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Russia Slams Anti-Moscow Billboards in Montenegro

The Russian embassy sent a diplomatic note to Montenegro's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration on Thursday, demanding an explanation after the billboards appeared in Podgorica last week.

Montenegro NATO Victims’ Families Still Seeking Justice

Relatives of six civilians including three children killed in NATO air strikes on Montenegro in 1999 plan to take their case to Europe after their compensation claims were rejected by local courts.

Montenegro MPs Row Over Huge Highway Loan

Montenegro's parliament on Thursday discussed new legislation about the building of the Bar-Boljare highway, the most expensive project ever in the country, which has divided opposition MPs and the government.

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No Prosecutions After Montenegro Chopper Crash Probe

The investigation into the deaths of the three airmen in 2011 has concluded that no one should be prosecuted over the incident, the High State Prosecutor's Office in Podgorica said on Wednesday.

Bulgaria’s Tourism Minister Invites Deputy to Resign

Bulgarian Tourism Minister Nikolina Angelkova has expressed hopes that her deputy, Branimir Botev, will step down.

Speaking Thursday in Plovdiv at the opening of the annual international meeting of tour operators, she suggested that Botev had been appointed Deputy Tourism Minister at the insistence of Valeri Simeonov from nationalist formation the Patriotic Front.

Albanian Nationalist Demands Montenegro Territory

Danaj on Sunday published an open letter to Montenegrin Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic which said that Albanians would regain their rightful territory in Montenegro "peacefully".

United States "fully engaged" in Balkans

WASHINGTON -- U.S. State Department Office for South Central European Affairs Director Thomas Yazdgerdi says his country is "fully engaged in the Balkans."

This especially applies to "resolving the remaining key issues," he said.

Montenegro Earns Cash From Old Yugoslav Arms

Montenegro stands to earn about 6.6 million euros in 2014 from sales of surplus weapons and military equipment stocked in the military depots for decades as wartime reserves of the former Yugoslav Army.

Sretenovic on audit of political parties' financial reports

BELGRADE - Serbia's State Audit Institution (DRI) will have drawn up a program for audit of financial reports of political parties in Serbia at the beginning of December, and first such audits will be performed next year, DRI Auditor-General Radoslav Sretenovic said Thursday.

Montenegro Unions Call Protest Against Pay Cuts

Montenegrin trade unions representing the health, education, defence and army sectors agreed on Wednesday to hold a street protest on December 6 after the government announced cuts to the public sector wage bill in the 2015 budget.

NATO praises Montenegro military reforms

Defence reforms in Montenegro lauded as the country moves closer to NATO accession.

The NATO Military Committee, the Alliance's highest military authority, praised military and institutional reforms in Montenegro, which is hoping to receive an invitation for membership in the western military alliance next year.