Latest News from Montenegro

Serbian and Montenegrin citizens caught smuggling drugs

The Croatian police have announced that they arrested a citizen of Serbia and a citizen of Montenegro at the Bajakovo (Batrovci) border crossing with Serbia.

22 kilograms of marijuana were found in the Montenegrin number plates car they were traveling in, the Croatian police said.

Montenegro Police Scrap Threatened Reporter's Protection

Montenegrin journalists' associations have protested over the decision of the police to scrap round-the-clock security for crime reporter Tufik Softic.

Softic has lived under 24-hour police protection for almost two years following threats he received for coverage of organized crime groups in Montenegro.

Montenegro Gays Urge Families to Attend March

The fourth Pride march in the Montenegrin capital, Podgorica, will be held on Saturday with the LGBT community urging the police and prosecution to do more to punish those who attack LGBT people, their friends, family and supporters.

Man featured in Interpol notice seen in photo with Lavrov

A photograph taken of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov with members of the Zavetnici Movement also shows Nemanja Ristic, N1 has reported.

Ristic is featured in an Interpol notice based on a warrant for his arrest issued by Montenegro.

Dahlan Corruption Trial to Reopen Next Week

Mohammed Dahlan, the powerful arch-rival to Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas, will again face a court in Palestine over allegations of embezzling $18 million of public money from his homeland.

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Belgrade to Host Annual Queer Film Festival

Under the slogan "Say Eight" ("Reci osam"), the eighth annual Merlinka LGBT film festival opens on December 8 and runs until December 14 at Belgrade's Dom Omladine.

Audiences will have the opportunity to see 41 short films, six feature films and ten documentaries, some of which premiered at well-known festivals such as Sundance, Berlinale and Tribeca.

Vucic receives Montenegrin Serb representatives

BELGRADE - Serbian PM Aleksandar Vucic on Monday received representatives of Montenegrin Serb parliamentary parties and cultural institutions, who conveyed concern over the position of the country's Serbs.

The delegation, headed by New Serb Democracy President Andrija Mandic, made concrete proposals how the Serbian government could help Serbs in Montenegro.

Diyanet gathers intelligence on suspected Gülenists via imams in 38 countries

Turkey's Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet) has gathered intelligence via imams from 38 countries on the activities of suspected followers of the U.S.-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen, widely believed to be the mastermind of the failed July 15 coup attempt. 

Russian Billionaire Sues Montenegro Over Lost Investment

Russian tycoon Oleg Deripaska, owner of the Central European Aluminum Company, CEAC, is suing Montenegro for "hundreds of millions of euros" over the failure of its plant in the capital, Podgorica, the firm said on Wednesday.

Child dies after parents "treat" her lice with insecticide

A five year old child from the village of Besnik near Rozaje, in northeastern Montenegro, has died from etiol poisoning.

The child passed away at the Podgorica Clinical Center despite the doctors' efforts to save her. The clinic also sought help from the Belgrade-based military clinic VMA and the Institute for Mother and Child in the Serbian capital, the daily Blic is reporting.

Balkan Journalists Vulnerable to Attacks, Study Shows

A study conducted in Bosna and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Macedonia and Montenegro by the Western Balkans Platform for Advocating Media Freedom and Journalists Safety, concludes that journalists remain vulnerable to physical attacks and other pressures, and have few ways of defending themselves effectively.

WW2 - Time when Kosovo Albanians wanted to create ethnically pure "Greater Islamic State"

Historical evidence demonstrates that genocide and ethnic cleansing were perpetrated upon the Serbian population of Kosovo and Metohija, first by Ottoman Turks, then by Albanian leaders and the populace and continued throughout the Communist period, during which the ethnic Serbian population was forced to emigrate.

Montenegro Serbs Tell Serbia's PM Their Woes

Representatives of the large Serbian community in Montenegro will meet Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic on Monday in Belgrade to seek his support about what they call their "intolerable situation" in Montenegro.

Turmoil in Montenegrin TV Sparks 'Plot' Claims

The axed former director of Montenegro's public broadcaster, RTCG, Rade Vojvodic, on Thursday announced a lawsuit against the board that fired him amid claims in the pro-government media of an opposition plot to unseat him.

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