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PODGORICA - Montenegrin Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic and Prime Minister of the People's Republic of China Li Keqiang said Tuesday that the two countries have excellent bilateral relations based on friendship and strengthened through economic cooperation that shows great potential.

Arrests for 1993 Strpci station train kidnappings

BELGRADE, SARAJEVO -- Five persons have been arrested in Serbia and ten in Bosnia-Herzegovina on suspicion that they took part in the 1993 kidnapping of train passengers.

The train was traveling on the Belgrade-Bar line when 20 passengers were taken out and later killed.

Montenegro aligns with EU, fails to back Russian resolution

PODGORICA -- Montenegro did not support a UN resolution against glorification of nazism and racism submitted by Russia, "because EU countries voted against."

This is what the Montenegrin Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integrations told the Podgorica-based daily Vijesti.

BRUSSELS - European Commissioner for European Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn stated on Thursday that he will pay a visit to Serbia next week in order to gain an insight into Serbia's negotiations with the EU.

Hahn's visit to Serbia is scheduled for November 20, and previously he will visit Podgorica, Montenegro.

PODGORICA - Serbian athlete Olivera Jevtic finished first in the 21st Podgorica marathon with the time of 2hr 38m 19sec.

Previously, she triumphed in Podgorica three times- in 2008, 2009 and 2012.

"I am glad that I have won again on the route where I hold the record," Jevtic said after being declared the winner.

PODGORICA - The council of the Montenegrin national minority will for the first time be set up in the elections for national minority councils in Serbia on Sunday, October 26.

Montenegro: Thieves remove 111 road signs in one night

PODGORICA -- Montenegro's road maintenance company Crnagoraput says its workers were shocked to discover that no fewer than 111 traffic signs were missing from major roads.

The signs were removed and stolen in just one night, between Sunday and Monday, the Podgorica-based daily Vijesti writes.

The Podgorica-based daily on Thursday accused two media outlets, Pink M and Pobjeda, both close to Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic, of presenting false, derogatory statements aimed at damaging Vijesti's reputation and business.  

BELGRADE - The interruption of Wednesday's Euro 2016 qualifier match between Serbia and Albania, caused by a drone suspending a flag with signs of the so-called Greater Albania above the pitch, has been celebrated by ethnic Albanians in Ulcinj, Plav and Tuzi in Montenegro.

Ethnic Albanian parties in Montenegro protested on Tuesday against the "inadequate curriculum" their children are offered in schools in Montenegro.

They said that teaching programs in schools are not adapted to the needs of the community as the textbooks are only translations into Albanian of books written in the Montenegrin language.