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Montenegro Court Jails Former Mayor

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.

Montenegro MPs Back Closer Ties with NATO

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.

Nikolic takes part in meeting of SEE heads of state

DUBROVNIK - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic is taking part in an annual meeting of the heads of state of South-East Europe (SEE), which welcomes German Chancellor Angela Merkel as a guest, in Dubrovnik on Tuesday.

Nikolic meets regional leaders in Cavtat and Dubrovnik

DUBROVNIK - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic will attend a meeting of business leaders of southeastern Europe entitled Summit 100 in Cavtat on Monday and a meeting of regional leaders, participants of the Brdo-Brioni process in Dubrovnik on Tuesday.

Victoria Nuland to visit Serbia on Sunday

BELGRADE - U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria Nuland will visit Serbia on Sunday, and the main topics of her talks with Serbia's officials will be the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue and the implementation of the Brussels accord.

Nuland will talk with Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic in Belgrade on Suday, the president's press service announced.

President to confer with U.S. official Nuland

President to confer with U.S. official Nuland

BELGRADE -- Serbian President Tomislav Nikolić will meet with U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European and Euroasian Affairs Victoria Nuland.

The meeting will take place on Sunday, the president's press service announced on Friday.

"Russia does not have spies in Montenegro"

"Russia does not have spies in Montenegro"

PODGORICA -- The Russian embassy in Podgorica has denied allegations that Russia has its intelligence officers in the Agency for National Security of Montenegro.

The claims were made earlier in a report published by U.S. news agency Associated Press (AP).

Dacic takes part in informal ministerial meeting in Kotor

KOTOR, BELGRADE - Ivica Dacic, Serbia's first deputy prime minister and foreign minister, took part on Thursday in an Informal meeting of the Western Balkans Foreign Ministers in Kotor, Montenegro, in which improvement in cooperation and development of the region were the main topics.

Cooperation with Montenegro in context of EU accession

BELGRADE - The Serbian government adopted at its Thursday session the bill to ratify the agreement on cooperation signed by the Serbian government and the government of Montenegro in the context of EU accession.

EU commissioner in "surprise visit" to Belgrade

EU commissioner in "surprise visit" to Belgrade

BELGRADE -- EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fule will arrive here on Wednesday evening, and his visit will be unofficial, B92 has learned.

Fule will stop in Belgrade on his way to Kotor, Montenegro, where an informal meeting of Western Balkans foreign ministers will be held on Thursday.

Dacic to attend foreign ministers' meeting in Kotor

BELGRADE - Serbia's First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic will participate in the Informal meeting of the Western Balkans Foreign Ministers in Kotor, Montenegro, on Thursday.

Montenegro Opposition Demands Controversial Serb’s Deportation

The Democratic Front on Thursday urged the Montenegrin Interior Ministry to revoke Popovic’s temporary residence permit because he "participated in the monstrous campaign of discrediting" leading human rights activist Vanja Calovic.

FM signs book of condolences for Montenegrin official

FM signs book of condolences for Montenegrin official

BELGRADE -- Ivica Dačić signed on Thursday the book of condolences opened at the Montenegrin embassy in Belgrade following the death of Željko Šturanović.

Montenegro, Serbia PMs Accused of Controlling Media

Vladimir ‘Beba’ Popovic, the former information chief for the Serbian government, said on Sunday that the two premiers have controlling influence over Pink TV and tabloid Informer in their respective countries.

“Vucic here [in Serbia] has TV Pink,” Popovic told the B92 show ‘Impression of the Week’.

Selakovic to visit Montenegro

BELGRADE - Serbian Justice Minister Nikola Selakovic will begin his two-day visit to Montenegro on Monday, during which he will sign the annex to the Memorandum on Cooperation between the two countries' Justice Ministries with a view to improving and intensifying the cooperation between the two institutions.

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