Montenegro

Slovenian MEP Yelko Kacin reckons that Montenegro will be the next country to start the EU accession talks unless Macedonian-Greek dispute is resolved in due time. In an interview with Montenegrin newspaper Vijesti, Kacin said it’s important that the European Union maintains its focus on the Western Balkans once Croatia …

Montenegrin President Filip Vujanović says it was Serbian President Boris Tadić who set his own protocol for his recent visit to that country. Vujanović explained that Tadić requested to confer only with Montenegrin president and prime minister.

Serbian President Boris Tadić will start today his first official visit to Montenegro. Tadić is due to meet with Montenegro’s President Filip Vujanović, and PM Milo Đukanović. 

The EU doors are open for Montenegro, said Swedish Foreign Minister Karl Bildt after a meeting with his Montenegrin counterpart Milan Rocen. The meeting between the two foreign ministers took place in Krakow within the framework of a ministerial forum. “We hope that in the next years we will witness …

Montenegrin President Filip Vujanović says his country wants an agreement with Croatia and Serbia on the extradition of organized crime and corruption suspects.

Croatian President Ivo Josipović will spend today and Friday in Montenegro on an official visit. In Podgorica, he is due to meet with his counterpart Filip Vujanović, and Montenegro’s parliament speaker and prime minister, Ranko Krivokapić and Milo Đukanović.

Seven former army and police officers went on trial in Bijelo Polje on Monday (June 28th) for crimes against humanity. They are charged with the inhumane treatment of Muslims in the northwest region of Bukovica — near the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina — in 1992 and 1993. The area …

Border demarcation between Kosovo and Montenegro should be completed by the end of the year, Interior Minister Ivan Brajovic and his Kosovo counterpart Bajram Rexhepi said on Monday (June 21st) in Podgorica. “The administrative boundaries of former Yugoslavia have already been transformed into state borders,” Brajovic said. The two ministers …

The first meeting of the EU-Montenegro Stabilisation and Association Council took place on Monday (June 14th) in Luxembourg, six weeks after the SAA with Montenegro took effect. Attending the meeting were Spanish State Secretary for the EU Diego Lopez Garrido, EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele

Croatia and Montenegro will open a new border checkpoint on July 1. The Debeli Breg border checkpoint will connect the municipalities of Herzeg Novi and Konavle. The project is realized at the initiative of local residents, backed by the prime ministers of the two countries.