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Djuric: Few returnees in Kosovo-Metohija
SKOPJE - A very small number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) returned to the southern Serbian province in the past 15 years, Director of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Marko Djuric warned during the two-day regional conference in Skopje.
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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Montenegro pride parade is a step toward human rights
Montenegro pride parade is a step toward human rights
Fostering human rights is one of the key requirements for candidate countries to join the EU.
EU officials and experts praised the recent gay pride parade in Montenegro as a positive step toward boosting human rights in the country.
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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.
Montenegrin Schools May Mark Holocaust Day
Jewish community and government leaders on Wednesday discussed putting into action an agreement on relations between the community and the state of Montenegro signed in 2012.
Montenegro citizens' support for NATO integration has increased
Montenegro citizens' support for NATO integration has increased
Refugees Struggle to Get Montenegro Passports
A new report from Montenegro's interior ministry said that of the 16,000 refugees and displaced people who have been living in the country since the 1990s conflicts, only 1,038 have managed to obtain citizenship.
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Montenegro Police Brace for Second Gay Pride
The Montenegrin capital will host its second Gay Pride parade this Sunday, in spite of the violent attacks on activists that marred the first-ever parade in the country last year.
Gay activists will walk the same route as last year, after police estimated that the 1,400-foot-long trail in the centre of Podgorica was easiest to secure.
Serbia, Montenegro strengthen ties, promote tolerance
Serbia, Montenegro strengthen ties, promote tolerance
40% of Serbians Optimistic About Economic Situation
Some 40% of Serbian citizens expect the economic situation to improve, while in Croatia such hopes have only 11% of the people, 26% in Montenegro, and 37% in Macedonia.
The survey shows that 33 per cent of Serbian citizens expect their financial situation to improve, money.bg informs, citing the Tanjug news agency.
RSD 5.7M to be allocated to repair damage to Albanian shops
NOVI SAD - The government of Vojvodina pledged to transfer RSD 5.7 million to help repair the damage to 15 facilities in the northern Serbian province which were vandalized after the incident at the Serbia-Albania football match.
The funds will be allocated from the current budget reserve, the government of Vojvodina released on its website on Monday.
Survey finds Serbians to be "region's optimists"
Survey finds Serbians to be "region's optimists"
BELGRADE -- 40 percent of Serbian citizens expect the economic situation to improve, while in Croatia that percentage is 11, in Montenegro 26 and in Macedonia 37.
This data was presented by Ipsos Strategic Marketing.
Serbian citizens are most optimistic in region
BELGRADE - Forty percent of Serbian citizens expect the economic situation to improve, while in Croatia that percentage is 11, in Montenegro 26 and in Macedonia 37, according to a survey by Ipsos Strategic Marketing.
The survey states that 33 percent of Serbian people expect their personal financial situation to improve, the daily Politika has reported.
LGBT activist assaulted ahead of Montenegrin parade
LGBT activist assaulted ahead of Montenegrin parade
PODGORICA -- A member of the LGBT Forum Progress has been physically assaulted in a store in the Montenegrin coastal town of Tivat, the NGO has announced.
The unprovoked attack was accompanied by "a series of insults and cursing," said the organization.
Gay Montenegrins Face Workplace Discrimination
Every third LGBT person in Montenegro has been a victim of homophobia in the workplace and almost half have experienced discrimination, a new survey suggests.