18 years of Rome Kotor born

From Rome, back home.

After almost two decades of living and working in Rome, Bojana Otašević packed her bags and came back, to build Montenegro's first luxury ice cream brand

There are decisions that change the course of life, and those that make you pack your bags and cross borders. Eighteen years of living in Rome taught me that the world belongs to those who have the courage to create it. I came back not out of necessity, but out of conviction: the greatest responsibility to one's country is not in loving it from afar, but in what you are ready to bring to it when you return
Bojana Otašević · founder, for Diplomacy & Commerce

The journey

From diplomacy to ice cream

Kotor, three decades ago

The story does not start in Rome but at home: in a Kotor family that made Italian-style ice cream some thirty years ago. The craft was waiting for its second round.
Rome, 18 years

Political science at Sapienza, up to doctoral studies in international relations, and a job at the Embassy of Montenegro in Rome. A city where refinement and a passion for life are a given: it teaches you what working without compromise means.
Coming home

The decision that packs the bags: knowledge and experience are worth the most where you started from. They say a spontaneous stop at a gelateria relit the childhood idea.
2018: Mille Baci is born

Italian gelato craft, Montenegrin ingredients and a name that means a thousand kisses. Montenegro's first artisan ice cream: home and hand made, a workshop, not a factory.
Novi Sad 2025: gold, then gold

A first appearance at the International Agricultural Fair, and a return with 10 gold medals, 2 grand champion-of-quality golds and the grand silver champion trophy.
Cup Collection

Ten completely original flavours in cups: ice cream designed as a complete product, from the first spoonful to the last turn of the lid.
Next chapter: the studio

Summer has a new address: the Mille Baci studio in Podgorica, coming soon. The story continues where it began, at home.

Novi Sad 2025 · first appearance

Medals play side roles

From its first appearance at the International Agricultural Fair in Novi Sad, the workshop came back with full hands. The medals now sit in the workshop, not in a shop window: a reminder of the nights the recipe was rewritten.

gold medals

grand champion-of-quality golds

grand silver champion trophy

The lead role still belongs to the empty cup at the end of the day.