Vijesti

By order of the Special State Prosecutor's Office (SDT), Boovi was arrested in his family home in the center of Budva.
According to the knowledge of Vijesti, the arrests commenced this morning at 4 a.m. in Budva, Cetinje and Podgorica.

Politicians and public figures under attack

There has been an increasing number of cases involving the political of targeting of critics in the period from January to March. Such actions have a chilling effect on freedom of speech and the press, as well as on the ability of civil society to hold governments accountable for their actions.

A polling station in Podgorica at the parliamentary elections in August 2020. Photo: BIRN/Samir Kajosevic

Rock musician Antonije Pusic at a UNICEF conference in Podgorica. Photo: UNICEF Montenegro/Dusko Miljanic

"UNICEF has zero tolerance to any form of sexual misconduct," the UNICEF office in Montenegro said in a statement.

Montenegro's Special State Prosecutor's Office has opened a case against retired admiral Dragan Samardzic, the former Chief of the Army General Staff, over allegations that he was involved in war crimes committed against civilians in November 1991 in the area around the Croatian coastal city of Split.

Montenegrin investigative journalist Jovo Martinovic (centre) going to court in Podgorica. Photo: BIRN/Samir Kajosevic

"The decision has been made and at the beginning of next week, [the case] will be returned to the lower court," the Supreme Court told daily newspaper Vijesti.

EUROPOL headquarters in the Hague, Netherlands. Photo: EPA-EFE/JERRY LAMPEN

Milovic said this startling info was presented to the former government at an official meeting but did not name the three officers or their ranks.

Mirko Vicevic resigned as coach of Red Star Belgrade water polo club on Wednesday after fans at a match in the Serbian capital on February 5 displayed a banner with the slogan "Shiptar [derogatory term for an Albanian], Hrvat [Croat], Balija [derogatory term for a Bosniak] - they are not my brothers".

This situation is actually just the culmination of several months of crisis in the government in Montenegro, which was won by the opposition parties after the elections, overthrowing Milo Djukanovic from the DPS. It should be reminded that Djukanovic is still the President of Montenegro.

A rainbow flag during the annual Pride Parade (illustration). Photo: EPA-EFE/ESTELA SILVA

A municipal official in Budva, Milijana Vukotic Jelusic, said the marriage was between two young women, both from abroad but with Montenegrin origins.