Natalie Sarkic-Todd / 08 Aug 2023
Remembering Fascism in Montenegro
A Family Story
Every July, Montenegro remembers its antifascist history.(...)
Montenegro
Natalie Sarkic-Todd / 30 Jun 2023
Now They’re Into Crypto
Montenegro Opens the Door
It was just a matter of time. Montenegro has been a foreign money magnet since the Yugoslav wars ended, especially since it gained independence in 2006.(...)
Natalie Sarkic-Todd / 02 Jun 2023
May Days in Montenegro
The Month to End All Months
May in Montenegro holds particular historical significance. It marks the country’s triumph over fascism in WWII but also, since 2006, its regained independence, relinquished after WWI to what became Yugoslavia.(...)
Drasko Duranovic / 12 May 2023
A Day of Shame
9 May in Montenegro
On that hundredth day, that ninth of May 1942, at opposite ends of Nikšić, two people, Ljubo Čupić and Joka Baletić, went to their deaths because they stood up against fascism.(...)
Natalie Sarkic-Todd / 09 May 2023
Getting the Balkans Wrong
The Foreign Coverage Crisis
The Western Balkans are notoriously difficult to fathom. The evolving regional map of countries, borders, ethnicities and faiths is so complex that it requires more preparation to cover than other parts of Europe.(...)
Natalie Sarkic-Todd / 08 Apr 2023
Let Down by the West
Montenegro on the Edge
The Djukanović era is over. On 2 April, Montenegrins voted 59/41 in favour of his opponent, Jakov Milatović.(...)
Drasko Duranovic / 09 Mar 2023
The Struggle for Montenegro
Moscow’s Hybrid War
For the Kremlin, controlling Montenegro is an opportunity to have its own proxy in NATO. For Belgrade, it’s a chance to regain the territory, which declared independence in June 2006.(...)
Joel Schalit / 29 Oct 2021
EU Mission protest. Podgorica, Montenegro. [Aleksandra Radoman Kovacevic]
Natalie Sarkic-Todd / 28 Jul 2021
Site of the first Partisan uprising. Virpazar, Montenegro. [Natalie Sarkic-Todd]
