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Anti-Govt Protesters Rally in Montenegro

Hundreds of protesters rallied in the streets of Podgorica carrying banners "He is done" and shouting "Milo thief!" in reference to Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic.

The rally was organised by Montenegro's main opposition alliance, the Democratic Front, against the cabinet and its key members before a key parliamentary confidence vote on Monday in the government.

Montenegro Opposition to Rally Amid No-Confidence Vote

Montenegro's main opposition alliance, the Democratic Front, plans a series of protest rallies against the cabinet and its key members before and during a key parliamentary confidence vote on Monday in the government.

Montenegro Urged to Probe PM's Family Bank

European Parliamentarians have submitted 155 amendments to a draft resolution on Montenegro, which will be discussed in February, most of which urge Podgorica to tackle political corruption, vote-buying accusations and the state Telekom privatization affair.

Montenegro to Hike Funding for Political Parties

Political parties in Montenegro will receive about 6.56 million euro from the state budget this year - almost twice as much as they were allocated in 2012, when the last general elections were held.

Of the funds, 4.63 million euro are intended for the financing of regular party work and 1.93 million for the campaign for the general elections planned this year.

Britain's Prince Charles to visit Serbia in March

Britain's Prince Charles and his wife Camilla will visit Serbia in March, during a tour of the Western Balkans, his website said.

As stated, these will be official visits to "Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, and Serbia" and "the first visit of the duchess of Cornwall to these countries."

Anti-NATO Montenegrins Hold New Year 'Protest Party'

Several thousand people, led by pro-Russian opposition parties in Montenegro, gathered in the capital Podgorica on Wednesday to celebrate the Serbian Orthodox New Year while protesting against the country's membership of NATO.

Kosovo-Serbia Border 'Will Be Raised in Brussels'

Kosovo's Minister for Dialogue, Edita Tahiri, told BIRN Pristina "plans to discuss the border demarcation between the two states, Kosovo and Serbia, in 2016".

The next round of EU-brokered talks between Belgrade and Pristina are due to begin in Brussels on January 27.

Kosovo Opposition Builds Resistance to Brussels Agreements

The ruling that parts of the Brussels-brokered agreements with Serbia were unconstitutional swelled the ranks of opposition protesters who caused unrest on the streets of Pristina on Saturday, experts suggested.

Official tells Russia Montenegro is "South," not "East"

Montenegro's national assembly should decide on the country's membership in NATO, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs and Deputy PM Igor Luksic has said.

According to him," that is why there is no reason for the strained relations with Moscow, as the overall context needs to be understood."

Kosovo Braces for Opposition's 'Peaceful' Rally

Police and other security institutions in Kosovo are bracing for fresh opposition protests on Saturday, although opposition supporters have insisted they plan a peaceful rally.

"We plan to hold a peaceful march," Vetevendosje (Self-Determination) Movement spokesperson Frasher Krasniqi told BIRN.

Opposition to hold another protest in Pristina on Saturday

Opposition supporters will gather in Pristina on Saturday for a new protest against the Brussels agreement, the ZSO and demarcation with Montenegro.

In the view of the opposition, the first agreement - on a future Community of Serb Municipalities (ZSO) - "partitions Kosovo," while the other "gifts a part of the territory to Montenegro."

Serbian Church Urges Montenegro NATO Referendum

The Serbian Orthodox Church in Montenegro said that it was its "pastoral and civic" duty to ask for a referendum on NATO membership - a call which echoed demands made by Russian politicians and clerics after the Western military alliance invited Podgorica to join last month.