Over the next ten years, Montenegro is expected to experience the world’s fastest growth in the contribution of travel and tourism to GDP, at 12.4 per cent a year, a recent report shows.

Montenegro says it has no plans to respond with trade countermeasures to Serbia's three-month ban on wheat exports, which has dealt a blow to the country very dependent on Serbian supplies.

Representatives from countries across the region have signed an agreement on cooperation in preventing organised financial crime and tax evasion.

Montenegro Airlines appears to be increasingly struggling to continue operations as its debts mount.

Officials from the Central Bank of Montenegro held their final meeting on Monday with the delegation of the International Monetary Fund, as a part of the regular mission to the country.

Foreign direct investments in Montenegro fell by almost 50 per cent in 2010, preliminary data from the country's central bank, CBCG, show.

Several countries rank high on the 2011 Index of Economic Freedom, as reforms begin to bite, while others lag as result of age-old problems, especially corruption.