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Montenegro Defends Curbs on Foreign Work Permits

The Montenegrin government on Tuesday snubbed calls to delay implementation of controversial new regulations limiting work permits for foreigners.

The Ministry of Interior said employers had been given enough time to get familiar with the changes to employment law, months before they took force on April 1.

Jankovic through to Charleston third round

CHARLESTON - Serbia's Jelena Jankovic has reached the third round of the Charleston WTA tennis tournament by beating Tatjana Maria 6-3, 6-7 (6-8), 6-1 in the second round late Tuesday CET.

Jankovic, the current world number 17, and Maria, who ranks 13th, played an extraordinary match that featured as many as 13 break points won.

Djuric: Rama's statement attempt to blackmail EU

BELGRADE - Director of the Serbian government's Office for Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) Marko Djuric has said that Tuesday's statement by Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama about a unification of Albania and Kosovo is an attempt to blackmail the European Union, apart from being a blunt and brutal threat to stability and peace in the region.

Kosovo Women Justify Male Violence, Survey Says

A survey conducted by the Kosovo Statistics Agency ASK and UNICEF suggests that almost half the women in Kosovo were willing to justify male violence towards women - sometimes for such trivial reasons as the wife burning her husband's dinner.

Just over 42 percent of Kosovo women, questioned about whether they would justify violence directed at them in certain situations, said "Yes".

Leaders to discuss intellectual capitalism, Silk Road of energy

The 18th Eurasian Economic Summit, organized by the Marmara Group Foundation, is once again ready to host statesmen and opinion leaders from 40 different countries until April 9, offering a unique platform to discuss the most heated issues of today's world and the future.

Montenegro Hires Orion to Push NATO Case

Montenegro has agreed a contract with the Washingron-based firm Orion Strategies for it to advocate Montenegro's NATO membership bid, according to a US Department of Justice filing.

The firm will provide strategic communications, PR, and advocacy around issues and news relating to Montenegro in the US and Europe and the country's bid for membership of the alliance.

Serbia Breaks Ranks With EU on Moscow Parade

The Serbian Defence Ministry on Monday said that President Nikolic had decided that the Serbian Army will take part in the Victory Day Parade in Red Square in Moscow on May 9, marking the 70th anniversary of the capitulation of Nazi Germany in 1945.

Montenegro Records Impressive EUR 5,5 B in Foreign Investment

''Montenegro is the leader in the region in terms of foreign investment,'' stated the Director of the country's Stage Agency fro Economic Restructuring and Foreign Investments, Milos Jovanovic.

In an interview for newspaper Poslovni Dnevnik, he noted that over the past eight years the volume of foreign investments in Montenegro has reached as high as EUR 5.5 M.

Montenegrin Honour For Thaci Outrages Serbs

The mainly ethnic town of Ulcinj on the coast of Montenegro says it will declare Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama and Kosovo Foreign Minister Hashim Thaci honorary citizens at a ceremony scheduled for Saturday.

The Mayor of Ulcinj, Fatmir Djeka, revealed the decision, and officials say top Montenegrin officials, including President Filip Vujanovic, will be in attendance.

Fair of tourism and active holiday opens in Nis

NIS - The 16th International Fair of Tourism and Active Holiday opened in the Cair sports hall in Nis on Thursday, with over 130 exhibitors presenting their tourism supply at over 80 booths.

Tour operators and tourism organisations from Serbia, Greece, Hungary, Montenegro and Republika Srpska are present at the fair.

International tourism fair opens in Nis on Thursday

NIS - The International Fair of Tourism and Active Holiday starts on Thursday at the "Cair" sports center in Nis, said the organizer of the event, Tourism Organization of Nis (TON).

The show will feature holiday offers based on hiking tours and races, sailing, rafting, jeep safari, paragliding, caving, diving, mountain biking and free climbing.

More tourists in Serbia in first two months of 2014

More tourists in Serbia in first two months of 2014

BELGRADE -- In the first two months of the year, 12 percent more tourists visited Serbia than in the same period in the year before.

This data came from the National Tourism Organization of Serbia (TOS).

Emirates Scrap Luxury Resort Plan in Montenegro

The UAE-based company Royal Group has pulled out of a project to build a luxury resort in the Dubovica bay in the coastal towns of Budva and Bar after failing to reach a deal on a long-term lease of a beach.

Boom in Private Security Causes Concern in Montenegro

Nearly half of all security guards in Montenegro work in the grey - unofficial - economy, were trained using outdated procedures and are unsufficiently monitored, a new report says.

About 2,000 security guards work in Montenegro but most work without official permits, the Interior Ministry report, which BIRN has seen, says.

Montenegro Arrests Fans for Football Violence

Montenegrin police have arrested two fan suspected of throwing a flare at Russian goalkeeper Igor Akinfeyev at last Friday's chaotic football match, which had to be called off before time.

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