2021 Montenegrin Municipal Elections
Local elections were held on 14 March 2021 in Nikšić Municipality, on 9 May 2021 in Herceg Novi Municipality, while the elections in the municipalities of Cetinje, Mojkovac and Petnjica were held on 5 December 2021. Elections resulted in won for local-level opposition parties in 3 out of 5 municipalities. Large coalition consisting of the former ZBCG (led by DF), MNN (led by DCG) and CnB (led by URA) formed local government in Nikšić and Mojkovac municipalities, while SDP and the independent list "Old Guard of the LSCG" rise in Cetinje Old Royal Capital. The DPS keep governing in Petnjica, in coalition with SD and BS, while the DCG keep its mayoral post in Herceg Novi, in coalition with the local DF and URA. Novska Lista is a local pro-Serb Herceg Novi based political party that started from few former NSD and SNP members who left in 2012, few months after creation of DF. Results March elections Nikšić May elections Herceg Novi December elections Cetinje Mojko ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Nikšić
Nikšić ( cnr, Никшић, italic=no, sr-cyrl, Никшић, italic=no; ), is the second largest city in Montenegro, with a total population of 56,970 located in the west of the country, in the centre of the spacious Nikšić field at the foot of Trebjesa Hill. It is the center of Nikšić Municipality with population of 72,443 according to 2011 census, which is the largest municipality by area and second most inhabited after Podgorica. It was also the largest municipality by area in the former Yugoslavia. It is an important industrial, cultural, and educational center. Name In classical antiquity, the area of Nikšić was the site of the settlement of the Illyrians, Illyrian tribe of the Endirudini and was known in sources of the time as Anderba or Enderon. The Roman Empire built a Castra, military camp (''castrum Anderba'') in the 4th century AD, which was known as the Ostrogothic fortress ''Anagastum'' (after 459. AD). After Slavic settlement in the region, Anagastum became S ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Yugoslav Communist Party Of Montenegro
Yugoslav Communist Party of Montenegro ( cnr, italic=yes, Jugoslovenska komunistička partija Crne Gore, JKP CG) is a minor communist political party in Montenegro. The party mostly gathers pensioners, mainly with Titoistic and nostalgic feelings towards life in the former Communist Yugoslavia (SFRJ). History The political party was founded on 25 September 2009 as a result of the merger of two political parties: League of Communists of Yugoslavia - Communists of Montenegro and Yugoslav Communists of Montenegro. During the 2010 municipal elections, Yugoslav Communist Party of Montenegro gained 1 seat in the Municipal Parliament of Plužine. The party participated in 2012 parliamentary elections in the coalition "Together", along with the Party of United Pensioners and the Disabled (PUPI), but did not achieve parliamentary status, winning 0.38% of votes. In August 2016, the party joined the opposition alliance Democratic Front (DF) for the 2016 parliamentary election. Party ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Petnjica Municipality
Petnjica Municipality ( Montenegrin: Opština Petnjica / Општина Петњица) is one of the municipalities of Montenegro. The municipality is located in northeastern region of Montenegro, being part of Bihor and Sandžak regions. The center is Petnjica. Petnjica Municipality was created in 2013, when it was split from Berane Municipality. Subdivisions Petnjica Municipality is divided into 7 subdivisions ( Montenegrin Latin: ''mjesne zajednice'', singular: ''mjesna zajednica'') with 25 settlements (''naselja'', singular: ''naselje''). Petnjica Municipality Subdivisions; Bor Subdivision (Bor and Ponor), Petnjica Subdivision (Petnjica, Godočelje, Johovica, Lagatore, Lazi, Pahulj and Radmanci), Savin Bor Subdivision (Savin Bor, Dašča Rijeka, Dobrodole and Kruščica), Javorova Subdivision (Javorova, Murovac and Poroče). Trpezi Subdivision (Trpezi and Kalica), Tucanje Subdivision (Tucanje, Azane, Lješnica, Orahovo and Vrševo) and Vrbica (Upper and Lower). Local parliam ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mojkovac Municipality
Mojkovac Municipality ( Montenegrin and Serbian: Opština Mojkovac / Општина Мојковац) is one of the municipalities of Montenegro. The municipality is located in northeastern region of Montenegro. Administrative center of the municipality is town of Mojkovac. Geography and location The municipality of Mojkovac covers an area of and according to the number of inhabitants (10 015 / 2003g) belongs among the smaller municipalities in Montenegro. Mojkovac is on the west bank of the Tara River, between the mountains of Bjelasica and Sinjajevina. The old mining village of Brskovo is nearby. Brskovo is one of the oldest mines in the region. The territory of the municipality borders with municipalities: Kolašin, Šavnik, Žabljak, Bijelo Polje and Berane. Mojkovac has a station on Belgrade–Bar railway. It is also at the intersection of the main road connecting Montenegro's coast and Podgorica with northern Montenegro and Serbia ( E65, E80), and the road leading towards ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Old Royal Capital Cetinje
Old Royal Capital Cetinje ( Montenegrin and Serbian: Prijestonica Cetinje / Пријестоница Цетиње) is one of the territorial subdivisions of Montenegro. It has the status of the Old Royal Capital (), which is also translated in English as "Royal Town". The seat of municipality is town of Cetinje. The municipality is located at the central and southwestern region of Montenegro. MJU Geography Cetinje is situated in the karst field (Cetinje field) of about 7 km2, with average height above sea level of 671m. It is of airline far from Adriatic Sea and from Skadar Lake. Now, it is on the main road Podgorica-Cetinje-Budva, which makes it open to the inside of Montenegro and Montenegrin coast. Mount[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Herceg Novi Municipality
Herceg Novi Municipality is one of the municipalities of Montenegro, municipalities in southwestern Montenegro region. The administrative center is Herceg Novi. MJU, Vlada Crne Gore Location and tourism The Herceg Novi municipality stretches from Prevlaka to the Verige strait. An almost unbroken string of towns lie along this strip of coast, these include Prevlaka, Igalo, Herceg Novi, Baošići, Đenovići, Meljine, Zelenika, Herceg Novi, Zelenika, Sutorina and Bijela, Herceg Novi, Bijela. Municipality is located at Adriatic coast in southwestern Montenegro, at the entrance to the Bay of Kotor and at the foot of Mount Orjen. Herceg Novi is one of the major tourist destinations in Montenegro. It is well known as a Destination spa, spa and health center; nearby Igalo has an abundance of mud bath, heal ...[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Nikšić Municipality
Nikšić Municipality ( Montenegrin and Serbian: Opština Nikšić / Општина Никшић) is one of the municipalities of Montenegro. The municipality is located in central and northwestern region of Montenegro. The administrative centre of the municipality is town of Nikšić. Geography and location Nikšić municipality has the largest landmass of any municipality in Montenegro (covering 15% of Montenegro), and includes 129 settlements. It was also largest landmass municipality in socialist Yugoslavia. Town of Nikšić is situated in north-central Montenegro. It is located at the centre of the spacious ''Nikšić field'' (''Nikšićko polje''), a karst plain with an area of 48 km2, and an elevation of 640 m AMSL. The plain is surrounded by inhospitable rocky mountainous terrain, a typical landscape of western Montenegro. The city itself is located at the foot of the ''Trebjesa'' hill. Zeta river originates in the ''Nikšić field'', and flows near the city of Nik ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ervin Ibrahimović
'' Ervin Ibrahimović (Cyrillic: Ервин Ибрахимовић; born 7 June 1972) is a Montenegrin politician serving as the vice president of the Parliament of Montenegro since December 2021 and the current president of the conservative Bosniak Party (BS), minority party representing Bosniaks in Montenegro, succeeding the party founder Rafet Husović in 2021. Biography Early life and education Ibrahimović was born on 7 June 1972 in Rožaje, a northern Montenegro town. He finished middle and high school in Rožaje, and later graduated from the Faculty of Metallurgy, University of Pristina. He has a master's degree from the University of Belgrade. In his youth, he played sports for many years and achieved notable result as a basketball coach in Rožaje and Tutin. Political career He served as the president of the Bosniak Party board in Rožaje, served as a member of the Municipal Parliament of Rožaje, and has been a member of the party presidency throughout the years. ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2021 Montenegrin Municipal Elections
Local elections were held on 14 March 2021 in Nikšić Municipality, on 9 May 2021 in Herceg Novi Municipality, while the elections in the municipalities of Cetinje, Mojkovac and Petnjica were held on 5 December 2021. Elections resulted in won for local-level opposition parties in 3 out of 5 municipalities. Large coalition consisting of the former ZBCG (led by DF), MNN (led by DCG) and CnB (led by URA) formed local government in Nikšić and Mojkovac municipalities, while SDP and the independent list "Old Guard of the LSCG" rise in Cetinje Old Royal Capital. The DPS keep governing in Petnjica, in coalition with SD and BS, while the DCG keep its mayoral post in Herceg Novi, in coalition with the local DF and URA. Novska Lista is a local pro-Serb Herceg Novi based political party that started from few former NSD and SNP members who left in 2012, few months after creation of DF. Results March elections Nikšić May elections Herceg Novi December elections Cetinje Mojko ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Raško Konjević
Raško Konjević (Montenegrin Cyrillic: Рашко Коњевић; born on 12 April 1979 in Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina) is a Montenegrin politician serving as the deputy prime minister of Montenegro and the minister of defence since 28 April 2022. He is the current president of the centre-left Social Democratic Party (SDP). He previously served as the member of the Parliament of Montenegro. Biography Konjević graduated and obtained a master's degree at the Faculty of Economics at the University of Montenegro. He was a Minister of Interior Affairs in cabinet of Igor Lukšić (2010–2012) and in 6th cabinet of Milo Đukanović (2012–16) and later Minister of Finance in provisional Government of Montenegro that lasted from May to November 2016. Following the October 2016 parliamentary election, he was elected Member of Parliament. He was elected MP once again in 2020. Since 28 April 2022, he has been serving as the deputy prime minister of Montenegro and the ministe ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Social Democratic Party Of Montenegro
Social Democratic Party of Montenegro ( cnr, Социјалдемократска партија Црне Горе, Socijaldemokratska partija Crne Gore), or just the Social Democratic Party, abbr. SDP is a nationalist and social democratic political party in Montenegro. It is the only party in Montenegro to have full membership in the Socialist International. From 1998 until the 2016 coalition split, it was a minor coalition partner of the Democratic Party of Socialists, that lead Montenegro from the introduction of the multi-party system until the 2020 Montenegrin parliamentary election. History On 14 July 1991, members of Union of Reform Forces of Yugoslavia (SRSJ) from four coastal municipalities in the SR Montenegro, Herceg Novi, Kotor, Tivat and Budva, who were subsequently joined by reformists from Cetinje, formed the first regional Montenegrin political party - the ''Alliance of Reformists of the Montenegrin Coastline'' with Miodrag Marović as President. On 7 July 1992 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Justice And Reconciliation Party
The Justice and Reconciliation Party ( bs, Stranka pravde i pomirenja; sr, Странка правде и помирења; abbr. СПП or SPP), formerly known as the Bosniak Democratic Union of Sandžak ( bs, Bošnjačka demokratska zajednica Sandžaka; sr, Бошњачка демократска заједница Санџака; abbr. БДЗС or BDZS), is a political party in Serbia, representing the Bosniak ethnic minority concentrated in the Sandžak region of Serbia. History It contested the 2014 parliamentary elections as part of a joint list with the centrist Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and centre-left Social Democratic Union (SDU), but the alliance received only 3.4% of the vote, failing to win a seat. In the 2016 parliamentary elections it ran alone, winning two seats. The party officially changed its name from the Bosniak Democratic Union of Sandžak to the Justice and Reconciliation Party on December 23, 2017. Jahja Fehratović had led the party from it ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |