Montenegro will ratify NATO Accession Protocol by emergency procedure


The Government of Montenegro passed the Proposal of the Law on the ratification of North Macedonia’s NATO Accession Protocol,  to be sent to the Parliament for adoption by emergency procedure. “At its first session after the entry into force of the Prespa Agreement, the Government of Montenegro passed the Proposal of the Law on the […]

Montenegrin Speaker Bjarovic: Human and minority rights to be continually promoted


Montenegro has excellent experience with the use of languages. Human and minority rights can never be terminated, but they need to be continually promoted because we all live in a common country. Montenegro’s Parliament Speaker Ivan Brajovic told reporters Wednesday at the joint press conference with his Macedonian counterpart Talat Xhaferi when asked about his […]

Vucic criticizes Macedonia and Montenegro


The failure of Kosovo to become an Interpol member state represents “a small symbolic victory” which has cheered up people in Serbia, claimed president Aleksandar Vucic today. However, Serbia is yet to be faced with a challenge considering Kosovo’s Interpol membership bid, Vucic added. When asked by reporters to comment defence minister Aleksandar Vulin’s suggestion […]

Djukanovic: The referendum in Macedonia was a ‘warning of a threat’ for the EU


The referendum in Macedonia was a warning for the EU of the threat posed by anti-European forces in the Western Balkans, Montenegro’s President Milo Djukanovic said Tuesday. On Sunday, more than 90 percent of Macedonians who turned out to vote in a referendum backed a change to their country’s name that would clear the path […]

Macedonia-Montenegro defense cooperation sets example for Western Balkans


A delegation of Montenegro’s Ministry of Defense, led by State Secretary Slobodan Filipovic, on an invitation of his Macedonian colleague Dragan Nikolic, paid a working visit to Macedonia for the past two days. Within the visit, the excellent bilateral co-operation between the two ministries and armies was highlighted, which could serve as an example for […]

Montenegro may build fence on Albanian border


Montenegro, seeing a rise in the number of migrants passing through the country on a new route to the European Union, is considering building a razor wire fence on its border with Albania to stem the flow, a government official said on Sunday, Reuters reports. Thousands of migrants from the Middle East and North Africa […]

Đukanović wins Montenegro presidential election


Montenegro’s ruling Democratic Party of Socialists declares leader Milo Djukanovic winner of presidential election. Djukanovic won Montenegro’s presidential elections with 53.8% of votes. This is the first election since Montenegro joined NATO last year. Sunday’s vote was seen as test for the long-time leader, who favors European integration over closer ties to Montenegro’s traditional ally, Moscow. The […]

Montenegro votes in presidential election, Đukanović expected to win


Voters in Montenegro are casting their ballots in a presidential election that the former prime minister Milo Đukanović is expected to win after his party defied Russia and took the small Balkan country  last year. The vote is the first since Montenegro joined the western military alliance in December. It is seen as a test […]

Kosovo: Demarcation with Montenegro goes through


Parliament of Kosovo has managed to vote today in favor of the ratification of the border demarcation agreement with Montenegro. Despite the violent attempts of Self Determination Party to stop this process, governing coalition MPs and MPs of the Democratic league of Kosovo managed to finalize this process, thus giving way to the process of […]

The Montenegrin opposition introduced its presidential candidate


Montenegrin opposition parties nominated economist and MP Mladen Bojanic as their candidate in the upcoming presidential election scheduled for April 15, Tanjug reported. Bojanic was nominated by the Democratic Party and the civil movement URA, and additionally received support from Andrija Mandic’s Democratic Front and Nebojsa Medojevic. The remaining large opposition party, the Socialist People’s […]

Kosovo: Voting on demarcation is adjourned once again


Parliament of Kosovo has once again adjourned the voting of the bill for the ratification of the demarcation agreement with Montenegro. The adjournment came once again as a result of the lack of the number of votes needed for the ratification of the agreement, although yesterday, the heads of the governing coalition had declared that […]

Victory against Montenegro propels Macedonia to second EHF EURO stage


After a 25:24 victory against Slovenia in their EHF EURO 2018 opener in Zagreb, Macedonia recorded another one-goal win in Group C on Monday, thereby booking their ticket for the next stage. It was another hard-earned win for coach Raul Gonzalez’s side and top scorer Filip Mirkulovski, who was awarded best player of the match […]

Kosovo President Thaci urges approval of Montenegro border deal


Kosovo’s president has urged political parties to intensify efforts to ratify a border demarcation deal with Montenegro which is set as a precondition by the European Union for a visa-free regime for the country’s citizens, AP reported. In his end-of-year speech to parliament Friday, Hashim Thaci urged all local actors to speed up efforts to […]