Dejan Milovac
Montenegro NGOs Urge Govt to Reveal Highway’s True Cost
Montenegrin officials at the opening of Bar-Boljare highway first section. Photo: Government of Montenegro.
On Wednesday, Prime Minister Dritan Abazovic opened the first section of the highway, seven years after the Chinese-financed project started and drove up Montenegro's public debt to 90.85 per cent of GDP.
Montenegro Authorities Exaggerated Cost of Highway, Surveys Show
The first stretch of the Bar-Boljare highway in Montenegro. Photo: Government of Montenegro
According to a feasibility study by URS Infrastructure and Environment, a British engineering consultancy, the first phase of the highway should cost $803 million euros, while a study by another British consultancy, Scott Wilson Group, said it should cost $570 million.
Montenegro Probes Chinese Highway Builder’s Damage to Protected River
The construction of Bar-Boljare highway near Kolasin, Montenegro. Photo:Government of Montenegro
Highway Deal With Chinese Arouses Suspicions in Montenegro
Opposition parties and anti-corruption watchdogs in Montenegro have accused the government of favouring a Chinese company in a billion-euro contract to construct a highway from Montenegro to Serbia.
Montenegro Prosecution Urged to Probe Arms Firm Sale
Prominent watchdog MANS urged the supreme state prosecution on Monday to open an investigation into the sale of Montenegro Defence Industry, MDI.
In an investigation published last month, BIRN revealed how the new owners of the firm were linked to a series of criminal investigations.
Montenegro Watchdog Activists ‘Assaulted’ at Election Commission
The director of MANS, Vanja Calovic, along with activists Dejan Milovac and Vuk Maras, said they were assaulted on Tuesday by a municipal election commission officer to whom they were attempting to hand over complaints about alleged irregularities at the polls on Sunday.