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Renewables reshape Southeast Europe’s power pricing as gas volatility and balancing needs rise
Across Southeast Europe, week 20 brought a sharp drop in power prices as wind output surged and thermal generation retreated. The shift is increasingly structural—while gas…
CBAM’s first electricity quarterly review finds widening EU–non-EU price gaps across Western Balkans
The Energy Community Secretariat’s first CBAM quarterly assessment for electricity imports says the mechanism is already changing trading economics in Southeast Europe, including a sharp weakening…
Montenegro draft strategy to 2031 elevates construction while demoting trade in push for investment-led growth
Montenegro is drafting an economic strategy through 2031 that places construction at the center of future growth and shifts emphasis away from wholesale and retail trade.…
Montenegro electronics retail in 2025: scale drives winners, margins squeeze the rest
Montenegro’s consumer electronics and appliance market showed sharply uneven results in 2025, with some distributors and retailers expanding revenues and profits while others saw sales fall…
Montenegro to expand oversight of online rental platforms with new VAT data requirements
Montenegro is moving ahead with draft VAT legislation that would require online short-term accommodation platforms to provide transaction data to tax authorities. The measure aims to…
Montenegro apartment prices rise 13% in Q1 as coastal investment demand outpaces supply
Montenegro’s new-build apartment prices climbed to EUR 2,445 per square meter in the first quarter of 2026, up 13% year on year. The increase highlights a…
Montenegro’s luxury tourism and real estate surge signals a shift to investment-led coastal growth
Montenegro’s luxury hospitality revival—highlighted by the reopening momentum around Aman Sveti Stefan—has reinforced investor confidence as tourism and property markets increasingly move together. At the same…
Montenegro’s growth pivot: tourism, construction and renewables drive a new investment cycle—while risks persist
Montenegro is increasingly relying on an infrastructure- and investment-heavy model anchored by tourism, energy and construction, reinforced by government priorities through 2031. But structural vulnerabilities—rising fiscal…
Sveti Stefan set to reopen in Montenegro as luxury tourism dispute moves toward resolution
Montenegro’s flagship ultra-premium destination, Aman’s Sveti Stefan, will welcome guests again from 1 July after a five-year shutdown. Villa Miločer is also due to reopen on…
Montenegro pushes mountain tourism expansion with 570 km of new hiking trail work
Montenegro’s Ministry of Tourism has outlined plans to develop and maintain more than 570 kilometers of hiking trails nationwide, partnering with the Mountaineering Association of Montenegro.…