Latest News from Montenegro

Vucic to Keefe - "Serbia won't be humiliated"

Vucic pointed this out in a meeting with the UK Ambassador to Serbia in Belgrade, Denis Keefe concerning the current state of the Belgrade - Pristina dialogue.

The two collocutors also discussed bilateral relationship, situation in the region and the results of the Western Balkans Summit in London.

Chinese company to take over RTB Bor

The Minister of Energy and Mining Aleksandar Antic explained that the Chinese company submitted the best binding bid in the amount of $1 billion and 260 million out of which $350 million would go to mandatory monetary capital increase.

The company's obligations also include keeping all 5,000 workers and providing additional $200 million for previous debts.

Montenegro Mulls Italian Plea to Host Stranded Migrants

Montenegro confirmed on Wednesday that it has been approached by Italy and asked to take in a number of migrants and refugees, to help end a 10-day standoff with a ship docked off the Italian coast at Catania.

The government in Podgorica said it was still mulling whether to take the mostly African-origin migrants and refugees, but has not yet taken a stance.

Citizens still waiting for "Bratoljub" bridge to open

The Prime Ministers of Serbia and the RS, Ana Brnabic and Zeljka Cvijanovic respectively, confirmed this in a joint press conference after the joint session of the two governments in the southern town of Trebinje.

Montenegro responds to Dacic's accusation

The party reacted to Serbian PM Ivica Dacic recent allegations and added that Serbia was actually actively campaigning against Montenegro and that they would "respond accordingly to these provocations."

The 75th Anniversary of the Death of Bulgarian Tsar Boris III

Today marks the 75th anniversary of the death of Tsar Boris III. On this occasion, many of the churches of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church will be serve prayers, FOCUS News Agency reported.

The memorial service at his grave in the monastery temple "Nativity of the Blessed Virgin" in the Rila Monastery will be served by the Adrianopolitan Bishop Evlogi.

"If borders change, some Serbs might suddenly be in Kosovo"

Professor Bieber told Euronews portal that the deal between Belgrade and Pristina on border changes might inspire similar ambitions in the region. He flagged Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia and Montenegro as areas that might demand change.

Vucic: "If we don't do it, who will?"

The meeting was held before the beginning of the European Forum Alpbach in Austria and was moderated by the EU-Commissioner for Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn and Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz.

"Serbs in Montenegro suffer torture and discrimination"

Dacic felt Serbian citizens in Montenegro were suffering torture and discrimination at the hands of the official government, said New Serb Democracy party (NOVA) from Montenegro after meeting with Dacic in Belgrade.

SPC to hold a special meeting about Kosovo and Metohija?

As Tanjug learns from the well-informed church circles, the special meeting is a possibility even though the Church's stance "on the issue remains clear and unchanged".

The Church's position, announced after the May meeting, is that Serbia must not lose Kosovo.

Belgrade Watchdog Queries Cash for Serbs in Montenegro

The Serbian government's decision to allocate another 600,000 euros [more than 65 million dinars] for the Serbian House in Montenegro - just a year after it approved 3.4 million euros for the same purpose - has sparked criticism in Belgrade from watchdogs.

Ivanic: Dodik taking advantage of Bosnian Serbs' problem

Dodik recently said that it was high time for Serbs in BiH to delimitate.

Ivanic thinks that this statement represents Dodik's flagrant abuse of the problem of Bosnian Serbs in BiH for his own political campaign.

In the interview for today's edition of the newspaper Danas Ivanic reminded that Dodik said similar things before.

Haradinaj asks for demarcation with Serbia

Ramush Haradinaj told the press conference that he had demanded that the Commission start defining and marking the border with Serbia immediately after Kosovo and Montenegro ratified the agreement on their borderline, reported RTK2.

He said he thought the President of the Commission and his colleagues knew the border well which would make the demarcation process easier.

Which companies want RTB Bor?

Vecernje Novosti reports that the interested companies are Chinese Zijin Mining, Ugold Limited based in Cyprus and backed by Russian capital and Canadian-Finnish investment fund Champion Iron.

Sleepy Montenegrins Win Village's 'Laziness' Olympics

Four self-confessed lazy Montenegrins have won the so-called World Lazy Olympics, the sixth such event, after competing to be named "laziest person" in the region and win 800 euros as prize money.

Around 30 contestants from Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro competed in the "Lazy Olympics" in the mountain village of Brezna, near the border with Bosnia.

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