Geography of Europe

Podgorica "expects NATO invitation" by end of year

PODGORICA -- Montenegrin Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic has said that his country was steadily moving toward the EU and NATO.

According to him, Montenegro will be invited to join the western military alliance "by the end of the year."

BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic has said that while formulating a new platform on Kosovo-Metohija (KiM), he is taking into account the reality.

In an interview to Radio Television of Serbia, Nikolic said that Serbia should have a new platform for talks "because saying that we will never recognize and accept KiM's independence is no longer enough".

Croatian Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic on Tuesday said oil and gas deposits in the Croatian Adriatic will not be exploited before the country has a chance to voice its opinion in a referendum.

The Prime Minister gave the pledge on a visit to the island of Rab on the northern Adriatic coast, saying the issue was of obvious public importance.

Four Portuguese F-16 fighter jets and 150 Portuguese troops and civilians belonging to NATO Air Police will come to Romania to take part in an aerial policing mission, Romania's Supreme Defence Council, CSAT, announced on Tuesday.

CSAT approved a request from Prime Minister Victor Ponta to allow the planes and troops into Romania during May and June 2015.

KOPAONIK - A total of 3,047 enterprises have been privatized in Serbia until 2015, the proceeds from them totalling EUR 3.7 billion, Minister of Economy Zeljko Sertic said on Wednesday.

BELGRADE - Bulgarian Ambassador in Belgrade Angel Dimitrov has hosted a reception to mark the country's Liberation Day, voicing belief that Serbia and Bulgaria will be of use to one another and pointing out they can serve as an example of good neighborly relations.

Close to 60% of the Russian people are against military deployment of Russian forces in Donbass even if tensions escalate.

Merely 25% of people would support military action with Russian participation, while 16% found the question difficult to respond to.

The data is based on a sociological survey of public opinion, as reported by the Bulgarian National Radio.

KOPAONIK - The Serbian Association of Car Insurers could not sign a vehicle insurance agreement with Kosovo's authorities even after three years of negotiations, although it has offered a considerable price cut, the association's secretary general Vladan Manic has said.

"NATO respects Serbia's military neutrality"

BELGRADE -- "We cannot change what happened in the past, but I believe that the relations between Serbia and NATO have improved," says U.S. Admiral Mark Ferguson.

"Today I can say that we are working together and moving forward," the commander of U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa added.

BELGRADE - We cannot change what happened in the past, but I believe that the relations between Serbia and NATO have improved, and today I can say that we are working together and moving forward, said Admiral Mark Ferguson, U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa commander.