Montenegro

Socialist People’s Party (SNP) leader Srdjan Milic will propose to President Filip Vujanovic May 30th as a date for holding of local elections. The opposition will meet representatives of the parties that are not represented in the parliament on Monday to come up with the final suggestion. According to the …

EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele said that Montenegro was facing a more demanding EU integration phase full of challenges, and that concrete results were necessary in the fight against corruption and organised crime in the country.

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu urged the EU on Monday (March 15th) to end visa requirements for Turkish citizens. The request came during a meeting with EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele, who was visiting Ankara for the first time since being elected to the post. The EU lifted visa requirements …

EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele is set to begin his first Western Balkans tour on Wednesday, with scheduled stops in Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania and Kosovo.

The new Klobuk checkpoint is to be opened officially on the border between Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina on Wednesday. The ceremony will be attended by Dimitris Kourkoulas, Head of the European Commission delegation in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Security Minister

Montenegro’s Authorities expect additional questions from the European Commission by the end of March, European Integration Minister Gordana Djurovic told members of parliament’s European integration committee last Friday

Montenegrin FM Milan Roćen welcomed back Serbian Ambassador to Podgorica Zoran Lutovac, with the remark that he “did not have to leave Montenegro at all”. “What can I say. Welcome. As far as we are concerned he did not even have to leave, but those calls to consultations are a …

Serbian Ambassador to Montenegro Zoran Lutovac returned on Tuesday evening to his office in Podgorica. He was called back to Belgrade in mid-January following a decision by the Montenegrin government to establish diplomatic relations with Kosovo.

The EU has expressed its appreciation to Montenegro for the stabilising role it has played in the Western Balkans. During a two-day visit by Podgorica’s chief diplomat Milan Rocen, the Spanish EU presidency expressed hopes that Montenegro’s Stabilisation and Association Agreement will come into force at the Stabilisation and Association …

Justice Minister Snezana Malovic has invited Montenegrin counterpart Miras Radovic to meet Thursday (February 25th) in Belgrade to discuss problems that are hindering co-operation between their respective judicial institutions. Serbia’s Prosecutor for Organised Crime Miljko Radisavljevic and State Prosecutor Zagorka Dolovac will also attend the meeting. The invitation has also …