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Video Game Spotlights Energy Choices in Balkans
A group of civil society organisations gathered in the South East Europe Sustainable Energy Policy Program launched a video game version of the South East Europe 2050 Energy Model on Monday, as UN climate change talks open in Paris.
The goal is to make audiences in the region aware of choices about the energy and environmental development of their countries.
EU Accepts Backstage Role in Montenegro Talks
The speaker of Montenegro's parliament, Ranko Krivokapic, is in Brussels on Monday to meet Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn ahead of crisis talks on new elections in the country, due to begin on Tuesday.
The Montenegrin opposition has been boycotting parliament for months after the ruling parties refused to implement new electoral legislation.
Kosovo police arrest opposition leader for Parliament unrest
Police entered the headquarters of Kosovo's main opposition party on Nov. 28 and arrested dozens of people, including one of its leaders who was wanted for the violent actions he has used to disrupt the country's Parliament.
US and NATO Praise Montenegro's Progress
US Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday said he strongly supported Montenegro's membership of NATO, adding that the doors of the alliance were open.
Attending the Brod-Brijuni summit in Zagreb, Croatia, Biden said that Balkan NATO members Croatia and Slovenia had both shown what was possible through reform and reconciliation.
Montenegro's Gays Set New Date for Parade
Montenegrin LGBT activists hope to walk the streets of the capital, Podgorica, for the third Gay Pride March, set for December 13.
The organizer of the parade, Queer Montenegro, an NGO, on Wednesday said it had decided to change the route from the one used during the previous two years.
Balkan States Woo Chinese Investors at Summit
The 4th annual Economic and Trade Forum between China and 16 countries of Central and Eastern Europe started on Tuesday in China's eastern coastal city of Suzhou.
Montenegro Opposition Spurns Offer of Dialogue
Montenegro's main opposition alliance, the Democratic Front, on Tuesday rejected an offer from the speaker of parliament, Ranko Krivokapic, to start negotiations on organizing fair and free elections, saying a change of government had to come through mass protests.
Biden Visit to Croatia Confirms US Engagement
US Vice-President Joe Biden has arrived in Croatia for a summit of the so-called "Brdo Brijuni Process", which opened on Wednesday in Zagreb.
Montenegro Extradites Drugs Trafficking Suspect to Belgium
After eight months in detention in Montenegro, Serge Muller was handed over to the Belgian police after the Montenegrin Justice Ministry approved the extradition, his lawyers told BIRN on Monday.
Muller was extradited early in November under tight security measures and handed over to Belgian police officers at the airport in the capital Podgorica.
Russia told not to interfere in Montenegro's decision
The decision on Montenegro's membership in NATO will be made by Montenegro and by the members of the alliance, says NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg.
NATO "regrets civilian victims" of its attacks on Serbia
Jens Stoltenberg said in Belgrade on Friday that NATO "regrets for every lost civilian life in the bombing of Yugoslavia in 1999."
Ex-Directors Questioned Over Montenegro Telekom Sale
The special prosecutor's office for organized crime in Montenegro on Wednesday examined two directors of the former state-owned Telekom firm in an apparent breakthrough in the unresolved Montenegrin Telekom bribery case.
The two men are suspected of stealing millions of euro during the sale of the company to Magyar Telekom.
Bulgarian Theatre Night Kicks Off on November 21
For a third year in a row Bulgaria will host an event celebrated in 11 European countries which aims to remove barriers between the audience and theatre and performing art.
Montenegro Doubts German Arrest Linked to Paris Killings
Montenegrin police confirmed on Saturday that the German police had arrested a 51-year-old old man from the capital Podgorica on November 5.
German police said they found "many machine guns, revolvers and explosives" in his vehicle.
Bavaria PM Links Montenegrin to Paris Attacks
The premier of the German region of Bavaria, Horst Seehofer, on Saturday said they suspected that a Montenegrin national arrested last week with weapons in southern Germany was linked to the Islamist terrorists who killed more than 128 people in Paris on Friday night.
"There is reason to believe that this is possibly linked" to the attacks, Seehofer said.