Montenegro media guide

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Image caption, Montenegro's major newspapers the day after a 11 people were killed in a mass shooting in Cetinje, in August 2022

Newspapers, the public broadcaster RTCG and commercial TVs and radios operate in a crowded media market. Many commercial outlets struggle to turn a profit.

Montenegro is sometimes described as a media colony - outlets from neighbouring Serbia, Bosnia and Croatia operate in the country.

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) says media outlets face serious economic pressures. The government often avoids giving public advertising contracts to opposition media, says Freedom House.

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Reporters who cover corruption and organised crime risk violence.#

In 2020, Freedom House marked Montenegro as a hybrid regime rather than a democracy because of declining standards in governance, justice, elections, and media freedom.

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There were 547,000 internet users by July 2022, 87% of the population (Intenetworldstats.com). Facebook is the most popular social network.

Press

  • - daily
  • - daily
  • - daily
  • - political weekly

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Television

  • (TVCG) - public, operates two networks and a satellite channel
  • - private
  • - private

Radio

  • (RCG) - public, operates two networks
  • - private
  • - private
  • - private

News agency/websites

  • - private agency
  • - news site
  • (Cafe del Montenegro) - news site