It is not known whether Vujanović was even questioned by the state prosecutor's office regarding his accusations against Medenica.
In response to questions about whether Vujanović had been questioned in the meantime, the Higher State Prosecutor's Office (VDT) in Podgorica, which is leading the investigation into the murder of the editor of "Dan", said that they could not provide more specific answers.
"As we have previously informed the media, including you by email dated January 23, 2026, in the case of the Higher State Prosecutor's Office in Podgorica, formed in connection with the murder of the editor-in-chief of DN 'Dan', work has been intensified, several persons have been heard as witnesses, numerous evidentiary actions are being taken, all with the aim of reaching a final decision in the case. We thank you for your understanding, but due to the protection of the interests of the procedure, we are not able to provide more specific answers to your questions, nor are we able to provide details regarding the actions taken and planned," the Higher State Prosecutor's Office informed us.
Duško Jovanović was killed on the night of May 27, 2004 in Podgorica, after leaving the editorial office.
Due to obstruction in the investigation, an unsolved murder from almost 22 years ago is still the focus of investigative authorities in Montenegro.
In 2021, Vujanovć stated in the film "Secrets of Crime" that in 2004, when she was the Supreme State Prosecutor, Medenica knew from the very beginning about the official note, that is, the confession of the only person convicted of the murder of Damir Mandić, but that she did not react and immediately sent the prosecutor to the Central Bureau of Investigation in Podgorica.
As it later turned out, this was the key factor that prevented the murder from being solved.
The famous official note was made in the Central Bank of Podgorica on June 2, 2004, a few days after the murder of Jovanović. It records that Mandić described in detail his role and that of Beranac Vuk Vulević in that crime, which was never prosecuted.
In this film, besides Vujanović, the former American ambassador to the FRY, William Montgomery, investigative judge Radomir Ivanović, former minister Zoran Miljanić, journalist Tamara Marković Subota, journalist Mitar Rakčević also speak... The film was awarded by the EU for investigative journalism and broadcast on TVCG.
Vladimir Prebilič, a member of the Greens/European Free Alliance in the European Parliament, has tabled an amendment to the draft report on Montenegro, expressing regret over the continued impunity in the case of the murder of Duško Jovanović. The amendment was tabled to a draft resolution prepared by the European Parliament rapporteur for Montenegro, Marijan Šarec, as part of more than 230 amendments tabled by MEPs to his report.
The amendment proposed by Prebilič states that foreign experts should also be included.
"The European Parliament deplores the continued impunity in the case of the murder of Duško Jovanović, a prominent journalist and editor-in-chief of the newspaper 'Dan'; reiterates its call for the investigation to be reviewed and for foreign experts to be involved in order to ensure a full and effective investigation of this case," it stated.
In 2021, the Higher State Prosecutor's Office in Podgorica opened a new case regarding the murder of Jovanović, and the case was assigned to Prosecutor Danka Ivanović Đerić.
The prosecution did not specifically announce whether there has been any progress in the investigation.
The Government of Montenegro stated at the beginning of the year that there has been some progress in the case filed in connection with the murder of the editor-in-chief of the daily newspaper "Dan" in the Draft Second Periodic Report submitted to the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. The document contains an overview of measures and policies in the fight against organized crime and corruption, with a special focus on investigations into attacks on journalists.
"It should be noted that there has been some progress in the case opened in connection with the murder of the editor-in-chief of the daily newspaper "Dan", bearing in mind that several persons were questioned as witnesses in the previous year, that a team of state prosecutors was formed to act in the case, certain material evidence was obtained, and several instructions and orders for further action were given to authorized police officers," the report, published today on the Government's website, states.
The Commission for Monitoring Investigations into Attacks on Journalists previously proposed to the Government to offer a reward of one million euros for information leading to the perpetrators, organizers, and those who ordered the attacks. According to our information, the Commission could receive more information at the end of April on whether the investigation has yielded any new information.
Members of the Montenegrin police arrested Vesna Medenica at the end of February, and until the verdict sentencing her to ten years in prison becomes final, her passport was confiscated and she was banned from leaving Kolašin, where she was detained.
Medenica was arrested following a ruling by the Court of Appeal, which was deciding on an appeal by the Special State Prosecutor's Office.
The Special State Prosecutor's Office requested an early detention order for Medenica, after she was previously sentenced to ten years in prison by a Higher Court verdict for unlawfully influencing other judges.
Commenting on the murder case of Duško Jovanović, former director of the Police Administration Veselin Veljović made several statements seven years ago. He claimed that the case was not closed, that it had been solved operationally, and that it had perhaps been irretrievably lost due to a mistake or professional incompetence of the then prosecutor. Veljović said that after Jovanović's murder, the police had one of his accomplices, Damir Mandić, in their hands.
The prosecutor, after being informed late in the evening of June 2, 2004, that a note had been made and that the suspect had confessed, decided to question Mandić only the next day, and the Podgorica native, after consulting with his lawyer, decided to remain silent. Fifteen years later, Veselin Veljović explained this situation as a result of the prosecutor's fatigue.
The prosecutor on duty at the time was Novak Ražnatović, however, the then head of the Podgorica police, Milan Vujanović, announced in 2021 that Medenica, as the chief prosecutor, actually knew from the very beginning about the official note, or rather Mandić's confession, but that she simply did not react and immediately sent her associates, making her solely to blame for the lack of results in the investigation.
Both Medenica and Veljović were charged with criminal offenses related to corruption and organized crime after stepping down from office.
The European Union and the United States of America, in almost all their annual reports on Montenegro, emphasize the unsolved murder of Duško Jovanović.
