Montenegrin Community

The Montenegrin community is an ethnically Slav group, descendending from the Slav tribes that migrated to South-Eastern Europe in the sixth and seventh century AD. The community is culturally closely related to the Serb community. They are predominantly Christian Orthodox and share many of the same cultural heritage sites. The community was officially recognised by the Kosovo Government in 2011 through the amendment of the Law on the on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Communities and Their Members in the Republic of Kosovo.

The Montenegrin community speaks the Montenegrin language, closely related to the Serbian language and other Slavic languages spoken in Kosovo. Due to the small size of the community, the Montenegrin language has not achieved an official status in any of Kosovo’s municipalities, nor is education offered through Kosovo’s public education system in the Montenegrin language. As a consequence, the Montenegrin community faces many of the same challenges in communicating with public institutions as the Serb community.

The Montenegrin community does not have any assigned seats in the Assembly of Kosovo, but is entitled to nominate two (2) members of the CCC.