Latest News from Montenegro
Albania Police Uproot Cannabis Plantations in North
Albania's police launched yet another massive operation aiming to the curb the marijuana trade as the harvest season nears.
"We have engaged about 450 officers from the police and the Rapid Intervention Force for the operation carried in the Dukagjin area. We encountered no incidents," a police statement on Tuesday said.
Montenegro MPs to Debate NATO Membership
Montenegrin MPs are to debate a pro-NATO motion of the ruling coalition at an extraordinary session in September.
The resolution says NATO membership is in the interest not only of the state but of all citizens and is not the exclusive choice of "authorities or any party or [part of] the political or intellectual elite".
Montenegro, Bosnia to Sign Border Agreement
Montenegrin President Filip Vujanovic on Sunday said Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina will be the first ex-Yugoslav republics to sign a border demarcation agreement.
After meeting the President of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Dragan Covic, in the town of Tivat, Vujanovic said the agreement would be signed by the end of August in Vienna.
Merkel says migrants bigger challenge for EU than Greek debt crisis
Chancellor Angela Merkel on August 16 condemned a surge in German attacks on refugee shelters and warned that the issue of asylum could become a bigger challenge for the European Union than the Greek debt crisis.
Russia Says It Destroyed Nearly 600 T of Imported Food in 10 Days
Russia has destroyed some 597 tonnes of food products illegally imported from blacklisted countries since August 6, statistics show.
A message dated August 15 and available on the website of Rosselkhoznadzor, the country's food safety watchdog, reads [RU] that "to date" some 550 tons of agricultural products have been detained and liquidated.
Russia Extends Sanctions to Include Montenegro
Russia on Thursday said it had added Montenegro to the list of countries from which it was banning food imports in retaliation to Western sanctions imposed on Moscow over the Ukraine crisis.
Russia Expands Food Imports Ban to Five European Countries
Moscow has added five European countries to its food imports ban list introduced in response to Western sanctions against Russia over the crisis in Ukraine.
"Those countries are Albania, Montenegro, Iceland, and Liechtenstein, as well as Ukraine under certain conditions," Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said during a cabinet meeting on Thursday, according to RIA Novosti.
Montenegro now on Russia's counter-sanctions list
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has signed a decree that extends the list of countries that fall under Russian counter-sanctions, TASS is reporting.
The list now includes Albania, Montenegro, Iceland and Liechtenstein, "as well as Ukraine, under special conditions," the agency said.
EU Will Not Restore Visas for Serbia, Kukan Says
Eduard Kukan, head of the delegation of the European Parliament for Relations with Serbia, on Thursday said there was no will in the EU to re-introduce visas for Serbia, as it would be seen as a backward step.
Serbian Students' Petition Alarms Montenegrins
A petition calling for the abolition of free tuition privileges for Montenegrin citizens in Serbia has caused a stir after it was reported to have collected amost 14,000 signatures.
The petition calls on the Serbian education authorities to allow Montenegrins to attend state universities only as ordinary foreigners, which means they must pay to study.
Montenegro Arrests Bosses of Scandal-Hit Resort
Police on Thursday arrested several leaders and officials in the scandal-hit municipality of Budva on suspicion of abuse of office and of damaging the local budget to the tune of several million euros, local media reported.
Daughter of top ruling Montenegrin party official arrested
Several high ranking officials of the Budva municipality, including Mayor Lazar Radjenovic and city manager Milena Marovic-Bogdanovic, have been arrested.
On the orders of Montenegro's Special Organized Crime Prosecution, adviser to the prime minister Aleksandar Ticic and former municipal leaders Rajko Kuljaca and Dragan Marovic have also been detained.
Ex-Yugoslav Tourists Flock to Croatia Despite Rows
Croatia's tourism ministry says tourists from former Yugoslavia are coming to Croatia for their summer holidays in ever greater numbers, despite the recent political spats between politicians and states.
Montenegro MPs to Debate NATO Membership Resolution
Montenegro MPs have submitted to Parliament a resolution voicing support for the country's accession into NATO, regional news outlets have reported.
Debates on the document are to begin at an extraordinary session scheduled for September, according to Serbian agency Tanjug.
EU Scraps Grant For Popovic's Women's Project
A group of regional NGOs on Tuesday welcomed the decision of Brussels not to fund a project on women's rights run by the Montenegro-based Institute for Public Policy, found by Vladimir Popovic "Beba".