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Djukanovic Eyes Diaspora Vote as Last Resort to Stay in Power
A woman walks past campaign billboards for Presidential candidates Milo Djukanovic and Jakov Milatovic in Podgorica, Montenegro. Photo: EPA-EFE/BORIS PEJOVIC
Montenegro Suspends School Classes After Another False Bomb Alarm
A school in the Montenegrin capital, Podgorica. Photo: BIRN/Samir Kajosevic
The Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Ministry said classes were suspended in the capital Podgorica and towns including Bar, Kotor, Herceg Novi, Niksic, Berane, Danilovgrad, Kolasin, Bijelo Polje, Plav, Gusinje, Sutomore, Petrovac, and a kindergarten in the town of Mojkovac.
Media: Djukanovic postpones elections?
According to the Montenegrin media, Djukanovic can do it in the same way as he did two years ago in the case of Tivat - by changing his decision.
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Montenegrin Ruling Majority Plans to Postpone Local Elections
Montenegrin parliament speaker Aleksa Becic and ruling majority MPs in Cetinje. Photo: Parliament of Montenegro
Montenegro Acts on Abandoned Salt Flats Vital to Migratory Birds
Conservationists and the European Union say any plan must safeguard Ulcinj Salina's importance to migratory birds, but an unresolved ownership dispute is frustrating efforts to set those protections in stone.
Montenegro Acts to Save Bird-Rich Coastal Wetland
Flamingos in the abandoned salt plantations near Ulcinj, Montenegro. Photo: Center for the Protection and Study of Birds
Prime Minister Zdravko Krivokapic said the government's Privatization and Capital Projects Council rejected the request of the bankrupt private salt company Bajo Sekulic for property rights to the area.
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Montenegro Urges Russian Tourists to Save Summer Season
Oil Exploration off Montenegro Triggers Fears for Environment, Tourism
Projections suggest Montenegro might have enough oil and gas out at sea to cover its own needs. It signed a concession contract in 2016 and officials say the first exploratory drilling might take up to six months.
But local residents and environmental activists are worried.
"There is no vision," said Natasa Kovacevic of the NGO Green Home.
Storms Damage Ancient Montenegrin Coastal Town of Ulcinj
Storms and bad weather in January have caused serious damage to the famous Montenegrin coastal town of Ulcinj, bringing down part of the ancient town walls. Following heavy rain, part of Pinjes hill in Ulcinj also collapsed on to the local road on January 12, burying two vehicles.
Montenegro Urged to Return Expropriated Olive Groves to Owners
Olive groves near Ulcinj, Montenegro. Photo: BIRN/Samir Kajosevic
Nimanbegu said that the government has an obligation to give back the groves in the former Valdanos military resort.