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BIRN Fact-Check: Has Montenegro’s Minority Govt Delivered Reforms?

A year on, Abazovic has his deal with the Church and can point to a string of high-profile organized crime arrests. But while the work of the Constitutional Court has been unblocked, little progress has been made on reforming the judiciary, a key condition of Montenegro's EU accession process.

Montenegro Arrests Commercial Court President on Corruption Charges

President of Montenegrin Commerical Court Blazo Jovanic (right) poses with Dean of Faculty of Law of Donja Gorica, Zoran Stojanovic, at a meeting on March 03, 2020. Photo: Commercial Court of Montenegro

Prime Minister Dritan Abazovic praised the police and prosecution action, adding that the fight against organised crime and corruption was one of his minority government's priorities.

Bankrupt Mine Workers Block Roads in Montenegro

As the Montenegrin government on Tuesday prepares a new tender for the sale of the bankrupt Bauxite Mines in the town of Niksic, hundreds of miners have protested over unpaid wages by blocking roads

The government is hoping to find a strategic foreign partner to revive what was once the largest manufacturer in the country, employing thousands of workers.

Avala Film sold, film artists stage protest

BELGRADE - Serbian film studio Avala Film was sold for RSD 980 million to Film Way after a public bidding on Wednesday, Belgrade media reported.

The film artists, who have waged a campaign against the sale of the largest film production company in the former Yugoslavia, rallied to protest in front of the Privatization Agency.

Suspected Thieves of Serbian PM's Brother's ID Held

Serbian police detained more than 15 people on Friday in several towns and cities on suspicion of involvement in identity theft and forging IDs.

They are suspected of involvement in a scam to use forged IDs, including that of Andrej Vucic, the Prime Minister's brother, in order to register "phantom" companies that were later used for financial fraud.