Ulcinj

Two people were injured when the plane crashed in the toj neighborhood of Ulcinj, it was confirmed to "Vijesti" from the Operational and Communication Center of the Police Administration.
According to the source, one person received serious and one minor injuries.

At the start of the 20th century, dozens of families from Ulcinj in Montenegro emigrated to Durres, where their seafaring traditions helped develop Albania's commercial fleets.

A quarter of a century later, Gjini has recreated the swim, this time for a feature documentary called 'Freestyle to Montenegro', directed by Ardit Sadiku.

Conservationists and the European Union say any plan must safeguard Ulcinj Salina's importance to migratory birds, but an unresolved ownership dispute is frustrating efforts to set those protections in stone.

Strolling among the olive trees, the Adriatic Sea on the horizon, Dervishi said he planned to revive his family's olive oil tradition.

"My grandfather had more than 200 olive trees in Valdanos and he was known as a respectable olive oil producer," he told BIRN. "I can't achieve his level of production but at least I will try to make our olive grove sustainable."

Flamingos in the abandoned salt plantations near Ulcinj, Montenegro. Photo: Center for the Protection and Study of Birds

Prime Minister Zdravko Krivokapic said the government's Privatization and Capital Projects Council rejected the request of the bankrupt private salt company Bajo Sekulic for property rights to the area.

Empty beach in the coastal town of Ulcinj, Montenegro. Photo: BIRN/Samir Kajosevic

Projections suggest Montenegro might have enough oil and gas out at sea to cover its own needs. It signed a concession contract in 2016 and officials say the first exploratory drilling might take up to six months.

But local residents and environmental activists are worried.

"There is no vision," said Natasa Kovacevic of the NGO Green Home.

The Montenegrin government and local authorities in Ulcinj have promised to restore the walls, but Lulgjuraj said the problems run deeper. And it's not only Ulcinj that is in danger.

For roughly a decade, authorities in Montenegro have been trying to turn the nudist camp into a residential area, but with little success.