Montenegro: PES calls for inquiry into foreign influence and corruption

Montenegro Europe Now Movement hybrid influence corruption investigation Milojko Spajić

The Europe Now Movement (PES) has initiated a request for a parliamentary control hearing before the Committee for Security and Defense to investigate potential hybrid foreign influence on Montenegro’s media and political landscape. The initiative specifically targets the financial, ownership, and business ties between national broadcasters and companies including Mtel, Alta Bank, and Alta Pay Group.

Prime Minister Milojko Spajić supported the move, stating that security services have provided information regarding potential hybrid activities that could threaten national stability and the country’s EU integration path. He noted that such actions might involve officials from at least two regional states.

Separately, President Jakov Milatović has raised concerns regarding the effectiveness of Montenegro’s fight against high-level corruption. Citing a BIRN analysis, he noted that only two trials of high-ranking officials reached final verdicts in the five years following democratic changes.

In a related legal development, former President Milo Đukanović is scheduled to be heard by a judge in Podgorica regarding suspected corruption during the 2005 privatization of Telekom. The investigation explores allegations that consultancy contracts were used to facilitate bribes, though some officials have questioned the logic of such claims given the high bid offered by Magyar Telekom.

Entities

ALTA Bank · Boris Bogdanović · Branimir Krapović · Constitutional Court of Montenegro · Dragan Krapović · Europe Now Movement · High Court in Podgorica · Jakov Milatović · Magyar Telekom · Milo Đukanović · Milojko Spajić · Montenegro

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What the coverage asserts, and how many sources carry each claim.

[● 3 SOURCES] Milo Đukanović is scheduled to be heard by an investigating judge on November 2. primorski.me
[● 5 SOURCES] Magyar Telekom offered 114 million euros for the 51.12 percent state package. primorski.me · crnagoravijesti.me · 6yka.com
[● 5 SOURCES] MANS claims in a criminal complaint that millions of euros were paid as bribes through consultancy contracts. primorski.me · crnagoravijesti.me · 6yka.com
[● 4 SOURCES] The government paid between 2.7 and 2.8 million euros to cover the difference for minority shareholders. primorski.me · 6yka.com
[● 10 SOURCES] The PES parliamentary club requested a hearing to investigate potential foreign hybrid influence on Montenegro’s media and politics. tvpljevlja.me · bizniscg.me · cginfo.me · verige.net · radiotitograd.me · +2 more
[● 10 SOURCES] The PES initiative seeks to examine business ties between national broadcasters and companies like Mtel and Alta Bank. tvpljevlja.me · bizniscg.me · cginfo.me · verige.net · radiotitograd.me · +2 more
[● 5 SOURCES] The investigation concerns suspected corruption during the 2005 privatization of Telekom. primorski.me · crnagoravijesti.me · 6yka.com
[● 5 SOURCES] Bojana Ćirović proposed the hearings to investigate if consultancy contracts were used to hide bribes. primorski.me · crnagoravijesti.me · 6yka.com
[○ 1 SOURCE] Defense Minister Krapović accused President Milatović of exerting public pressure on the Constitutional Court.
[● 5 SOURCES] President Jakov Milatović warned that the fight against high-level corruption in Montenegro lacks concrete results. www.dan.co.me · www.portalanalitika.me · rtnk.me
[● 5 SOURCES] According to a BIRN analysis, only two trials of high-ranking state officials were concluded with final verdicts in the five years following democratic changes. www.dan.co.me · www.portalanalitika.me · rtnk.me
[○ 1 SOURCE] The PES initiative proposes involving the Committees for Education, Science, Culture and Sport, and Economy, Finance and Budget in the investigation. bizniscg.me