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Legal Updates

Montenegro's new road-use scale for car registration is adopted, and it starts on 1 July 2027

The Government adopted a new annual road-use scale for vehicle registration on 18 June 2026. It applies from 1 July 2027 and replaces the 2005 schedule.

Legal Updates

Montenegro's draft Article 70g puts an investment route in the statute — and names EU citizens only

Legal Updates

Montenegro's draft Article 70g puts an investment route in the statute — and names EU citizens only

A bill before Montenegro's parliament would add Article 70g: a three-year residence and work permit for EU citizens investing €250,000. Not law yet.

Montenegro Real Estate

Montenegro: the declared price versus the price you actually paid

A seller offers to declare less and take the difference in cash. What that does to the deed, the tax base and your position as the buyer in Montenegro.

Legal Updates

Montenegro put its whistleblowing duty on employers with twenty staff, thirty below the EU floor, and started a ninety-day clock in August

Legal Updates

Montenegro put its whistleblowing duty on employers with twenty staff, thirty below the EU floor, and started a ninety-day clock in August

Montenegro's new whistleblower act binds employers with 20 or more staff, thirty below the EU floor, and gives 90 days from 4 August 2026 to comply.

Legal Updates

Montenegro's new craft rules close the work-from-home list at 27 trades, and open a wider door somewhere else entirely

Legal Updates

Montenegro's new craft rules close the work-from-home list at 27 trades, and open a wider door somewhere else entirely

From 8 September 2026 three pravilnici govern Montenegrin crafts. Working from a dwelling is limited to 27 named trades, but the no-premises rule is not.

Montenegro Real Estate

Buying property in Montenegro without an agent: what you lose, and what you never had

The agent's duty to inspect title and warn about encumbrances is owed to whoever signed the agency contract — usually the seller, not you.

Visa

Thirty Days, Not One Semester: What Studying Abroad Does to a Montenegrin Permit

A temporary residence permit ceases after 30 days outside Montenegro, and the humanitarian exception covers only family reunification permits.

Visa

Two Ways to Bring a Worker In, and Only One of Them Is a Work Permit

Montenegro's permit is the job and puts dated duties on the employer. Germany's Chancenkarte is a job search — 20 hours a week, two-week trials.

Visa

Two 90/180 Rules That Are Not the Same Rule

Montenegro counts its 180 days from the day of first entry. Schengen counts any 180-day period. The same trip can satisfy one rule and breach the other.