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We present Lustica Bay, a new coastal town in Montenegro

The fascinating fact about the Bay of Kotor is that you are at the center of the most subtle embrace of the mountains and the sea.

In this epicenter of colors and fantastic views resides a new city on the Adriatic - Lustica Bay. A sophisticated Mediterranean settlement was incorporated with the care and builder's passion into a natural environment, to the extent that it is now difficult to even think that it was recently built. Lustica Bay, a small world, has residents from 36 countries, and the interest in escaping into unspoiled nature, in life as it should be on the Mediterranean, is growing significantly.

Thanks to the increase in sales, in the upcoming season, the cost of residential units will also increase, and all interested buyers are given the opportunity to book a property to ensure that the existing price is maintained until March 15^th, 2019!

(Photo: Lustica Bay)

The development project of the new seaside town of Lustica Bay in Montenegro, which is proudly financed by the Swiss-Egyptian consortium Orascom Development Holding, in the bay Traste near Tivat, has achieved remarkable results over the past year by opening its door for visitors and guests as a completely new, operational destination.

At a place where the sea splashed over the steep and rocky shore until recently, a marine resort with modern berths to accommodate ships of up to 45 meters has been revived, the ultraluxe 5-star hotel of the international chain “The Chedi”, and the first catering, service and retail facilities along the promenade along the sea.

By anchoring the first ships in the marina, with the arrival of an increasing number of guests, and the increase in the number of permanent residents, with an extraordinary gastronomic and shopping offer, a significant emphasis on an enviable cultural and artistic program has been placed, so staying in Lustica Bay is more often on the list of domestic and international visitors. An attractive coastal ambience that reflects the luxury of the relaxed style of the Riviera and the exquisite architectural harmony attracted great public interest from Montenegro and the region. To the sailors is of particular importance a new marina, located on the entrance to the Boka Bay, and a special paradise for leisure travelers is surely the hotel “The Chedi”, a luxury resort on the coast itself, located next to the tucked hotel beach.

(Photo: Lustica Bay)

Last year, Lustica Bay was the epicenter of attention to the local, regional and international media - due to the results and numerous innovations, as well as the top entertainment program crowned with a spectacular opening ceremony, with the performance of the world's largest disco bands.

Apart from luxurious residences, including the apartments, villas, and family houses that are offered, even more important is the fact that by purchasing a residential building, the new inhabitant of Lustica Bay becomes part of a unique, luxurious, coastal community in the unspoiled nature. For more information about the Lustica Bay project, visit www.lusticabay.com or call +382 77 200 100.

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Text by Promo, on March 2nd, 2019, read more at Vijesti

04 March 2019 - The executive manager of the Directorate for Development and Engineering, Ivan Mrvaljević, stated that Electric Power Company of Montenegro invested last year 12 million EUR in investment projects and this year and that this company plans to invest even more.

He said that some very significant projects were ahead. One of such projects is the new 33 million EUR credit arrangement intended for the reconstruction and modernization of the Perućica hydropower plant.

“The main development projects of Electric Power Company of Montenegro are diversification of the electricity production and construction of new production facilities,” said Marvaljević.

As he says, the Electric Power Company of Montenegro has the potential that enables it to access to valuing renewable resources of hydro energy, energy generated from the sun or wind, our greatest development potential.

More than 15 million EUR will be invested in Piva hydropower plant in the next three years.

As far as the construction of the Komarnica hydropower plant is concerned, the design team suggested an optimal variant. The suggested power of the plant will be 155 megawatts, with a total annual production of 213-gigawatt hours. This is definitely an ecologically acceptable solution.

By the end of 2018, there has been a sharp rise in the number of investors ready to purchase stocks of the Electric Power Company of Montenegro, which tells a lot about Montenegrin potentials, economy minister Dragica Sekulić said in an interview with Pobjeda.

“I am pleased to reveal that it is about big companies from the EU member states, the United States, and China. This, of course, means we would have even greater responsibility in selecting our new strategic partner. What I can tell you right now is that we are going to look for a partner capable of making the Electric Power Company of Montenegro a greater company with larger profits,” concluded Sekulić on this occasion.

Within the Days of German Culture organized within the Mimosa Festival, a street performance was held at the main square in Herceg Novi, where a music band and dancers from the cultural-artistic society from Inzell in Bavaria performed. The gastro offer of this part of Germany was also presented.

Last night in Igalo an evening of German cuisine was held, where guests enjoyed in gastronomic specialities, drinks and traditional folk music and dance from Bavaria, and a unique contribution was given by the Tourist Organization of Inzell with its members.

Gastro-evenings were attended by the Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Montenegro Robert Heinrich Weber and the President of Herceg Novi Municipality Stevan Katic. The German ambassador explained that Inzell is known as a popular winter center, but also as a place of good gastronomy and good people, which is why he is glad that this city represents Germany in Igalo.

The small Bavarian festival is only the first result of cooperation between Herceg Novi and the city of Inzell.

"Bearing in mind that Inzell is a famous winter center not far from Munich, we see the area of tourism as a key link for connecting. We hope that thanks to this cooperation, even more German tourists will hear about Herceg Novi and be our guests. An important goal for us is the cultural exchange among the cities that share European values, said the President of the Municipality, Stevan Katic.

"We come from a place that, like Herceg Novi, is engaged in tourism. I think that this is just the beginning of the cooperation, which will result in a greater exchange of tourists," said Steinbacher, after which a symbolic present was handed over to the delegation of the Municipality of Herceg Novi, the "milestone" for the future cooperation - a flag with a message "you own the first square meter of Inzell tonight," said the director of the Tourist Organization Inzell, Gerhard Steinbacher.

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

More than thirty producers presented themselves at the traditional Flower Exhibition, held within the Mimosa Festival.

"It is wonderful that the citizens of Herceg Novi, and myself, nourish the flowers. We welcome our guests with love; you are welcome whenever. Those of you who cultivate the flowers, are like the flowers, and help make this city a city of flowers," said the actress Tanja Boskovic at the opening of the event and said that "it is wonderful when the flower is a symbol of the city".

"The visitors of the exhibition can see a large number of different types of flowers, ornamental plants, fruit plants, even plant carnivores, miniature flower peaches, new types of orchids and other varieties that are very interesting," says the organizer Jovanka Matkovic.

Florists were less than initially planned, as some had problems with crossing the border, and the others had issues with the scheduled timing, explained Matkovic.

In addition to florists, some of the participants of the recent Fair of Souvenirs and Eco Food were also present at the exhibition.

The organization of the Flower Exhibitions was supported by Herceg Novi Municipality, Herceg Novi Tourist Organization, JUK "Herceg Fest", Ministry of Sustainable Development and Tourism, and KUD "Sloga" from Djenovici has given their costumes to the participants in the opening ceremony.

The exhibition of flowers was open until Sunday till 7 p.m.

Text by Slavica Kosic, on March 1st 2019, read more at Vijesti

March 4, 2019 - The traditional Kotor Carnival was held on Sunday for the 501st time along with the burning of the culprit for all the problems of the city and citizens in the previous year. Đudić Ultima Montagnaro, formerly accused of nine counts of the indictment, was missing in flames, and the defense was not able to release him.

February 28, 2019 - The Boka Gastronomic Trilogy is the name of the dinner organized by the Regent Pop-up Restaurant on 28 February from 7 pm.

In the Association of Serbian Writers, on France 7 street, the prize "Radoje Domanovic" for 2018 was awarded. In the category of foreign satirists ("The Excellency Satire "), this oldest and most prestigious international recognition for humor and satire in the Balkan and wider areas was given to Dragan Koprivica by one of the world's leading aphorists, Aleksandar Cotric from Belgrade.

Koprivica received the prize for the book of aphorisms "Etida in CG-mol" in the edition of one of the most prominent Montenegrin publishers, Podgorica's "Unirex".

The winners were decided by the Jury made of the following members: Radomir Andric (president) and Milovan Vitezovic, Petar Zebeljan, Vitomir Teofilovic, Sladjana Mitrovic, Radoslav Tilger and Aleksandar Cotric.

In his greeting speech, Koprivica emphasized that he was honored to receive the UKS prize with the name of the creator of the Serbian allegorical satirical story and that he is impressed with the composition of the eminent Jury, which consists of aphorists and satirists of the highest level. Therefore, it is not surprising, as he stated, that Serbia took over the baton of aphorisms in the world, and on that occasion he assessed:

Serbian aphorisms today are the greatest achievement, and as ballistic spiritual missiles, after the launch from Serbia, they can fly around the entire planet, and with a high degree of precision in return, hit any neuralgic point in the territory of Serbia. But, despite that, Serbia remains a great secret, and Montenegro has already been disclosed."

He also noted that he was honored that he is one of the laureates of the "Radoje Domanović" prize for foreign satirists, with winners from Poland, Russia, and Macedonia, with the remark that he felt like a guest in Serbia, but also as a local, and that a category "guests as locals" should be created.

At the same time, Koprivica warmly thanked the Ministry of Culture of Montenegro, and the Commission for co-financing projects in the field of art, which for several years now, because of political inadequacy, has not been given him any financial support for various legal tricks, and "Etida in CG-Mol" received a great international recognition.

That is why he will send a copy of the book with a dedication to the Ministry of Culture in Cetinje, as a thank-you note for the unperformed financial support.

In his address to the Jury and the present authors he read his aphorism:

"There is no need to separate grain from the weed everywhere: the weed got separated by itself, standing against the grain under the grain, it stood at the forefront of the grain."

After awarding the prize, Koprivica said to the Jury, Aleksandar Cotric, that his colleagues from Montenegro saw him as a world-class aphorist, and wished him new accomplishments in this genre, made only by the selected ones.

Text by CdM, on February 26th, 2019, read more at CdM

Minister of Sustainable Development and Tourism Pavle Radulovic is categorical that the six open bars on the Budva promenade this season will be removed, and that the caterers will be offered an alternative location. In the Program of temporary facilities for the zone of the sea property in the area of the municipality of Budva from 2019 to 2023, made by JP Morsko dobro and verified by the line ministry, on the promenade in Budva, towards the sea, many temporary facilities were removed, among which are six popular discotheques, some of which have existed for more than two decades – “Trocadero”, “Paris”, Ambiente, “Rafaelo”, “Maltez”, “Miami”.

Caterers submitted a request to the Ministry of Sustainable Development and Tourism and "Morsko dobro" to grant the discotheques stay until October 2020, when the plan for the design of the promenade will be made.

Such an initiative was supported by “Morsko dobro”, that open-air disco-clubs, as an offer that attracts a large number of tourists, are kept for two more seasons.

"We all together have decided that such kind of entertainment, and this kind of offer, cannot be there. Nobody has anything against that kind of entertainment, because it obviously has its clientele, but not in that place. We have local hotels next to these objects, or five-star hotels being built, and it's extremely frivolous that we have such an offer in front of such facilities. We support this content, but the location, if tenants would be interested, in cooperation with the municipality and the leaseholders still needs to be determined," stressed Radulovic.

As Radulovic explained, instead of the open bars, the green area, i.e., a grass is predicted in this area.

"We have the Lungo mare project for Budva, and we will soon begin designing. I think that Budva deserves a serious promenade - from Zavala to Avala, which should cover a large part of this area. One proper walking zone that would "uncork” huge crowds in the summer," Radulovic said.

The tenants previously told “Vijesti” that they are ready to apply all the necessary standards in their objects during this season, and that by their removal, the state loses at least one million euros in revenue, and nearly 300 people will remain unemployed.

Text by Vuk Lajovic, on February 27th, 2019, read more at Vijesti