Latest News from Montenegro
EU Migration Summit Pledges Cooperation With Balkans
EU leaders ended a heated debate about handling migration at 4.30am Friday by accepting Italy's demand for more help in handling the burden and agreeing in principle to set up "disembarkation platforms" to process asylum seekers outside the EU and closed processing centres within the EU.
EU leaders also agreed to spend more money helping African countries curb migration.
Gun Ownership High Among Balkan Civilians: Report
The Small Arms Survey, published on Monday, listed Montenegro, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia and Kosovo among the top 25 countries when it comes to the estimated rate of civilian firearms possession per 100 people.
Montenegro and Serbia shared third place, after the United States and Yemen, the report said.
Montenegro Seeks Frontex's Help Over Migrant, Refugee Wave
Montenegro said it seeks a status agreement with the EU's border and migration agency Frontex, to protect its border as a fresh migrant and refugee influx causes concern in the region and in Brussels.
An Interior Ministry document, which BIRN has seen, says an official application for a status agreement with Frontex "will be launched soon".
Montenegro Opposition Ends Boycott With Call for Elections
Leaders of the strongest opposition alliance in Montenegro, the URA movement and the Democrats [Demokrate] are heading to Brussels next week to present what they call a plan to overcome the long-lasting political crisis in the country.
The leader of URA, Dritan Abazovic, and the Democrats' chief, Aleksa Becic, will meet the EU Enlargement Commissioner, Johannes Hahn, early next week.
US, UK, UAE taking part in military exercise in Serbia
According to the Serbian Ministry of Defense, about 500 officers, non-commissioned officers and soldiers of the armed forces of the United States, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania, Montenegro and Serbia will take part in the exercise.
Balkan States Vow Joint Action to Tackle Migrant Crisis
Security and human rights ministers from the Balkans and neighbouring countries agreed at a meeting in Sarajevo on Thursday to create a database which will be compatible with similar systems in Europe in order to track migrants.
"We must be able to see if those people [migrants] previously stayed in Europe," Bosnian security minister Dragan Mektic told media after the meeting.
United Media moves to acquire Direct Media
The United Media company submitted to the Serbian Competition Committee a request for anti-trust clearance to acquire 100 percent of shares of Direct Media on the markets of Serbia, Montenegro, Macedonia and Albania, which includes the request for approval for Direct Media to acquire the terrestrial TV stations Pink BiH and Pink Montenegro.