National Parks authority

A Montenegrin watchdog, the Center for Democratic Transition, has called on the government to investigate alleged problems over the donation of public money to individuals and companies, claiming that current practice leaves room for wrongdoing.

CDT's latest research has found that state firms donated over 2.6 million euro over the last two years.

Montenegro has launched a "Lynx Recovery Programme" in order to find out whether any remaining lynxes still live in remote corners of the country - and offer protection if they do.

Only about a hundred lynxes now survive in the wild in the whole of the Balkans, spread over Macedonia, Albania, Montenegro and Kosovo, and some experts fear the number may be as low as only 40.