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Montenegrin Journalist to Be Retried Again for Drug Trafficking
Montenegrin investigative journalist Jovo Martinovic (centre) going to court in Podgorica. Photo: BIRN/Samir Kajosevic
"The decision has been made and at the beginning of next week, [the case] will be returned to the lower court," the Supreme Court told daily newspaper Vijesti.
Vučić: "I'm coming to Montenegro"
President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vui, said that he would come to Montenegro, adding that the two countries should reset their mutual relations...
Vui pointed out that Serbia and Montenegro have no one closer than each other.
Montenegro Govt Urged to Improve ‘Anti-Mafia’ Legislation
Montenegrin Prime Minister Dritan Abazovic (right) and the head of watchdog NGO MANS Vanja Calovic Markovic at a conference in Podgorica. Photo: Government of Montenegro
Montenegro Promises to Improve Much-Criticised Restitution Process
Long legal battles have marred the process in Montenegro of returning property seized under communism or compensating the owners or their heirs.
Montenegro Sued for Discrimination Against Same-Sex Couples
Montenegro Pride participants with a giant rainbow flag in Podgorica. Photo: BIRN/Samir Kajosevic
LGBT Forum Progress's executive director, John Barac, said that Montenegro has failed to make legal changes to allow Montenegrins in same-sex partnerships to register their marriages in their home country.
Vučić from Ohrid: "When we are together, we are much stronger" PHOTO / VIDEO
The summit is attended by Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, prime ministers of North Macedonia and Albania, Dimitar Kovacevski and Edi Rama, as well as officials from Montenegro and Bosnia-Herzegovina.
President Vucic said that he had meetings with representatives of countries that are not yet official members of the Open Balkans.
Serbian Leader Rages About ‘Hysteria’ After Russian Minister’s Visit Blocked
Aleksandar Vucic told state broadcaster Radio-Television Serbia on Monday evening that he has never seen so much hysteria against Serbia as was caused by the announcement that Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov would be visiting Belgrade.
Vučić will attend the Open Balkans Summit in Ohrid today and tomorrow
A two-day summit of the regional initiative Open Balkans begins today in Ohrid, to be attended by Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, Prime Ministers of North Macedonia and Albania Dimitar Kovacevski and Edi Rama, as well as officials from Montenegro and Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Washington: Bulgaria’s Decision to Not Allow Lavrov's Flight was “Independent”
The United States Department of State has described as "independent" the decision of Bulgaria, North Macedonia and Montenegro not to allow Sergey Lavrov's plane through their airspace.
Macron vetoed them, now he has a proposal "when the time comes"
That agreement would enable the opening of negotiations for Skopje's accession to the European Union.
However, as he said, that will happen "when the time comes".
"Serbia to focus"
The State Department said on the occasion of the decision of Montenegro, Bulgaria and North Macedonia not to allow the overflight of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov's plane on the way to Belgrade, that they, as sovereign states, "made sovereign decisions on airspace, reflecting Europe's determination to hold Russia "accountable" for the attack on Ukraine.
Russia’s Lavrov Slams Balkan States for Blocking His Serbia Visit
Serbia's neighbours Montenegro, North Macedonia and Bulgaria closed their air space to his plane, Sergei Lavrov told a press conference in Moscow that it won't disrupt Russia's good relations with Belgrade.
Lavrov called the Closure of Airspace for his Plane by NATO Countries “Scandalous”
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov today described as "unprecedented" the closure of the airspace for his plane by three Eastern European countries, which prevented him from visiting Serbia, BTA reported.
"Something unprecedented has happened," Lavrov told a news conference, criticizing the move as "scandalous".
Bulgarian MFA: Lavrov is Under Sanctions that’s why his Flight through Bulgaria was Denied
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria did not provide a diplomatic permit for Russian flights over Bulgarian territory that have on board the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov with a note from June 1.
This is stated in the position of the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry.
Vučić confirmed: Cancelled PHOTO
It should be recalled that Aleksandar Vui met today with the Russian Ambassador Alexander Botsan Kharchenko, and official confirmation was awaited from him that the visit of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia, Sergey Lavrov, to Serbia was cancelled.