Analysis

The New Geography of Power

Who Finances Adria?

Governments still dominate headlines. Investors increasingly determine outcomes. Across Adria, the balance of influence is quietly shifting...

By Marko Nikolić

Montenegro’s European Moment

For years, European integration in the Western Balkans felt like a process permanently stuck between ambition and postponement. Negotiations advanced, governments changed, reforms were...

By Mila Jović

The Price of Paradise

THE CONTROVERSY SURROUNDING Albania's planned luxury resort developments is about more than one project. It reflects a question every Adriatic country is increasingly being forced...

Banking Consolidation

The Battle for Addiko

NLB is prepared to pay €37 per share for Addiko. RBI is offering €26.50. Yet Addiko's management supports the lower bid. Behind the takeover...

Albania’s Solar Boom Is Changing More Than Its Energy Mix

For decades, Albania’s energy story was largely written by its rivers. Hydropower supplied the overwhelming majority of the country’s electricity, making the energy system...

Who Could Lead Croatia’s Central Bank Next?

Since Croatia joined the eurozone, the role of the Croatian National Bank (HNB) governor has changed significantly. The focus is no longer on independently shaping monetary...

Montenegro’s Economic Playbook 2026–2030

For much of the past decade, Montenegro has been discussed through a narrow lens: tourism, luxury real estate and its dramatic Adriatic coastline. But...

Capital & Confidence

Why money keeps choosing Montenegro — and what still makes it hesitate Montenegro does not compete on scale. It competes on density — of coastline,...

Where capital is shaping the country.

Montenegro Investment Map

Viewed from above, Montenegro’s investment landscape reveals a pattern that is both simple and strategic. Capital does not disperse randomly. It concentrates — along...

The Visibility Economy

Montenegro Mastered Desire. Can it Now Master Credibility?

Montenegro does not suffer from invisibility. Quite the opposite. Over the past decade, the country has built one of the most recognisable destination brands in...

By the Montenegrin Foreign Investors Council (MFIC)

Foreign Investors’ Perspective on Montenegro’s Business Climate

The Montenegrin Foreign Investors Council, which for almost two decades has brought together leading international companies operating in the country, recognises progress in several...

Working Montenegro

What Growth Feels Like on the Ground

Montenegro’s economy is often described in numbers: growth rates, investment volumes, arrivals, megawatts. Useful, yes. Complete, no. Because an economy isn’t only measured by...

Talent

Why Montenegro Still Wins Talent

Lifestyle, flexibility and geography are quietly turning the country into a magnet for global professionals. In the global competition for talent, the winners are no...

By Vojin Golubović, PhD, University of Donja Gorica

Montenegro’s Structural Trap

Why growth without institutional reform risks becoming fragile progress Montenegro’s deepest structural problem is what could be described as a form of state-political capitalism —...

What 2030 Really Asks of the Region

The Western Balkans has accumulated more plans and strategic frameworks than almost any region of its size. Yet none of these documents, no matter...

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