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All is set to kick off EXIT
NOVI SAD - Everything is ready for EXIT, a Top 10 European music festival kicking off on Thursday, as campers are arriving at Exit Village and host city Novi Sad is crowding with foreign tourists.
EXIT will stage a Warm-Up Party in Novi Sad’s Liberty Square, with Bajaga i Instruktori and Positive Vibration Movement performing Tuesday and Marcelo i Iskaz and Lollobrigida the next day.
Italy: EU enlargement strategic priority
Italy: EU enlargement strategic priority
BRUSSELS -- EU enlargement to the Western Balkan countries and Turkey is among Italy's strategic priorities during its EU presidency.
This is contained in a document presenting the country's program that was published in Brussels on Thursday.
Italy: EU enlargement-strategic priority
BRUSSELS - EU enlargement to the Western Balkan countries and Turkey is among Italy's strategic priorities during its EU Presidency, reads the document presenting the country's program that was published in Brussels on Thursday.
Montenegro Opposition Demands Controversial Serb’s Deportation
The Democratic Front on Thursday urged the Montenegrin Interior Ministry to revoke Popovic’s temporary residence permit because he "participated in the monstrous campaign of discrediting" leading human rights activist Vanja Calovic.
FM signs book of condolences for Montenegrin official
FM signs book of condolences for Montenegrin official
BELGRADE -- Ivica Dačić signed on Thursday the book of condolences opened at the Montenegrin embassy in Belgrade following the death of Željko Šturanović.
OSCE Condemns Montenegro Tabloid Sex Claims
Mijatovic on Wednesday expressed disgust about the tabloid’s allegations that Calovic, the director of an influential Montenegrin NGO and a prominent government critic, had sexual relations with her two dogs.
"I hope we will hear the condemnation of such journalism, if we can call it journalism. As a person, as a woman, I am appalled," Mijatovic said.
Croatia, Montenegro working together to reach Adriatic oilfields
Croatia, Montenegro working together to reach Adriatic oilfields
Verbic: Horizon 2020 chance for small, medium enterprises
BRUSSELS - The European Horizon 2020 programme opens up great opportunities for small and medium-sized enterprises, Serbia's Minister of Education, Science and Technology Srdjan Verbic said on Tuesday as Serbia joined the programme, aimed at encouraging innovation and scientific development.
Illusion that Saric was in Montenegro maintained for years
PODGORICA - The illusion that drug lord Darko Saric was hiding in Montenegro was maintained for years by someone in Serbia, Serbian Justice Minister Nikola Selakovic said on Monday.
Montenegro, Serbia PMs Accused of Controlling Media
Vladimir ‘Beba’ Popovic, the former information chief for the Serbian government, said on Sunday that the two premiers have controlling influence over Pink TV and tabloid Informer in their respective countries.
“Vucic here [in Serbia] has TV Pink,” Popovic told the B92 show ‘Impression of the Week’.
Selakovic to visit Montenegro
BELGRADE - Serbian Justice Minister Nikola Selakovic will begin his two-day visit to Montenegro on Monday, during which he will sign the annex to the Memorandum on Cooperation between the two countries' Justice Ministries with a view to improving and intensifying the cooperation between the two institutions.
Strategy on cultural cooperation in region adopted
BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Culture and Information Ivan Tasovac is staying in his first official visit to Macedonia, during which he participated in the Annual Meeting of the Council of Ministers of Culture of South East Europe, during which the Regional strategy on cooperation in the culture sector in South-East European countries was adopted on Saturday.
Montenegro Bans Newspaper’s Sex Claims Against Activist
Montenegro's Basic Court on Friday temporarily banned distribution of the editions of Informer in which Vanja Calovic, the head of a prominent NGO and a well-known government critic, is accused of bestiality - although the newspapers have already been on sale for some time.
Illegal Booking Sites Threaten Montenegro’s Tourism Income
Hotel booking websites which are not legally registered and do not pay taxes are taking large amounts of money out of the country without any control, the Montenegrin tourism association said on Thursday.
Montenegro Prosecutor Demands Sex Claim Newspaper Ban
Supreme State Prosecutor Veselin Vuckovic sent a request for a ban to the Basic Court in Podgorica on Thursday after the newspaper published a series of articles attacking Calovic, including one accusing her of bestiality.