Meet the Authors

Antonela Stjepčević, journalist and civil society activist since 2005. Focused on natural and cultural heritage protection, spacial planning, ecology and sustainable development.

Helen Reynolds-Brown is a freelance translator and conference interpreter working from Russian and French for United Nations Organisations in Geneva. Born and bred in North London, but a keen traveller and life-long language learner, she has been a regular visitor to Montenegro…

Julie Karagod Born in Moscow, Russia. Graduated from the Moscow State University of International Relations, Master of Political Science. Worked for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Moved to Montenegro in 2010. Started my own project on immigration and business consulting in Montenegro…

Mirella-Marie ‘Katarina’ Radman is a screenwriter, blogger, and investigative journalist. She was born in Yugoslavia in 1973 and has lived in Croatia, Canada, Belgium and the United States. She studied at the University of Toronto (Victoria College) where she earned a B.A. (1996)…

Montenegrin entrepreneur, consultant, and activist. In 2014 he was Acting Mayor of Budva, nation's financial and touristic hub. He studied at the University of Belgrade and worked as an advisor in the Montenegrin parliament. He worked in the private sector as a…

Marijana Mišić Škanata, journalist and civil society activist since 2001. Focused on art and culture, human rights and social welfare. An adventurer at heart and poet. 

A radio journalist and also a writer on the radio web. Interested in culture, ecology. Amateur photographer and adore animals. I am the editor of an animal broadcast as well.

Milena Radević is an economics graduate, freelance journalist, high school teacher, a newcomer to the accounting business, animal shelter volunteer and a cake enthusiast.

A Brit who swapped the rain of his native Manchester for the sun of his adopted Hvar via Somalia, Paul had been living full-time in Croatia since 2003.  After various failed get-rich-quick ideas, he embarked on an online writing career, which although…

Author: Pavle Obradovic   Lives in: Herceg Novi, Montenegro   Education: Bachelor of Science in International Hospitality and Service Management (Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), based in Rochester, New York, United States).   Currently works as Director of Herceg Novi Tourist Board. Was…

Profile: Slavica Trifunović “Journalism is a way of thinking”. She is coming from Novi Sad, Serbia, where she finished Special Study of Journalism and has more than ten years experience working as a journalist, an editor, a radio host and more. She…

Slobodan Franeta is an economist and researcher from Montenegro who serves as the Chairman of The Lucha Institute and Business Editor at Total Montenegro News. His primary area of interests are behavioral economics, public policy, economic freedoms and business development. Throughout his…

Tanja grew up in Germany but has her roots in the Balkans. After finishing her degree in Environmental and Sustainability Studies she decided to move to Montenegro. Now she’s working for the Environmental Protection Agency in Podgorica. She is passionate about everything…

Born in Central Asia, a part of former USSR, Yulia grew up in Moscow where her parents moved during the turbulent time of  Perestroika. Educated at Moscow State University as an international journalist, she took a chance and spent five unforgettable years…