30 January 2019 - Montenegro can serve as an example to many other members of the Council of Europe when it comes to the execution of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights, said Deputy Prime Minister Zoran Pažin at the opening of the regional conference "Duty to Execute Decisions of the European Court of Human Rights" in Podgorica. 

"As Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice, I am very proud of Montenegro being the front-runner of European countries in the timely, conscientious and orderly execution of the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights," said DPM Pažin. 

The Deputy Prime Minister stressed that Montenegro should continue with such a good and responsible attitude towards the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights, adding, "But we should be aware that the most important is development and strengthening of national institutions for the protection of human rights and freedoms, because national institutions should carry the fundamental burden, and the protection of human rights should be primarily achieved at the national level." 

He pointed out that no judgment of the European Court of Human Rights establishing a violation of any of the Convention rights is at the expense of Montenegro. "On the contrary, they give us guidelines in which direction the Montenegrin legal order should be developed, in which way we should promote and strengthen human rights and freedoms for the benefit of our citizens." 

Speaking of the importance of the European Convention on Human Rights, the Deputy Prime Minister estimated that it was the most sophisticated international legal instrument for the protection of human rights and freedoms.

"The citizen becomes the subject of international law, in a procedural sense equal to the most powerful of the states and the richest of governments. No other international legal instrument has made such a strong promotion of human rights and freedoms as the European Convention," concluded Pažin.

31 January 2019 - The sixth winter edition of the "Best of Montenegro" fair will be held on February 9 and 10 at the Delta City Mall in Podgorica.

The traditional agricultural event "Best from Montenegro" will be attended by producers of wine, olives and olive oil, honey, prosciutto, milk and dairy products, medicinal herbs and various types of other organic products.

The fair gathers producers from all over Montenegro in one place, and it is an ideal opportunity to point to the problems that they encounter in the production and distribution of their products.

This fair aims to influence the awareness of consumers to buy as many homemade products as possible, and that Montenegrin food products become national brands which should be present in every consumer basket.

During the two-day event, visitors will be able to directly purchase products from Montenegrin manufacturers, and get acquainted with the production process.

Organizers highlight that the point of gathering producers in one place is to motivate as many people as possible to produce homemade agricultural products, but also to emphasize the obstacles and problems related to production to resolve the main issues. By making changes in the production process and providing help to the producers within the agriculture field, it should become apparent that agriculture deserves to be the second most perspective branch of the economy in Montenegro (after tourism).  

With the help of this fair, which is trusted by many residents of Montenegro, the products of local producers, especially small farms, will be able to find a more accessible path to the Montenegrin market. Just how successful the project "Best of Montenegro", is seen by the fact that each time the event is visited by about 20 000 visitors. It is expected that the best from Montenegro 2019 will fully meet the expectations of both organizers and producers and consumers.

31 January 2019 - During the first seven days of the Jubilee 50th Mimosa Festival, the ancient fortresses of Herceg Novi, run by Public Cultural Institution Herceg Fest, will be open to visitors. From February 1 to 7, Kanli Kula Fortress and Forte Mare will be open every day from 10 am to 4 pm, and the entrance is free!

The Municipality of Herceg Novi, through the National Commission for UNESCO, has nominated Forte Mare Fortress for inscription on the World Heritage List. The candidacy was sent within the already existing nomination "Venetian fortifications of the 16th and 17th centuries." Last year, the candidacy passed the relevant institutions and entered the list as a transnational nomination of Montenegro, Italy and Croatia.

Forte Mare Fortress (The Sea Fortress) is located on the coast. It was built between the 14th and 17th century, restored in 1833 and from 1952 was reconstructed in the summer cinema. The fortress was built on solid rock, above the promenade, and within the walls, there is a passage from the seashore to the top of the fortress. On the upper side, there is “SEA GATE ( Porta di Mare) with preserved fortification elements of Bosnian period. Forte Mare certainly among the most beautiful examples of fortification architecture and quite realistic assumptions are that there was a nucleus of the Old Town.

Kanli Kula Fortress (Bloody Tower), a monumental fortress in the Old Town, was built by the Turks after 1539. It was built on the site and foundations of an earlier fortress. In the present size, the work of the Turkish builders has preserved, in the most part, the authentic architecture of that time. Raised at an altitude of 85m, on the north side of the city, and with its position and ramparts, the complex fortification system of the Old Town is rounded up. Dimensions of the fortress 60x70m, with corner towers of coarse domestic stone, make a monumental impression. Some parts of the western wall belong to the period of early use of firearms. The Turks gave it a final appearance, while the Venetians made certain repairs and attachments after significant damage, especially in 1687, when the Herceg Novi was conquered after a two-year Turkish rule.

When it comes to Kanli Kula Fortress, this building is awaiting the rehabilitation of the landslide of a wider area, as this is only the first step in a major project of rehabilitation of the fortress itself. According to the tender of the Government of Montenegro - Directorate of Public Works, the site will be repaired by the Institute for Construction DOO from Podgorica.

Members of the Army of Montenegro (VCG) will be obliged to participate in all legally prescribed activities in the international forces abroad. This is foreseen by the Law on the Use of VCG Units in International Forces and Involvement of Civilian Protection, Police and Personnel in State Administration Authorities in Peace Missions and other activities abroad, to be discussed by the Security and Defense Committee.

The bill stipulates that, besides VCG units, some individual members of VCG may also be referred to the international forces abroad for exercises and training.

"By amending the Act, it is possible for the Major General of the VCG, with the consent of the Minister of Defense, to instruct the military units of lower rank in the Army to go abroad, not only for training, but also for exercise," says the explanatory statement.

It is mandated that joining VCG units for use in international forces abroad to support peace, crisis response and humanitarian operations, encourage the development of democracy, legal security and the protection of human rights, to which Montenegro is obliged to enter into international agreements, is conducted on a voluntary basis.

"And for the activity of the defense in the allied states in terms of the North Atlantic Treaty, the participation of VCG members is obligatory", it is said in the explanatory statement of the law.

Obligation of VCG members to participate in all the activities prescribed by the law in international forces is prescribed. "In this way, it is possible to use in the international forces the complete composition of VCG formation unit, which is declared to be internationally certified and NATO-certified. This ensures that all members of the unit simultaneously carry out the task, since only a complete and compact unit can perform a dedicated task in the international forces," the explanatory statement states. 

By the bill of law, it is prescribed that in the international forces, i.e. peace missions and other activities abroad are to be referred prepared, well-trained, healthy and equipped units, i.e. members of the Army, civil protection and employees of the state administration. The right to financial compensation for damage to the body, i.e. in the case of the death of VCG members during the international forces, exercises and training abroad or members of the operational protection and rescue unit, police and employees in state administration authorities. "The right on financial compensation for damage to the organism is decided by the Ministry of Defense, or by the state administration authority whose elders execute the act of the Government of Montenegro on participation in peacekeeping missions and other activities abroad," says the explanatory statement. Launching the procedure and deciding on financial compensation in case of death these organs carry out ex officio. The amount of financial benefits is prescribed by the Government of Montenegro.

Text by MINA News, on January 31st 2019, read more at Vijesti

The Rotary club Kotor will organize a big "Masquerade Humanitarian Ball" to collect money for the procurement of new diagnostic equipment for Tivat Health Center. Rotarians from Tivat, Kotor and Herceg Novi gathered in RC Kotor to set themselves the goal of collecting the money for the purchase of a new colposcopy device for Tivat public health institution, and for this, a thoughtful and imaginative way of collecting the funds has been designed.

In the spirit of the traditional Boka Bay Carnival Festivals held in February, RC Kotor will host the event at the Business center "Vukšič" in Radanovići on February 16th. The last organizational details by the members of RC Kotor, chaired by the captain Rajko Čavor, were agreed at their regular weekly meeting in Tivat last night, and a rich entertaining program and lottery are being arranged.

Ball scheduled for February 16^th

The ticket price for the ball with a festive dinner, for which is mandatory for the visitors to wear a mask, can be bought on the spot for 30 euros.

All the funds collected from the tickets sold masks and donations made that evening will be paid to the Tivat Health Center for the procurement of a colposcopy device - a diagnostic appliance used primarily for gynaecological examinations.

Text by Sinisa Lukovic, on January 31st 2019, read more at Vijesti

The concert of the regional star Zdravko Čolić on Friday evening at the plateau in front of Hotel Igalo will open the Jubilee 52. Mimosa festival, as confirmed by the organizers at today's press conference.

We remind that we thought that the expected spectacle, in case of heavy rain, would take place at the Igalo Sports Center, which has been discarded as an option.

"Due to technical and security reasons, it is not feasible to accommodate a large number of people in this facility, and the interest for Čolić's concert is enormous," said the Vice-President Miloš Konjević

During the 50 days of the festival, 60 different programs will take place: from folk festivals to the theater, art, literary and other programs. Director of Herceg Novi Fest, Gordana Porobic Krcunovic, said that Herceg Novi would be "a European festival stage" during that period. Secretary for Social Activities and Sports, Darko Klasić announced the sports program within Mimosa Festival, which will have 15 different events from the Coup of sports fishermen to Race of “karića”.

To the remarks that the program, defined late and still not accurate, overwhelming and without a clear concept, the Festival Director said that they adhere to the original concept from the 70s.

It remains to be seen, for example, how many visitors outside of Herceg Novi will be motivated to visit the Mimosa Festival because of the Days of Norway, Poland, Italy and some other countries or for a theater show.

The representatives of the Directorate have announced that the jubilee celebration of the mimosa is expecting a record number of visitors, after all, that they have done in recent months in promoting this unique winter event. Director of Tourist Organization, Pavle Obradović pointed out that a lot of marketing and advertising of the Mimosa Festival in the region was done. He is confident that the hotels and private accommodations will be fully booked. The excellent promotion, as stated from the Festival's Directorate, also contributed the Mimosa Festival Caravan, which visited 17 cities in five countries. Good acquaintances claim that the effect would surely be better if the Caravan was organized at least a month or two before the beginning of the Festival.

Text by Slavica Kosic, on January 31st 2019, read more at Vijesti

January 31, 2019 - Dr Ivan Ilic, the director of the General Hospital of Kotor, spoke with Radio Kotor about the need to build a new, modern facility in Boka Bay, which would bring together health services now obtained in three hospitals in the territory of the Kotor Municipality. Dr Ilic recently pointed out that this idea was seriously taken into account by the authorities and that the realisation of the mentioned investments is not impossible, reports Radio Kotor.

January 31, 2019 - The Old Captain's House - the Stumberger Museum in Baosici will open its door for visitors for the Mimosa, Fish, and Wine Feast, which attracts the most significant number of visitors of the Herceg Novi Riviera during the Mimosa Festival. On Saturday, 2 February, the museum will be open for visitors from 8.30 am until 3 pm. Entrance is free.

Miroslav Stumberger was born in 1892 in Slovenia. A highly educated man who spoke five languages was a passionate explorer and fighter for preserving the history, culture and ethnographic heritage of Boka Bay and the whole of Yugoslavia.

Stumberger has collected a valuable collection of antiquities that adorned his house in an exquisite ambiance, which he invented at the end of the 50s, later called the Old Captain's House.

He gave the house and legacy to the Baosici Local Community and the city of Herceg Novi. The Stumberger Museum's settings make collections of icons, weapons, technical, naval and other devices, amphorae, old family photos, ethnological objects, geographic and naval charts.

At the end of the last century, this museum was one of the most visited places on the Herceg Novi Riviera.

In the valuable legacy, there were over 700 titles. Stumberger's library contained the British Encyclopedia of 1788, the Famous English Bible of 1548, Napoleon's 1806 Code, Astronomy and the Basics of Geometry from 1604 and many more. The museum of Miroslav Stumberger, "The Old Captain's House," was several times a target of vandals and thieves, repeatedly robbed. Between lots of lost artifacts was a valuable British Encyclopedia.

Miroslav Stumberger was born in Brezice, Slovenia. He completed the Military-Naval Academy in Pula and continued his service as a Naval Officer in the Army of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.

He was the first commandant of the submarine "Nebojša," today exhibited in Porto Montenegro as an integral part of the permanent setting of the Maritime Heritage Collection. As a captain of the battleship and commander of the South Military Sector based in Kumbor, Miroslav Stumberger retired in 1937 at the age of 45.

Stumberger was a well-known and acclaimed antiquity finder and ship modeler. Among the valuable artifacts of his collection, the museum visitors also have the opportunity to see his craftsmanship- models of old sailing ships he created with a lot of knowledge and passion.

Public institution Herceg Novi Museums and Galleries, after decades of decay, renovated and reopened the Old Captain’s House - Stumberger Museum to the public in July 2015.

January 31, 2019 - As an introduction to the 50th Mimosa Festival, the City Gallery Josip Bepo Benkovic will open tthe 52nd Herceg Novi Winter Salon, one of the longest and most important art manifestations in Montenegro. The official opening is scheduled at 7 pm on Thursday.

30 January 2019 - Foreign legal and natural persons have the right to establish a company in Montenegro under the same conditions as nationals. The most common forms of companies are limited liability company (LLC) and joint stock company (JSC).

All regulations regarding the establishment, operation and taxation system are compliant with European standards with benefits for foreign investors. The deadline for registration with the Commercial Court is a maximum of 4 days, while other duties (statistics – company registration number, entry into the tax records, opening a current account, registration in customs records) are completed within a maximum of 3 days.

The process of establishing a joint-stock company (JSC) is defined in the Law on Business Organizations (http://www.mipa.co.me/en/legislation/). When registering a joint-stock company, it is necessary to download and submit the following to the Central Registry of Business Entities (http://www.crps.me/):

1. Develop Articles of Incorporation of the company, download articles of incorporation for a joint-stock company;
2. Develop a founding act of the joint stock company and certify it at the court, or by a notary. Download an example on the incorporation agreement of the joint-stock company;
3. Develop a decision on the appointment of the Board of Directors, auditors, secretary and executive director;
4. Take out a decision of the Securities Commission (a minimum founding stake is 25,000.00 EUR);
5. Pay to the account of the Tax Administration 50.00 EUR, bank account: 832-3161-26;
6. Step 6. Pay to the account of the Official Gazette of MNE 12.00 EUR, bank account: 520-941100-57;
7. Fill in the registration form PS01;
8. Submit the collected and certified documents (Articles of Incorporation, certified decisions/agreements in 2 copies, certified copies of the ID or passport, application for registration in 2 copies, decision of the Securities Commission, founding act, payment slips) to the Central Registry of the Commercial Court, Marka Miljanova 54, 81000 Podgorica, Tel: +382 (0) 20 230 858, e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., working hours 08:30 – 12:00; When submitting documents, a certificate will be issued including the number of the decision, to be presented upon the collecting the certificate of registration, seven days from the date of filing the application.

After obtaining the company registration certificate, it is necessary to do the following:

1. make a seal;
2. open a bank account;
3. register workers at the Tax Administration.

If the company wants to apply for registration as a payer of value added tax (VAT), the PR PDV-1 form will be filled in, and then submitted together with other documents required for registration. If the company wants to apply for entry into the register of excise duty payers, the AKC-P form will be filled in, and then submitted together with other documents required for registration.

The founding stake for the establishment of a JSC is at least 25,000.00 EUR and these funds are deposited by the founders with a commercial bank until the establishment of the company. After the establishment of the company, the funds are used for the company’s operations.

Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Montenegro