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Herceg Novi Winter Salon Begins January 31
17 Jan 2019, 01:29 AM

Herceg Novi Winter Salon Begins January 31

16 January 2019 - The final preparations for the opening of the 52nd Herceg Novi Winter Salon, which is scheduled for January 31 (Thursday) at 7 pm, are underway, all according to the established tradition of opening the Salon every year as an overture to the Mimosa Festival.

The selector of this year's Herceg Novi Winter Salon is Senka Subotić, a sociologist of culture and art from Budva. The Herceg Novi Salon, under the motto "Parallels," is conceived as a synthesis of various artistic expressions of authors who have been creating and working on the territory of the former Yugoslavia in the last few decades. The Winter Salon aims to present the current situation and to set a certain number of parallels between contemporary painting directions of that area. By presenting themselves at the Salon, with two works, artists point to the development of modern trends in the field of art. The influence of their predecessors is also noticeable, and therefore, they also cherish the tradition of the old artists from the area they come from.

The works of twenty artists from various academies from the territory of the former Yugoslavia will be presented at the Salon. Some of these academies are relatively young, and their representatives are hosted by the Herceg Novi Winter Salon for the first time.

The majority of the artists whose works will be exhibited at the Winter Salon come from Montenegro. Miodrag Šćepanović, Peko Nikčević, Zoran Petrušić and Sreten Nikčević have already presented at the Herceg Novi Winter Salon, while Elvir Lero Adrović, Ivana Babić, Isidora Dautović, Goran Ćetković, Jelena Đurašković, Miodrag Mišo Vemić, and Marija Vemić will present their work to the guests of the Herceg Novi Winter Salon for the first time.

Foreign exhibitors of the Salon include: Silva Radić, Ivan Pavlović and Josip Ivešić (Academy of Fine Arts of the University of Mostar), Milan Krajnović, Renato Rakić and Boris Eremić (Academy of Arts of the University of Banja Luka), Jelena Trajković, Kristina Pirković (Belgrade Academy of Arts) and Milija Belić (President of the board of Salon Realities Nouvelles in Paris).

Journalists from Brazil Explored Montenegro's Tourism Offer
17 Jan 2019, 01:00 AM

Journalists from Brazil Explored Montenegro's Tourism Offer

16 January 2019 - The National Tourism Organization of Montenegro and the European Travel Commission (ETC) have organized a four-day visit of the country for journalists from Brazil.

The arrangement above is the result of a prize competition organized annually by the European Commission for journalists of print media, television, and bloggers. The main award of the competition is a journey for the reporters to get acquainted with a particular destination.

During the first part of their visit to Montenegro, Brazilian journalists stayed in Budva, where, aside from the Old Town, they visited the Archaeological Museum. They were also guests of the local Tourist Organization Budva, which organised a welcoming dinner with folklore performance.

Also, guests from Brazil visited the Old Town and the Old Olive in Bar, one of the family wineries in Virpazar, and then Kotor, Tivat and Herceg Novi in cooperation with the local tourist organisations of these cities.

In the framework of getting acquainted with the offer of the northern region, the journalists stayed at Žabljak where they had the opportunity to enjoy lunch in a restaurant on the Black Lake and taste various drinks from the glasses made of ice. Also, in cooperation with the local tourist organisation, they visited Danilovgrad, the monastery "Ostrog" and the exhibition of the Art Colony of Danilovgrad.

With the inevitable visit to the Đurđevića Tara Bridge, their journey will continue with a visit to Serbia, by the practice of joint promotion of the region.

The representatives of the National Tourism Organization of Montenegro are delighted with this opportunity to introduce Montenegro to foreign journalists. This organisation aims to present the destination to foreign markets, contribute to the strengthening of the image of Montenegro as a tourist destination and better positioning, both in the Brazilian market and in the global travel industry in general.

Muo: Small Bokelian Fishermen's Village with Great Traditions
16 Jan 2019, 16:22 PM

Muo: Small Bokelian Fishermen's Village with Great Traditions

January 16, 2019 - Muo is one of the oldest shore settlements in Boka Bay, which we can recognize by the fact that the Dalmatian-Romanic dialect is best preserved here. It is particularly evident in maritime and fishery terminology, and we can see that fishing has always been the leading economy of the area.

Today Muo is one of the architectural pearls in the chain of the Bay of Kotor, which, unfortunately, has not been immune to building pressures affecting the entire Boka Bay. But the ever-expanding houses by the sea, built in the Middle Ages, left less room for devastation than other places along our coast. Muo is today a popular destination for tourists who want to escape the city bustle and enjoy the silence and beauty of the Bay of Kotor. However, there are also some days when the locals take care of their guests getting closer to the spirit of the place, once an everlasting signing stage of its inhabitants.

For the following story, we should thank our host, one of Muo's most respected residents when it comes to preserving the culture and tradition of the place, Ilko Marovic. Asked what is most important in Muo's cultural history, Ilko answers:
 
"First I would say singing, the legend says that the children in Muo do not give birth by crying, but by singing. Our culture comes from a fishing tradition; we are proud of the Blessed Gracija, who originates from Muo, and the faith that dictated the way of life of the locals. Today is all different. Some have kept on the earlier culture of life, nurturing communion and community life by participating in various events relevant to the place, but in general, I cannot say we are living our tradition."
 
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The people of Muo were engaged in fishing a long time ago, and the oldest written evidence of this in the documents of the Historical Archives in Kotor from the 13th century. They had to sell their catch in a fish market in Kotor and nowhere else. As in other parts of Boka Bay, Muo first developed on the slopes of Vrmac, where its inhabitants were engaged in agriculture and cattle breeding.
 
"Muo's residents worked on the feudal estate of the church, the land owned by the Kotor diocese. There, in 1262, they made the first church dedicated to St. Kuzma and Damian, preserved to date. There was in the upper village and the church of St. Elizabeth, which had disappeared over time. The villagers first built their homes in the hills, fleeing the pirates, and later began to descend closer to the sea and, as residents of Stoliv and Prcanj, to build houses and deal with sea-related occupations. The Muo settlement by the sea was there before the second half of the 17th century, as evidenced by the toponym, which brought in one of the most famous cartographers of that time, Coronelli, in 1689, in his Map of Boka Bay, signifying Muo as a settlement next to the sea with about twenty houses," explains Ilko.
 
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Unlike other places of Boka Bay, which were active in maritime, Muo residents were more engaged in fishing. It is the first place in our coasts that has developed fisheries as the primary occupation of its inhabitants. They were fishing across the Boka Bay, looking for and catching fish and living from its sale," explains Ilko.
 
In Muo there used to be fish processing, Ilko reminds us and explains:
 
"At the end of the 19th century, Muo residents made a fish processing factory. Organized in several queues, the workers of that plant worked into groups: one was selecting fish, one packing, one closing the cans, and the fourth labeling the product names. This factory disappeared in the fire in 1918, and it was the end of fish processing in Muo. Muo also had a mussel farm. It was the first shellfish farm in Boka Bay, formed at the beginning of the 20th century. One year there was shellfish poisoning, which caused the production to cease," Ilko is sharing history facts mentioning the Boka Bay waited for re-establishment of marine aquaculture for a century.
 
muo fish factory
 
So, in 19th and at the beginning of 20th century, Muo was more economically developed than it is today. The cultural life of the place was also more dynamic and more meaningful. 
 
"My grandmum told me that there were ten fishing companies and ten taverns in Muo before the Second World War. These taverns were the objects where residents bought fish, procured basic items, but also could have a drink and spend some time socializing. They had a House of Culture that they made in 1913 by dividing two percent of the fish catch. That facility they later used as a school, they practiced and performed a famous choir “Zvonimir“, which was one of the best amateur choirs in the former Yugoslavia," Ilko recalls.
 
In addition to singing in the church choir and the male choir Zvonimir, the fishermen of Muo sang to make it easier for the hard life of the fishermen. 
 
"Members of the fishing companies started the song when returning from the sea, continuing to do the jobs they had been waiting for after the fishing. When these jobs were over, they went to the houses to change into a dry wardrobe and went back to the waterfront where they continued the song on the gates and taverns, socialized, playing cards, "says Ilko Marovic. So it is no surprise that Muo had a choir that was successful in performances throughout Yugoslavia. "Father Corona, who served in St. Anthony's Church in Prcanj, heard that the inhabitants of Muo well sang and called the choir that first appeared in 1888."
 
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"We always think of fishers as some lower, poor population. The locals in Muo were fishermen, but they lived quite good from that work. We can see it even today by many beautiful stone houses by the sea. Residents of other coastal settlements in today's Kotor were engaged in maritime affairs and built gorgeous palaces in their settlements, but those palates, beside the church, were the only seafront buildings. Unlike other settlements, Muo did not build its landowners, but its peasants, fishers, who built a wreath of houses by the sea that complement each other by dividing the side walls. They shared the walls; they shared life. That harmony of simple life has forever disappeared, and with it the majority of the fishermen's tradition of the place," Ilko says with a lament.
 
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Today in Muo there is only one fishing company, which you can meet in the part of the settlement called Peluzica. They are fishing, socializing and waiting for one of the few traditional festivities that have survived. One of those is the Fishing Day, or as locals call it- "Rusalja." This custom originates from the inhabitants of Muo from the upper settlement, where they used to bless fields and cattle to pray for a good year. When they moved along the sea, they customized the old habits and consecrated them to the sea as the source of life. It is one of the most beautiful ceremonies in Boka Bay, held annually on Spiritual Mondays. We asked Ilko to make us closer this tradition of Muo.
 
"On Spiritual Monday at 6 am, Muo residents move from the parish church of Holy Kusma and Damian into a large procession with the participation of believers from the surrounding places. The procession goes all the way to the border with Prcanj, where the parish priest reads the Holy Gospel. The procession then goes back through the place, zigzagged with flags and greenery. The procession goes all the way to the border with the village of Skaljari, where the priest re-reads the Holy Gospel. Many of the families in the village stand out on the visible place of the sacred images to be blessed, and the fishermen put the nets and the fishing tools on the road to baptize them, for a happier and more lucrative catch. The procession then returns to the church of Blessed Grace, in front of which the pastor re-reads the Holy Gospel. After that, the priest goes down to the shore to bless the sea sinking the cross three times and praying for fishermen, seafarers, and travelers," explained Ilko the custom from which the inhabitants of Muo did not give up.
 
muo zdenka jankovicphoto by Zdenka Jankovic
 
A small fishing village Muo tourists can experience the best during the Kotor's Summer Carnival Festivals. At the initiative of NGO Festivities, Muo host the Fish and Wine Evenings organized under the auspices of the Kotor Tourist Organization. This program, always held in the first week of August, is very appealing to residents of Boka Bay and their guests. Muo then smells again on the fish and wine, which the hosts provide in abundance — with song and dance, rejoicing at numerous guests, Muo then, at least in a short, lively life worthy of his age-old traditions.
 
muo zoran nikolic 2011photo by Zoran Nikolic
Bitadze in the match Buducnost- Darussafaka
16 Jan 2019, 15:58 PM

Goga Bitadze Getting Ready for Real: In a Crazy Atmosphere, Everything is Possible

Goga Bitadze played only four games in Euro league - enough to show his potential. Since coming to Buducnost Voli, the 19-year-old Georgian scored an average of 14.8 points, 6.8 rebounds and 3.3 blocks per match. 

"Frankly, I did not expect this kind of start. All I expected is to look into the mirror after every game and say that I have done my best," Bitadze said in an interview with the official website of Euro league. In the last round, Buducnost achieved the first win since his arrival, at his premier match in Moraca, against Darussafaka - 75:74. 

"It was a great experience to play before the home audience; I couldn’t wait to play in front of our fans, they gave us energy, it's a great feeling to win in such an atmosphere," he said.

Changing the club in the middle of the season and joining the Euro league was a big challenge.

"I fit in nicely, thanks to my teammates, and Buducnost is a good team, champion of the ABA league. But in the beginning, the first few days were not easy, but now I am used to it, and my teammates and coaches are helping me. I am thinking only about basketball; it is my job, I'm focused on it."

Bitadze came at the same time as Norris Cole.

"Noris is a double NBA champion, and that's enough to say about him. He has a lot of experience, he's a great guy and a teammate, it's excellent for me to play with such a player, from whom I already learned a lot. He is a great player, talks a lot, he is very loud and wants to help everyone. He has shown what he can do, and I think he can do much more."

Buducnost hosts Real Madrid, Europe's champions, on Friday.

"It's going to be a crazy game. We need to be calm, we know who Real is, but in the atmosphere in Podgorica everything is possible, the cheering will be crazy. My teammates beat CSKA, Baskonia and Barcelona... It will be a huge experience for me. Last year in Belgrade I watched the final-four, now I have a chance to play against Real. I have to use it," said Bitadze.

Text by Vijesti Sport, on January 15th, 2019, read more at Vijesti

Djukanovic in Abu Dhabi
16 Jan 2019, 15:53 PM

Representatives of Government of Abu Dhabi Interested in Port of Bar

Representatives of the Government of Abu Dhabi are particularly interested in the Port of Bar, as well as for the implementation of a number of projects in the field of tourism, it was announced at the meeting of Montenegrin President Milo Djukanovic and Sheikh Haze Bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

From Djukanovic's Information Service, it was announced that, in addition to Tet-a-Tet talks, the expanded composition included development experiences and opportunities for further attraction of investments in Montenegro from the United Arab Emirates.


"Education was also one of the important topics in this conversation, especially in the context of the importance of foreign investment for Montenegro, to which besides capital, comes new knowledge and new management skills," it was said in the statement.

Al Nahyan, as it is added, leads the government of Abu Dhabi in the capacity of deputy crown prince Mohammed.

Djukanovic will travel from Abu Dhabi to Dubai, where he will meet with another number of potential investors from the Emirate.

Text by MINA Business, on January 15th, 2019, read more at Vijesti

Niche Tourism is Boka Bay's Biggest Chance
16 Jan 2019, 12:43 PM

Niche Tourism is Boka Bay's Biggest Chance

January 16, 2019 - Cultural tourism and other forms of tourism of particular interest are the first chance for Boka Bay for the development of sustainable tourism, which will not have a seasonal character. "You have to love yourself, your heritage, enjoy what you do, how you live, and share it with tourists," says Dr. Romana Lekic, a doctor of cultural anthropology and a longtime lecturer at the most prestigious communications management and tourism faculties in the region.

Dr. Romana Lekic works as the dean assistant at Edward Bernays High School of Communication Management in Zagreb and a lecturer on public relations courses in tourism and public relations in culture. For many years she worked as a development dean of the Department of Tourism at VERN’ University of Zagreb. She teaches as a visiting professor in Slovenia and Montenegro and holds lectures, and seminars on personal development, creativity, creative leadership and nonviolent communication, transformational leadership and group dynamics. For many years she has been a coach and a consultant for tourism and culture, a key expert in many European projects. One of the projects she participated in was the IPA cross-border project SUD SIT- Sustainable development of tourism of particular interest in the area of Boka Bay and Dubrovnik-Neretva County.
 
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photo by Antonela Stjepcevic
 
Dr. Romana Lekic talks about new forms of tourism and the potential she has recognized by studying Boka Bay. She speaks of the first steps we need to take to take advantage of the natural and cultural heritage that the region abounds and offer it to a modern tourist that travels with the intent to truly and fundamentally experience the space and culture in which he is briefly participating.
 
"It is about the tourism of the new era, where we actually change a paradigm of classical, massive, still contemporary tourism and we no longer offer the guest a favor, selling him only a bed and some journey, but above all we sell, offer and enable him, to say so, to realize his dreams. We sell him dreams. We sell him his experience, and that experience changes him. He is not a massive guest; it's an individual guest who will travel twelve months a year, who will be part of the local community. He wants to experience the local community differently. And in that sense, it is sustainable tourism. You do not have to do anything new or change anything, to attract the tourists. You have to love yourself, your heritage, enjoy what you do, how you live and share it with tourists. It works very simply. However, the biggest problem is how to change the set of the mind so far, where the tourists experience us altogether different. We still link tourism to a bus, a group of 50 people, which is a stereotype. So we have to remove stereotypes. It is tourism of small numbers, but tourism where it will be very nice to earn. And what is most important to me as an anthropologist, there is no money in the center, but a man in the center. So let’s call it human access to tourism. Not only the one who uses the service as a tourist but also the one who provides the service, we all have to be satisfied. We take care of the local population; take care of the local destination, where people who provide the service are equally enjoyable and happy as tourists, which is a significant change. Often, in mass tourism, where a lot of people need to serve, cook a lot, do a lot of laundering, people are the slaves of their job. They are disgruntled, tired, torn, exhausted, and unkind. They are sad, existential blackmail that forces them to live a life they do not want. It is liberation, full freedom at a different level, where you have two people who will work with you for seven or ten days to do what you like most.  Wherever we can come into contact with tourist through the universal language, which is the language of the soul, we open completely new opportunities and earn from that. Imagine being able to convert into profit, enjoy something, be happy and satisfied, and some still pay for it," Professor Lekić explains the essential difference in approach when it comes to tourism of particular interest to classical tourism that still prevails in Montenegro's offer.
 
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photo by Antonela Stjepcevic
 
What is essential at the very start of thinking about creating such a tourist offer is to grasp our own identity and the ability to present this identity to others.
 
"To be authentic, to be honest, so that we could at any moment attract such niggardly guests, we go to great heritage, come to what God has given us, in our nature, and on the other hand, we come to what we inherited from of his ancestors. Everything that has sometimes been neglected, in some attic, in a basement, everything that has a story that has an emotional basis with which we can connect, seems to experience things differently. Then we look at the space itself in a different way. When you communicate with tourists in such a way, you aim to not only give bed and food but introduce it into a completely different world. He becomes a part of your family; actually, we all become a big family together. It is what I'm referring to in professional and scientific literature, an anthropologist, Victor Turner, described. That story is called "communitas." The community is the special feeling of sharing friendship, companionship, love you are experiencing in the new environment, with new people, in a different way. And that experience changes you. It changes and the one who gives. It's a sharing, and there's a kind of spell. Simply-we open to each other; we do the things we love. Sustainable tourism is not just recycling garbage and care not to disturb the eco-balance, but sustainable tourism is doing what we love, respecting ourselves, respecting the other. I cannot be good for others if I torture myself. There are major problems in the local community. People think they have to work hard to be happy. And they have to do something that others do. They kill their creativity. When we can do what we love and put our talents into the function of tourism development, there is the so-called “multiplicative factor.” Many stories develop as tourism of special interest. From Star Wars lovers, who travel dressed in costumes, get together, and enjoy their fantasy, but fly, travel by boat, use hotels, etc. We can like it or not, but they are a market niche. Or, New Age tourism, a brand new niche market where people are working on developing themselves. They want healthy food, healthy nature, but they want to meditate, practice yoga, or Thai chi, they want healthy, healing plants from the space they visit. They are all special market niches, and, importantly, they all come outside the main tourist season. They will come to you when you have no one," emphasizes Dr. Lekic.
 
It is interesting that after years of experience in tourism, as a receptive tourist agency owner, she went to academic circles and her practical knowledge began to be passed on to students through several courses related to animation tourists, the organization of events, cultural tourism.
 
tourismphoto by Antonela Stjepcevic
 
By a multidisciplinary scientific-paced approach and the "storytelling" method, Professor Lekic, exploring the cross-border region, analyzed in which spheres this area has potential when the development of tourism of particular interest is concerned. Stressing the many natural and cultural components that we should adopt for sustainable tourism development as key to the entire space, she has recognized four spheres in which we can immediately start:
 
"I saw the whole region as a living organism and watched what makes this region unique. What are the comparative advantages that no one has, and you have, as a region? Everyone expected to be in the first place nautical tourism. But no, that's primarily cultural tourism through the intangible heritage, where I then analyzed each segment separately, through gastro-tourism, through rural tourism, through maritime heritage. The story of Bokelian captains, sailors, the Boka Navy, nautical inventions, celestial navigation. So, cultural tourism with its immaterial heritage, rural tourism, biking and hiking, observation of plants, birds and other animals. Of course, nautical tourism is present but more concerning contact with the sea and the heritage. Through sailing, archaeological diving, contact with the old rowing way, old crafts related to the sea, fishing, especially the traditional female night fishing, characteristic only for Boka Bay, with sea flora and fauna, beautiful submersible ships. In that context, I put the sea, because I consider it a too big sin to parcel the sea and issue it exclusively and only through the marina facilities. We sell it as a parking lot. It is an entirely different story, where our sea is an inexhaustible source of inspiration. We then look at the depth, in width. As they say, we put our finger in the sea, and we connect with all those Bokelian captains and seamen who sailed the whole world."
 
"If you want to have her father's legacy, you have to win it again," quotes Johan Wolfgang Goethe. What are the first steps when the development of tourism of particular interest is concerned? The initiative must start from the inside, from the local community. Professor Lekic answers the question of responsibility for taking the initiative? How to inform and interest people to think about tourism in this way? She agreed it is a challenging task:
 
"It is, above all, about animating and motivating ourselves. So, if I could enjoy life and that others could enjoy with me, I must first start myself. And it can only be started in a way to activate my talents and do what I like. Because what you like to do, what you enjoy, why you came to this world, you need to do it. It needs to hit the wire, and it needs to create chemistry. For tourists to fall in love with our country, to love it, we must love what we have. If we do not know and do not like what we are, it is unlikely that tourists will enjoy it.“
 
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To whom is the responsibility to take over first activities? Are receptive tourist agencies, whether they are local governments, tourist organizations? Professor Lekic is categorical:
 
"It must be a synchronized action of all actors. We all are in charge of it. When we have a critical mass that is sufficient, small changes can lead to great shifts. The story moves nonlinearly. You have no rules; the rule is that there are no rules. We live in a dynamic system where you start things at one end, and the effects of your action are quite different. We work hard on account of emotions; we connect people to interests, in a way that we naturally use knowledge, planning, design. By me, the first step from where to go is to list everything we have to make so-called “attraction base.” Then we will see what we have, what we need to protect, where we need to do more. So we need to make the inventory, and in parallel to this, to do casting where we get people who are interested in being guides, animators, to open their agencies. At the same time, it is necessary to assist, educate and guide them. Then, it is all too synergistic to bind."
 
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Inventory of the natural and cultural treasures of Boka Bay will be a tremendous job. According to Dr. Lekić, who is familiar to various parts of the world, Boka Bay is the pearl of the pearls. This fact opens the question of responsibility.
 
"It's a great responsibility. Your natural heritage and climate is something that makes you specific. If you destroy a natural heritage, cover it with concrete, go to mass, quick earnings, you will not succeed in doing this what we are discussing. Creating a touristic base should be approached very studiously, deliberately, using services of experts, and ethnologists, and anthropologists, and tourism experts. Include conservators, archaeologists, and historians. So this is an interdisciplinary work. Architects, landscape architects, all need to work together, synergistically."
 
Waasland-Beveren Welcomes Montenegrin Player Stefan Milošević
16 Jan 2019, 00:38 AM

Waasland-Beveren Welcomes Montenegrin Player Stefan Milošević

15 January 2019 - Stefan Milošević, the 22-year-old football player from Montenegro, signed a 3.5-season contract with Waasland-Beveren. He comes from the Montenegrin the First Division FK Iskra Danilovgrad.

Milošević drew attention on himself in the first part of this season, when he scored nine goals in eighteen matches for Iskra. Now he is on his way to the club where Montenegrin national player Aleksandar Boljevic is waiting for him.

Stefan chose to carry the number 99 on his new Beveren jersey.

Milošević has officially moved to Waasland-Beveren on January 15, 2019. He has signed a contract expiring on June 30, 2022. The financial details of the contract are undisclosed.

According to the representatives of Waasland-Beveren, he has the necessary scoring power. "He was wanted in this transfer period, but Stefan chose Waasland-Beveren as the first European adventure. Of course, we are very pleased with his choice and hope to see a lot of his qualities soon, and we are doing everything we can to get him to play as soon as possible," they said in an interview for Voetbal Belgie.

Waasland-Beveren is a Belgian association football club located in the municipality of Beveren, East Flanders. They play in the Belgian Pro League. Beveren takes the 14th place in the Belgian championship, with six points more than the last-placed Lokeren.

Renewal of Airline Podgorica - Zagreb Initiated
16 Jan 2019, 00:00 AM

Renewal of Airline Podgorica - Zagreb Initiated

15 January 2019 - Relations between Montenegro and Croatia are extremely close and friendly, which is an excellent basis for further deepening of cooperation, especially between local communities, concluded at the meeting held by the Mayor of Podgorica, Ivan Vuković, and Croatian Ambassador Veselko Grubišić.

The Mayor of Podgorica pointed out that Montenegro highly appreciates the fact that Croatia always had strong support on the path of European and Euro-Atlantic integration. Croatia is one of the most important foreign trade partners of Montenegro. "We are pleased that we already have a solid number of Croatian companies here, as well many investments in the field of tourism," Vuković emphasized.

He stressed that Podgorica has experience in cooperation with a number of local communities in Croatia through IPA projects that are thematically diverse - from energy efficiency to wine tourism.

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Recalling that the delegation from Zagreb was the first to visit Podgorica after the declaration of Montenegro's independence in 2006, the Mayor announced that the delegation from Podgorica would visit the capital of Croatia in a few weeks. He estimated that Podgorica could make much use of Zagreb's development experience, bearing in mind the enormous transformation that the city has experienced. Ambassador Grubišić agreed with this assessment, stressing that he had already spoken to Zagreb's leading people and that they were ready to share their experiences, especially in the field of tourism.

Mayor Vuković initiated the possibility of re-introducing the direct airline Podgorica-Zagreb, stressing that this would be a significant contribution to the further strengthening of the cooperation between the two countries and the two cities. The Croatian Ambassador said he was keen to discuss the issue with Croatia Airlines, assessing that it would be good to introduce a bound flight with some of the cities in the region like Mostar, Tirana or Skopje.

Montenegro and European Environment Agency Cooperation Improves
15 Jan 2019, 23:27 PM

Montenegro and European Environment Agency Cooperation Improves

15 January 2019 - Strengthening cooperation between Montenegro, i.e. the Agency for Nature and Environment Protection of Montenegro, and the European Environment Agency (EEA), was the main topic of the meeting of Minister of Sustainable Development and Tourism Pavle Radulović and EEA Director Hans Bruyninckx. The improvement of the system for monitoring, measuring, reporting and informing citizens about the state of the environment, as well as improving the environment altogether, were in the focus of the meeting.

Minister Radulović expressed his satisfaction with the visit of the delegation of the European Environment Agency, pointing out that Montenegro has been cooperating with this institution for ten years now. Primarily, cooperation takes place through the Agency for the Protection of Nature and the Environment, but it also includes a national network of 23 contact persons in the competent institutions in charge of observing and collecting information for reports sent to the European Agency. Radulović stressed that Montenegro had been involved in the drafting of the environmental report at the European level for the third time, which is being done every five years.

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"At this moment, close cooperation with the European Environment Agency is crucial concerning closing Chapter 27. We have received encouragement that they are ready to support us on this road and appreciate our openness and cooperation, "said Radulović.

Director of the European Environment Agency, Hans Bruyninckx, stated that he is satisfied with the negotiations on further strengthening cooperation and improving the work of the Agency in Montenegro and the Balkans. "Our main ambition is to strengthen the knowledge that we must have to create sound policies and laws in the field of environment. Accurate indicators, good monitoring and reporting are crucial in moving towards a society that is greener and less affecting the climate," Bruyninckx said.

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Nikola Medenica, director of the Agency for Protection of Nature and Environment of Montenegro, stressed that he sees the visit of the representatives of the European Environment Agency as a strong initiative to continue and strengthen the cooperation of the two institutions.

Montenegrin ”Falcons” Climbed Mount Kilimanjaro
15 Jan 2019, 23:09 PM

Montenegrin ”Falcons” Climbed Mount Kilimanjaro

15 January 2019 - Members of Montenegrin Sports Hiking Club “Falcon” have successfully climbed Mountain Kilimanjaro on January 14, 2019.

On their Official Facebook Page “Planinarski Klub Soko Cetinje”, the representatives of the Hiking Club announced that they have successfully implemented their “Kilimanjaro 2019” expedition, sharing numerous photographs from Africa’s highest point.

Mount Kilimanjaro is the highest mountain in Africa, about 4,900 metres (16,100 ft) from its base, and 5,895 metres (19,341 ft) above sea level. Kilimanjaro is the most popular of the "seven summits" (the highest mountain on each of the continents) primarily because it's the most attainable. About 35,000 people a year attempt to reach the 5,895-metre summit.

The excitement of the Falcons is evident – they accomplished their goal and conquered the iconic mountain. “Africa under the feet of our Falcons!”, the Club representatives wrote and wished the members of the expedition a safe return.

Montenegrin Falcons Climbed Kilimanjaro

The three-member expedition, Dušan Kaluđerović, Dijana Borozan and Bojan Ćuković, can boast that they have completed the mission. Montenegrin News Agency TVCG interviewed them just before their departure, and even then they couldn’t hide the eagerness to get the adventure started. “A picture of a high mountain covered with snow, under which a vast, green plain spreads, full of life. The fantasy of one day walking down the slopes of this mountain brought me into the world of hiking. It was Kilimanjaro,” explained Dušan Kaluđerović.

Falcon’s Intensive communication with operators from Tanzania and demanding psychophysical preparations needed to reach the top of Africa lasted for months. Thanks to that, their first expedition outside the European continent will last 16 days in total, of which seven days will be reserved for ascent and descent from the mountain, while the rest of the time will be used to visit Tanzania.

“Kilimanjaro is definitely that one mountain that has always been on our list of peaks we want to conquer," Kaluđerović added just before their departure.

Some figures suggest that only 45 per cent of people who set out for the summit actually make it, which is why the team members are overjoyed that they managed to rise to the challenge on their first attempt.

Health care for children with disorders - Gusinjac
15 Jan 2019, 16:31 PM

Gusinjac: System Provides Adequate Treatment for Children with Mental Disorders

The Montenegrin healthcare system provides adequate therapy and treatment for children with mental disorders, said Mevlida Gusinjac, Director the Directorate for Health Protection at the Ministry of Health.

In the Mental Health Report in Montenegro, the Ombudsperson stated that children with mental disorders do not exercise the right to complete, adequate and quality healthcare.

Gusinjac said that in Montenegro, within the health institutions at the primary level of health care and in the Clinical Center of Montenegro (KCCG), the treatment of children with mental disorders is organized.

According to her, numerous activities are being carried out in order to provide the conditions for organizing the services, i.e. the construction of the Clinic for psychiatry within the KCCG, which will include the department of child psychiatry. "Until the construction of this clinic, the health care system, as mentioned, provides adequate therapy and treatment for children with mental disorders," Gusinjac told MINA.

She pointed out that the Ministry of Health, as an imperative and an important challenge, recognized the care of children with psychiatric disorders.

"As it is a very sensitive category of population, very carefully, primarily systemically, we tend to provide adequate conditions for the medical treatment that is necessary for them," emphasized Gusinjac.

She explained that the first check-ups, for the detection and recognition of psychiatric disorders in a child, are performed by selected pediatricians in health centers. "They evaluate the mental development and mental maturity of children through ten preventive examinations in the first, second, fourth year of life, as well as before going to elementary school, in the second, fourth, sixth and ninth grade of the primary school, as well as in the first and third grade of the high school," Gusinjac explained.

Also, she adds, in the centers for children with special needs within the health centers there is a team of specially trained and educated pediatricians and psychologists, as well as a speech therapist and physiatrist.

Gusinjac pointed out that the Youth Counseling also works in health centers with participation of the selected pediatrician, psychologist and psychiatrist.

According to her, a psychiatrist for adults, as well as a child psychiatrist from Belgrade, was engaged in the KCCG Children's Institute, due to the lack of child psychiatrists. "So that children with mental disorders are provided with adequate and high-quality health care," Gusinjeć emphasized. As she explained, the decision on treatment is made by the whole team.  

"A psychiatrist and a clinical psychologist, and if the need for additional treatments is required, the KCCG Psychiatric Clinic sends patients to the Institute of Mental Health or the Children's Clinic for Psychiatry in Belgrade, with which the Health Insurance Fund has concluded a treaty on providing the treatment," said Gusinjac.

She said that three Clinical Psychologists are working at the Clinical Psychiatric Clinic of the Clinical Center (KCG), while specialists of children's psychiatry who come from Belgrade have been engaged in the Center for Autism and are conducting examinations on the weekends.

"Currently there are three Doctors of Medicine specializing in child psychiatry and one psychologist specializing in clinical psychology, which will, after their completed education, improve the provision of health care for children with psychiatric disorders," Gusinjac said.

She stated that at present there are no registers of children with developmental disabilities and mental disorders.

Gusinjac explained that children's and young people's registers with psychophysical developmental disorders and psychosocial disorders, for the growth and development of children and youth, for psychoses, for personnel in the healthcare system and for institutions, are expected to be developed in the course of March.

Text by MINA News, on January 13th 2019, read more at Vijesti

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