The so called Tumour of the Mediterranean- a noxious seaweed, keeps spreading along the coast of Montenegro, venomous fish end up in fishing nets, and by a stroke of luck, they still haven't made it to the dining table, giant crayfish pop up, huge bluefish...
Unlike other regional and European countries Montenegro has no legal protection of venomous snake species which makes them exposed to trade and smuggling. Biologists warn of looming hemorrhagic fever due to excessive nose-horned viper hunting Each year more than 200 nose-horned vipers are exported from Montenegro...
“As soon as migrants give their passport for money, they face the highest risk of becoming victims of trafficking in human beings. There are examples on the route of illegal migrants from Greece to Macedonia and Macedonia to Serbia, but we have not had such...
Inspectors turn a blind eye to a number of cases of labour exploitation where women don’t get paid, or are forced to do extra jobs or are blackmailed Although international organizations warn about the phenomenon of forced labour and labour exploitation, only two verdicts have been...
Despite his excellent English, Montenegrin Businessman Dragan Buric has been having trouble explaining to his American partners and friends why – until recently – he had been unable to start a project in which he invested 13 million euros in Montenegro. It was because of –...
Young Roma activist Fana Delija, her family and colleagues face serious problems in their community while they are fighting for human and child rights. I was physically attacked three times. “My colleague was stoned in her own house. My brother was injured in the head. But...
On Tuesday 21 February 2018, Centre for Investigative Journalism of Montenegro (CIN-CG) organized a conference Investigative Journalism and Code of Ethics - Obstacles, Challenges and How to Reach Professional Standards, as a part of the EU funded project Investigate for ME and EU, implemented in cooperation with Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN). The goal of the project is to strengthen investigative reporting and topics related to EU negotiation chapters, in order to contribute to the transformation of society towards democracy and the EU integration process.
A fifteen year old girl, originally from Kosovo, has already been “married” three times, and she has now been expecting with her last arranged husband. However, courts dropped the charges against her father, marriage contractor, and her second husband, for contracting a child's forced marriage,...
In a three-day period in 2008, during which one tender for the construction of military apartments was cancelled and another launched, the Montenegrin Ministry of Defence lost 1,500 square metres of housing space in the exclusive neighbourhood of Tolosi in Podgorica. It is estimated that the...
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