Hundreds of residents, representatives of local authorities and businessmen from Ulcinj protested in this city in southern Montenegro, saying that " Ulcinj is not for sale ."
The March 22 protest was called due to dissatisfaction regarding the tender for the rental of Ulcinj beaches, which in recent years have been rented by local businessmen, but this year the best offer for renting the beaches was deemed to be that of the Arab company, "Eagle Hills".
The protest in Ulcinj was held despite the fact that the Prime Minister of Montenegro, Milojko Spajic, announced on March 20 that Eagle Hills intends to withdraw and hand over the beaches to local tenants.
The company of Mohamed Alabar , founder of Emaar Properties and president of Eagle Hills , on March 11 submitted the best offer for the lease for a four-year period of nine of the 19 beaches on Ulcinj's Grand Beach.
This caused outrage among current beach tenants and local authorities, who declared that the beaches were being given to foreign investors "through dubious agreements."
After this, as Prime Minister Spajic announced, the president of the Arab company, Mohamed Alabar, withdrew the offer.
Former Prime Minister Dritan Abazovic, who is from Ulcinj, has requested that the Special State Prosecution investigate the case of granting the lease for the Big Beach, claiming that it is a corrupt act.