Montenegro

Balkan armies promise greater co-operation in catastrophes

EXIT raises EUR 140,000 for flood victims

BUDVA -- A total of over EUR 140,000 was raised for flood victims in the region at a humanitarian event held during the two-day Sea Dance festival.

The event represents "second part" of the EXIT music festival, held this year in Novi Sad, Serbia and in Budva, Montenegro.

BELGRADE - Due to higher traffic volumes at the border crossings Gradina to Bulgaria and Spiljani to Montengro, passenger vehicles are waiting for around 45 minutes to leave Serbia on Sunday.

At the Batrovci border crossing, between Croatia and Serbia, the wait time is estimated at around 90 minutes, the Serbian Interior Ministry stated.

Foreign Affairs Minister Titus Corlatean on Friday, while paying an official visit to Montenegro, highlighted Romania's support for the national objectives of this state for the integration in the EU and NATO, shows a press release The Foreign Affairs Ministry (MAE) remitted to AGERPRES.

Podgorica’s High Court on Thursday jailed 11 indictees in a case involving illegal construction work at Zavala hill in Budva in 2007 and 2008.

Rajko Kuljaca, former mayor of the coastal resort, and Dragan Marovic, his deputy, were found guilty of abuse of office to the benefit a private company, Zavala Invest, and to the detriment of the municipal budget, of more than 800,000 euros.

Media community urged to raise ethical standards

VIENNA -- The OSCE representative on media freedom welcomed the readiness of the media community in Montenegro to launch a process to improve media self-regulation.

Dunja Mijatović also welcomed their readiness to start the process of confidence-building between media actors.

Honeymoon in Greece ROMANTIC Novak and Jelena from Montenegro Went to Seaside Again

After the wedding on the beach, the famous couple spends its first honeymoon trip on the seashore. But they are not far from Serbia.

Montenegrin police said they had detained two men on Thursday suspected of being involved in the attack on Tufik Softic, a journalist from the opposition daily newspaper Vijesti.  

“Vladimir Labudovic and Ivan Asanovic were arrested in the town of Budva for the [suspected] criminal offence of attempted murder,” the police stated on Thursday.  

By George Georgakopoulos

The national team proved there is some pulse in the long-suffering sport of volleyball, as it secured its entry to the final of the European League on Wednesday by upsetting the odds and Slovenia.

The ruling coalition of Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic mustered enough votes in parliament to push through a bill that will closen ties to NATO.

With the backing of the ruling coalition and part of the opposition, a majority of MPs in Montenegro adopted a law on the status of NATO forces on Wednesday.