Government asks Parliament to extend the deadline of old legitimations' validity until December 31. There are still no offers from new partners for Aluminum Plant. State faces suit for smuggling “Cleopatra“.
POBJEDA
Government of Montenegro will send a request to the Parliament today for organizing a special session, at which the validity of the old IDs would be extended until December 31. In that way, people which didn't change their documents could exercise their voting rights, interior minister Ivan Brajovic announced yesterday.
VIJESTI
Vladimir Kavaric, minister of economy, told yesterday in an interview for Vijesti that Government still doesn't have a concrete offer from the new investor for taking over Podgorica Aluminum Plant, KAP, that it doesn't support closing down of the factory and that KAP has a future only if the processing facilities start working.
DAN
The Eastern Company Egypt announced yesterday suit against people responsible for production of cigarettes “Cleopatra“ in Podgorica Tobacco Factory. The tobacco factory, which is majority-owned by the state, for months now produces Cleopatra cigarettes upon the request of the company FZE Liberty. FZE Liberty, however, doesn't exist at all, it was determined after the search of companies' register in the United Arab Emirates.
The Hague Tribunal has been successful in bringing wartime commanders to justice but hasn’t met expectations on reconciliation, chief prosecutor Serge Brammertz told BIRN.