Published was the authorial text by the Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister, Mr. Igor Lukšić, PhD., published in the magazine Podgorica Info

The global financial and economic crisis has left a deep scar in the worlds economy making certain that the future recovery will be tough. It seems that a lot of time will be consumed by restoring the confidence of all participants in economic and financial flows. The previous year was marked, above all, by the skepticism and fear both of the citizens and the bankers, and perhaps the greatest was the fear of investors fearfully observing and analyzing all further investments plans in 2009. However, Montenegro, is isolated from the global context and seceded to complete practically the most important projects and investments to lease Lustica Peninsula, recapitalized and partially privatize EPCG , initiate the construction of the highway Bar-Boljari, and above all, to continue with infrastructure related investments initiated in the pre-crises period. For Montenegro this year was, perhaps, the most challenging in the economic and political sense in the last decade, if we exclude the year in which the citizens voted for independence . However, this was the year to sublimate achieved results and to summarize long-term economic policies. The crisis once again confirmed that it is important to work on further liberalization of the economy, strengthening market principles, Doing Business programmes and free trade in the course of next year. In order to achieve aforementioned objective, the understanding of two administrations is of utmost importance - local and national, regarding to the adjustment of redundant lengthy procedures of issuing various permits, strict legal solutions, thus I see a chance in this area for reaching consensus of national importance