Milo Djukanovic

European Parliamentarians have submitted 155 amendments to a draft resolution on Montenegro, which will be discussed in February, most of which urge Podgorica to tackle political corruption, vote-buying accusations and the state Telekom privatization affair.

Political parties in Montenegro will receive about 6.56 million euro from the state budget this year - almost twice as much as they were allocated in 2012, when the last general elections were held.

Of the funds, 4.63 million euro are intended for the financing of regular party work and 1.93 million for the campaign for the general elections planned this year.

Opposition supporters in Montenegro rallied on Wednesday as leaders pledged fresh protests until their demands are met for the resignation of Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic and the formation of an interim government.

Hundreds of anti-government protestors gathered in front of the Montenegrin parliament on Sunday carrying Montenegrin and Serbian flags and demanding free and fair election.

Montenegro's main opposition alliance, the Democratic Front, said that the protests were organised for those who do not believe that the "captured institutions can achieve something."

Montenegro's main opposition alliance, the Democratic Front, has called for a new anti-government demonstration in Podgorica on Sunday, as a continuation of their protests in support of the demand for the "first ever fair and free" elections in Montenegro.

Joseph Biden has told Milo Djukanovic he is convinced Montenegro will work diligently and successfully complete the process of joining NATO.

Gay activists took the streets of Montenegro's capital Podgorica on Sunday in a parade demanding rights granted to sexual minorities - and others rights still out of reach - to be implemented by the Montenegrin authorities.

The third LGBT Pride march in the Montenegrin capital takes place on Sunday, after being postponed in October when anti-government protests erupted in Podgorica.

Click here for live updates from the Montenegro pride parade.

The NGO organizing the parade, Queer Montenegro, said it had decided to change the route from the one used during the previous two years.

Several thousand opponents of the Montenegrin government staged an anti-NATO rally on Saturday in Podorica, shouting "No to NATO" and "Long Live Russia" and demanding a referendum on Montenegro's membership of the alliance.

Opposition groups are planning an anti-NATO rally on Saturday, demanding a referendum on Montenegro's upcoming membership of the Western alliance.

On December 2, Montenegro received a long-awaited invitation to become the 29th member of NATO. The government called it a "historic moment".