the Agency for Electronic Communications and Postal Activity

The controversial 'Golden Passport' scheme, which offers citizenship in return for a major investment, has been extended despite strong criticism of such programs by the European Commission and civic organizations

From January to October 2021, 144 fewer children were born than in 2020 and 1.815 more child deaths were recorded than in 2020, according to comparative data from the Statistics Office of Montenegro, MONSTAT

The Adriatic-Ionian motorway will be built in line with all EU and NATO standards, in a cooperation between the government and US company Bechtel