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Documents & rules · 26 articles

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Setting up an NGO in Montenegro 2026: an association with three founders or a foundation, documents, registration within 30 days via ngo.gov.me with no fee and what the Constitutional Court changed

How to set up a non-governmental association or foundation in Montenegro: who can be a founder, what the founding act and statute contain, how to apply online via ngo.gov.me, the 30-day deadline and deemed registration, reporting changes, economic activity up to 4,000 euros, publishing reports and the repeal of Article 18a in August 2026.

September 29, 2026

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Personal data protection in Montenegro 2026: how to find out who processes your data, correction and erasure within 15 days, withdrawing consent and a complaint to the Agency

When a company, bank, employer or public body may process your personal data, how to request information about the data it keeps on you, within what deadline it must correct or delete inaccurate and unlawful data, how to withdraw consent and refuse direct marketing and how to file a request for protection of rights with the Personal Data Protection Agency.

September 28, 2026

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Freedom of information in Montenegro 2026: what the new law brings, how to file a request, the 15-day deadline, what copies cost and how to appeal to the Agency

Who may ask state and municipal bodies and public companies for information under the new Law on Free Access to Information, what a request must contain, within what deadline the body decides, when access is free and when you pay for copies, when a body may refuse and how to appeal to the Agency for Personal Data Protection and Free Access to Information.

September 28, 2026

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Complaining to the Ombudsman in Montenegro 2026: the new law from 17 September, who can complain, the six-month deadline, what a complaint contains and what the Ombudsman can do

What the new Act on the Protector of Human Rights and Freedoms brings, when you can turn to the Ombudsman about the state, a municipality, a hospital or a school, how and by when to file a complaint, when the Ombudsman will not act, what happens to a body that ignores a recommendation and how to reach the office in Podgorica.

September 27, 2026

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Certifying a signature, handwriting or copy in Montenegro 2026: municipality, court or notary, the new notary fee of 3.50 euros, what to bring and digital certification

Where to have a signature or a copy of a document certified, what to bring, what certification confirms and what it does not, how a signature is certified for someone who cannot write or does not understand the document's language, what a notary charges under the April 2026 tariff and what digital certification is.

September 27, 2026

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Firearms licence in Montenegro 2026: the new Weapons and Ammunition Act, the age 21 rule, the medical certificate, training, deadlines and registering unlicensed weapons

What the Weapons and Ammunition Act in force since August 2026 brings, who can get a firearms licence and who may carry a weapon, how to obtain the medical certificate and proof of training, how the procedure runs from the purchase permit to the licence, how weapons must be stored, and what happens to old documents and unregistered weapons.

September 27, 2026