Milo Djukanovic

The Podgorica-based daily on Thursday accused two media outlets, Pink M and Pobjeda, both close to Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic, of presenting false, derogatory statements aimed at damaging Vijesti's reputation and business.  

After an 18-month delay and four failed votes in parliament, Montenegrin MPs looked set on Tuesday to finally elect a new Supreme State Prosecutor.

Supreme Court Judge Ivica Stankovic was tipped to take over as head of the state prosecution office, tasked with cracking down on organized crime and corruption - on which the European Union wishes to see much more progress.

During the last three years alone, media outlets and the country's two TV broadcasters have fired 500 members of staff, while one newspaper went bankrupt, the head of the union,  Marijana Camovic, said on Wednesday.

Talks on government personnel changes could be completed in the second half of October , BIRN has learned from a source in the Montenegrin government, ending in a vote on the government's reconstruction in parliament.

The Montenegrin government has proposed emergency amendments to the law governing the National Security Agency, ANB, to establish a security system to meet NATO standards and improve the way in which the country treats classified information.

The McLaren Group is interested in organizing races of its Formula 1 team in Montenegro, the government in Podgorica has announced.

Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic on Thursday in Podgorica met the President of the McLaren Group F1, Ray Bellm, and discussed the possibilities of the Adriatic country hosting sports car racing events.

A new luxury five-star hotel, the Regent Porto Montenegro, opened on Wednesday in the coastal town of Tivat - part of a drive by Montenegro to boost its appeal to high-end tourists.

A glamorous party hosted by the owner of the marina, Canadian businessman Peter Munk, celebrated the opening of the country's fifth five-star hotel.

A high-level conference on the economic prospects and European perspectives of the Western Balkan states opens in Berlin on August 28, including top-ranking politicians from Germany, the EU and the Balkans under the patronage of Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Aleksandar Vucic, Serbia's Prime Minister, has the lowest salary and least properties out of all the leaders of the Western Balkan region.

In his property report, Vucic revealed that he receives a monthly salary of only €1,000 and owns 30m2 apartment. He does not own a car, or have any savings, apparently.

BERLIN - A conference focused on the Western Balkans will be held in Berlin on Thursday under German Chancellor Angela Merkel's patronage and it will include prime ministers, foreign ministers and ministers of economy from the region, with Serbia's Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic among them.