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Montenegro’s path to advanced manufacturing: niche marine, energy and precision services rather than mass factories
Montenegro is unlikely to build a mass manufacturing economy, given its small domestic market and limited industrial base. But the country can still develop higher-value capabilities…
EU accession turns ESG into Montenegro’s core investment framework
Montenegro’s EU accession process is increasingly acting as an economic restructuring force, reshaping how projects are financed and assessed across energy, infrastructure, banking and tourism. By…
SEE power prices slide as wind rebounds and Serbia pushes dynamic industrial tariffs
South-east Europe’s day-ahead power market saw broad price declines on 12 May as wind and hydro output recovered and weekday demand eased. In Serbia, EPS is…
Montenegro’s next growth bet: building a premium Adriatic health economy around prevention and digital care
Montenegro’s biotech and digital health prospects are unlikely to hinge on large-scale drug manufacturing. Instead, the country is positioning for a high-margin ecosystem that links preventive…
Montenegro’s healthcare and pharma market shifts from tourism support to long-term private demand
Montenegro’s pharmaceutical and private healthcare sector is moving into a structural growth phase as aging demographics, higher private spending, medical tourism potential and foreign residency demand…
South-East Europe’s renewable boom shifts from building power to financing the grid
South-East Europe’s next phase of renewables is increasingly constrained by grid finance rather than generation. Lenders are focusing on connection capacity, congestion risk and digital control…
Montenegro’s import dependence is evolving into a logistics and premium consumption model
Montenegro still imports far more than it exports, but the mix is shifting toward construction, energy transition, tourism infrastructure and premium consumption. By the second half…
European utilities expand trading in South-East Europe as flexibility becomes the prize
South-East Europe is moving from a peripheral power region to a strategically important trading arena for European utilities and commodity houses, driven by renewable volatility and…
Negative power prices spread across the Balkans—raising the bar for wind, solar and storage
Negative electricity prices are moving from a Western European outlier to an emerging risk in South-East Europe as solar, wind and hydropower output increasingly collide with…
Financing the flexibility race in South-East Europe: the merchant-vs-regulated storage showdown
As battery energy storage expands across Serbia, Greece, Romania and Bulgaria, investors are split over whether projects should rely on volatile merchant revenues or on regulated,…