Threats Against Media Outlets and Organisations, RTCG, Podgorica, 18.05.2026.

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Threats Against Media Outlets and Organisations, RTCG, Podgorica, 18.05.2026.

Translations: Podgorica 

  • Case info

  • Personal info

  • Regional center
    Podgorica
  • Who was attacked?
    Organization
  • Organisation name
    RTCG

  • Media outlet

  • Name of the media outlet
    RTCG
  • Type of media platform
    Radio
    Television
    Online Media
  • Source of information about the incident
    https://rtcg.me/hronika/845624/prva-banka-tuzila-rtcg.html

  • Incident Data

  • Date of incident
    02.05.2026
  • City
    Podgorica
  • Were authorities informed?
    Case was not reported to the authorities
  • Perpetrator(s)
    Known (suspected)
  • Means of incidents and attacks
    Other means of incidents and attacks
  • Type of incident
    Threats against media outlets and organizations
  • Type of threat
    Unfounded judicial and administrative harassment including SLAPP cases

  • Action by the authorities

  • Type of violation
    Other

  • Action taken by the journalists' association

  • Was journalist's association informed by the journalists directly?
    No

On 18 May, the RTCG portal reported that “Prva Banka” had filed a lawsuit against the public broadcaster RTCG before the Basic Court in Podgorica, alleging a violation of personality rights and seeking compensation for non-material damages.

The lawsuit, filed on 2 April, concerns a report broadcast in TVCG’s main news programme “Dnevnik”. The report, among other things, cited allegations made by the Network for the Affirmation of the NGO Sector (MANS) in 2014 that “Prva Banka” had “long been used by members of organised crime groups for laundering money obtained through criminal activities.”

The plaintiff is seeking compensation for non-material damages in the amount of EUR 7,000, plus statutory default interest from the date the lawsuit was filed. The claim also requests the cessation of further unlawful violations, an injunction against future violations, and the publication of the court ruling in RTCG’s main news programme “Dnevnik”, at RTCG’s expense.

“Prva Banka” has also filed lawsuits against MANS, as well as several other media outlets, civil society organisations and journalists in separate cases.