Montenegrin government

The Montenegrin government plans to set clearer rules on granting asylum in order to distinguish "those in need of international protection" from a growing number of illegal migrants, mainly from Asia and Africa.

Montenegrin President Filip Vujanovic on Thursday signed the long-delayed appointment of a new ambassador to Bosnia - as relations between the two Balkan countries started returning to normal after a months-long border dispute.

Plans by the Montenegrin government to pass a special law to enable expropriation of the private property on the coast for the construction of a tourist complex has angered the local landowners, the media reported on Monday.

The Basic Court in Podgorica on Monday found Calovic, director of the well-known Montenegrin watchdog group MANS, guilty of defamation because she had "wrongfully accused" Vladimir "Beba" Popovic of faking a video that prompted bestiality claims.

The Montenegrin government decided on Thursday to increase fuel prices to help repay a loan of almost 700 million euro for the construction of the Bar-Boljare highway. 

All types of fuel will rise by up to seven euro cents per litre but the government's statement did not specify when this would happen.

The IMF expects Montenegro's economy to grow by a real 4.7 perc ent in 2015, slightly up from its previous forecast issued in February of 4.6 per cent growth.

The IMF expects the country's economy to expand by 3.5 per cent in 2016.

The Montenegrin government has offered an alternative site for the construction of the upmarket tourism complex after the Abu Dhabi-based Royal Group company pulled out of a project to build at another location, local media reported on Wednesday. 

The Montenegrin government on Tuesday snubbed calls to delay implementation of controversial new regulations limiting work permits for foreigners.

The Ministry of Interior said employers had been given enough time to get familiar with the changes to employment law, months before they took force on April 1.

The plan to build the cable-car route from Kotor to Cetinje over Lovcen Mountain, originally initiated several decades ago, could finally be realised if the Montenegrin government finds international partners for the construction of the route which will link the coastline and the highest mountain peak in the country.

The Montenegrin government plans to set aside about 370,000 euro to reconstruct the new Serbian embassy in Podgorica in line with an agreement between the countries last year.

Since 2006, the Serbian embassy has been using another building in Podgorica as a temporary solution.