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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

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Nearly half of all security guards in Montenegro work in the grey - unofficial - economy, were trained using outdated procedures and are unsufficiently monitored, a new report says.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

EU Adds New Chapters to Montenegro Accession Talks

The European Union has announced it will open two new chapters to the present volume of negotiation texts it has offered to Montenegro.

A European Council statement cited by EurActiv says taxation and external affairs are the two issues to be included in the talks upon the agreement of both Brussels and Podgorica, thus having 18 out of 35 chapters opened.

Violent Football Fans Wreck Montenegro-Russia Qualifier

UEFA is expected to start disciplinary proceedings against Montenegro after Friday's Euro 2016 qualifier with Russia was abandoned amid battles on the pitch.

The Group G game in Podgorica was hit by trouble from the start after Russia's goalkeeper, Igor Akinfeev, was struck on the head by a flare thrown from the stands and had to be taken to hospital.

Plevneliev, Djukanovic Discuss Projects to Increase Energy, Transport Connections

President Rosen Plevneliev told Montenegro's Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic that the Euro-Atlantic integration of the Western Balkans was a foreign policy priority issue for Bulgaria.

Consortium set up for short-range weather forecasting

BELGRADE - The meteorological services of Serbia, Montenegro, Macedonia, Republika Srpska, the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Albania established at a meeting in Belgrade on Friday a consortium for short-range weather forecasting.

Montenegro Protests Over Croatia's Adriatic Oil Probes

Montenegro's Foreign Minister, Igor Luksic, on Thursday said his government had sent four protest notes to Croatia over a planned oil and gas probe in the waters of the disputed Prevlaka area, south of Dubrovnik.

Bulgaria's Prime Minister: Montenegro Is Ready to Join NATO

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has urged all Balkan countries to join NATO and the EU, adding that this is the only move that would bring the much-needed security in the region.

Speaking Friday after a meeting with the Prime Minister of Montenegro Milo Djukanovic, Borisov expressed hopes that Montenegro would join NATO by end-2015.

Montenegro Is Ready to Join NATO, Bulgarian PM Says

Montenegro is ready for NATO membership.

The statement was made by Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borisov following talks with his counterpart Milo Dukanovic Friday.

''I have stated numerous times that peace on the Balkans will come when we all become members of the EU,'' Borisov added.