Latest News from Montenegro
Greece Will not Support Bulgaria in Dispute with North Macedonia
Greece does not support Bulgaria on the obstacles it poses to the European perspective of North Macedonia, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said.
Mitsotakis emphasized that the forthcoming summit between the European Union and the countries of the Western Balkans must have a "clear message about the membership of specific countries".
EPP Group in european Parliament Fully Support Western Balkans EU Accession
he future of the countries of the Western Balkans towards EU accession was the main focus of the 4th EPP Group Conference on the Western Balkans. The conference emphasised the progress and challenges of the accession procedure.
Serbia’s Threat to Balkan Security Requires Coordinated Response
What remains unclear is what can be done about it.
Joint declaration denouncing Serbia's irredentist aims
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic (C), Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama (L) and North Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev (R) shake hands after the press conference. Photo: EPA-EFE/ANDREJ CUKIC.
Montenegro Urged to Honour Officer Who Refused to Shell Croatia
A pier on fire in Dubrovnik, Croatia during the war in November 1991. Photo: EPA/PETER NORTHALL.
China, Not Russia, is the Greater Threat to Kosovo
Russia and China work in tandem. Premier Xi Jinping and Putin are united through their sense of historic humiliation. They oppose the integration of Western Balkan countries into Euro-Atlantic institutions. Serbian President Aleksander Vucic is a malleable figurehead eager to do their bidding.
Ursula von der Leyen Sets off for BalkanTour
Ahead of the EU-Western Balkans Summit on 6 October, President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen will be in the Western Balkans between Tuesday and Thursday, to visit Albania, North Macedonia, Kosovo, Montenegro, Serbia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina, EC Press service reported.
Serbian Patriarch ‘In Danger During Protest’: Montenegrin Deputy PM
Protesters clash with police during a protest against the enthronement of Serbian Orthodox Metropolitan Joanikije in Cetinje, Montenegro on September 5. Photo: EPA-EFE/BORIS PEJOVIC
During the session of the parliamentary security and defence council, Abazovic called on the Special State Prosecutor to investigate the organisers of the protests.
Vučić: "I am someone they wouldn't like to see in power in Serbia"
"I think I have always had a serious attitude on that issue. Vaccination is the most important," he said.
He added that he managed to convince many to get vaccinated, but that he could not do everything.
Forgotten Forts: The Sad Fate of Austro-Hungarian Heritage in Montenegro
Kosmac was garrisoned by heavily-armed Austrian troops until 1918, when the empire collapsed and the coastal strip of Montenegro was united with the post-World War One Kingdom of Yugoslavia.
Montenegro awaits investors from Turkey
Turkey and Montenegro have agreed to make additional efforts to increase bilateral trade volume to $250 million by 2022, Perisa Kastratovic, Montenegro's ambassador to Ankara, said yesterday.
He called on Turkish investors to grab opportunities in the southern Balkan country in an online meeting with a group of Turkish journalists.
European Court Awards Compensation to Montenegro Terror Convict
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg, France. Photo: EPA-EFE/PATRICK SEEGER
"The court finds that a period exceeding four years and three months to decide on a case such as an applicant's, and in particular in view of what was at stake for him, was excessive and failed to meet the 'reasonable time' requirement," the Strasbourg-based rights court's ruling said.
Hearing Postponed: North Macedonia Telecoms Scandal Ten Years in Court
The alleged wrongdoing went back even further than 2011.
MakTel once dominated the mobile market in North Macedonia, operating since 2001 as a joint venture between the state and Magyar Telekom, the Hungarian subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom. Its only competitor was the far smaller Cosmote network.
Montenegro MPs Seek to Sanction President for Church Protests
Montenegrin President Milo Djukanovic at a press conference. Photo: President of Montenegro
Montenegrin PM Plans Govt Reshuffle to Calm Political Tensions
Montenegrin PM Zdravko Krivokapic and his deputy Dritan Abazovic in parliament. Photo: Government of Montenegro
Krivokapic said that economic stability and European Union membership must be the key goals of the new government - which unlike the current non-partisan cabinet, will be made up of political party officials, as the Democratic Front and Democratic Montenegro have demanded.
Djukanovic: "It's shameful. They can't hide how much it hurts them"
The cabinet of President Milo Djukanovi issued a statement stating that the way in which Russia treats Montenegro and its president is shameful.
Zakharova said on Tuesday that Djukanovic's accusations against official Moscow and the Russian Orthodox Church were his attempt to regain power.