The parliament of Montenegro, a small country in the southeast of Europe, approved a law on academic integrity earlier this month that effectively criminalizes plagiarism, self-plagiarism and donation of authorship. We spoke to Mubera Kurpejović, director of higher education at the country’s Ministry of Education, explains why the law was needed and what they hope it will achieve.
Why did Montenegro need such a law, given that no other country in the region has anything similar? Continue reading Montenegro just made plagiarism illegal. What does it hope to achieve?