Vučević: Will the EU treat the Montenegrin judiciary as independent even after the verdict against Andrej Vučić?

The publication of Sky correspondences mentioning the brother of Serbian President Andrej Vučić was in the public interest, and he, as a public figure and active participant in the political life of that country, must endure a wider degree of public criticism and public interest, is the position of the Podgorica Basic Court.

Tabloids in Serbia close to the authorities of Aleksandar Vučić, as well as some in Montenegro, including Borba and the Adria TV portal, published an almost identical text, with almost identical headlines, in which the President of the Basic Court Željka Jovović is targeted in a crude and offensive manner.

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27.05.2026. 20:18h

The president of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) and former Prime Minister of Serbia, Miloš Vučević, commenting on the first-instance verdict that rejected the lawsuit of Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić's brother, Andrej, against "Vijesti", asked whether the European Union would continue to treat the Montenegrin judiciary as independent after that verdict.

"Or are the verdicts against the president's brother Andrej simply taken for granted? Precisely because it's the president's brother. We're used to it," Vučević said in a post on the Iks website.

Vučević shared the title of that text in a post on the X and Facebook networks.

Will the European Union continue to treat the Montenegrin judiciary as independent after this verdict? Or are the verdicts against the president's brother, Andrej, simply implied? Precisely because it concerns the president's brother. We are used to it. We will treat this relationship as it should be.… pic.twitter.com/97ZDH434Dz
— Miloš Vucevic (@milos_vucevic) May 27, 2026

He added that he would treat such a relationship "as befits it."

"But no one will tell us fairy tales about an independent judiciary in a country that boasts that it will soon become an EU member," said Vučević.

The publication of Sky correspondence mentioning the brother of Serbian President Andrej Vučić was in the public interest, and he, as a public figure and active participant in the political life of that country, must endure a wider degree of public criticism and public interest, is the position of the Podgorica Basic Court.

This is stated in the first-instance verdict that rejected the Belgrade resident's request that "Vijesti", editor-in-chief Mihailo Jovović, crime chronicle editor Danilo Mihajlović and journalist Jelena Jovanović jointly pay him 5.000 euros for violation of honor, reputation and dignity.

By the same decision, Vučić is obliged to pay the defendants 3.403,12 euros in civil proceedings costs.

Judge Jelena Anđelić also rejected the request to remove from the "Vijesti" portal the text published on January 23, 2024 under the title "Zvonko and Andrej celebrated a billion...", as well as to have the editor-in-chief publish the verdict at his own expense.