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Montenegro Agriculture and Fishing Overview
Montenegro Facts
Montenegro is known for its beautiful, clear
water beaches on the shores of the Adriatic Sea. Montenegro is a
country in the Balkans, in southern Europe. Its neighbors are
Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo and Serbia. The
country is partially bordered by the Adriatic Sea.
Capital: Podgorica
Official language: Montenegro
Currency: Euro
Passport and visa: Finnish citizens are not
required to have a visa to Montenegro. You can stay in
Montenegro without a visa for 90 days. The passport must be
valid for at least 3 months upon arrival in the country.
Time difference to Finland: +1
Agriculture
Agriculture in mountainous Montenegro is not
very extensive and occurs mainly on the coast, where the
Mediterranean climate is favorable for growing olives,
citrus fruits, grapes and plums, among others. Potatoes,
corn and wheat are also grown.
- CountryAAH:
Comprehensive import regulations of Montenegro. Covers import prohibitions and special documentation requirements for a list of prohibited items.
Agriculture is still an important industry and in
2015 contributed just over 10 percent to the gross
domestic product, while at the same time it employed
just over 5 percent of the labor force. Most of the
agriculture is in private hands.
The problem for agriculture is that the farms are
often small and many farmers old. As new investments in
agriculture have long been neglected, with old-fashioned
methods and low use of irrigation and artificial
fertilizers as a result, production has been uneven and
yields relatively poor. However, a long-term program
(2015-2020) to adapt agriculture to EU agricultural
policy is underway; for 2017, five million euros (of
which just over half from the EU) were estimated to be
invested in improvements and modernization of the
sector, as well as in rural initiatives. For Montenegro
defense and foreign policy, please check
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Fishing mainly occurs off the short coast towards the
Adriatic, but it is limited and has no economic
significance.
FACTS - AGRICULTURE
Agriculture's share of GDP
6.8 percent (2017)
Percentage of land used for agriculture
19.0 percent (2016)
- Abbreviationfinder.org: Offers how the 3-letter acronym of MNE stands for the state of Montenegro in geography.
2013
October
The first parade is held
For the first time, a pride parade is held in the capital Podgorica.
Counter-protesters attack the parade participants but are met by police. Twenty
police officers are injured in the violence and about 60 activists are arrested.
July
Language settlement is rejected
The Constitutional Court rejects a settlement between government and
opposition (see September 2011) that Serbs should receive the
same status as Montenegrin in the country's schooling. The opposition describes
the court's decision as provocative against the Serbian minority.
May
Protests against the President
When President Filip Vujanović is installed for his third term, the ceremony
is boycotted in the parliament by the opposition, which claims that Democratic
Front leader Miodrag Lekić won the presidential election in April. When the
president appears in public, he is met by protesters who scan "thieves,
thieves", in a protest that goes under the motto "March against the mafia".
April
The President re-elected
April 7
The incumbent President Filip Vujanović wins the presidential election with
51.2 percent of the vote over opposition Miodrag Lekić, who gets 48.8 percent.
The opposition protests and claims electoral fraud.
January
Debate on citizenship rules
Montenegro offers the volatile (except high taxes) French actor Gérard
Depardieu citizenship but content himself with letting him become the spokesman
for Montenegrin culture, since it turns out that he has already obtained Russian
citizenship. This raises the blood of the many thousands of residents, mainly
Serbs, of former Yugoslavia who vainly awaited Montenegrin citizenship despite
the fact that they may have lived their entire lives in Montenegro - "ordinary"
people may not have dual citizenship while doing well for celebrities, who could
advertise the country, or wealthy people (including those involved in organized
crime), who could invest in Montenegro.
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