Media in Montenegro

Montenegro's Higher Court on Tuesday quashed the warrant for the arrest of Yoram Frig, who is accused of terrorism for his alleged involvement in a plot to overthrow the government in October 2016.

Montenegro's Court of Appeal said on Thursday that it will respond within a month to Jovan Martinovic's appeal against his 18-month prison sentence, which has been described by media campaign groups as a blow to journalistic freedom in the country.

A sexist approach to our work has been most prominent in the pro-government newspaper Pobjeda, which at that time was run by the current head of the government's bureau.

Media associations in Montengero have criticised the country's Police Directorate for demanding a list of journalists covering organised crime.

Police say they need the information to assess whether reporters are under threat.

Montenegro's Agency for Electronic Communications, EKIP, said on Monday that there had interest from several foreign companies in entering the country's telecoms market, causing existing operators to express fears that their profits would be hit and the economic potential of the Montenegrin market reduced. 

The European Parliament is to debate freedom of the media in Montenegro on Thursday amid concern that the media community is highly divided and that attacks on journalists remain unsolved.

Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee will debate a draft resolution on Montenegro, which also notes that journalists are poorly paid and that jobs are insecure.

A petition has been launched in Serbia to take away the privileges enjoyed by Montenegrin students attending Serbian universities.

This has been reported by Montenegrin state broadcaster RTCG, which cited the Montenegrin agency Mina.