Not even after two urgent requests sent to the Municipality of Budva, the President Nikola Jovanovic and Secretary for Municipal and Housing Affairs Desi Flacius, protector of property and legal interests issues Bojana Cirovic did not receive an explanation as to why the local administration gave the old-town family Slovinić By preventing construction workers from accessing the site, it is blocking the construction of a mixed-use hotel near the Old Town.
"I ask for urgency in the action, bearing in mind that the works did not continue in October according to the construction plan, in order to locate the problem and solve it," Ćirović stated in an urgent statement that "Vijesti" had access to, warning about the Regulation on detailed criteria for determining the amount of annual compensation for exceeding the deadline for the completion of construction of buildings due to the blockade of the construction site.
In recent months, the Budva Slovinić family has sent dozens of letters to almost all state addresses, from the President of Montenegro and the Parliament, to political parties, and protectors of human rights and freedoms and property interests, as well as EU officials and numerous embassies, asking them to react urgently, accusing the Municipality of Budva and personally the President Nikola Jovanović of arbitrarily blocking an investment worth 14 million euros, preventing construction workers from approaching the construction site on their land.
Djordja Slovinic and the sons of the deceased Nikola Slovinić, Vedran i Goran They have repeatedly emphasized that they have begun construction of a multifunctional building on the site of two family houses, about a hundred meters from the Old Town, which is part of a hotel and part of apartments for the market, the sale of which they are financing the construction. The only way for construction workers to reach the construction site is through a section of the promenade of about 50 meters, which they have been prevented from doing. Although a year ago, trucks regularly arrived and excavated and began building the foundation pit, since October last year, the passage of trucks has been prevented, and despite several urgent requests they have sent to the Secretary for Municipal and Housing Affairs, Desi Vlačić, to allow the passage of machines, she has, as they claim, shifted responsibility to Jovanović, to whose office she forwarded the documentation.
Ćirović urgently points out that she was contacted in writing by the legal representative of the Slovinić family, a lawyer Nikola Kavedzic, who outlined the details of the problem.
"The legal representative states that the Slovinić family, as an investor, has a valid building permit issued by the competent state authority, a duly paid fee for the communal development of the construction land to the Municipality, all legally prescribed urban planning and technical conditions and approvals, legally commenced construction of a mixed-use facility (hotel and apartments), a valid contract with the contractor. Preliminary contracts and contracts for the sale of real estate have been concluded. And that despite fulfilling all legal requirements, the investor has been effectively prevented from accessing the construction site, or from passing construction machinery, since September 2025, due to the inaction and arbitrariness of the local government authorities. Previously, although the building permit was issued by the state, and not the Municipality, the Ministry responsible for urban planning, whose protector is the legal representative, did not ensure the exercise of rights arising from the legally valid administrative act, nor did it take any action to enable the investor to freely exercise the right to build," the urgency states.
As it is emphasized, the Slovinić family has contacted the Municipality several times, but to date they have not received a response.
“The lawyer stated that it is clear to the Slovinić family, as investors, that the Municipality will not act on their requests and urgencies, because these are matters that have nothing to do with the law, but rather a matter of political revenge by the President of the Municipality of Budva, who is managing this administrative procedure. That is why the Slovnić family turned to the institution of the Protector, because they suffer great damage every day, in the form of ordinary damage, in the case of non-compliance with deadlines towards buyers, in accordance with concluded sales contracts, and lost profits. They further point out that Slovenska Obala Street is used daily and that numerous freight vehicles, including trucks, cranes, etc., pass along it, and that it is more than obvious that this is a selective, discriminatory and illegal approach by the Municipality. We believe that it is more than obvious that the Municipality, intentionally and consciously acting with direct intent, is not taking official actions that it is required to take by law, and failure to act is one of the ways of committing a criminal offense, because a criminal offense under the Criminal Code of Montenegro can be "to do and to do nothing," Ćirović states in the urgent message, quoting the statement of lawyer Slovinić.
The Slovinić family, as it is added, points out that in the described manner, by failing to act in the form of failing to act properly, great material damage is caused, and in addition, their rights prescribed by law, the Constitution and the European Convention are violated.
"Since the Slovnić family possesses all the necessary documentation to continue the construction of the object in question, they are entitled to the rights arising from the construction application, which include, among other things, unhindered access to their object, in accordance with the European Convention. They recall that the right to access the construction site is an integral part of the right to build, and that preventing access effectively renders the construction permit meaningless. As a result of all of the above, the investor suffers enormous direct material damage, the investor is threatened with damage in the form of lost profits, legal certainty and trust in institutions are threatened, and it is certain that, in any legal proceedings, compensation for damage will fall on the budget of Montenegro, that is, all citizens," the urgent statement states.
Slovinić's legal representative, as stated in the emergency, called on the institution of the Protector and demanded that all actions and measures within that jurisdiction be urgently taken to protect the property and legal interests of Montenegro.
"Having regard to the address in question, and our telephone conversation of December 30, 2025, I would like to ask you to state your position in relation to the allegations in the letter, in particular to clarify and provide the Protector with documented information on the available passages to the construction site, possibly alternative routes for access to urban plot 10.22 DUP "Budva Center". I would like to point out that in accordance with the urban and technical conditions of March 12, 2019, under point 17.3, the conditions for connection to the traffic infrastructure, according to the graphic attachment number 12 of the act of the Secretariat for Housing and Communal Affairs of the Municipality of Budva, a traffic connection is envisaged. It is necessary to state whether the traffic connection actually exists on the site and whether it can be used in accordance with the issued UT conditions for the needs of the construction site in question, as well as why in the previous period it was not used but the access to the construction site from the south side was used, i.e. via the Slovenska obala bb promenade, all in cooperation with Parking servis doo, which is authorized for "issuing permits for motorized vehicles to access the promenade," Ćirović stated in an emergency statement, stating that this was also stated in the statement of the Ministry of Spatial Planning, Urbanism and State Property issued at the request of the protector.
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