Montenegro will celebrate June 5th - World Environment Day, with actions of cleaning and landscaping as well as planting trees in 20 municipalities.

The World Environment Day is marked by the General Secretariat of the Government, the Community of the Montenegrin Municipality and the Ministry of Sustainable Development and Tourism.

As announced by the General Secretariat, in 20 municipalities, representatives of local government, non-governmental organizations, as well as all interested citizens will jointly arrange the areas in which they live and reside.

The actions in each city begin at the same time, at 8.30.

The municipalities of Andrijevica, Bar, Berane, Bijelo Polje, Danilovgrad, Zabljak, Kolasin, Kotor, Mojkovac, Niksic, Petnjica, Pluzine, Pljevlja, Podgorica, Rozaje, Tivat, Tuzi, Ulcinj, Cetinje and Savnik will all participate.

Knjazevac Park in Andrijevica will be cleaned, and in Bar cleaning of the town's beaches and the sea near the port are planned, as well as an educational workshop on "Marine Waste" will be held on the beach Zukotrlica, starting at 9 am after which waste from this beach will be collected.

The municipality of Berane will organize the action of cleaning the excursion site at Jasikovac Memorial Park and its surroundings, as well as the action of arranging one of the urban areas in the center of the city, in the continuation of the Eighth Montenegrin Brigade Street.

In the courtyards of high schools, there will be mini-actions and open-air classes dedicated to ecological topics.

In Bijelo Polje, they will install containers in the Roma settlement of Strojtanica and restore three dumps for garbage, waste and various waste materials at that site.

Within the event "Three Colors of Cleanliness", the schoolyard and settlements where the partner primary schools are located, the coast of Lim below the Roma settlement Strojtanica and the settlement itself will be cleaned.

The Municipality of Danilovgrad organizes a cleanup in Spuz, the route from Stologlava towards Burum and the railway station, the plateau of Bedem, the Park of Friendship, the road to Spuz Castle and the wild landfills.

The restoration of wild landfills on the territory of Spuž and the reforestation of the yard of the primary school “Njegos” is planned.

On Zabljak waste will be removed from the site Vlajko's Curve - Usijek, and the cutting of the branches and bushes along the path will be organized.

In Kolasin, they will clean the sports area of ​​the city, the forest park Dulovine, as well as planted multi-annual trees within the two city squares.

In Kotor, on the territory of the local community of Dobrota, there will be trees planted instead of the palms that have been destroyed in the epidemic of red worms.

In the Mojkovac area, the field next to Mojkovac - Bijelo Polje highway will be cleaned, while the action of cleaning and landscaping of the Park-forest Trebjesa will be organized in Niksic.

The Municipalities of Petnjica and Rozaje will celebrate earlier on June 3rd, due to the religious holiday of the Ramadan Bajram. In Petnjica, they plan to clean the largest tourist resort Turijak, while the wild landfills will be cleared in Rozaje.

Pljevlja will work on horticultural arrangements around the school in Gukama, where ornamental and tree plants will be planted.

In Podgorica, there will be a cleaning of Skaline, while in Pluzine, they will remove wild landfills at the locality of the suburb Seoca.

In Tivat, they will plant three oak trees, peren, succulents and seasonal flowers on the Square of Culture, as well install a table in the area of ​​the City Park, which is protected as natural wealth.

In Tuzi, 20 various trees will be planted and cleaned by the river basin of Cijevna in the village of Rakic House, near the waterfall.

In the area of ​​Cetinje will be planted 20 lime trees in the yard of educational institutions and will be organized the arranging of the entrance to the former upper complex of HEI Obod.

In Ulcinj, there will be an action to clean Velika plaza, while in Savnik will be cleared the field and waste collected in front of the Municipality building, in front of the school, kindergartens, wastewater treatment plants and the city square.

World Environment Day is marked throughout the world with various activities and campaigns, to turn the public's attention to the many ecological problems and the need to preserve the environment.

The United Nations General Assembly appointed the date June 5th, because the Conference in Stockholm in 1972 was held on that day when the representatives of 113 countries adopting a joint statement on the need for international co-operation to protect the environment.

Text by MINA News, on June 1st, 2019, read more at Vijesti

Zucenica fest in Tivat started with a gourmet show "P(i)jat od zucenice", at the city's promenade Pine.

The feast was opened by the performance of the Music Education Society Tivat.

At about thirty stands, several hundred varied and imaginative dishes from the coastal wild edible grass zucenica were exhibited by around twenty participants.

In addition to the organizers of the feast - members of the Organization of Women Tivat, the participants included Hotel and Catering Association Tivat; Kolo srpskih sestara Tivat, Organization of Women Risan, crew of sailing ship "Jadran", boat “Vodena kocija”; Hotel Regent, NGO Bokobran, Kavacka ala maka, High catering school "Sergije Stanic" from Podgorica, chefs from the Polish town Skoczów, NGO Harlekin, Women of Grbalj, and elementary school "Drago Milović" from Tivat.

The festival is attended by a large number of visitors from all over Montenegro and numerous foreign tourists who enjoy the authentic gastronomic offer and true coastal celebration.

The priest Petar Petrovic from Tivat and priest don Nikola Majic from Lastva tasted the beans from the kitchen of the school boat "Jadran".

The sponsors of the Festival, which celebrates the 15th anniversary this year, are the Municipality and Tourism Organization Tivat.

Text by Sinisa Lukovic, on June 1st, 2019, read more at Vijesti

Sinji Galeb is the winner of the first regatta in the cruising class "Herceg Novi sailing tour" held in the waters of the Herceg Novi bay.

The second place was won by the crew of the Oxygen yacht, and the third Ozana. The prizes were presented on the fortress Forte mare last night. In the competition organized by the Tourism Organization (TO) Herceg Novi in ​​cooperation with Sailing Club Jugola Grakalic, Municipality of Herceg Novi and Hotel Lazure, 12 sailboats participated.

Among the contestants was also Montenegrin Olympian Milivoj Dukic, and as a musician and sailor Antonije Toni Pusic - Rambo Amadeus with his solar sailing boat.

A passionate promoter of healthy lifestyles and a UNICEF ambassador, he sailed to the port of Skver on his solar sailboat Boka after three years of preparation and work.

"I made a ship like it was from the late 19th century. Such a boat was designed, drawn around 1880. Now it is mine to prove that the line of that ship and that hydrodynamics is more advanced than today's ships. This boat does not have a diesel engine, has an electric motor and batteries and solar panels, and the system is closed. As much as the sun fills the battery I have that much to drive in it," explained Pusic.

"I have no other ideology than ecology; we can all do something, change consciousness, and that we are very careful when we start a car and an engine on a boat. We will try to prove that this system is sustainable. The solar sailboat is not just a sailboat, but a point of the progress we have to learn to turn. Otherwise, we will not be able to survive," Pusic said.

"Every time our sea gets covered with the sails, we send the best picture to nautical tourism lovers," said our best sailor Milivoj Dukic.

A feast with music program, fried fish and wine took place on Skver.

Text by Slavica Kosic, on June 2nd, 2019, read more at Vijesti

02 June 2019 - After the two-day Maker HackaTON competition entitled Create a Memory of Our City, organized by the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Centre Tehnopolis, Nikšić received its first official souvenir - a hexagonal magnet composed of triangles with memories that tourists should associate with the city under Trebjesa Hill.

For the first time in Montenegro, Tehnopolis, the Nikšić-based innovation and entrepreneurship centre, organized the intergenerational maker hackaTON called Create a memory of Our City, with the main theme being the creation of an official souvenir of the town of Nikšić.

Programmers, designers, architects, fine artists, high school students, college students and all innovative individuals who wanted to compete with their teams to create the official souvenir of Nikšić had the opportunity to take part in the HackaTON, which was held from May 30 to June 1, 2019 at IEC Tehnopolis and lasted for 48 hours.

Urban Craftsmen made the souvenir that won the first prize, a team of four individuals from Podgorica, Jovan Milović, Darija Egorova, Vukašin Rakočević, and Haris Bajramović and only one representative from Nikšić, Luka Rakojević.

“We were motivated to apply for the hackaTON by the opportunity to participate in the creation of the Nikšić souvenir, which for us means a symbol of the history, culture and natural beauties of the city. Also, the opportunity to have 48 hours of intensive teamwork sounded interesting to us," said the winners in an interview for Vijesti.

The name for their souvenir derived from the beautiful lyrics of a song by Miladin Šobić, famous Montenegrin singer and songwriter, “Sunce Tebi, Sunce Meni” (English: Sun to You, Sun to Me”).

The winning team won a cash prize of 3,000 EUR.

The best solution has become the official tourist souvenir of Nikšić and thus part of the memory of every visitor of this city.

The second place and 1,500 EUR went to the team "4MFLUCET" from Cetinje, made up of students of the Faculty of Fine Arts (FLU): Marko Petričević, Nikola Matičić, Maša Laković, Matija Nikčević, Aleksandra Mijušković, and Dušan Aleksić.

The event was organized innovatively to create an official souvenir of the city using new technologies, with a special focus on 3D modelling and printing.

The first maker hackaTON was organized by the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Centre Tehnopolis in cooperation with the Municipality of Nikšić, the Ministry of Science of Montenegro and partners from the region: 3D Republic Belgrade and the space for creative activity Deli Niš.

June 2, 2019 - Fans of healthy lifestyles and the ancient Chinese martial art of Tai Chi had the opportunity to follow lectures and participate in a demonstration of the practical application of Tai Chi skills from Grandmaster Zhao You Bin who yesterday visited at CEDIA Lustica Bay. Zhao You Bin, who has arrived from China for this opportunity, is one of the great-grandparents of the traditional Jang style and a member of the Jang family. The following Sunday he will hold classes in Podgorica and Niksic.

The 20th Lim regatta, starting from Plav to Andrijevica, Berane and Bijelo Polje to Prijepolje, will be held until June 2^nd. The organizers of this sport-recreational and cultural-entertainment event are the local tourist organizations of the cities in which the regatta is taking place as well as the rafting clubs.

The director of the Tourism Organization Berane, Ivan Radevic, explained that the regatta, as every year, runs in three stages.

"The first stage is from Plav to Berane, the other from Berane to Bijelo Polje, and the third from Bijelo Polje to Prijepolje, where the regatta finishes. The Lim regatta attracts all lovers of water sports. It is popular not only here but also in the region, so we expect a great number of rafting enthusiasts," Radevic said.

He emphasized that for the flow of Lim is extremely interesting for the racers, as it leads from Plav to Berane. "All participants are to expect a beautiful adventure especially in the part of Lim at the village of Novsice, where there are beautiful beech trees. Also, I would point out that the stages are demanding, especially in the territory of the municipality Berane, in the canyon of Tifran, which is extreme and requires great attention and caution of all racers," added the director of TO Berane. The Lim regatta has a cross-border character as it passes through Montenegro and Serbia and represents an adventure of 134 kilometers.

Text by Tufik Softic, on May 30th, 2019, read more at Vijesti

Mejlis of the Islamic Community of Berane and Imam Rahim Muratovic from Berane prepared a traditional iftar social gathering last night.

Iftar has been held under the auspices of the Municipality of Berane and Mayor Dragoslav Scekic for the last five years.

Imam Muratovic praised this practice and said that "in the last days of Ramadan we gather in Iftar with the support of the Berane Municipality".

"This is a truly wonderful gesture, because Ramadan is just the symbol of the harmony, communion and brotherhood which distinguishes our city from its very beginning," Muratovic said.

He conveyed greetings and congratulations to a large number of citizens of Islamic religion for the incoming celebration from Budim-Niksic eparchy.

"We are here to hang out tonight together and make this month even more beautiful with this event," Muratovic said.

The president of the Municipality of Berane, due to his traditional friendly gesture of gratitude to the Islamic Community of Rifat Fejzic, addressed the message of gratitude by the representative of Mesihat IZ Rejhan Hot.

He spoke to the believers about the meaning of the Ramadan post, which, as he said, is hiding in building up the awareness of God and knowing that "the exalted observes and sees everything," then the need to share and thank, and the need to control the urge.

"These are the messages that are hidden. Only where there are differences, we can show all our goodness and beauty, our value. That is why I congratulate Mr. Scekic for allowing us to socialize on this occasion," said Hot.

The mayor of Berane, as host of iftar, to the believers and other officials, pointed out that the common iftar indicates multiethnicity and messages of equality. "From this place, we send a message of communion. We should not divide ourselves on any grounds, but only on those who do good or do evil," said Scekic.

Congratulating the upcoming Ramadan Eid, he pointed out that the Islamic Community, both in Berane and Montenegro and in the wider region, left permanent cultural and spiritual values.

In addition to Scekic and his associates, Iftar was attended by the President of the Assembly of Berane Municipality and President of OO Democrats Novica Obradovic, as well as President of OO SNP Tihomir Bogavac.

The local government in Berane is made up by the coalition Zdravo Berane (SNP and DF) and Democratic Montenegro. Since 2014, when he took over the duty of the municipal president, Dragoslav Scekic finances the iftar event in Berane every year.

The Ramadan fasting month for Islamic believers ends on Monday, and the first day of Ramadan Eid is celebrated on Tuesday, June 4th.

Text by Tufik Soktic, on May 31st, 2019, read more at Vijesti

May 31, 2019 - Another confirmation that the Herceg Novi Strip Festival (HSF) is in the company of the most significant manifestations devoted to ninth art arrived in the form of consecration as a preface to the capital piece Smart Girl: I-matter in the release of Evolution comics, written by the author and great Spanish artist Fernando Dagnino. 

29 May 2019 - Minister of Health of Montenegro Kenan Hrapović and his counterpart of the Republic of North Macedonia Venko Filipče signed the Memorandum of Understanding in the field of health and medical sciences, which has been harmonised on the basis of mutually expressed interest to formalise the cooperation of the two countries in this area.

The Memorandum stipulates the realisation of cooperation through the exchange of information in the field of health, medical personnel, as well as direct cooperation between medical faculties, medical chambers and other healthcare institutions.