Montenegro’s trajectory toward democracy was fundamentally shaped—and constrained—by its dominant party system. For decades, all aspects of political life were marked by the long-standing rule of the DPS. Although the…

The regime in Belgrade fears only a blockade of the state and mass unrest Certainly President Aleksandar Vučić and his entourage closely followed the youth uprising and riots in Nepal,…

The question of European Union enlargement is increasingly being abused, and this is entirely contrary to the basic principles for becoming a new member, namely the Copenhagen criteria. Brussels’ silence…

Police defends the Serbian Progressive Party and their activists — this is the last phase of the protest, whose dynamics are rapidly changing from day to day. The protests became…

On August 7, 2025, in the village of Gornje Zaostro, Berane municipality, in northern Montenegro, a monument to Pavle Đurišić, commander of the Chetnik movement in Montenegro during World War…

The Prosecutor's Office for Organized Crime of Serbia has taken an important step toward fulfilling the primary demand of the students that sparked the months-long protests. On August 1, two…

The beginning of the 2000s. Under pressure from popular protests, Slobodan Milošević’s regime yields power to opposition politicians. The President of Montenegro, Milo Đukanović, who in recent years had conflicted…

The research on Russian camps in the Balkans, jointly published by BIRN and the Moldovan research center CU SENS, opens up space for a much broader reflection on the role…

After the defeat of the opposition in the local elections and the regime's refusal to call general elections, the students called for a new stage of protest - civil disobedience.…

When Andrija Mandić, Speaker of Montenegro’s Parliament and long-time Kremlin sympathizer, embraced Russia’s newly appointed ambassador in Podgorica, it was not just a warm diplomatic gesture. It was a moment…