Djukanovic

But, as he says, this is happening in the country where Djukanovic is president, which is why he has no right to interfere.

Knezevic, a wanted man in Montenegro for alleged financial misconduct, said he would file a criminal complaint on Thursday against Djukanovic, who is also the leader of the most influential party, the ruling DPS.

This includes the nomalization of the relations between Belgrade and Pristina, says professor at the Faculty of Political Sciences in Belgrade Dragan Djukanovic.

Preliminary results of Sunday's presidential elections in Montenegro show Milo Djukanovic, the leader of the ruling Democratic Party of Socialists, DPS, has won another term as head of state after serving as Prime Minister six times and as President once.

Montenegrin state broadcaster RTCG carried a statement issued by the DPS, the ruling party led by Djukanovic, that quoted Rama as saying he was "a clear pro-European choice that guarantees further stability and progress of the region."

Montenegro's strongest opposition alliance, the Democratic Front, announced a fresh anti-government protest for Sunday in the capital, Podgorica, demanding the formation of a transitional government in place of Prime Minister Djukanovic, who has been in power since the early 1990s.

Djukanovic has slashed the government's traditional three-week summer vacation to two weeks, citing crucial tasks that need to be addressed, media reported on Wednesday.

More than half the senior officials in the leadership of the ruling Democratic Party of Socialists, DPS, will be replaced by young activists, the party announced on Thursday.

Prime Minister Djukanovic on Wednesday revealed that the security services had information that opponents of Montenegrin independence planned to murder the leading Serbian cleric in the country - a passionate oponent of independence - to discredit the independence cause.

Prominent watchdog MANS urged the supreme state prosecution on Monday to open an investigation into the sale of Montenegro Defence Industry, MDI.

In an investigation published last month, BIRN revealed how the new owners of the firm were linked to a series of criminal investigations.