Valentina Pavličić, president of Montenegro's Supreme Court, made six official trips abroad in the first six months of 2026. Snežana Armenko, president of the Constitutional Court, went to Strasbourg twice. Besides France, Pavličić visited South Africa, Austria, Greece, Cyprus and North Macedonia.
Travel accounts supplied for Pavličić put daily allowances and other individually calculated costs at €1,828.68. Daily allowances account for €1,621.55 and other costs for €207.13. Those figures are not the full price of her journeys: the files do not include every air ticket and hotel bill.
For Armenko's two Strasbourg visits, daily allowances total €445.90, with a further €160.80 in representation costs on the second visit. Her two air tickets cost €908.11. Hotel invoices also cover other members of the Constitutional Court delegation, and a January transfer between Strasbourg and Zurich was shared by representatives of both courts.
The courts sent the papers to the Network for Affirmation of the NGO Sector (MANS) after freedom-of-information requests. Vijesti obtained the figures through MANS's Ask the Institutions application.
Both presidents were in Strasbourg from 29 January to 1 February for the opening of the judicial year at the European Court of Human Rights. They also attended a judicial seminar on defending media pluralism and the democratic process, covering the right to information, freedom of information and judicial protection of the democratic order. Each was allocated €257.25, equal to three full daily allowances of €85.75.
Constitutional Court judge Momirka Tešić travelled with Armenko. Their Podgorica–Zurich–Podgorica tickets cost €543.94 in total, or €271.97 each. Two single rooms with breakfast at Aparthotel Adagio Strasbourg Place Kleber were invoiced at €581. The Constitutional Court also paid €650 for the return transfer from Strasbourg to Zurich airport.
Correspondence shows the Supreme Court president's office asked for a quote on joint transport for five people in a luxury mini-van. The courts agreed that the Supreme Court would pay the ride from the airport to Strasbourg and the Constitutional Court the return. The departure invoice is not in the documents provided.
January invoices for the two tickets, the shared hotel and the return transfer, together with Armenko's daily allowances, come to €2,032.19. That total covers more than one traveller and cannot be assigned entirely to the Constitutional Court president. The ticket, hotel and transfer invoices were issued in December 2025 for a trip taken at the start of this year.
Pavličić's longest trip was to Cape Town, from 8 to 17 March, for the 28th annual global family-law conference. The conference itself ran from 11 to 13 March, organised by the law firm Miller du Toit Cloete and the University of the Western Cape. She spoke on the development of family law in Montenegro's courts, child protection, equality of parents and international standards in family-violence cases.
That trip was settled at €548.10 in daily allowances and €95.90 in other costs, €644 in all. An advance of €605.10 was approved beforehand, with a further €38.90 on the final account. The advance and the closing payment are parts of the same settlement, not extra sums to add on. The trip notice said the Supreme Court would bear the costs, but air and hotel invoices were not attached.
Armenko returned to Strasbourg from 30 March to 2 April with judge Jovan Jovanović, at the invitation of European Court of Human Rights president Matijas Gijomar. They met Gijomar and the court's vice-president, Ivana Jelić, on cooperation between the two courts and preparations for an international conference of the Constitutional Court. Talks with Council of Europe representatives also covered execution of judgments. Armenko and Jovanović attended a Grand Chamber hearing in S.O. v. Spain, a case about a patient's informed consent to a medical procedure.
Tickets via Vienna and Basel cost €636.14 each, €1,272.28 together. Two single rooms with breakfast at Kaijoo by HappyCulture came to €906. Armenko was allocated €188.65 in daily allowances and €160.80 in representation, €349.45 in all. With tickets and lodging for both travellers, the submitted costs of this trip are €2,527.73. Any separate daily-allowance payment to Jovanović is not in that figure, because his settlement was not attached.
In May Pavličić combined two official visits. From 10 to 13 May she was in Vienna for a meeting of the United Nations working group on firearms, then continued to Rhodes. At the Vienna meeting on 11 and 12 May she spoke as a panellist on Montenegrin court work concerning seizure of firearms and analysis of sentencing policy. Her daily allowances for that leg were €94.50. The notice said UNODC would reimburse travel, accommodation and subsistence under United Nations rules, but the files do not show the final reimbursement.
On Rhodes she took part in a seminar and the General Assembly of ACA-Europe, the association of councils of state and supreme administrative courts of the European Union. The gathering ran from 14 to 16 May; her trip ran from 13 to 17 May. Sessions covered the organisation of public administration, administrative justice and alternative resolution of administrative disputes. Daily allowances of €388.50 and other costs of €56.23 were recorded, €444.73 in total. The notice said the Supreme Court would pay first and ACA-Europe would later refund the air ticket and two nights. No confirmation that the refund was paid is in the file.
In June she went to Cyprus and North Macedonia. From 10 to 14 June she was in Limassol for a conference of the Network of Presidents of the Supreme Courts of the European Union, on the rule of law and the protection of individuals in the digital space. Daily allowances of €333.20 and €55 in extra costs were recorded, €388.20 in total. The notice said air tickets and the hotel would be paid through an agency, but those prices are not in the attached invoices. An order for the final payment of €55 was issued on 7 July for the June trip.
The last trip on record was to Skopje, from 21 to 23 June, for a conference of presidents of supreme courts of Central and Eastern Europe. Pavličić moderated and sat on a panel about judicial independence. She travelled in an official vehicle. Her travel account lists no sum to be paid. The papers still do not show a calculation of fuel, other vehicle costs or any costs of accompanying staff.
In its reply to MANS, the Supreme Court also said Pavličić attended many events inside Montenegro and did not claim daily allowances for official travel within the country.