Members of the Parliament of Montenegro spent 417.844,61 euros on official travel in 2025. The most money from the budget was paid to the PES member of parliament. Gordan Stojović whose stay in 11 cities, including per diems, transportation and accommodation, cost 36.322,49 euros. The most popular destinations for representatives of the people were Strasbourg, which was visited 26 times, followed by Brussels and Ljubljana, where representatives of the people went 17 times, Washington was visited 14 times, and Belgrade was visited only once less.
Based on official data from the Parliament of Montenegro on the costs of official travel, the travel of 17 MPs from the Europe Now Movement (PES) cost a total of 115.216,58 euros, while the travel of six Democrats was allocated 45.891,32 euros. From the ruling coalition, the MPs of the Bosniak Party (BS) were the most willing to travel. For their stay, most often abroad, six representatives of this party were paid 62.566,01 euros.
The Coalition Together for the Future of Montenegro (ZBCG), i.e., 11 representatives of the New Serbian Democracy (NSD) and the Democratic People's Party (DNP), including the small contribution of Andrija Mandić (NSD), the Speaker of the Parliament, spent a total of 43.416,68 euros. The opposition Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS), for nine MPs, collected 35.606,05 euros from the state treasury.
Calculating the average spending per MP, regarding official travel, a PES MP spent an average of 6,777,44 euros, and his BS colleague almost twice as much, 10.427,67 euros. Travel expenses per MP from the Democrats amounted to 7.648,55 euros, and the ZBCG coalition “only” 3.946,97 euros. The opposition DPS is below the level of the government in terms of expenses calculated in this way, because each of its nine representatives spent an average of 3.956,22 euros on official travel.
PES MP Gordan Stojović has had three long stays abroad, which account for the largest part of his travel expenses in terms of money. First, he spent 11 days last February on the route Mater in Italy - Arizona (USA). This long trip cost Montenegro 6.841,97 euros. This MP then spent 25 days in Argentina in September, which cost the Parliament 6.276,64 euros, with daily allowances amounting to 1.067,85 euros and transportation costs around 3.600 euros. Stojović also stayed in Buenos Aires in December. For 7 days in Argentina, he withdrew 4.726,76 euros from the state treasury.
During the year, Stojović also visited Granada, Tashkent, Istanbul, Belgrade (twice), Odessa, Yerevan, Lillestrom, Malaga, Vienna, Madrid and Geneva.
The list of destinations she visited last year is long. Jevrosima Pejović, an independent MP. She spent 25.245,76 euros on two trips to America, and she also managed to visit Austria (twice), Slovenia, Uzbekistan, Croatia, Italy, Portugal, Cyprus, Moldova, Germany, Switzerland and Bosnia and Herzegovina on her 17 trips. Her expenses were consistent and ranged between 1.000 and 2.000 euros per trip, of course, excluding trips to the USA, which cost around 7.300 euros.
Just for the uninitiated, third place Admir Adrović, now a former BS MP, on the top list of world-traveling MPs, might come as a surprise. He resigned from his seat as an MP in December last year, but before that, as they say, he traveled half the world. During 2025, Adrović managed to be in the USA and China, Buenos Aires and Yerevan, Warsaw and Istanbul... The agile former MP's travel expenses amounted to 19.784,33 euros.
And Adrović's colleague from the BS parliamentary group, Edina Dešić She was very active in terms of travel. Her total of 12 travel orders were paid for. 17.327,66 euros, of which 3.369,63 euros are for daily allowances. Dešić did not bypass the USA either. She stayed in New York from March 8 to 12, which relieved the parliamentary coffers by 2.404,66 euros. The BS MP also went to Strasbourg four times, twice to Paris, and was also in Ankara, London, Srebrenica and La Valletta. Among her destinations was a trip to Budva, for which she received a daily allowance of 18 euros.
Dusko Stjepović (Democrats) made it to the upper house of parliament on the list of the most frequent travelers based on 10 trips that cost taxpayers 16.073,44 euros. This MP visited the USA twice, in Dayton and Washington, and other destinations were: North Macedonia, Turkey, Belgium, Denmark, Armenia, Slovenia and Italy.
Right behind Stjepović is his party colleague and Deputy Speaker of the Parliament. Zdenka Popović. This MP has been to New York twice, in March and October last year, and the Philippines stands out among the far-flung destinations. The seven-day stay in Manila cost 2.611,50 euros. Popović also traveled to Ljubljana, Yerevan, Geneva and London. Interestingly, the accommodation in Geneva, from July 7 to 12, cost 1.934,31 euros, almost the same as the stay in New York from March 8 to 13.
Travels Nadje Lakovic, PES MPs, cost the budget 14.957,28 euros, followed by Dejan Djurovic (NSD) with 13.773,54 paid for 11 trips. The NSD MP is one of the few, if not the only MP, who has traveled as far as Egypt in the past year.
One opposition representative was also on the top 10 list, Dritan Abazovic (GP URA), former Prime Minister, and that with only four trips. He stayed twice in Washington, Berlin and New Delhi. The trips to the US, from February 4 to 13, and from July 20 to 24, cost a total of 8.366,46 euros, and a five-day stay in India cost 3.357,15 euros.
According to the data provided, she traveled the least Jelena Kljajević (DNP). One trip to Budva was recorded, from January 31 to February 2, 2025, and the total cost per order is 36 euros..
"Vijesti" obtained data on MPs' travels using the MANS application "Ask the Institutions".
Mandić waived his daily allowance
Andrija Mandic, the President of the Assembly, as stated in the document, waived his daily allowances for his 16 trips, which, together with other expenses, cost 14.870,34 euros.
Mandić, by the way, visited Saudi Arabia at the beginning of last year, and the long list also includes, among other destinations, Tel Aviv, Paris, Madrid, New York, London, Geneva, but also Belgrade, Skopje, Ioannina...
Most in Strasbourg, Brussels and Ljubljana
MEPs most often traveled to Strasbourg (26), Brussels (17), Ljubljana (17), Washington (14), Belgrade (13), Vienna (12), Istanbul (11), Budva (11), Rome (11) and Paris (10).
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