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Iran Offers Route to Parenthood for Some Balkan Couples
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Zana Mihaljevic needs $17,000 to become a mum.
The 51-year-old founder of the 'Be a Mum' Foundation, which promotes support for women trying to have a child, suffers from hypogonadism, which means her ovaries do not produce enough hormones.
‘It doesn’t matter who gave birth to whom, but in Montenegro, secrets go to the grave’
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A married couple of intellectuals from the capital of Montenegro had three daughters. The husband's brother had two children. But while their sister struggled for years to obtain the joy of parenthood, it didn't work. This couple visited all the clinics, and listened to all the advice, in vain.
‘It’s Offensive’: NATO Bomb Victims’ Families ‘Ignored’ by Montenegro Govt
Eight others were wounded when ten missiles hit the bridge on the river Lim, near Montenegro's border with Kosovo in the country's north. The casualties were a major tragedy for Murino, which only had 462 inhabitants.
Turks living abroad begin to cast ballots
The voting process to decide the next Turkish president and the parliamentary seats began for around 3.4 million Turks living abroad on April 27.
Turkish citizens can cast their votes without needing to book an appointment until May 9 at designated election bureaus and May 14 at border gates on 156 points across 73 countries, the Supreme Election Council (YSK) said.
Committee launches procedure of so-called Kosovo's admission to CoE
BELGRADE - The Council of Europe (CoE) Committee of Ministers decided on Monday to launch the procedure of reviewing the so-called Kosovo's application for admission to the CoE.
Dacic, Lekic discuss Serbia-Montenegro ties
BELGRADE - Serbian First Deputy PM and FM Ivica Dacic met with the head of Montenegro's parliamentary committee on international affairs and expatriates Miodrag Lekic on Monday.
They agreed that bilateral relations needed to be advanced further and that exchanges of high-level political visits played a special role in that.
Montenegro Mulls Moving Presidential Inauguration Amid Protest Fears
Montenegro's newly-elected president Jakov Milatovic (centre) celebrates the electoral results in Podgorica. Photo: EPA-EFE/BORIS PEJOVIC
"A significant number of citizens in Cetinje do not approve of Milatovic's politics so he could have inconveniences during the inauguration," Adzic told a parliamentary defence and security committee hearing.
Montenegro Urged to Reinvestigate 1999 Killings of Kosovo Albanians
The special state prosecutor's offices in Podgorica, Montenegro. Photo: EPA/BORIS PEJOVIC.
Five others were injured in the attack, which took place during NATO's 78-day bombing of Yugoslavia, aimed at making President Slobodan Milosevic end his repression of ethnic Albanians and withdraw his forces from Kosovo.
Vucic: Serbia to try to preserve foundations of independent policy
BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Friday Serbia would be trying to pursue a policy of friendship with the US but would not be pursuing a hostile policy towards Russia or China, and noted that it would be trying to preserve the foundations of an independent policy.
Montenegrin Resort’s Mayor Arrested on Suspicion of Drug Trafficking
Montenegrin Prime Minister Dritan Abazovic (L) and Mayor of Budva Milo Bozovic (R) at a meeting in Budva. Photo: Photo: Government of Montenegro
The Special State Prosecution said the arrest of Bozovic and unnamed persons from Budva, Cetinje and the capital Podgorica, was organised with the support of the European police agency EUROPOL.
"The hand of justice has moved"
Dritan Abazovic said in an interview for the BiH TV network that it will be seen whether the hand of justice goes towards the outgoing president of Montenegro, Milo Djukanovi.
Montenegrin Prosecutors ‘Pressurised by Superiors in Serbian Gang Case’
Montenegrin state prosecutor Vukas Radonjic at a conference in Podgorica. Photo: PR Centar
On October 14, 2021, the Basic Prosecution in Podgorica detained the two police officers, Aleksandar Boskovic and Sasa Djurovic, for allowing Belivuk and Miljkovic to enter the country.
Montenegro Seeks to Indict Croatians for Prison Camp Crimes
Democratic Montenegro MP Momo Koprivica at a parliament session in Podgorica. Photo: Parliament of Montenegro.
Koprivica made the announcement at a parliamentary debate on war crimes committed against Montenegrins at the Lora military prison in the Croatian coastal city of Split.
Politicians and Public Targeted in Online Intimidation Cases
Politicians and public figures under attack
There has been an increasing number of cases involving the political of targeting of critics in the period from January to March. Such actions have a chilling effect on freedom of speech and the press, as well as on the ability of civil society to hold governments accountable for their actions.
Defence to Offer ‘Secret Files’ Evidence in Montenegro ‘Coup Plot’ Retrial
Democratic Front leaders Milan Knezevic (L) and Andrija Mandic (R) at a pre-election rally in Podgorica, Montenegro in March. Photo: EPA-EFE/BORIS PEJOVIC
Defence lawyer Miroje Jovanovic asked the court to separate the proceedings against Mandic, Knezevic and Mandic's driver Mihailo Cadjenovic from the other ten defendants as the secret files apparently do not relate to them.