Montenegro’s natural beauty is its brand, its economic engine, and its strategic soft power. Yet beneath its reputation for pristine nature lies a structural challenge: waste management, wastewater treatment, and environmental services remain underdeveloped, fragmented, and inconsistent across municipalities. EU accession changes everything. As Montenegro aligns with the EU environmental acquis, waste, water, and pollution-control systems...
As Montenegro moves toward eventual European Union membership, few sectors will experience deeper transformation—or greater opportunity—than environmental services and circular-economy infrastructure. While tourism and real estate dominate public visibility, the hidden story of Montenegro’s EU journey is its obligation to meet some of the Union’s toughest regulatory standards: environmental protection, waste treatment, water quality, emissions control,...
