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Anti-NATO Activists Hold Rally in Montenegro
A coalition of NGOs called "No to War, No to NATO", have called a protest for Friday in Podgorica’s main square, aiming to send "a clear message" that Montenegro should not join the alliance.
Organisers said people should raise their voices against the "aggressive and criminal policy of the alliance.
NGOs join to promote social entrepreneurship
NGOs join to promote social entrepreneurship
Regional co-operation leads to arrest of reputed drug boss
Regional co-operation leads to arrest of reputed drug boss
After five years on the run, suspected drug lord Darko Saric is apprehended in a joint operation between Serbia and Montenegro.
A motorcade carrying Darko Saric arrives in Belgrade. [AFP]
Montenegro Urged to Stop Gender-Selective Abortions
The Council of Europe's human rights commissioner Nils Muiznieks called on the Montenegrin authorities on Sunday to educate health professionals and adopt strict guidelines in order to prevent selective abortions.
According to the UN, some 100 girls are born for every 110 boys in Montenegro, while the usual ratio is 100 to 102-104.
Montenegrin Diaspora Sends Home 1.3 Billion Euro
The central bank said on Sunday that the amount sent home by Montenegrins working abroad to their families increased by almost five per cent last year, reaching a total of 353 million euro.
Belgrade declaration on social entrepreneurship signed
BELGRADE - The representatives of non-governmental organizations from the region of the Western Balkans and Turkey signed on Friday the Belgrade Declaration on Development of Social Entrepreneurship, with an aim to draw attention of the decision-makers in the EU and other countries to the steps that need to be taken for further development of social economy.
Refugees in Montenegro Seek Return to Kosovo
Montenegro's Minister of Labour and Social Welfare, Predrag Boskovic, said on Thursday that at least 108 families, mostly from the Pec, Djakovica, Kline areas, wish to return to Kosovo in 2014 if the Montenegrin and Kosovo authorities can provide adequate conditions.