For more than a month, leisure has been taken to a new level in Montenegro, where an annual competition celebrating the country's languid ways has seen participants going to the mattresses, literally. To celebrate its relaxed ways and poke fun at stereotypes of laziness, a traditional bed and breakfast in northern Montenegro's Brezna has been hosting an annual "lie in" competition for the past 12 years where participants sprawl on mattresses and do next to nothing.
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Seven competitors are hoping to get the esteemed title of "Laziest Citizen" in Montenegro's annual contest. The remaining contestants vying for a grand prize of $1,070 have been lying down for 20 straight days and counting, and they're determined to keep going despite already smashing last year's record of 117 hours.
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At least 28 kilograms of smuggled opals has brought nothing but trouble for the authorities in Montenegro, including the latest lawsuit seeking a payout equal to around half of the country's GDP.