April 22 – Greek company Agroplan, specialised in the milk industry, plans to set up a joint venture with two Montenegrin dairies soon. April 22 – The Montenegrin government#s Privatisation Council ended 2001 with a net profit of 19,600 German marks, or six times less than in 2000. April 23 – Montenegro will receive from the European Union#s Association for Reconstruction, Development and Stabilisation (CARDS) 45 million euros in donations in the next three years, the association said. Most of the funds will finance public sector reforms and social needs, around 6.5 million will be spent on economic aid and the development of agriculture, while 6.0 million will be spent on social and administrative assistance. April 23 – Amendments to the law on lotteries, to be adopted in the third quarter of this year, will definitely specify if non-governmental organisations would be financed partially from a lottery tax. NGOs in Montenegro, following suit of their counterparts in other countries, said they would ask for a share from the tax receipts for their funding. April 24 – Salaries of Montenegrin workers rose 2.7 percent in real terms in March on February, the Statistics Office of Montenegro said on Wednesday. An average net salary in March was 114.5 euros, rising 3.6 percent on February. The average gross salary was 187.8 euros. April 24 – The 9th International Tourism Exchange (METUBES) opened in Budva on Wednesday. Montenegrin Tourism Minister Predrag Nenezic said exhibitors from Indonesia, Bulgaria, Slovenia and Russia were taking part in the event. Bulgaria and Serbia were the first to present their offers. April 25 – Popular support to the Montenegrin government has declined since last June and for the first time fell below 50 percent, according to the latest poll by the National Democratic Institute for International Business (NDI). April 25 – This year#s inflation in Montenegro will be 20 percent and unemployment 25 percent, researchers of Podgorica-based Institute for Strategic Studies and Forecasts (ISSP) said in the March issue of their magazine Monet. Inflation in 2001 stood at 26.6 percent with goods rising 23.8 percent and services 47 percent. April 26 – The NEX Montenegro bourse reported last Friday first transactions in Telekom Crna Gora shares at 1.0 euro per share compared to 6.0 euros face value. It also said 24 companies entered the bourse by quoting their shares at the over-the-counter market. April 26 – Funds for the financing of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) will in the future be distributed by the Commission of the Montenegrin Parliament and not by the government, according to amendments to the Law on non-governmental organisations adopted by the government on Friday.