June 2017. Montenegro officially joins NATO as a member state.

March 2018. First unofficial news about the plans to create a military ground on Sinjajevina reach local communities.

March 2018 - The establishment of the Save Sinjaevna movement begins

May, July and September 2019 - protests against the militarization of Sinjajevina on Sinjajevina and in Podgorica

August 2019. Petiton

About 6,000 signatures of Montenegrin citizens are collected in favor of stopping the military ground, being 3,000 the minimum necessary for the Montenegrin Parliament to accept an issue into debate.

September 2019. - Government decrees unilaterally the creation of a military training ground in Sinjajevina

27 September 2019. After ignoring the petition signed by over 3.000 Montenegrins, on 5th September the Government decrees unilaterally the creation of a military training ground in Sinjajevina and on the 27th the 1st international NATO military training is held in Sinjajevina, with no prior consulting process with pastoral communities.

November 2019. - About Sinjajevina in UNESCO, the European Parliament, and the European Commission

November 2019. An international scientific research team presents its works to UNESCO, the European Parliament, and the European Commission, explaining the millenary bio-cultural value of Sinjajevina and the current social and environmental crisis

February 2020. A delegation from the EU Parliament visited Podgorica

24-26 February 2020. A delegation from the EU Parliament visited Podgorica, Montenegro’s capital, to evaluate the evolution of the converging commitments of the Montenegrin Government in the framework of its adhesion talks with the EU, and it asks nation’s parliament to guarantee protection of Sinjajevina’s lands and culture

October 2020. - Farmers from Sinjajevina and local activists demonstrated at the doors of the Montenegrin parliament

9 October 2020. Farmers from Sinjajevina and local activists demonstrated at the doors of the Montenegrin parliament to urge the EU Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, Olivér Várhelyi, in official visit to the country, to suspend membership talks with Montenegro until it stops militarizing Sinjajevina.

October 2020. - 51 day of protest on Sinjajevina

October 2020. People hear that there is a new military training coming up, and a group of about 150 local farmers and environmental and social rights groups set up a protest camp in the heart of the highland pastures of Sinjajevina, at the foot of Margita mountain within the site earmarked for the army, serving as “human shields” and blocking soldiers’ access until December 2020 to stop the Montenegrin army from carrying out mortar shelling and other weapons testing exercises in their traditional lands. At the same time, Thomas Waitz, co-chair of the European Green Party officializes its support to the cause through a key video on twitter.

December 2020. Formation of the new Government of Montenegro with hopes that things will change for Sinjajevina.

2021 - 2022 - Years of unfulfilled promises

Despite the promises, neither the expert government led by Prime Minister Zdravko Krivikapić, nor the minority government headed by Dritan Abazović, are canceling the decision on the military training ground in Sinjajevina.