As funds granted by the World Bank remain unused the government is unmoved by some 7.5 million tonnes of hazardous waste that loom over the country. On the other hand the authorities' response to environmental incidents is merely symbolic whereas ordinary people have to bear...
Nature’s delicate balance disrupted by development spree, Montenegro risks losing an iconic island of 515 hectares and kilometres of sandy beaches. The shrinking of Ada Bojana threatens its unique ecosystem. [caption id="attachment_16424" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Ada Bojana 2007 - 2019[/caption] Shyqyri Kahari was once sailing the world for...
Zeljko Mihailovic and Dusan Ban are Milo Djukanovic’s mysterious friends who had formally provided a cash collateral of a million and a half so that he could get a loan from London branch office of Piraeus Bank. They issued a statement wherein they admitted their...
Not only did Dusko Knezevic pay for enormous bills in luxurious hotels and cover Milo Djukanovic’s credit card debts, but he also carried out the most confidential bank transactions for Djukanovic and his family. Knezevic put down a deposit of one and a half million...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates show that some 20 million people are infected each year by hepatitis B, C and HIV due to improper medical waste handling. Montenegro keeps no such records. However, more than a thousand tonnes of such waste is beyond any...
Even though more than 70m € have been invested in the wastewater treatment the applied technology is still inadequate and without sludge disposal plans. The local authorities find it easier to ship the sludge off to Albania at the expense of tax payers’ money which...
We know it all too well. The role of media in creating and disseminating lies and propaganda as tools for promoting and perpetuating conflict during the 1990s Yugoslav wars of secession is so well documented, that examples of it made it to the textbooks, documentary...
On Judiciary and Media Freedom in Montenegro Brussels, 19.11.18 Dear Commissioner Hahn, In the light of the 16th EU-Montenegro SAPC, which took place in Strasbourg from 14 - 15 November, I as member of the European Parliamentary Delegation to Montenegro, hereby express my concerns regarding media freedom in Montenegro. As...
Things have got worse since the government imposed moratorium on gravel extraction and the so called strict control of riverbeds. Sharks in the construction business make millions in dredging the Moraca River. On the other hand, the treasury of Podgorica City Council benefited fewer then...
Dear Commissioner Hahn, Hereby we write to you upon our brief encounter with the RSF Balkans bureau chief at the EU-Western Balkans Media Days 2018 in Skopje last month. We continue to be gravely concerned with the media situation in Montenegro and the sheer impunity for attacks on...
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