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EU: Montenegro’s Refugees’ Status Improved
A progress has been made in ensuring the rights of Montenegro’s refugees, but institutional capacities for the enforcement of those rights need to be enhanced, the European Commission says.
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07 Sep 07 / 06:58:00
Kosovo Sides to Hold High-level Talks
Brussels_ Senior representatives of Serbia and the Kosovar Albanians will hold talks on 28 September in New York, a European Union source has confirmed.
07 Sep 07 / 06:52:00
Serb Deputy PM Apologizes to Podgorica
Belgrade_Serbia’s Deputy Prime Minister Bozidar Djelic expressed his regrets late on Thursday to Podgorica for a statement by another official who had called Montenegro a “quasi-state”.
06 Sep 07 / 06:40:00
Serbia-Montenegro Row Deepens
Podgorica _ Montenegro's decision to ban a Serbian bishop from entering the country has triggered a diplomatic row between two states.
05 Sep 07 / 06:39:00
EU Says 'No' to Partitioning Kosovo
Brussels _ The European Commission has dismissed the possibility of partitioning Kosovo, even if Serbia and the Kosovar Albanian leadership agreed on it.
05 Sep 07 / 06:33:00
Serb Minister Snubs Montenegro
Podgorica_Serbia’s Minister for Infrastructure, Velimir Ilic refused to cross the border into Montenegro on Wednesday because a bishop of the Serbian Orthodox Church Bishop has been banned from entering the small Adriatic state.
01 Sep 07 / 03:10:00
Montenegrin Daily Director Beaten
Podgorica_The director of Montenegrin Daily “Vijesti” Zeljko Ivanovic was brutally beaten on early Saturday morning in the center of Podgorica.
30 Aug 07 / 06:18:00
Montenegro Police Officer Named in War Crimes Probe
Podgorica _ The prosecutor`s office in Podgorica has accused the head of the criminal department of Ulcinj police of committing war crimes in 1992, the Podgorica-based newspaper Vijesti reported Thursday.
29 Aug 07 / 06:13:00
UN Concerned Over Balkan Cocaine Traffic
Podgorica_Some 360 kilograms of heroin was seized in Serbia and Montenegro over last year, the United Nations Office on Drug and Crimes, UNODC, stated in its annual report on drug trafficking.
29 Aug 07 / 06:09:00
Montenegro Loan to Boost 'Green' Tourism and Power Supply
Podgorica _ The World Bank has leant Montenegro 14 million euros for financing projects on sustainable tourism development and electric power, Montenegrin media reported on Wednesday.
28 Aug 07 / 06:09:00
Serbian Bishop Starts Hunger Strike on Montenegrin Border
Podgorica_ A Serbian Orthodox bishop started a hunger strike on the Montenegrin border on Tuesday, after the authorities for the fourth time banned him from entering the country.
27 Aug 07 / 03:10:00
IEA: Montenegro Slow On Energy Policies
Podgorica_Montenegro has been slower than most countries in Central Europe and the Baltics to develop its long-term energy policies and create appropriate bodies to reform its energy markets, the International Energy Agency reported.
27 Aug 07 / 03:10:00
Fire Threatens Northern Montenegro
Podgorica_ Fires raged through northern Montenegro Monday, threatening to destroy ancient pine forests in the protected Tara river canyon.
24 Aug 07 / 03:10:00
Montenegro Sets Record Number of Cell Phone Users
Podgorica_The number of cell phone users in Montenegro is 42 percent higher than the country’s total population, the Agency for Telecommunications said Friday.
23 Aug 07 / 03:10:00
Montenegro To Research Oil and Gas Deposits
Podgorica_Possible oil deposits in Montenegro are estimated at 7 billion barrels, while the natural gas deposits could amount to 425 billion cubic meters, country’s development strategy released Friday said.
22 Aug 07 / 06:00:00
Montenegro Generates January-July Budget Surplus
Podgorica _ Montenegro generated a budget surplus of 117 million euros in the first seven months of 2007, three times more that in the same period in 2006, country’s Finance Ministry announced Wednesday.
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Symbols Row Holds Montenegrin Reforms Hostage
Six years after the referendum on independence, Montenegro has consolidated itself as a state, but dispute over symbols still dominates politics, overshadowing more important priorities.
17 May 12 / 10:48:41
New Party Freshens up Montenegro’s Old Politics
02 May 12 / 10:56:20
Montenegro Veterans Face 'Pact of Silence'
20 Apr 12 / 12:19:39
Reconciliation as a Political Taboo
16 Apr 12 / 12:55:58
Montenegro Looks for Donors For Roma Refugees
21 Mar 12 / 17:56:12
Serbia Endangers Region by Rehabilitating Chetniks
15 Mar 12 / 10:30:55
Spectre of Border Changes Still Haunts Balkans
13 Feb 12 / 16:01:26
A Flourishing Albanian ‘Neighborhood’ Benefits the Balkans
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Euro Crisis Sapping Balkan Recovery, EBRD Warns
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development report predicts that eurozone crisis will buffet Balkan economies, slowing growth in 2012.
01 May 12 / 11:30:16
Montenegro Sells Bankrupt Steel Mill to Turkey
05 Apr 12 / 10:02:19
Montenegro Pledges to Meet Aluminium Plant’s Debt
30 Mar 12 / 08:32:03
Macedonians Keep Clear of Debts to Banks
10 Feb 12 / 10:07:10
Montenegro Aluminum Plant Under Threat
Culture and Lifestyle
08 May 12 / 13:58:27
Montenegrin Media Most Free in Balkans, Report Says
A survey of world media freedom in 2011 carried out by US-based watchdog Freedom House put Montenegro in top place in the region. Kosovo has also moved up the rankings while Macedonia has moved down.
06 Mar 12 / 18:31:10
Trailer About Tito’s Space Plans Thrills Ex-Yugoslavs
23 Jan 12 / 17:43:16
Serbia Library Chief Purged for ‘Backing Terrorism’
09 Jan 12 / 10:37:55
Press Freedom Violations on the Rise, Watchdog Says
16 Nov 11 / 18:31:15
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