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Southeast Europe’s power market shifts into a volatility-driven trading regime
During CW21, Southeast Europe’s electricity pricing moved away from a coal-and-hydro pattern as wind intermittency, negative-price risk, cross-border balancing constraints and grid bottlenecks increasingly shaped market…
Serbia’s mining sector steps into Europe’s critical-materials power struggle
Serbia is emerging as a pivotal European mining jurisdiction as the EU’s Critical Raw Materials push turns critical minerals into a geopolitical and governance test. The…
Solar-driven oversupply and grid bottlenecks push Southeast Europe into a new volatility regime
Southeast Europe’s electricity markets are shifting from a renewables-growth story to a flexibility-and-volatility challenge, as solar expansion brings midday oversupply, negative prices and higher balancing swings.…
Montenegro’s growth model faces a test as property-led expansion meets structural limits
Montenegro’s two-decade development push delivered a world-recognized tourism and luxury-property brand, but it also left the economy heavily exposed to imports, seasonal demand and external financing…
Slovenian-backed customs digitization signals Montenegro’s shift toward EU-style economic integration
Montenegro and Slovenia have formally launched the MECIS programme to modernize Montenegro’s customs information system, supported by Slovenian company ZZI. The move underscores how EU accession…
Montenegro’s economic transition enters a new phase 20 years after independence
Montenegro’s economy entered CW21 facing a defining strategic question that increasingly dominates public and investor discussions alike: whether the country can successfully evolve from a tourism-heavy…
Energy emerges as Montenegro’s next strategic growth engine
Montenegro’s energy sector is increasingly moving from a supporting infrastructure role into one of the country’s primary long-term development pillars as renewable investment, regional electricity integration…
Montenegro’s food distribution sector expands revenues but margin pressure signals a changing consumer economy
Montenegro’s consumer and retail economy is entering a more demanding phase as rising operating costs, inflation-sensitive consumption and tighter margins increasingly pressure the country’s largest food…
Montenegro’s payment system growth points to deeper financial formalization and EU-aligned infrastructure
Montenegro’s Central Bank data show April 2026 payment activity rising to about €2.46 billion, with the RTGS system handling nearly 94% of transaction value. The expansion…
Montenegro’s economy enters a more fragile growth phase as tourism, banking and energy investment rebalance the market
Montenegro’s economy entered CW21 facing a far more complex balance between growth optimism and structural fragility as inflation pressures, slowing European demand, tourism dependence and rising…