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Serbia Probes Media Role in War Crimes

Opinion divided over prospects of investigation into incitement by journalists during wars of Nineties. By Iva Martinovic in Belgrade, Goran Vezic in Split, Dzenana Karabegovic in Sarajevo and Biljana Jovicevic in Podgorica (TU No 607, 26-June-09)

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Home is a stinking rubbish tip for Kosovo's forgotten refugees

Konik is the largest refugee camp in the Balkans but outside of Montenegro few people know of its existence. Ahead of World Refugee Day tomorrow, more than 2,000 Roma remain trapped amid its stench and squalor A fire destroyed part of the Roma refugee camp outside Montenegro's capital city, Podgorica, three weeks ago. It started at 6am and within an hour 18 wooden huts, home to 124 people, were reduced...

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Remains of WWI German submarine found in Montenegro

Podgorica - Remains of a World War I German submarine U72 were discovered in the Montenegrin waters of the Adriatic Sea, local Radio Kotor reported Friday. The submarine was sunk by its own crew in November 1918, after the capitulation of the Austro-...

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PROFILE: Djukanovic: Montenegro's political 'chameleon' does it again

Podgorica - Milo Djukanovic has done it again: In spite of the woes of much of Montenegro's economy that trouble most voters, he will serve a sixth term as prime minister. In late 2008, the tiny former Yugoslav republic faced the faced the collapse o...

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Montenegrin parliament approves new government

Podgorica - The Montenegrin parliament on Wednesday night approved Milo Djukanovic's new government, local media reported. Out of 81 members of the parliament, 48 voted for and 22 were against the new cabinet, while three did not vote. ...

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Milo Djukanovic gets another term as Montengrin premier

Podgorica - Montenegrin President Filip Vujanovic on Thursday designated Milo Djukanovic again to head the country's government and extend his premiership to more than two decades. Djukanovic would focus on effects of the global economic crisis, fur...

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Italy freezes anti-Mafia case against Montenegrin PM Djukanovic

Podgorica - Italian organized crime prosecutors asked a court in Bari to suspend charges against Montengrin Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic, Podgorica media reported Thursday. Prosecutors filed the motion to scrap the case because Djukanovic, presiden...

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Montenegro court rules in 2004 editor slaying

PODGORICA, Montenegro -- A Montenegrin court has convicted a suspect in the 2004 slaying of a prominent opposition editor and sentenced him to 30 years in prison.

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Luksic: No doomsday in sight, Montenegro is stable - Feature

Podgorica - Apart from corruption allegations thrown at Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic's cabinet, the Montenegrin opposition also based its campaign for yesterday's snap poll on the prophecy of an economic meltdown. The electorate did not buy the mes...

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Djukanovic keeps his 'throne,' shatters opposition

Podgorica - Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic retained the throne by shattering opposition in Sunday's snap poll and winning an absolute majority to govern over the next four years, local newspapers said Monday. Djukanovic on the throne again, a hea...

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Djukanovic's bloc wins absolute majority in snap poll - Update

Podgorica - Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic's coalition won the absolute majority in snap elections Sunday, the private Centre for Monitoring (CEMI) said. Basing its projection on a representative sample, CEMI said Djukanovic's coalition claimed 52.6 ...

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Voting ends in Montenegrin snap parliamentary poll - Summary

Podgorica - Voting has ended Sunday in Montenegro's snap parliamentary elections, with Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic expecting a new four-year mandate. After a sluggish start, 63 per cent of the 500,000 voters had cast their ballots with an hour to ...

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Apathy dominates in Montenegrin snap parliamentary poll - 2nd Update

Podgorica - Montenegro's parliamentary election Sunday was marked by low turnout, with just around a third of the country's 500,000 registered voters casting their ballots halfway through the day, the CDT monitoring agency reported in Podgorica, the ...

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Quiet start to Montenegrin snap parliamentary poll - Update

Podgorica - Voting went ahead at a slow pace in the early hours of the Montenegrin snap parliamentary elections Sunday, the CDT polling agency said in Podgorica. Some 7 per cent of roughly 500,000 registered voters had cast their ballots two hours in...

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Montenegrins vote in parliamentary election

PODGORICA, March 29 (RIA Novosti) - Montenegrins went to the polls on Sunday to vote in early parliamentary elections intended to accelerate the Balkan country's accession to the European Union. Prime...