Montenegro’s new Prime Minister Igor LukÅ¡ić had talks with the president and prime minister of Serbia Boris Tadić and Mirko Cvetković. This took place during his private visit to Belgrade on Thursday, Beta news agency reported.
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New Montenegrin PM in Belgrade
January 20th, 2011 |
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Montenegrin Prime Minister Igor Lukšić will confer with Serbian President Boris Tadić and Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic in Belgrade on Thursday. According to a release by the cabinet of the Montenegrin prime minister, Lukšić will pay an unofficial visit to Belgrade but will use the opportunity to hold an informal meeting with the top Serbian officials.
First Montenegrin extradited to Serbia
January 18th, 2011 |
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The Interpol office in Podgorica extradited Montenegrin citizen Bogdan Marković to Serbia on Monday. Marković is a native of the northern Montenegrin town of Pljevlja, against whom criminal proceedings have been instituted for criminal association and smuggling.
Montenegrin PM on Serbian Church property
January 1st, 2011 |
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New Montenegrin Prime Minister Igor Lukšić has said that he would initiate a dialogue regarding assets of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) in Montenegro.
He said that, although he himself was not a believer, in his capacity as the prime minister, he would “help make some radical forms of highlighting the marginalized problem”.
Montenegrin parliament to vote on new government
December 29th, 2010 |
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Montenegro’s parliament will continue a debate on PM-designate Igor LukÅ¡ić and his proposed cabinet.
The new Montenegrin government will have two deputy presidents and 15 ministries.
Brother of Montenegrin deputy PM remanded in custody
December 26th, 2010 |
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Montenegrin Deputy Special Prosecutor for Organized Crime Lidija VukÄević has remanded all arrestees in a Friday police action in Budva in a 48-hour custody.
In the early morning hours Friday, by order of the Supreme State Prosecutor’s Office, the police arrested ten persons, including Budva Municipal President Rajko KuljaÄa and Deputy Municipal President Dragan Marović, brother of outgoing Montenegrin Deputy Prime Minister Svetozar Marović.
Montenegrin PM steps down
December 21st, 2010 |
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Montenegrin Prime Minister Milo Äukanović “informed his DPS party” that he was stepping down as the countries prime minister today. The party then proceeded to nominated Deputy PM and Finance Minister Igor LukÅ¡ić as the PM-designate, reports from Podgorica said.
Montenegrin PM to step down?
December 16th, 2010 |
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Montenegro’s Prime Minister Milo Äukanović will resign next week, Podgorica-based daily Vijesti is reporting today. The article says that Äukanović’s ruling DPS party will meet on Tuesday, Dec. 21., when he is expected to announce his withdrawal from state offices.
President mulls joint diplomatic offices
November 25th, 2010 |
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Montenegrin President Filip Vujanović says his Serbian counterpart’s proposal to open joint diplomatic representative offices “should be closely examined”.
Vujanović said that the Montenegrin Ministry of Foreign Affairs will examine all matters that serve to increase the efficiency of diplomacy and good cooperation.
Montenegrin PM: I’ll retire eventually
November 20th, 2010 |
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Montenegrin PM Milo Äukanović has stated that he will at some point step down from power and that he wants more free time for himself.
“However, I’m fully focused on doing responsible jobs and fulfilling Montenegro’s priorities now,†he told Belgrade-based daily Politika.
Candidacy decision given to Äukanović
November 11th, 2010 |
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EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele handed in a positive opinion of the EC on Montenegro’s application for membership in the EU. Fuele gave the document to Montenegrin Prime Minister Milo Äukanović.
Montenegro suspends economic citizenships
November 8th, 2010 |
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The Montenegrin government has suspended its “economic citizenships†program until it has been harmonized with the European Union. This is according to the Director of the Directorate on Consular Affairs in the Montenegrin Ministry of Foreign Affairs Željko Stamatović.
Montenegro police look for traffickers
November 1st, 2010 |
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Three Montenegrin citizens wanted in Serbia as members of Darko Å arić’s crime group are hiding near the Montenegrin town of Berane.
This is according to a report in today’s edition of Belgrade daily Blic.
Montenegro ready for Russian center
October 28th, 2010 |
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Montenegro will not reject a possible participation in the Russian-Serbian Emergency Situation Center. The comments came on Thursday in Moscow from Montenegrin Foreign Minister Milan Roćen.
“Relations with Serbia fully normalized”
October 25th, 2010 |
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Montenegrin President Filip Vujanović has assessed that the relations between Montenegro and Serbia are now fully normalized. The relations cooled after Montenegro recognized Kosovo in October 2008.
Billionaire praises Äukanović’s “supreme credibility”
August 15th, 2010 |
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Canadian billionaire investor Peter Munk says Montenegrin PM Milo Äukanović is a man of vision, and supreme credibility. Both Munk and Äukanović were in the Montenegrin seaside town of Tivat today, for the opening of a luxury complex of residential and business facilities, financed by Munk.
“No superbug in Montenegro”
August 14th, 2010 |
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Montenegrin Health Minister Miodrag Radunović says a superbug resistant to all antibiotics has not been found in his country. Media in Belgium reported on Friday that a tourist who was in Montenegro in July was infected with the bacteria that contains the NDM-1 enzyme.
“Discrimination against Serbian languageâ€
August 1st, 2010 |
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Leaders of the Montenegrin opposition Srđan Milić and Andrija Mandić will be meeting with President Filip Vujanović to discuss issues of discrimination. They would be meeting with the president on August 4 to discuss the recently adopted changes to the law for general education, which abolishes the possibility of teaching classes in Serbian.
No mass grave in N. Montenegro
July 28th, 2010 |
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Montenegrin court officials and EULEX forensics experts have not found signs of an alleged mass grave near Andrijevica in the north of the country.
The site was reported to contain bodies of Kosovo Albanians.
Montenegrin arrested with 12 kilos of cannabis
July 16th, 2010 |
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Police in Belgrade have arrested a Montenegrin man on suspicion that he attempted to smuggle 12 kilograms of cannabis into the country, it has been announced. The suspect was identified as 28-year-old Igor S.