Montenegro

‘Hidden treasures of Europe’: comparing Balkans, Turkey to EU in one minute

‘So similar, So different, So European.’ A dreamy promotional video released in February 2012 compares the EU, Turkey and Balkan in a touristic and utopian bubble. Is Belgrade really like Paris? Six young Balkan voices react

by Katharina Kloss @ // 14/03/12

montenegro, greece, youth, european union, integration, politics, stereotype

ABV guide to learning your Serbian (from your Croatian, Montenegrin and Bosnian)

To hail the European day of languages on 26 September, cafebabel.com tries to learn Serbian. The short rocket takes us past planet Cyrillic alphabet and planet Latin alphabet, before speeding through planet lexical history and firing off into next-door neighbour space

by Nabeelah Shabbir @ // 05/10/11

montenegro, tower of babel, paris, politics, language, bosnia and herzegovina, croatia

Book trade faces bust in Balkans

‘Remaining indifferent to books means recklessly impoverishing your life,’ said Yugoslavia’s best known author, Ivo Andric. Fifty years after he won his Nobel prize, people across the former Yugoslavia are in danger of ignoring this health warning

by Ruth Halkon @ // 23/08/11

montenegro, belgrade, culture, international book fair, sarajevo, books, bosnia and herzegovina

Podgorica: Balkan youth, beyond corruption

An application for membership to the European Union, a resignation of a prime minister after nineteen years, a gust of accusations of corruption and mafiose activities of the latter, Milo Djukanovic. The first snow in many years, and against it Kosovar refugees building their homes in their promised land. A Roma minority working for other refugees, politicians who beat journalists, younger journalists wondering why they do this job in a country ranking 104th for the freedom of the press. It's all there in text and images in the second stop of cafebabel.com's Orient Express Reporter project. After Bosnia, welcome to four days in Montenegro

• Read the special edition Podgorica: Balkan youth, beyond corruption
• Life as a journalist in Montenegro: punchbags and missionaries itching to do their job
• Vox-pop: Being a young journalist in Montenegro
• Konik: life in biggest Balkan Roma refugee camp, Montenegro

Riots, reactions in Montenegro and Macedonia after recognising Kosovo

Whilst over 400, 000 Albanians celebrated openly in Macedonia, Montenegros’ 15, 000 were silent after the former Yugoslav states recognised their neighbour. Unilateral independence was declared eight months ago

by Gojko Keselj @ , marko vesovic @ // 16/10/08

montenegro, protest, podgorica, albanian, international court of justice, milan rocen, serbian people’s party

Montenegro goes on sale

For years the unspoiled beauty of Montenegro used to be the best kept secret in Europe. Now the sights of old Venetian squares, spectacular mountains, bays, sandy beaches are once more a favourite destination for globe-trotters around the world

by dragana nikolic solomon and pedja popovic // 25/09/06

montenegro, future of europe, internal market, european democracy, globalisation

Montenegro goes on sale

For years the unspoiled beauty of Montenegro used to be the best kept secret in Europe. Now the sights of old Venetian squares, spectacular mountains, bays, sandy beaches are once more a favourite destination for globe-trotters around the world

by dragana nikolic solomon and pedja popovic // 25/08/06

montenegro, purchasing power, liberalisation, international trade, enlargement, development, consumers

The EU is playing with fire in Montenegro

On the 21st May, the 600,000 inhabitants of Montenegro were called to proclaim their independence. However, by imposing a “super majority” of 55% so that the result would be considered legitimate, the EU took the risk of adding confusion to the crisis

by gregory mounier // 18/05/06