Latest News from Montenegro
Bulgaria Joins NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence
At a solemn ceremony with raising its national flag, Bulgaria joined NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence. The Centre is located in Tallinn, Estonia, and currently has 25 members.
Montenegro Church Law Unites Serbia in Outrage
Media in Serbia have accused the government of Montenegro of planning to "rob" the Serbian Orthodox Church, SOC, of its assets, while Serbian officials warn that a proposed law on Church property will worsen diplomatic relations.
Anti-Fascists Commemorate Yugoslav Partisans’ Triumph in WWII Battle
Thousands of anti-fascists from former Yugoslav countries gathered on Sunday at the Sutjeska memorial in Tjentiste in Bosnia and Herzegovina to pay tribute to the soldiers killed during the crucial battle during World War II.
Church Supporters Rally in Montenegro to Denounce Property Law
Saturday's Church council comes after the Montenegrin government adopted a draft law which included a register of all religious objects and sites that were formerly owned by the independent kingdom of Montenegro before it became part of the Serb-dominated Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes in 1918.
Montenegro’s Attack on Church Property Will Create Lawless Society
The bishop reacted after the government of Montenegro said it wanted to pass a law that will declare all ancient property belonging to the Serbian Orthodox Church built before 1918 as the state property, without offering any valid reason for this in the public interest, or eminent domain (defence, energy, infrastructure) or any compensation.
Albania busts gang trafficking migrants into EU, arrests 8
Albanian police said on Wednesday they had broken up a criminal gang trafficking Syrian, Turkish and Iraqi migrants to western Europe from Greece and had arrested eight people including the Turkish ringleader.
Global Peace Index Shows Balkans Getting More Peaceful
The latest Global Peace Index published by the International Institute for Economics and Peace, an independent think tank that aims to measure peace and stability in the world, says the world was a slightly more peaceful place last year.
The Bulgarian National Football Team Will Play Against Kosovo
Due to the match there will be restrictions on parking in Sofia around the Stadium ''Vasil Levski', reported NOVA TV.
The national football team will play against Kosovo for the first European qualification.
Montenegro Convicts Ex-Soldier of Kosovo War Crime
The High Court in Podgorica on Wednesday sentenced Vlado Zmajevic to 14 years in prison for war crimes against the civilian population.
Zmajevic, who was part of Yugoslav Army forces fighting in Kosovo, was found guilty of the murder of four Albanian civilians in the village of Zegra near Gnjilane in Kosovo during the war in 1999.
Police Anti-Graft Appointment in Montenegro Raises Eyebrows
Zoran Lazovic was retired in 2015 as part of a cleanup of Montenegro's intelligence service after NATO postponed the country's accession.
UN: Alarming Levels of Air Pollution in the Balkans
Residents of all major cities in the Western Balkans face worrying levels of air pollution that reduce life expectancy, because the underdeveloped and politically unstable region depends largely on the burning of coal to produce energy, the Associated Press reported. of the UN.
‘We're ready to welcome you’ NATO tells North Macedonia
NATO's secretary-general commended North Macedonia on Monday for making the reforms necessary to join the transatlantic military alliance next year.
"We are ready to welcome you," Jens Stoltenberg told reporters after meeting Prime Minister Zoran Zaev.
Unlike Europe, Bulgarians Believes mostly Television and least the Print Press
Bulgarians believe mostly what is being said on television and at least the print media, unlike other European peoples, who are skeptical mostly to social networks. This shows a year-by-year study of the European Union of Electronic Media, which collected data from 33 countries in Europe, reports Dnevnik.
Bulgarian Tourism Minister Opened Investing in Tourism Sustainability Conference in Sunny Beach
We are opening the international forum for investing in tourism sustainability, Tourism Minister Nikolina Angelkova said in Sunny Beach, Focus Radio Burgas reported. The reason to choose Sunny Beach was the 60th anniversary of the resort.
Bosnia Court Cancels Permit for Drina Power Plant
The District Court in Banja Luka, administrative centre of the mainly Serbian Republika Srpska entity in Bosnia and Herzegovina, RS, has cancelled the environmental permit for the planned Buk Bijela hydropower plant on the river Drina in Bosnia, the Aarhus Resource Center said on Thursday, following the court's May 13 ruling in favour of the Center's complaint.