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16 Jul 2019, 13:40 PM

The daughters of Sylvester Stallone are currently enjoying the Montenegrin coast. The successors of Hollywood star Sylvester Stallone, as the media broadcast, came from Croatia to Montenegro.

Stallone's daughters Sofi, Sistine and Scarlet and actor’s wife Jennifer Flavin are together on a yacht is anchored in Tivat.

Tiffany Trump, the daughter of US President Donald Trump, also stayed in Tivat with almost complete privacy, and yesterday she left the smallest town in Boka Bay with her security staff. Some media report that Tiffany arrived by luxury yacht to the Marina Porto Montenegro in Tivat and that she came due to business i.e., a construction project.

Text by CdM, on July 15th, 2019, read more at CdM

16 Jul 2019, 13:34 PM

Last year, Niksic's Bedem was painted with the colors of Montenegro, and artists showed that wool could be even warmer when painted with natural colors. This year JU Museums and Galleries Niksic, led by director Jelena Djukanovic, re-organizes the international art workshop "All colors of Montenegro - coloring wool with plant colors II", but this time, it is held in the recently renovated house Pekic in Savnik.

"The success and good publicity that the project caused last year, obliges us to improve it and enrich it with new content and participants. Participants are institutions and renowned artists, researchers, professors and students from faculties and art academies from Italy, Sweden, France, the Netherlands, Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro," Djukanovic told “Vijesti”.

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Jelena Djukanovic (Photo: Svetlana Mandić)


She reminded that 18 famous artists, professors and students from Belgrade, Trebinje and Podgorica participated last year, and this year, not only the number of participants but also the countries and institutions are higher. The event will be held from July 22nd to 26th and will start with the exhibition "Start of the Beginning", which will show the works that were created last year. Djukanovic explains that Savnik is not chosen by accident for this year's event.

"Savnik is an unofficial center of the region Drobnjaci. It is located on the three rivers, Bukovica, Bijela and Savnik, at an altitude of 840 meters, which guarantees a pleasant climate in the summer. The surroundings of Savnik are rich in pastures and forests with flora characterized by medicinal and pigmentary herbs. The tradition in livestock breeding, in particular, the cultivation of sheep and the processing of wool, which has remained and has a tendency to develop, is one more reason why we selected Savnik to hold this event," she said. The event will, according to Djukanovic, through the sublimation of science, tradition and art, contribute to the presentation and popularization of our cultural heritage, autochthonous flora and creativity in artistic expression, which will result in even better tourist valorization of Savnik, and therefore of Montenegro as well.

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From last year's workshop (Photo: Svetlana Mandic)


"Such innovative projects contribute to the valorization and popularization of our natural resources, cultural heritage, agriculture, tourism, ecology and creative potential, while at the same time they contribute to the valorization of an underdeveloped municipality from the north - Savnik, which gravitates to the municipality of Niksic and has great potential for development, and agriculture," said the director of the Museum and Gallery.

While the 20th century was marked by the industrial production of synthetic textile colors, today, due to environmental and human health requirements and increasingly frequent occurrences of allergic reactions, interest in the use of natural colors in the processes of textile dyeing of different origin is current again.

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From last year's workshop (Photo: Svetlana Mandic)

"The process of dying itself is ecologically pure technology, and the extracts of pigments of plants are obtained from renewable sources. The colors obtained in this way are unusually beautiful, and their mutual combination creates harmonious, artistic units, which can be seen in the ethnological collections in our museums. Intuitive and lucid solutions in the use of available materials such as ash, alum, in combination with herbal pigments, have led to the durability of colored materials that cannot be surpassed even by modern technology," said Djukanovic.

The botanist of the project, Dr. Nada Bubanja from the Natural History Museum of Montenegro, will be responsible for the selection of pigmented plants, and in circulation is brooch, birch, honey, smoke tree, black ash tree, quince, and walnut. The participants will use techniques such as dry and wet felting, knitting, weaving, and spinning.

"The process of selecting and preparing plant material, processing raw wool, wool painting, spinning, weaving or knitting are an attraction for the audience and tourists themselves. The characteristic of the whole process, the presentation of traditional wool-shaping techniques, as well as the possibility of participation, offers visitors a unique experience," she said.

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Some of the last year's pieces (Photo: Svetlana Mandic)

In the framework of the art workshop, three lectures will be held - Dr Ana Sutlović, Faculty of Textile Technology, Zagreb, will talk about the technological process of coloring with herbs, Dr. Nada Bubanja will talk about Montenegrin medicinal herbs as part of the “Tea Party” and organize tea tasting, while Jelena Glusica Nikolic will hold a lecture on natural cosmetics based on Montenegrin medicinal herbs. Aida Brenko from Zagreb Ethnographic Museum will also be introduced to the participants of the workshop, familiar with the problems and symbolism of colors, as well as the history of coloring, all through the exhibition "Power of Colors".


Last year's project was supported by the Ministry of Culture through the Cultural Property Protection Program, while this year it is partially supported by the mentioned ministry to the Cultural Center Savnik, which is a contributor to the project.

Text by Svetlana Mandic, on July 14th, 2019, read more at Vijesti

16 Jul 2019, 13:32 PM

The fourth competition in street training and calisthenics disciplines held in Niksic saw 40 competitors.

The youngest competitor was fifteen-year-old Matija Mustafic, and the oldest, Momir Pavicevic, who has four decades older than Mustafic.

The competition, organized by the gymnastics club “Montenegro Street Workout “ and the Ecologist association of youth “Green Center " from Niksic, was held in the first street workout park under Trebjesa, which was built five years ago by the "Green Center".

"The very age of the youngest and oldest competitors is a real indicator that calisthenics can be trained successfully by everyone recreationally. At this year's competition, records in several disciplines have been achieved," said Milos Dziknic, director of the “Green Center”.

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From the competition (Photo: Private archive)

This year's competition included five disciplines divided into two categories - under 18 and over 18 years of age, and since last year, veterans also compete.

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From the competition (Photo: Private archive)

"The aim of the competition is to promote calisthenics training, and that is why the most attention is given to repetition exercises to be able to apply, activate and motivate as many young people as possible in this type of sport," said Dziknic.

The winners of the most attractive freestyle discipline (freestyle in gymnastics), in the category over 18 years, are Goran Tomanovic, Filip Brkovic and Boris Martinovic, while in the younger category the first three places were taken by Krsto Premovic, Matija Mustafic and Spiro Mugosa.

In the discipline of pull-ups, in the category over 18 years, the first three places were won by Muamer Orahovac, Filip Brkovic and Radule Cerovic, and in the younger category the best were Ivan Boljevic, Krsto Premovic and Enis Krnic.

Orahovac was the first and in the discipline of bars, while Radomir Gagovic and Sasa Raznjatovic took the second and third places. In the same discipline, but the category under 18, the best was Abidin Orahovac, while Ivan Boljevic and Enis Krnic took the second and third place.

Ladies competed only in the sit-ups discipline. Last year's winner, Bojana Przic, took the first place this year, while Sofija Djukanovic and Andjela Nikcevic won the second and third.

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Awarded in the category of the ladies (Photo: Private archive)


The veterans competed in the discipline of pull-ups. Sasa Raznatovic won the first place, and the oldest competitor, Momir Pavicevic second.

The judges, Nikola Loncarevic, Stanko Baucal, Nikola Agramovic and Marko Djukanovic, took care that everything goes smoothly and in order.

Text by Svetlana Mandic, on July 14th, 2019, read more at Vijesti

16 Jul 2019, 00:35 AM

14 July 2019 - The Parking Service Herceg Novi company installed four parking payment machines in four different locations near Solemar in Igalo, Tonsati, in the city center between the City Cafe and Atlas Bank and on the street X Hercegovačka (bus from Dubrava to the main Bus Station). These parking payment machines are fully operating and in function since a few days ago, reported Radio Herceg Novi. The Director of Parking Service Herceg Novi Miladin Bato Vidaković talked about these payment machines and their functions, as well as the zones where these machines will apply, but also mentioned their fees.

"The parking payment machines receive banknotes up to 20 euros and returns the change. Through the display, the user determines how long they will park," explained Vidaković.

Parking Service Herceg Novi has imposed a time limit in the red zone for a maximum of two hours. A new, blue zone in the center of Igalo has been introduced (from the former hotel "Tamaris" to "Galeb"), which has inherited the red zone, but without a time limit. The summer mode of payment is currently being applied which means that the price in red (time limit of 2 hours) and the blue zone per hour is 0.80 EUR, and in the yellow zone 0.50 EUR. In the yellow zone it is also possible to buy a daily ticket of 5 EUR, which is valid from 7 AM to 12 AM. Parking can also be paid by SMS. For red zone number is 14510, blue 14511, yellow 14512, and for day card 14513.

Read more news about lifestyle in Montenegro at TMN's dedicated page.

15 Jul 2019, 19:23 PM

On the square in front of the St. Tripun Cathedral, the 18th edition of KotorArt Don Branko's Days of Music opened. The program of the ceremonial opening had the thematic title "Art of Remembrance", on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the devastating earthquake in Montenegro and the entry of Kotor on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

Don Branko's Days of music was opened by the Minister of Culture Aleksandar Bogdanovic, who emphasized the incredible significance of the KotorArt festival as a unique event in our country.


"Impressive is the fact that this year's KotorArt festival brings together four program units, numerous participants from different countries, conventional, as well as programs that examine the boundaries of the genre. All of this has given a special quality to this festival, which, among other things, has become a kind of workshop for music, stage and theoretical researches. This is exactly what KotorArt makes as a brand of Montenegrin culture, raising it above the atrophied festival retrospectives. And at tonight's opening, we will have the opportunity to get acquainted with one original piece, which is the result of the artistic search in the field of music, whose creators and performers are Montenegrin artists of the younger generation. What distinguishes the music segment of KotorArt, Don Branko's days of music, from the music festivals in the environment, which are dominantly based on artistic music, is a creative and productive dimension, that is, ordered pieces by composers from our area, whose premiere performances are just before us," he said.

The Ministry of Culture has recognized the great importance of KotorArt even this year, which, Bogdanovic said, will always be a practice, bearing in mind the importance and quality of the program.

 "Expressing my satisfaction gained from the revelation of the unknown and unrepeatable, with a feeling of friendly affection, I would like to once again remind you about the willingness of the Ministry of Culture for any form of cooperation in the further development of KotorArt, primarily in the field of international affirmation of Montenegrin culture. Furthermore, because this festival established a good practice of cooperation, both domestic and foreign artists, as well as young talents with world-renowned artists. In the end, I would like to thank all the artists, producers and organizers and wish them successful festival days, and to the audience, new excitement and new discoveries, to which KotorArt already has used. In that name, we remember Don Branko Sbutega tonight and once again announce the beginning of this artistic festival with his words "Let the bells ring", concluded Bogdanovic. The CEO of KotorArt Ratimir Martinovic also greeted the public.

"I sincerely believe, and I teach my students and share it with everyone I know, that the only real, sustainable and long-lasting way is the one on which we maintain gratitude and astonishment to the moment of life, the one way in which in everything we see a good chance for progress. Victories and defeats do not exist, as the great Nikola Tesla says, neither life nor death exists. There is no time, but only countless moments out of which most of them, unfortunately, pass by us," stressed Martinovic, and emphasized that when you stop admiring and giving thanks, you stop living a dedicated life, which is the only guarantee of quality at that moment.

Meanwhile, during the last evening, the compositions that the Festival ordered from the author were premiered. Therefore, Ivan Marovic wrote the composition "Kotor 1979", while Nina Perovic composed the piece "Views". At the opening, the Festival Orchestra of KotorArt was conducted by Julio Maric, and sopranos Marijana Sovran, Oliver Ticevic, Milica Milanovic and the hip-hop band “Who See” performed.

Text by CdM, on July 15th 2019, read more at CdM

15 Jul 2019, 17:25 PM

The celebration of the 13th of July - Statehood Day of Montenegro was held in the Njegos Park in Podgorica, organized by the Ministry of Culture and the City of Podgorica.

"James Zabiela, Marko Louis, Freedom band and DJ Crew "Beat at Joe's" from Podgorica performed in front of numerous visitors, mostly young people. The show lasted almost until the morning, and the celebration ended with a set of globally popular DJ and producer James Zabiela," according to the statement from the Ministry of Culture.


The Government's office said that this is the second annual event on the occasion of national holidays, organized by the Ministry of Culture and the capital of Podgorica.

"Just as on May 21, when the concert was organized at the corner of Njegos and Bokeska Street, the previous program also attracted mostly young visitors. It is just one of a number of segments that the Ministry of Culture - by the organization, co-organization or financial support – tries to diversify this season with plenty of music programs in Montenegro," the Ministry of Culture said.

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Text by Vijesti online, on July 14th, 2019, read more at Vijesti

15 Jul 2019, 14:45 PM

The dance seminar within the Festival of Dance Theatre has been organized by the Cultural Centre Tivat in cooperation with the local NGO ŠkArt and Bitef Dance Company from Belgrade. This one-week seminar is attended by 20 participants aged 10 to 30.

ŠkArt said that the seminar has more participants than last year when there were fifteen. The interest in this educational program was also great then, even though it was only a pilot project. Participants come from Montenegro – Podgorica, Danilovgrad, Bar, and Tivat, as well as from Serbia, with this year’s incredible opportunity to be taught by a classical ballet teacher like Leo Mujić. Mujić is a dance pedagogue and choreographer who had, before having great success as a choreographer with his dance performances, won the world dance scene as a ballet dancer. Contemporary class is conducted by Milica Pisić and hip-hop by Petar Miladinović.

Bojana Popadić, the president of NGO ŠkArt, says for TMN:

"The seminar, among others, attend 4 participants who were there last year and two of them have been sponsored by our association, which is a great pleasure for us because we were able to invest in the training of young talents. This shows us that it was a real thing to organize this type of education in our town because we need to support our talents. Kids usually don’t have options to travel in order to get good education and improvement, that is why we are bringing professionals here. It is a privilege to attend seminars leaded by Lea Mujić and Ašhen Ataljanc, who conducted classical ballet at the first seminar, and we are delighted that there is a lot of students from two countries. We also have three dancers from Bitef Dance Company attending the seminar. All the classes are being held on Tivat Summer Stage and each of them is preparing a 45 minute long programme for the Open Class, which will close the event.                                                                                                                                                                     This year the project is also supported by the municipality of Tivat through their yearly distribution contest for non-governmental organizations."                                                                                                          ŠkArt was founded in January 2017 with the aim to create and promote culture and art, especially engaged art and alternative culture. It has a special interest in BUTO dance.

"I use this opportunity and invite all dance lovers to come and see our final show, besides the dance performances they are able to watch these days on the Summer Stage. Our Open Class will take place on 19 July at 19,00 and the audience can have a look and see what our worthy dancers have prepared during the seminar, " Bojana pointed out.

The seminar is being recorded from the air by drone in cooperation with the Drone Studio Tivat, which also recorded this gathering last year - International Dance Seminar Tivat 2018.

14 Jul 2019, 23:06 PM

The volunteer Fire Brigades held an initial meeting on establishing the Association of Volunteer Firefighting Brigades of Boka. The initiative came from the Protection and Rescue Service Tivat, and DVV Tivat with the goal to improve cooperation and organization of the fire societies, as well as to preserve the environment of Boka Kotorska.

The meeting was attended by representatives of the Tivat Volunteer Fire Society (DVV), as well as DVD Krtoli and DVD Luštica, and the Service expects all Bokelian volunteer fire brigades to join the association. Commander of the Protection and Rescue Service (SZS) Zoran Barbić was previously the commander of the Volunteer Fire Brigade Krtoli for ten years. He said for TMN that this initiative is not new:

“This is the idea that I have been thinking of for some time, because my experience with voluntary work has shown me that the Firefighting Association of Montenegro should have the combination of voluntary fire brigades, but from the entry into force of the Law of Protection and Rescue in 2007, the volunteer fire brigades have to lean on the work of Protection and Rescue Services. However, as Security and Rescue Services have even more complex work and the need for new tools and equipment, which is very expensive, it is difficult to finance all of it, because the needs of DVDs are very large. Given that Europe highly values volunteer work, and in addition, we are a state that protects the environment, I thought there was room for the creation of an association that would have over 100 volunteers and could apply for international means, in order to provide a significant part of the funding through them.

It is very good to have all these societies at the Boka level, which are also, besides the mentioned, in Perast, Bijela and one establishing these days in Sutorina, but they need someone to coordinate them, so that they would relate, highlight their problems and be able to train in order to respond to a lesser intervention, because according to the Law on Protection and Rescue we have no opportunity to engage them in more complex ones. All of them must complete the basic course of fire protection to be able to activate in all areas of potential fire and they also need a lot of equipment, which is very expensive. Just one set of equipment for one firefighter costs about 2500 euros. None of the local municipalities can afford such means. We must have an insight into their capacities each moment, so the coordination should be at the highest level and the final aim is to bring the fire safety to a higher level. Apart from that, it is also the protection of the environment, our coastline and all the rest. We also need to engage more young people in this kind of work, because the brigades must be renewed and we must also highlight preventive activities.”

Commander of the Volunteer Fire Brigade DVD Krtoli Milan Vukošić thinks that the Association is a very good idea, especially because of the opportunity to apply for funds for IPA projects and getting the means for the needed equipment and training: "Anyway, we definitely need to be organized better. The more of us there are, the better we'll be. DVD Krtoli will definitely join the association."                                                            Commander of DVD Luštica Nikola Trojanović told us that the Brigade Management Board is going to decide whether to join the Association or not. 

DVV Tivat commander, Dragan Franović said that he is glad that the representatives of DVD Luštica and DVD Krtoli came to the meeting.

“All the volunteer fire brigades are more than welcome to join the association, which would be a very good thing for Boka as a whole,“ he concluded.

14 Jul 2019, 15:16 PM

The concert of Aleksandar Tutunov, a prominent representative of the Russian pianist school who lives and works in the United States, will be organized tonight in the Park Hall at the 36th International Festival "Days of Music" in Herceg Novi. The repertoire includes works by Bach, Brahms, Beethoven, Glinka and Prokofiev. He is widely acknowledged as one of the most prominent virtues of the former Soviet Union and also the winner of national competitions of pianists in Belarus and Russia. He often performs in Europe, China, Mexico and the United States, performing solo, as a soloist with an orchestra, but also on radio and television, and is very much sought after as a judge at competitions. He graduated with honours at the Moscow Conservatory and at the University of North Texas and received a Ph.D. degree with honours at the State Conservatory of Belarus. He taught at the music universities of Minneapolis, North Texas and Illinois. As a successful pedagogue, he continues to prepare award-winning students for prestigious pianist competitions. Dr Tutunov is an Artist in Residence at the University of Alaska South East, artistic director of the International Institute of Piano at the University of South Oregon and director of the Chinese-American Institute of Piano International in Chengdu, China.

The international festival “Days of Music”, started on 10 July with the performance of the Amoroso Chamber Orchestra and lasts until 20 July. 

Days of music has been refreshed this year - three of the seven festival concerts are being held in various open areas, according to which Herceg Novi is recognizable, and also a top pianist repertoire is being performed on the new piano in the Park Hall.

Along with Aleksandar Tutunov, solo concerts will also be performed by the three artists of different generations - representatives of the Music Academy from Sarajevo on 18 July and by the artistic director of the manifestation Boris Kraljević, on 20 July. Both of the concerts will be performed in the Park Hall Herceg Novi at 9.30 p.m.

The concert of the Zagreb Quartet will be held on 17 July in the Garden of the City Museum "Mirko Komnenović" at the same time. It is the oldest Croatian chamber ensemble. They have played at more than 3,000 concerts on all continents and won numerous domestic and foreign awards, including the Vladimir Nazor Award for lifetime achievement in 2009. They recorded more than 60 albums.
This year the festival was supported by the Ministry of Culture of Montenegro while the General Sponsor is the Municipality of Herceg Novi.

14 Jul 2019, 13:31 PM

In the traditional action of the Tourist Organization of Bar, by the decision of the jury, the most beautiful garden in Bar up to 500 square meters was awarded to Snezana Marljukic, who, besides a plaque, received 300 euros. Tatjana Matovic came in second and received 200 euros, and Zlata Orlandic in third received 100 euros. The winners of the same prizes for the garden over 500 m2 are successively Krsto Dabanovic, Tanja Jovovic, and Milo Djendjinovic. For the outside city areas, the laureates with the same awards are Zoran Lekic from Komarna, Almira Zudjelovic from Utjeha and Drazen Kaljevic from Virpazar.

In the category of individuals where there were 27 participants, the most beautiful staircase was awarded to Ljiljana Maksimovic, the most beautiful terrace in the urban area to Adlija Krcikovic and Miroslav Zivic, and the most beautiful terrace in the outskirts of the town to Hajrija Petovic from Kunja and Semija Rasketic from Mrkojevic. A special award was given to Aco Marcic for the most beautiful flower “bogumil”.

In the event, several companies were awarded such as hotels, apartments, restaurant.

The campaign "For an even more beautiful city" lasted from May 1st to June 15th, where gardens, buildings and the environment, the architectural elements of the garden, the diversity and the distribution of plants in the garden, and the quality of the maintenance were assessed. Citizens voted from the 22nd to 27th June through the TO Bar website - a total of 1,281 votes.

Text by Radomir Petric, on July 12th, 2019, read more at Vijesti

13 Jul 2019, 22:57 PM

12 July 2019 - The world’s tallest building Burj Khalifa was emblazoned with the colors of the Montenegrin flag in celebration of the Statehood Day of Montenegro.

The flag-inspired projection was the result of cooperation between the Embassy of Montenegro to the United Arab Emirates and the company ‘Emaar’ owned by Burj Khalifa.

“The event confirms friendly relations and good cooperation between the two countries and having in mind Burj Khalifa is one of the most popular attractions in Dubai, this was a wonderful opportunity for the promotion of our country,” Ambassador of Montenegro to the United Arab Emirates, Dušanka Jeknić, stated, according to CdM's report.

Minister of Culture of Montenegro Aleksandar Bogdanović recently participated in the Culture Summit Abu Dhabi 2019, at the invitation of United Arab Emirates Minister of Culture and Knowledge Development Noura Al Kaabi. This year's Summit discussed the role of culture in global challenges and the impact of creativity and technology on positive changes in the world.

At this Summit, Minister of Culture of Montenegro Aleksandar Bogdanović talked with the representatives of the participating countries about similar experiences in the areas of development of cultural and artistic creativity and creative industries and the preservation and protection of cultural heritage. Opportunities for cooperation on joint projects of creative industries, promotion of cultural diversity, protection and conservation of cultural heritage and digitization were also discussed. 

On the occasion of the Statehood Day of Montenegro, the flag-raising ceremony was held in Toronto in front of the City Council.

Branko Aleksić, one of the founders of the Toronto-based Montenegrin Cultural Society, hoisted the Montenegrin flag this year. This ceremony has been traditional since 2017 and it’s held every year right in front of the City Council, Toronto, where most Montenegrin immigrants live.

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