During 2023, Villa "Gorica" was mostly used by presidents Milo Djukanovic i Jakov Milatovic - seven, or 30 times, and the current head of state is the only official who used the right to vacation in a state villa in the period from the beginning of last year to June 12 of this year.
During his annual vacation from August 13 of the previous year, Milatović spent ten days with his family in the villa "Topliš" in Miločer.
On the other hand, this year, "Gorica" was used six times for the needs of the head of state, while he was the prime minister Milojko Spajic hosted on ten occasions. This is shown by the data provided by the General Secretariat of the Government at the request of "Vijesti".
According to the Regulation on the conditions and manner of using facilities for representative needs owned by Montenegro, GSV is responsible for guest villas "Gorica" in Podgorica, "Topliš" in Miločer, "Žabljak" in Žabljak and "Njivice" in Njivice.
Apart from the head of state, these facilities can also be used by members of the Government, the president and vice-presidents of the Assembly, the presidents of the Supreme and Constitutional Courts, the supreme state prosecutor, the chief special prosecutor, the director of the National Security Agency (ANB), and if none of them have reserved them, they can also be used by state bodies, state administration bodies, the State Audit Institution (DRI) and public services founded by the state.
In addition to those listed, state-owned villas "Jelika" in Žabljak, "Gorica" in Budva and "Ljubović" in Podgorica, which are provided for use by ANB, as well as villa "C" in Budva, which is managed by the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MUP) .
ANB did not respond to "Vijesta" as to whether and for what purposes these facilities owned by them were used, while from the department Danilo Saranovic answered that the only night in their villa was the minister, who was in Budva "for the purpose of coordination in connection with ensuring control over the security situation in the municipality during pre-election and election day".
In addition to officials, during this and last year these facilities were also used by the descendant of the Petrović Njegoš dynasty, prince Nikola Petrovic, that is, the Petrović Njegoš Foundation, of which he is the head, in accordance with the Law on the Status of the Descendants of the Petrović Njegoš Dynasty
Milatović, among other things, used the villa "Gorica" for meetings with ambassadors, party leaders, the delegation of the presidency of the Europe Now Movement (PES) of which he was a member at the time, a business delegation from the USA, the president of Albania Edi Ram senators Chris Murphy i Gary Peters, the delegations of Switzerland, Saudi Arabia, for the purposes of the SEECP summit, as well as for interviews in domestic and foreign media.
In the period between the presidential elections and the inauguration, Milatović also held meetings with future advisors in "Gorica" - Ivan Šikmanović, Biljana Papović, Milicom Marinović i Aleksandar Stijović, and in the same period a meeting with Dejan Vukšić, the then leader of the Christian Democratic Movement who, after the failure of his party in the parliamentary elections, will take the same position.
Đukanović used this facility for handing over letters of credence to ambassadors, a formal welcome to the president of Kosovo Vjose Osmani, interview, press conference, as well as for a meeting with SAI and audit institutions from the region.
The former prime minister also met with Osmani Dritan Abazovic, and "Gorica" was also used for the reception of the Deputy Commander of the Allied Forces for Europe (DSACEUR), General Tim Radford, meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) Eledin Konaković, handing over certificates of thanks to the firefighters who were on a mission in Turkey, a meeting with Murphy and Peters...
During 2024, the villa was used the most for the needs of Spajić - ten times, followed by the Deputy Prime Minister Aleksa Becic and the Minister of Foreign Affairs Filip Ivanovic, who used it nine and eight times, respectively.
Among other things, Spajić was the host during the visit of the delegations of the Government of Ireland and the USA, a meeting with the delegation of the Chamber of Commerce, a ceremonial reception on the occasion of Independence Day, a working dinner with representatives of the Islamic community, while during the visit of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany Analene Berbok organized the reception together with Milatović, while on the same occasion, Ivanović also organized the reception and working lunch.
Becic and Ivanovic, together with the Minister of Defense Dragan Krapović, were hosts at the ceremony celebrating seven years of Montenegro's membership in NATO and 75 years of that alliance.
This is not the only case where the Deputy Prime Minister is a co-organizer, because he is with the Minister of the Interior Danilo Šaranović held a ceremony on the occasion of the beginning of the work engagement of 49 participants of the 14th generation of the Police Academy.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs met with his Albanian, Hungarian and Swiss colleagues in "Gorica" - Igli Hasani, Peter Sijart, Ignatius Cassis, secretary for relations of the Holy See with countries and international organizations, archbishop By Paul Richard Gallagher, ambassadors of Quinta to the OSCE.
Ministers were also hosts in "Gorica", independently or with other colleagues Aleksandar Damjanović, Miomir Vojinović, Vasilije Lalošević, Filip Adzic, Ervin Ibrahimovic, Ana Novaković Đurović i Goran Đurović from the previous one, as well as Maida Gorcevic, Naida Nišić, Dragoslav Šcekić i Vojislav Šimun from the current Government, a Vladimir Jokovic used in both mandates.
In addition to the needs of heads of state and members of the Government, "Gorica" was also used for the needs of the President of the Assembly, the chief special prosecutor Vladimir Novović, the supreme state prosecutor Milorad Marković, as well as for meetings of parliamentary clubs, training of deputies, awarding of the Oktoih award, signing of agreements between ministries and embassies, conclusion of contracts with state enterprises and foreign investors, receptions on important dates...
Villa "Gorica" at your service even during the transition period
According to the Law on the President, the head of state takes an oath before the deputies before taking office.
Milatović was inaugurated on May 20 last year, and this ceremony was also held by previous heads of state on the eve of Independence Day.
However, the current president held the first meeting in the villa "Gorica" on April 19, seventeen days after the presidential elections, and before the inauguration, even though Đukanović was in office at the time.
On the other hand, the former head of state used the right to use this facility for the last time on May 15, 2023 - for the purposes of a meeting with the SAI delegation and audit institutions of the countries of the region.
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