In the first half of this year, it seemed that it would be very difficult for ministers in the Government of Montenegro to surpass the achievement of the sixteen-member delegation of the Government and Parliament of Montenegro at the 69th session of the United Nations (UN) Commission on the Status of Women in New York, whose travel and stay cost citizens 47.642 euros. “Djeka’s delegation” remained unattainable in many ways, but the Minister of Tourism Simonida Kordić, all alone, managed to spend 13 euros on hotel and airline tickets in five months, visiting 32.352,73 world capitals. It's not far off Slaven Radunović who, at just one destination, staying in Osaka, at the World Expo, cost the state 14.232,29 euros.
Damjan Ćulafić, The Minister of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Northern Development, in the period from 1 January to 1 June 2025, first traveled to Geneva on 8 April for the UNECE meeting and charged 290,59 euros for that trip. He was then present in Kranj, at the ministerial conference "Climate Change Challenges in Southeastern Europe", 4 February (126,00 euros) and in Brussels, for the signing of the LIFE agreement, 14 May (324,80 euros).
Damir Gutic, Minister of Social Welfare, Family Care and Demography, traveled to Istanbul to attend the conference “International Family Forum” (214,37 euros). Then he went to Tirana, to conferences whose topics were “Improving Child Care” and “Research on the EU Framework of Guarantees for Children” (63 euros). Sarajevo, signing of the Agreement on Social Security, 18 March (101,50 euros). For official trips to Herceg Novi, Berane, Budva and Kotor, Gutić received 18 euros each, which is the daily allowance for traveling around Montenegro.
Dragan Krapović, Minister of Defense, during this period visited Berlin on the occasion of the Ministerial Meeting on UN Peacekeeping Operations, for which he was paid 131,04 euros according to his travel bill. Krapović also traveled to Lorient, France, where he attended the start of construction of patrol ships (102,90 euros), in Zagreb he visited the ASDA Defense Industry Fair, 8-10 April, (50,40 euros), and in distant Abu Dhabi, UAE, he attended the International Defense Exhibition and Conference IDEX 2025 and the Naval Defense Exhibition and Conference NAVDEX 2025, for which he was paid 457,80 euros. The Minister of Defense also traveled to London, on an official visit to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (183,54 euros). Krapović also attended the North Atlantic Council meeting in the format of defense ministers in Brussels and participated in the Munich Security Conference from February 11 to 16 (183,33 euros).
Minister of European Affairs Maida Gorcevic During this period, she traveled to Warsaw twice, in February and March, for which she was paid first 227,85 euros and then 197,45 euros. Gorčević also stayed in Tirana (44,10 euros), Paris (248,30 euros), New York (640,40 euros), Sofia (198,63 euros) and Strasbourg (369,95 euros).
Nick Djelosaj In the first five months of this year, judging by his travel orders, he was never absent from Montenegro, at least not officially.
Mirsad Azemović, Minister of Diaspora, has visited Turkey twice. In February and March, he was on a working visit to expatriates, for which he was paid 549,38 and 345,70 euros, according to travel orders. Adžemović was also in Cyprus (569,02 euros), and in Tbilisi, Georgia, but according to the attached travel order, he was not paid per diem for this trip.
Admir Šahmanović, Minister of Energy and Mining, traveled twice to Berane, then to Budva, Bijelo Polje and Nikšić, for which he received 18 euros each. As for abroad, Šahmanović was in Belgrade and received 600,18 euros for daily allowances, transportation and accommodation, and 203 euros for the trip to Brussels.
Majda Adzović, Minister of Public Works, did not travel on official business from April 16, when she was appointed, until June 1.
Filip Radulović, Minister of Maritime Affairs, traveled to Zagreb (157,50 euros) and Belgrade (55,30 euros). Of the domestic destinations, Radulović stayed in Kotor, Tivat, Budva and Bar, for which he was paid a total of 107 euros.
Anđela Jakšić Stojanović, Minister of Education, Science and Innovation, visited Luxembourg (290,33 euros), France (428,75 euros), Japan (627,50 euros), Hungary (310,80 euros) and the USA (786,45 euros).
Simonida Kordić, Minister of Tourism, visited Marrakech (325 euros), Prague (161 euros), Cuba (607,95 euros), Japan (705,60 euros), Venice (322 euros), Berlin (254 euros), Bulgaria (317,80 euros), Athens (233,10 euros), Vienna (78,75 euros), Rome (402,50 euros), Abu Dhabi (686,70 euros), Belgrade (110,60 euros) and the USA (898,80 euros).
According to the invoices submitted, 32.352,73 euros were paid for the Minister of Tourism's airline tickets and hotel bills.
Fatmir Đeka, Minister of Human and Minority Rights, in the first five months he traveled to Berlin to the Global Disability Summit, for which he was paid 218,40 euros, but his most famous trip was when he led a sixteen-member delegation of the Government and Parliament of Montenegro to the 69th session of the United Nations (UN) Commission on the Status of Women in New York, which, as "Vijesti" was told at the time by the Ministry of Human and Minority Rights, cost citizens 47.642 euros.
The Montenegrin delegation stayed in New York from March 8 to 13, and its accommodation cost 26.404 euros, transportation costs 10.040, while 11.198 euros were allocated for daily allowances.
According to the Government platform, this year's delegation included, in addition to Đeka, four other ministers - the Minister of European Affairs Maida Gorčević, Minister of Education, Science and Innovation Anđela Jakšić Stojanović, Minister of Labor, Employment and Social Dialogue Naida Nišić (all three from PES), as well as the Minister of Transport Maja Vukićević (DNP).
The Assembly was represented by its Vice President Zdenka Popović (Democrats), representatives Aleksandra Despotović, Zoja Bojanić Lalović (both from DPS), Jelenka Andric (PES) and Sladjana Kaluđerović (SNP). According to the platform, the delegation also included Zarija Vujović, advisor to Zdenka Popović.
The Director of the Directorate for Normative, Legal and Personnel Affairs at the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MUP) also traveled to New York. Snežana Ionica, Director of the Directorate for the Protection of Equality of Persons with Disabilities at the Ministry of Human and Minority Rights Irena Rakočević, Head of the Department for Gender Equality Affairs in the same department Biljana Pejovic, State Secretary at the Ministry of Labor, Employment and Social Dialogue Andjela Bašović and translator Milica Kadic Akovic.
"The travel, accommodation and per diem expenses of the delegation members were borne by the ministries from which the members come, except for Minister of European Affairs Gorčević, whose airfare and accommodation expenses were covered by the UNDP Office in Montenegro. The travel, accommodation and translation services of the translator were borne by the Ministry of Human and Minority Rights. The travel, accommodation and per diem expenses of the Deputy Speaker of the Parliament and the MPs were borne by the Parliament," the Ministry responded to "Vijesti"
Minister of Internal Affairs Danilo Šaranović, in the first five months, he traveled twice to Bisel, as well as to Norway and Slovenia. For these trips, he was paid a daily allowance of 665,17 euros, and accommodation cost 1.021,31 euros.
Slaven Radunović, Minister of Spatial Planning, Urbanism and State Property, traveled to the World Exhibition EXPO in Osaka and received daily allowances in the amount of 778,25 euros. At the hotel “Grand Prince Hotel Osaka Bay”, Osaka, hotel bill, bed and breakfast, for the minister, state secretary Marina Izgarevic Pavicevic and for Dušan Savićević, Acting Director General of the Directorate for Inspection Supervision at the Ministry of Spatial Planning, Urbanism and State Property, was paid 8.178 euros.
Flight tickets to this Japanese city cost 5.156,04, and the transfer from the airport to the hotel cost 120 euros.
The total cost of the three-member delegation's stay in Osaka, excluding per diems for Izgarević Pavicevic and Savicevic, was 14.232,29 euros.
Radunović also attended the Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C., in early February. The basic information for the trip to the U.S. states that “The National Prayer Breakfast is a traditional event that dates back to 1953 and is held every year on the first Thursday in February. The tendencies of this event are directed towards international contacts, towards strengthening personal relationships, and the National Prayer Breakfast is special in that it connects politics and religion and provides a unique opportunity for gathering regardless of affiliation to political and religious entities.”
The Minister was paid 730,28 euros per travel order. Air tickets for Radunović and the Acting Director General of the Directorate for Strategic Relations and Communications Sonia Raznatovic They cost 3.222 euros, and the bill at the Washington Hilton was 66 euros.
At the end of February, Radunović also traveled to Tel Aviv to meet with Eli Cohen, the Minister of Infrastructure and Energy of Israel. The Minister's daily allowance for this trip was 124,60 euros, and according to the travel invoice he was paid 373,80 euros.
As stated in the trip report, Radunović met, in addition to Cohen, with Israeli investors with whom he discussed "specific investment projects and potential areas of cooperation, with a high level of interest expressed in investing in various sectors in Montenegro."
The bill at hotels in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem amounted to 981 euros.
During this period, Slaven Radunović also attended the 19th Architecture Biennale in Venice and received a daily allowance of 322 euros.
Minister of Regional Investment Development and Cooperation with Non-Governmental Organizations Ernad Suljević was in Poland, at the 10th Congress of Local Governments, and the expenses were covered by the organizer.
Suljević also made official trips to Tivat (18), Sjenica, and Belgrade to celebrate the 64th anniversary of Kuwait's Independence Day, for which he was paid 232,21 euros through his travel account.
The Ministry of Public Works was established on April 16, 2025, and by June 1, 2025, the Minister Majda Adzović she didn't go on official trips.
Admir Šahmanović, Minister of Energy and Mining, traveled, in addition to Bijelo Polje, Berane and Nikšić, to Belgrade to participate in the Belgrade Energy Forum and was paid 110,60 euros per travel expense. Minister Šahmanović also visited Brussels (203 euros).
"Vijesti" obtained the data for this article with the help of the MANS application "Ask institutions".
Daily allowance for USA 112,35 euros
In the Regulation on reimbursement of expenses of employees in the public sector, which was adopted by the Government of Montenegro in 2016, it is stated that during an official trip abroad, the employee is entitled to a daily allowance, compensation for the cost of accommodation with breakfast and compensation for the cost of transportation abroad.
Per diem for official travel in the country belongs to the employee in the amount of 20 percent of the calculation value of the coefficient determined by the Government of Montenegro.
The amounts of daily allowances for official travel abroad are determined in the List of countries with the corresponding amount of daily allowances, which is given in the Annex that is part of this regulation.
For example, the daily allowance for a trip to the USA is 112,35 euros, to Serbia - 55,3 euros, Croatia - 63 euros, Belgium - 82,2 euros, Italy - 80,5 euros...
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