Vijesti

Bosnian authorities are investigating an Islamist website, Vijesti Ummeta, which uses a wordpress platform to publishing articles in support of ISIS and glorifying the recent mass killing in Paris.

It also republishes propaganda material made by the Islamic State, ISIS, translated into the Bosnian language.

The forthcoming European Commission report on Montenegro is likely to positively assess progress in the country but will stress the need for a more efficient fight against corruption and the need for guarantees of media freedom, sources in Brussels said.

On the fourth day of opposition protests in Podgorica, Nebojsa Medojevic, one of the opposition leaders, on Wednesday told the director of police, Slavko Stojanovic, to quit following his statements that attacks on police at the meetings are possible.

50-year-old Budva resident Gojko B. has been arrested for using a pistol to force an Albanian tourist "to speak Montenegrin."

According to the Podgorica daily Vijesti, the incident happened in a cafe near the bus station in this Montenegrin seaside resort.

Italy's Foreign Ministry has issued a travel advisory to its citizens intending to travel to Western Balkans countries, a Montenegrin daily is reporting.

The reason, the Vijesti newspaper is reporting on its website, are possible terrorist attacks in the region.

The municipality of Berane in northern Montenegro has unanimously decided to declare Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic its honorary citizen.

The Podgorica-based daily Vijesti is reporting about this, noting that the initiative met with the support of all 35 councilors from the "Zdravo Berane" SNP-DF coalition, and those from the Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS).

Montenegro's government plans to offer citizenship to foreign investors who are willing to invest money in the undeveloped north of the country, media reported on Tuesday.

The Tourism Ministry is preparing an "economic citizenship" package designed for foreign investors but has not specified a date when the scheme will begin.

A teenager in Montenegro's town of Kotor whose photo published in the school paper was edited to remove an anti-NATO message has received an apology.

The Kotor Gymnasium Director Bozo Perovic apologized to Vanja Jotic and his parents, the Podgorica-based daily Vijesti is reporting.

A day after Montenegro's Tax Administration filed a petition to declare TV Vijesti bankrupt, Vladan Micunovic, chief editor of TV Vijesti, told BIRN on Wednesday that the request was proof that the government was determined to punish critical voices in the media.

A Montenegrin newspaper expressed bitter disappointment after a court ruled on Monday that there was no evidence to convict two men from Podgorica of staging a bomb attack that targeted the independent daily Vijesti.