The Cabinet adopted the Information on the activities of the implementation of the "Special investment programmes of special importance for the business and economic interest of Montenegro", with proposals for further activities. The Information states that since the beginning of the implementation of the Special Programme, 131 applications for Montenegrin citizenship have been submitted to the Investment Agency, of which 37 passed all checks and were resolved positively, 12 were rejected due to the negative opinion of the International Eligibility Assessment Agent, while the remaining ones are in different stages of processing. Having in mind the reservations of the European Commission on this issue due to the possible difficulties of Montenegro's path to the EU, as well as the questionable purpose of the Programme and its contribution to economic development, given that only 37 citizenships of the planned limit of 2000 have been granted so far, the Cabinet decided that the Programme should not be extended after the expiration of its three-year duration on 31 December 2021.
