{"id":1199,"date":"2026-10-15T13:33:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T13:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nasabuljarica.com\/?page_id=1199"},"modified":"2026-10-15T13:45:46","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T13:45:46","slug":"the-threat","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nasabuljarica.com\/me\/the-threat\/","title":{"rendered":"The Threat"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1199\" class=\"elementor elementor-1199\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-abd6da5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"abd6da5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" id=\"Video-Section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-22dc62f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"22dc62f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">in the Shadow of Real Estate Speculation<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10b7c02 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"10b7c02\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34753de elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"34753de\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;vimeo&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<iframe class=\"elementor-video-iframe\" allowfullscreen allow=\"clipboard-write\" title=\"vimeo Video Player\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1236202719?color&amp;autopause=0&amp;loop=0&amp;muted=0&amp;title=1&amp;portrait=1&amp;byline=1#t=\"><\/iframe>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f1f944 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6f1f944\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" id=\"Intro-Section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69dc2a3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"69dc2a3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4bf7d39 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4bf7d39\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While residents have been left without adequate infrastructure to this day, the land has been offered to foreign investors for decades. The fact that there is not even a functioning sewage system or a binding spatial plan is deliberate. It keeps the door open to create facts on the ground without the population. Without a spatial plan, large parts of Buljarica remain in a state of legal limbo to this day. It is precisely this missing plan that allows every new government \u2014 regardless of party or era \u2014 to renegotiate the land at its own discretion, without the population having a say beforehand.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This timeline shows how pressure from above has grown over the years and why we are now facing the most immediate threat in Buljarica\u2019s history.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55a2d62 timeline e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"55a2d62\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab09ca8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ab09ca8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" id=\"Timeline-Section\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-779ff43 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"779ff43\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9dd2494 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"9dd2494\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-circle\" viewbox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f818f89 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f818f89\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75e7d29 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"75e7d29\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>2000s<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6cff92e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6cff92e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Real Estate Boom<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-512f5e7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"512f5e7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-88bfecb e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"88bfecb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5606d4a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5606d4a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"537\" src=\"https:\/\/nasabuljarica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/nasa-buljarica-pogled-iznad-1-1024x687.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-113\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nasabuljarica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/nasa-buljarica-pogled-iznad-1-1024x687.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nasabuljarica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/nasa-buljarica-pogled-iznad-1-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nasabuljarica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/nasa-buljarica-pogled-iznad-1-768x515.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nasabuljarica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/nasa-buljarica-pogled-iznad-1-1536x1030.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/nasabuljarica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/nasa-buljarica-pogled-iznad-1-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/nasabuljarica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/nasa-buljarica-pogled-iznad-1.jpg 1934w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c5ed23d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c5ed23d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-336ab63 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"336ab63\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Bay in the Sights of Investors<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee46182 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ee46182\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After 2000 and Montenegro\u2019s independence in 2006, the coast became an object of speculation. The government at the time sold state land \u2013 often non-transparently and against the will of the population. Buljarica, too, was to be built over, but complex land ownership and a lack of infrastructure ultimately prevented the first large-scale projects.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-961ff75 elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-n-accordion\" data-id=\"961ff75\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;default_state&quot;:&quot;expanded&quot;,&quot;max_items_expended&quot;:&quot;one&quot;,&quot;n_accordion_animation_duration&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;ms&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:400,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"nested-accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-n-accordion\" aria-label=\"Accordion. Open links with Enter or Space, close with Escape, and navigate with Arrow Keys\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-1570\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" open>\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"1\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-1570\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> More on this phase <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-minus\" viewbox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h384c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-plus\" viewbox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H272V64c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32h-32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v144H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h144v144c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h32c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32V304h144c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-1570\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74528d1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"74528d1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49e2d0e elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"49e2d0e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Under the long-standing dominance of the DPS government, Montenegro\u2019s coast became a magnet for international capital. State-owned companies and valuable coastal land were deliberately released for sale. Aided by opaque procedures and corrupt practices, the Bay of Buljarica quickly attracted the attention of major players \u2013 including British investment funds such as <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Metropolitan<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as well as renowned names such as the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marriott<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Group, the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Al Fahim Group<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shangri-La Hotels &amp; Resorts<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That no large-scale project could ultimately be realised despite this enormous interest was due to the difficult conditions on the ground: the immense cost of draining the regularly flooded land, the complete absence of basic infrastructure, and the severe fragmentation of private land ownership made a quick sell-off impossible at the time.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><b>Sources:<\/b><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Claudia La\u0161tro \/ Florian Bieber \/ Jovana Marovi\u0107: \u201cMechanisms of Dominance: Understanding 30 Years in Power of Montenegro\u2019s Democratic Party of Socialists\u201d. In: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Comparative Southeast European Studies<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 71,2 (2023), pp. 210\u2013236.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Inicijativni odbor za obnovu op\u0161tine Petrovac (ed.): <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Studija o opravdanosti osnivanja op\u0161tine Petrovac<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Petrovac 2017.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-237cc50 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"237cc50\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c74d4e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7c74d4e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e0fe03f elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-view-stacked elementor-shape-circle elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"e0fe03f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-circle\" viewbox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2bb15b1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2bb15b1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f80e7f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f80e7f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>2016<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d968d7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3d968d7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Legal Amendment &amp; Tender<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e3d10b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0e3d10b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc6993a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"dc6993a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c1a840 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2c1a840\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A Lex Specialis for Expropriation<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a373254 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a373254\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Under the DPS government of Milo \u0110ukanovi\u0107, a dedicated legal amendment (a so-called lex specialis) is prepared to clear land for a Qatari-backed investor. The deal collapses because the civil society organisation <a href=\"https:\/\/en.mans.co.me\">MANS<\/a> uncovers that the tender illegally included private property as well \u2013 among it land belonging to the Church, the largest private landowner in Buljarica.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6bfbf67 elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-n-accordion\" data-id=\"6bfbf67\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;default_state&quot;:&quot;expanded&quot;,&quot;max_items_expended&quot;:&quot;one&quot;,&quot;n_accordion_animation_duration&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;ms&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:400,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"nested-accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-n-accordion\" aria-label=\"Accordion. Open links with Enter or Space, close with Escape, and navigate with Arrow Keys\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-1130\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" open>\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"1\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-1130\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> More on this phase <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-minus\" viewbox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h384c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-plus\" viewbox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H272V64c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32h-32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v144H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h144v144c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h32c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32V304h144c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-1130\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c8c90a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2c8c90a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8c59ad elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e8c59ad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On 12 May 2016, the Privatisation Council put the bay out to international tender. Officially it concerned 4.9 million square metres of state land, but research by the organisation MANS revealed the true extent: the tender in fact covered around 18 million square metres \u2013 including huge private plots that were to be sold off dirt cheap.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The tender was tailor-made for the Qatari consortium <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CDC International Corporation (CDCIC)<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The entanglements of the ruling elites also came into plain view: Ana Kolarevi\u0107, sister of then Prime Minister Milo \u0110ukanovi\u0107, reportedly represented the Qatari investors, while the company of his brother Aco \u0110ukanovi\u0107 was responsible for the project plans.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To push the sale through, \u0110ukanovi\u0107 prepared an amendment to the expropriation law. This, however, triggered massive resistance: citizens\u2019 initiatives such as <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Na\u0161e Ognji\u0161te<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and MANS took legal action against the land grab. The decisive blow finally came from the Orthodox Church as the largest landowner: after it refused to sell its church land, the billion-euro deal lost its foundation.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The case shows how much of a decisive difference independent research and civil society oversight already made back then.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><b>Sources:<\/b><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dejan Milovac \/ Sini\u0161a Lukovi\u0107: \u201cKako je pripremana betonizacija Buljarice: \u0110ukanovi\u0107evi partneri gradi\u0107e preko 40.000 stanova\u201d. In: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mans.co.me\/kako-je-pripremana-betonizacija-buljarice-dukanovicevi-partneri-gradice-preko-40-000-stanova\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mre\u017ea za afirmaciju nevladinog sektora (MANS)<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, 22.10.2016.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Milorad Vujovi\u0107, : \u201cPravni aspekt de\u0161avanja u vezi sa Buljaricom\u201d. In: Buljarica. Blago Pa\u0161trovi\u0107a na tajkunskoj trpezi, Podgorica 2020, pp. 6-17.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Milorad Milo\u0161evi\u0107 \/ Marija Mirja\u010di\u0107: \u201cBuljarica, dvije milijarde i familija: \u0110ukanovi\u0107i mogu da zarade milione\u201d. In: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vijesti.me\/vijesti\/ekonomija\/182295\/buljarica-dvije-milijarde-i-familija-dukanovici-mogu-da-zarade-milione\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vijesti<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, 08.05.2015.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Goran Danilovi\u0107: &#8220;Buljarica sa dva lica&#8221;. In: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vijesti.me\/kolumne\/183134\/buljarica-sa-dva-lica#goog_rewarded\">Vijesti<\/a>, 03.05.2015.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-156d085 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"156d085\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd318e2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"dd318e2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/mans.co.me\/kako-je-pripremana-betonizacija-buljarice-dukanovicevi-partneri-gradice-preko-40-000-stanova\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"451\" src=\"https:\/\/nasabuljarica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/mocvara_1-1024x577.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-834\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nasabuljarica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/mocvara_1-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nasabuljarica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/mocvara_1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nasabuljarica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/mocvara_1-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nasabuljarica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/mocvara_1-1536x865.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/nasabuljarica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/mocvara_1-18x10.jpg 18w, https:\/\/nasabuljarica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/mocvara_1.jpg 1740w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b7343e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1b7343e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b1fa4af e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b1fa4af\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8402da3 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"8402da3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-circle\" viewbox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4bed3aa e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4bed3aa\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f0b07d2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f0b07d2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>2025<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-323c233 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"323c233\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bilateral Agreement with the UAE<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f93f81 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8f93f81\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-030b7fb e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"030b7fb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6cb673e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6cb673e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" src=\"https:\/\/nasabuljarica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Sporazum-Vlade-Crne-Gore-1024x681.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1257\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nasabuljarica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Sporazum-Vlade-Crne-Gore-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nasabuljarica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Sporazum-Vlade-Crne-Gore-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nasabuljarica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Sporazum-Vlade-Crne-Gore-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nasabuljarica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Sporazum-Vlade-Crne-Gore-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/nasabuljarica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Sporazum-Vlade-Crne-Gore-2048x1362.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/nasabuljarica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Sporazum-Vlade-Crne-Gore-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Photo: Bojan Gnjidi\u0107 \/ Vlada Crne Gore<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3fb3e6c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3fb3e6c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e1e140d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e1e140d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">No Law Needed Anymore<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d508de elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7d508de\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2025, Prime Minister Milojko Spaji\u0107 signed a bilateral agreement with the UAE that bypasses public tenders and suspends procurement and concession laws. The controversial major investor Mohamed Alabbar is to take over the bay, while politicians and local elites present the sell-off as having no alternative.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-25989e9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-n-accordion\" data-id=\"25989e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;default_state&quot;:&quot;expanded&quot;,&quot;max_items_expended&quot;:&quot;one&quot;,&quot;n_accordion_animation_duration&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;ms&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:400,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"nested-accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-n-accordion\" aria-label=\"Accordion. Open links with Enter or Space, close with Escape, and navigate with Arrow Keys\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-3940\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" open>\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"1\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-3940\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> More on this phase <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-minus\" viewbox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h384c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-plus\" viewbox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H272V64c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32h-32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v144H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h144v144c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h32c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32V304h144c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-3940\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59fbf12 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"59fbf12\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-edd9751 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"edd9751\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>In 2025, Prime Minister Milojko Spaji\u0107 (<i>Evropa sad!<\/i>) signed a bilateral agreement with the United Arab Emirates. The agreement bears the official name \u201c<i>Sporazum o saradnji u oblasti turizma i razvoja nekretnina<\/i>\u201d (<i>Agreement on Cooperation in the Field of Tourism and Real Estate Development<\/i>). Its real significance lies not in its tourism content but in its legal mechanism: it rules out public tenders and suspends the procurement and concession laws that would otherwise apply. This creates a new, more direct form of top-down planning \u2013 a state-to-state deal instead of a national law, which makes it even harder to scrutinise from outside.<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>The anti-corruption organisation MANS warned emphatically that dispensing with public tenders sets unconstitutional precedents and deliberately undermines domestic law and EU standards \u2013 of all times, during the decisive accession talks with the European Union.<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>The project becomes particularly explosive through the involvement of the Emirati investor Mohamed Alabbar (<i>Emaar Properties, Eagle Hills<\/i>). Alabbar is known for the megaproject <i>Beograd na vodi<\/i> (<i>Belgrade Waterfront<\/i>), which was pushed through in 2016 by violent, illegal demolitions in Belgrade\u2019s historic Savamala district and today serves mainly as a speculative investment vehicle.<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>While the residents of Buljarica have been denied basic public services such as a sewage system or a binding spatial plan for decades, an alliance of politicians and local elites is exploiting this infrastructure deficit to portray the sell-off in the media as having no alternative. Local actors have even staged Alabbar in TV appearances as a benefactor to whom land should be \u201cgifted\u201d.<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>For the investors, time is running out: with Montenegro\u2019s EU accession targeted for 2028, binding environmental and transparency standards would take effect \u2013 in particular the <i>Natura 2000<\/i> network of protected areas, obligations to carry out environmental impact assessments, and European procurement law.<\/strong><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><b>Sources<\/b><strong>:<\/strong><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>\u201cMANS: Spaji\u0107 da ka\u017ee ko su drugi investitori, pored Alabara, sa kojima je pregovarao\u201d. In: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vijesti.me\/vijesti\/ekonomija\/759060\/mans-spajic-da-kaze-ko-su-drugi-investitori-pored-alabara-sa-kojima-je-pregovarao\"><i>Vijesti<\/i><\/a>, 18.05.2025.<\/strong><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Neboj\u0161a \u010camprag, \u201cMegaprojekt \u2018Belgrade Waterfront\u2019: Neugestaltung der Stadt durch autorit\u00e4re Stadtentwicklung\u201d [Megaproject \u2018Belgrade Waterfront\u2019: Reshaping the City through Authoritarian Urban Development], <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.36900\/suburban.v11i3\/4.856\"><i>sub\\urban. zeitschrift f\u00fcr kritische stadtforschung<\/i><\/a> 11, no. 3\/4 (2023): 43\u201364.<\/strong><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Kakva je budu\u0107nost Buljarice? &#8211; OKVIR, broadcast by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QwRMBGM3dpY\">RTCG<\/a> 12.12.2025.<\/strong><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>\u0110ur\u0111a Radulovi\u0107\/Milka Tadi\u0107 Mijovi\u0107: &#8220;Kako po svijetu posluje investitor koji bi da gradi na velikoj pla\u017ei: Magla u Aziji, magla i oko nas&#8221;. In: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cin-cg.me\/kako-po-svijetu-posluje-investitor-koji-bi-da-gradi-na-velikoj-plazi-magla-u-aziji-magla-i-oko-nas\/#\">Centar za istra\u017eiva\u010dko novinarstvo Crne Gore (CIN)<\/a>, 16.04.2025.<\/strong><\/p><p><br style=\"font-weight: 400;\" \/><br style=\"font-weight: 400;\" \/><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f9c3e28 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f9c3e28\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3dc4be2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3dc4be2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-84e0c24 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-view-stacked elementor-shape-circle elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"84e0c24\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-circle\" viewbox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3678c33 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3678c33\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9637b35 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9637b35\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>2025 &#8211; today<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa41faa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fa41faa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Counter-Movement<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-949e942 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"949e942\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0034dcb e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0034dcb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58a8282 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"58a8282\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Na\u0161a Buljarica Is Born<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb6b85b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fb6b85b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In response to the investment campaign surrounding Mohamed Alabbar, the citizens\u2019 initiative Na\u0161a Buljarica (&#8220;Our Buljarica&#8221;) was founded in 2025. It brings together scientists, activists and locals. Together with Montenegrin environmental organisations and international experts, the initiative counters the image of Buljarica as &#8220;unused wasteland&#8221;: the future of the bay lies not in mass tourism but in sustainable eco-villages.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b64c2e4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-n-accordion\" data-id=\"b64c2e4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;default_state&quot;:&quot;expanded&quot;,&quot;max_items_expended&quot;:&quot;one&quot;,&quot;n_accordion_animation_duration&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;ms&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:400,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"nested-accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-n-accordion\" aria-label=\"Accordion. Open links with Enter or Space, close with Escape, and navigate with Arrow Keys\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-1910\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" open>\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"1\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-1910\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> More on this phase <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-minus\" viewbox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h384c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-plus\" viewbox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H272V64c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32h-32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v144H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h144v144c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h32c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32V304h144c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-1910\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20ebbe1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"20ebbe1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45abb2c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"45abb2c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Through the newly created Buljarica Advisory Board, locals are given targeted support in building their own sustainable small businesses, so that long-term value creation stays directly with the people on the ground instead of with a single investor. This is based on field data systematically collected by MES and CZIP on the bay\u2019s intact ecosystem: it shows that, in the long run, sustainable eco-tourism and regional value creation clearly exceed the one-off, short-term speculative return of a luxury complex.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><b>Sources:<\/b><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ratkovi\u0107, Rade: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Koncept razvoja odr\u017eivog turizma mjesta Buljarica<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. In: Mre\u017ea za afirmaciju nevladinog sektora (MANS) \/ Crnogorsko dru\u0161tvo ekologa (CDE) (eds.): <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Buljarica: Blago Pa\u0161trovi\u0107a na tajkunskoj trpezi<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Podgorica 2020, pp. 46\u201368.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cFirst meeting of the Buljarica Advisory Board held: A shared vision of development based on nature conservation is needed\u201d. In: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.vijesti.me\/news-b\/society\/813170\/The-first-meeting-of-the-Buljarica-advisory-board-was-held.-A-common-vision-of-development-based-on-nature-conservation-is-needed.\">Vijesti<\/a>, 13.06.2026.<\/span><\/i><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Montenegrin Ecologists Society, <a href=\"https:\/\/drustvoekologa.me\/en\/projects\/together-for-buljarica-wetland-through-science-and-community-engagement\/\">&#8220;Together for Buljarica Wetland through Science and Community Engagement\u201d<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9c1944c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9c1944c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-faa8c78 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"faa8c78\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/nasabuljarica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/NasaBuljarica_mjestani_na_plazi_2025-11-01-1-1024x683.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-123\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nasabuljarica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/NasaBuljarica_mjestani_na_plazi_2025-11-01-1-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/nasabuljarica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/NasaBuljarica_mjestani_na_plazi_2025-11-01-1-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/nasabuljarica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/NasaBuljarica_mjestani_na_plazi_2025-11-01-1-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/nasabuljarica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/NasaBuljarica_mjestani_na_plazi_2025-11-01-1-1536x1024.png 1536w, https:\/\/nasabuljarica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/NasaBuljarica_mjestani_na_plazi_2025-11-01-1-2048x1365.png 2048w, https:\/\/nasabuljarica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/NasaBuljarica_mjestani_na_plazi_2025-11-01-1-18x12.png 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5420b0f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5420b0f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bcf61a5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"bcf61a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>in the Shadow of Real Estate Speculation https:\/\/https:\/\/vimeo.com\/1236202719?share=copy&#038;fl=sv&#038;fe=ci\/235215203 While residents have been left without adequate infrastructure to this day, the land has been offered to foreign investors for decades. 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