Portal “Aktuelno”
Portal Aktuelno is owned by the controversial Montenegrin businessman Zoran Ćoćo Bećirović. The Portal is published through "Ski Resort - Kolašin 1450" company, which is formally owned by two companies from Cyprus - Caldero Trading Limited and Beppler & Jacobson Limited.
Bećirović, as head of the Aktuelno portal, is mainly familiar to the public due to his friendship with the former President of the Supreme Court of Montenegro Vesna Medenica, who is currently facing organised crime charges. Bećirović’s brother Dragan was assassinated 12 years ago, and this murder has not been resolved by the Montenegrin authorities. Bećirović also came into the Montenegrin media spotlight when his bodyguard attacked a journalist, Vladimir Otašević, who wanted to document the fact that Bećirović was shopping together with Montenegrin prosecutor Miloš Šoškić.
Portal Aktuelno is often accused of leading smear campaigns against various individuals and organisations. According to SimilarWeb, in the period from February to April 2023 the website had 1,34 million visits.
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Ownership Type
Private
Geographic Coverage
International
Content Type
Free
Media Companies / Groups
Ski Resort - Kolašin 1450
Ownership Structure
Portal Aktuelno is owned by the company Akcionarsko društvo "Ski Resort - Kolašin 1450". Ski Resort Kolašin is owned by Caldero Trading Limited from Cyprus 84,89% and Beppler & Jacobson Limited also from Cyprus 14.33%. Caldero Trading Limited in Cyprus has Zoran Ćoćo Bećirović and Luka Bećirović listed as the directors of the company. The two Cypriot companies share the same Secretary Cyproservus co. ltd and share the same address.
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General Information
Founding Year
2007
Affiliated Interests Founder
There is no publicaly available data about the founders.
Affiliated Interests Ceo
The CEO of portal Aktuelno, no additional information was found on her professional background.
Affiliated Interests Editor-In-Chief
Information on Balša Knežević is limited only to media articles regarding his role as editor-in-chief of the portal Aktuelno. Besides this, Knežević was a columnist for portal “Luča”.
Affiliated Interests other important people
A Montenegrin businessman, is publicly perceived as the owner of the Portal Aktuelno, as well as the company behind it.
Bećirović is mainly familiar to the public due to his friendship with the former President of the Supreme Court of Montenegro, Vesna Medenica, who is currently facing organised crime charges. Bećirović’s brother Dragan was assassinated 12 years ago, and this murder has not been resolved by the Montenegrin authorities. Bećirović also came into the Montenegrin media spotlight when his bodyguard attacked a journalist, Vladimir Otašević, who wanted to document the fact that Bećirović was shopping together with Montenegrin prosecutor Miloš Šoškić.
Contact
Address: Mojkovačka 20, Kolašin
E-mail: redakcija@aktuelno.me office.kolasin1450@gmail.com
Phone number: +38268041450
Website: www.aktuelno.me
Alternative address is enlisted on their web page:
Jezerine BB, 81210 Kolašin
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Meta Data
The data on the media outlet was collected from the Central Registry of business entities of Montenegro, Department of registar od companies and intelectual property of Cyprus,Tax administration portal Taxis, website of the media and desk research. Audience shares are missing, since there is no credible centralized audience measuring mechanism in the country.
MOM team in Montenegro contacted the media outlet on August 18, 2023, as is the practice for Media Ownership Monitor, to invite the media owners to proactively disclose information relevant to the study.
The annual average exchange rate of the Central Bank for 2022 was used to convert EUR into USD (1,05).