One of the main reasons why the role of the Yugoslav People’s Army, JNA, in the breakup of Yugoslavia remains unclear after nearly 20 years since the wars is that archives of the army are still kept secret, experts say.
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Opposition coalition deal now likely in the town after difficult talks between the various parties.
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Montenegro is considering establishing a special prosecution office for organized crime and corruption, and also allocating more money overall from the state budget to state prosecutors.
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Having reduced their backlog of cases to less than 4,000, the Montenegrin courts have improved their performance in comparison to previous years.
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Positive Montenegro is ready to work with opposition parties in local government, provided that they condemn war crimes from the fall of the former Yugoslavia.
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Following the presentation of closing arguments at the retrial of nine ex-policemen, all of whom are charged with the unlawful deportation of civilians in 1992, a court in Montenegro has set November 22 as the date for the verdict.
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To get the backing of younger people for the creation of a regional truth commission, RECOM advocates in the Western Balkan countries have taken a petition out onto the streets of their capitals.
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Poor infrastructure and lack of space are some of the biggest problems in the country's judicial system, an NGO report says.
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After Belgrade and Podgorica, Zagreb is the third Balkan capital to name a street after late Milan Mladenovic, the front man of the Belgrade eighties rock band "Ekatarina Velika" and an anti war activist.
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The government has responded to the opposition's accusations that Montenegro had in effect surrendered its border territory to Croatia by describing such allegations as pre-electoral manipulation.
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On the 21st anniversary of the attack on the Croatian town of Dubrovnik, a Montenegrin NGO has urged the authorities to prosecute Montenegrins who took part in the attack.
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A local NGO has urged Montenegro's Constitutional Court to end the practice of the government appointing magistrates.
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During his visit to Montenegro, Clint Williamson, head of the EULEX task force in charge of the Kosovo organ trafficking case, has called for regional cooperation in the investigation.
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The presentation of closing arguments in the trial of nine ex policemen charged with the deportation of refugees from Montenegro to Bosnia in 1992, has been postponed after the prosecution modified the indictment.
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The presentation of evidence in the case of deportation of refugees from Montenegro to Republika Srpska in 1992 ended in less than a week after the retrial started.
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