Social Democratic Party MP

PM Zdravko Krivokapic with ministers after the government session in Podgorica. Photo: Government of Montenegro

On Wednesday, the Ministry of Finance and Social Care clarified that the country took the loan from BofA Securities, Citigroup, Erste and the Société General group, adding that it will be repaid over seven years at 2.95 per cent interest.

The Croatian President, government ministers, LGBT rights groups and the Ombudsperson on Monday all condemned the burning of an effigy of a kissing same-sex couple and their child at a Dalmatian carnival, calling it a hateful act. The image was torched at Sunday's traditional carnival in the small town of Imotski in the Dalmatian Hinterland.

Some Bosnian lawmakers expressed satisfaction after parliament's House of Representatives voted against appointing Poplasen to the board of the Agency for Development of Higher Education.

Bosnia's three state and entity radio and television stations risk going off air as political quarrels and conflicting views about their role block the passage of legislation needed to provide them with money.