Montenegro

Montenegrin contribution to flood relief praised

PODGORICA -- Montenegrin citizens and organizations have provided massive assistance to flood victims in Serbia, Serbian Ambassador to Montenegro Zoran Bingulac has said.

The election commission said on Thursday that it had rejected all 2,400 official complaints from Montenegrin watchdog organisation MANS because although they were signed by the leader of the opposition Democratic Front, Miodrag Lekic, they were submitted by MANS activists.

Serbia-Montenegro ties "excellent" - president

BELGRADE -- President Tomislav Nikolić thanked on Wednesday the government and people of Montenegro for their help during the catastrophic floods in Serbia last week.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic thanked on Wednesday the government and people of Montenegro for their help during the catastrophic floods in Serbia last week.

Montenegro sent help on time and without hesitation, which reduced the scale of the disaster, Nikolic told a joint news conference after a meeting with Montenegrin President Filip Vujanovic in Belgrade.

The director of MANS, Vanja Calovic, along with activists Dejan Milovac and Vuk Maras, said they were assaulted on Tuesday by a municipal election commission officer to whom they were attempting to hand over complaints about alleged irregularities at the polls on Sunday.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic will meet with Montenegrin President Filip Vujanovic in Belgrade on Wednesday.

Nikolic and Vujanovic will hold a meeting in the Serbian Presidency building in the afternoon and are also scheduled to speak to reporters afterwards.

A total of 717 polling stations will open from 7am to 8pm on Sunday May 25 for local elections in 12 of the country’s 22 municipalities. Almost 315,000 people have a right to vote.

Local elections, held in accordance with a new EU-backed electoral law, will take place in Podgorica, Bar, Bijelo Polje, Danilovgrad, Zabljak, Kolasin, Plav, Pluzine, Pljevlja, Rozaje, Savnik and Gusinje.

The winner of this year's Eurovision, Conchita Wurst, is responsible for the flooding in the Balkans, according to church leaders in Serbia and Montenegro, reports The Telegraph. 

NATO appreciates the efforts that Montenegro has made to meet the criteria for Alliance membership but strengthening the rule of law and security sector reform should be its priorities before it becomes a full member, NATO’s chief said on Wednesday.

Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the NATO Secretary General, is coming to Podgorica on Wednesday on a two-day official visit to discuss Montenegro's aspiration to become full member of the Atlantic Alliance.

Ahead of NATO’s September summit in Wales, the government is confident that the Alliance is close to admitting it to membership.