Montenegro

Montenegrin President wants closer cooperation with Serbia

Montenegrin President Filip Vujanovic has said that Montenegro and Serbia should be the two closest countries – not only in the region, but in the whole world. “We keep forgetting that brother nations [Serbia and Montenegro] sometimes have different interests and move away from one another, but with a commitment …

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Montengegro must continue implementing judicial reforms, says Stefano Sannino

Stefano Sannino, deputy director-general of the EU’s Directorate General for Enlargement, said two days ago that Montenegro has made significant progress in meeting the criteria for EU membership but has a lot of work to do.Sannino was attending the second meeting of the EU-Montenegro Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee in …

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Positive EC report on Montenegro is expected

The European Parliament (EP) hopes that the next EC report on Montenegro will contain a date for starting accession talks, EP member Eduard Kukan said on Monday (May 16th). Kukan, chairman of the EP delegation for relations with Southeast European countries, was speaking on the eve of the second meeting …

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Czech President Klaus visits Montenegro, shows support for country’s EU integration

Montenegro’s prime minister met with the Czech president on Wednesday and discussed the country’s current political and economic situation as well as its European perspective. The Czech president’s visit to Podgorica is a confirmation that the country supports Montenegro’s bid for membership in the EU and NATO, as well as …

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Serbia and Montenegro unlikely to reach an agreement on dual citizenship soon

Serbian Interior Minister Ivica Dacic says that Serbia and Montenegro are unlikely to reach an agreement on dual citizenship soon, as talks on the issue have been suspended for a year. Dacic said that this was primarily due to the restrictiveness of Montenegro’s law, and underlined that Belgrade and Podgorica …

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