All News on Politics in Montenegro
Montenegro to Form Prosecution to Hunt 'Big Fish”
Montenegro has decided to establish a special prosecution office for organized crime and corruption, war crimes and human trafficking - to prove that it is a serious candidate for membership of the European Union.
NATO Aspirant Montenegro Launches Intelligence Reforms
The Montenegrin government has proposed emergency amendments to the law governing the National Security Agency, ANB, to establish a security system to meet NATO standards and improve the way in which the country treats classified information.
Hundreds of Balkan Jihadists Have Joined ISIS, CIA Says
Bosnia, Kosovo and Albania are the main recruiting grounds in the Balkans for radical Islamists seeking fighters for the wars in Syria and Iraq. In terms of numbers, they come just behind Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Tunisia, Radio Free Europe, RFE, reported on Tuesday.
Montenegro Albanians Protest Over Textbooks
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.
Military reps of 20 countries attend "Shield 04" exercise
BUJANOVAC - Military representatives from 20 countries visited "South" (Jug) military base near Bujanovac in southern Serbia on Thursday, where about 270 members of the Serbian Armed Forces (VS) are taking part in an exercise titled "Shield 04" as part of preparations for participation in UN and EU peacekeeping missions.
NATO Leaders Pledge Support for Montenegro
NATO on Friday agreed to open intensified talks on Montenegro's candidacy and will assess by the end of 2015 whether to invite Montenegro to join the Western military alliance.
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More Illegal Migrants Are Crossing Montenegro
A Montenegrin police report said immigrants from Pakistan, Algeria, Morocco, Afghanistan, Syria, Tunisia, and especially people of Kurdish origin, are illegaly transiting Montenegro, mainly to Serbia, where they continue to Western countries.
"Smugglers charge Kurdish migrants up to EUR 4,000"
"Smugglers charge Kurdish migrants up to EUR 4,000"
PODGORICA -- Turkish citizens are enlisting the help of transportation firms and taxi drivers from Montenegro to smuggle illegal migrants, mostly Kurds.
Balkan Leaders Have High Hopes of Berlin Summit
A high-level conference on the economic prospects and European perspectives of the Western Balkan states opens in Berlin on August 28, including top-ranking politicians from Germany, the EU and the Balkans under the patronage of Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Vucic Poorest PM in Balkans, Djukanovic Richest
Aleksandar Vucic, Serbia's Prime Minister, has the lowest salary and least properties out of all the leaders of the Western Balkan region.
In his property report, Vucic revealed that he receives a monthly salary of only €1,000 and owns 30m2 apartment. He does not own a car, or have any savings, apparently.
Western Balkans Conference Kicks Off in Berlin
Prime Ministers, foreign ministers and economy ministers of the Western Balkan countries are to meet Thursday in Berlin at a forum organized by German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
The German Chancellor announced plans to organize the Conference of Western Balkan States on June 7.
Vucic to attend Berlin conference on Western Balkans
BERLIN - A conference focused on the Western Balkans will be held in Berlin on Thursday under German Chancellor Angela Merkel's patronage and it will include prime ministers, foreign ministers and ministers of economy from the region, with Serbia's Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic among them.
Vucic goes to Berlin on Wednesday, conference on Thursday
BELGRADE - Serbia's Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic will go to Berlin on Wednesday, a day before a conference on the Western Balkans, and meet with Germany's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy Sigmar Gabriel, the daily Kurir has reported.
West Balkans PMs Flag Up Adriatic Highway
Ahead of an important German-hosted meeting in Berlin on Thursday, the Prime Ministers of Croatia, Albania, Bosnia and Montenegro met on Monday in Cavtat, Croatia, to discuss the planned construction of an Adriatic-Ionian highway.
The highway will connect Central and Western Europe with Greece through the Western Balkans, running down the coast.
Montenegro Serbs Rally for Russians in Ukraine
Several dozen ethnic Serbs and representatives of pro-Serbian parties in Montenegro protested on Sunday in front of the Ukrainian embassy in Podgorica, saying that they wanted to show solidarity with their “Russian brothers in Novorossiya” – the separatists’ name for parts of eastern Ukraine that they are trying to seize from Kiev.