Child benefit, parental leave, school and kindergarten enrolment, student rights, pensions and social assistance in Montenegro.
Who is a single parent under Montenegrin law, what rights they have at work (relocation, dismissal, overtime and night work), when they can get social assistance even if able to work, what happens if the other parent does not pay child support and which forms of family placement exist after the 2026 amendments.
September 29, 2026
Who gets free textbooks in the 2026/2027 school year, how distribution by grade worked, what happens if a child enrolled late or came from abroad, how much secondary school sets cost, where to buy them, which vocational textbooks can be downloaded as PDF and what VAT applies to textbooks.
September 29, 2026
What coffins, shroud sets, suits, crosses and wreaths cost under the new price list of the city company Pogrebne usluge Podgorica, what the standard graves at Čepurci and Zagorič cost, how much grave maintenance is, how to book a funeral and a chapel and who reimburses the costs.
September 29, 2026
How much the City of Podgorica pays parents for after-school care for children in grades one to three, where the income limit lies, when the city pays 100%, who qualifies, which documents you need, where to apply, how the money is paid and when the right ends.
September 29, 2026
On which date Montenegro's Pension Fund starts paying the pension for each month of 2026, what happens when the 19th falls on a weekend, what the average pension was and how much money goes out, when the September, October and November payments are expected and how much pensions were indexed.
September 29, 2026
Which Montenegrin pension recipients send a life certificate and by when, why it was abolished for Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, what the form contains, when children on a survivor's pension send a schooling certificate and how many missed pensions the Pension Fund pays if the certificate arrives late.
September 29, 2026
Who in Montenegro is entitled to the lifetime monthly benefit for top athletes, which results qualify, how much the benefit is per result and in euros for 2026, which conditions and documents apply, how long the Ministry takes to decide and which provision of the Law on Sport the Constitutional Court struck down in 2026.
September 28, 2026
What a pensioner stay costs at Hotel "PIO" in Ulcinj, Hotel "Gorske oči" and the Žabljak holiday home in 2026, what the price includes, who gets priority, how you repay it in seven instalments from your pension, what conditions apply to deductions and until when the autumn stays run.
September 28, 2026
Which children enrol in the first grade of primary school in Montenegro, when enrolment starts and how to apply online, which school a child attends according to the address, how a child starts early or postpones school by a year, what happens if a child is not enrolled and who gets free textbooks.
September 28, 2026
How a Montenegrin court sets child support, why the law sets no fixed minimum in euros and what the lower limit is, what share of a parent's income can go to support, until what age parents pay, how the urgent procedure runs and what you do when a parent stops paying.
September 28, 2026
What the new Law on Protection from Domestic Violence and Violence against Women, in force since August 2026, changes, who counts as a family member, how to report violence, what the police can do in the first three days, which protective measures the misdemeanour court imposes, the victim's rights and the penalties.
September 27, 2026
How enrolment in the first year of secondary school works in Montenegro: who can apply, how to apply on upisi.edu.me, how points are calculated from overall grades, the external exam and subjects, what competitions are worth, the thresholds for gymnasium and vocational school, and how pupils from abroad enrol.
September 27, 2026
Who recognises a foreign diploma for employment and who for further study, how the application is filed online from 2026, which documents and translations you need, what the fee is, when a diploma from the region needs no recognition and when supplementary exams are required.
September 27, 2026
What foster care is and how it differs from adoption, which types of foster care exist from 2026, who can become a foster carer, how training and the licence work, how much the cost and work allowances are, what rights foster carers have and when a placement ends.
September 27, 2026
Who can adopt a child in Montenegro, which ages and conditions the law requires, which child can be adopted, when parental consent is needed, how the procedure at the social work centre works, what adoption means for the child's name and rights, and how long adoption leave lasts from 2026.
September 27, 2026
When family members of a deceased insured person or pensioner receive a survivor's pension, what applies to spouses, unmarried partners, divorced spouses and children, until what age a child receives it, what percentage applies to one or more family members, where to apply and what changes from 1 December 2026.
September 27, 2026
When you are entitled to a full or partial disability pension, how many years of insurance you need after an illness or a work injury, how the amount is calculated, how much you can work on a partial pension, what the review examination is and what changes when unified disability assessment starts on 1 December 2026.
September 27, 2026
Who registers a child's birth and by when, what to do if the baby is born outside a maternity ward, how parents choose the first name and surname, what happens if they disagree, how a child born abroad and a foreign couple's child born in Montenegro are registered and the fines for a missed deadline.
September 27, 2026
Who is entitled to the travel concession under the new February 2026 law, how many trips it covers and how the fare for a bus, train or car is refunded, who can be a companion, how the commute to work is claimed, the deadlines and what changes with the unified disability assessment.
September 27, 2026
When a child from Montenegro can cross the border with one parent, alone or with a third person, how long parental approval is valid, why the passport and the ID card differ, what applies after a divorce, how to prepare the consent and what the border police check.
September 27, 2026
Who registers a death and by when, what goes with the report, how to get an extract from the register of deaths in Montenegro and from abroad, when the Pension Fund pays funeral costs, who gets burial costs from the social welfare centre and how many days of paid leave an employee has.
September 27, 2026
What the new paternity leave in the April 2026 Labour Law amendments brings, how long it lasts and when it starts, how it is paid, whether it depends on length of service or marriage, how the maternity and parental leave in force now work and the fine for employers.
September 26, 2026
Who can apply for a student dormitory place for 2026/2027, the deadline for students in their second year and above, how many places each dorm has, how points are calculated, who gets free accommodation, what you submit when moving in and the cap on a student's share of the price.
September 26, 2026
How much Montenegro's family social assistance (materijalno obezbjeđenje) pays from 1 July 2026 for a single person and for families, who qualifies, which property and income rule you out, what does not count as income, how to apply at the social work centre and what changes on 1 December 2026.
September 26, 2026