Montenegrin News Agency

Montenegrin Deputy Prime Minister Dritan Abazovic at a press conference. Photo: Government of Montenegro

On March 2, the leader of Black on White, the smallest bloc in the former ruling coalition, was proposed as prime minister-designate after he announced the formation of a new minority government.

Gay activists took to the streets of Montenegro's capital Podgorica on Saturday to demand that rights for sexual minorities, such as anti-discrimination regulations - and others rights still not enshrined in law - be implemented by the Montenegrin authorities.

A petition has been launched in Serbia to take away the privileges enjoyed by Montenegrin students attending Serbian universities.

This has been reported by Montenegrin state broadcaster RTCG, which cited the Montenegrin agency Mina.

A court in Montenegro on Wednesday found Novak Uskokovic, editor-in-chief of the tabloid newspaper Informer, guilty of "allowing the publication of offensive articles about the Albanians."

Uskokovic, who edits the Montenegrin editions of the Belgrade-based daily, was fined 3,000 euros - the minimum penalty for such offences. The maximum prescribed fine is 10,000 euros.

The Prosecutor's Office on Tuesday filed an indictment accusing the editor-in-chief of the Montenegrin editions of the Belgrade-based paper, Novak Uskokovic, of the criminal offence of violating the reputation of minority people.