Montenegrin Prime Minister Milo Äukanović will submit Montenegro’s answers to the European Commission’s questionnaire on December 9 in Brussels. Montenegrin European Integration Minister Gordana Äurović said that more intensive talks with the EC will begin in January, adding that this dialogue will last several months.
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Montenegro optimistic of NATO acceptance
November 28th, 2009 |
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After meeting with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Montenegrin Prime Minister Milo Äukanović said that he was optimistic regarding membership. However, Podgorica has not received a clear signal from Rasmussen regarding Montenegro’s demand to be accepted into the Alliance.
Ex-Äukanović ally “ready to testify”
November 25th, 2009 |
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Ratko Knežević, described as a Montenegrin businessman, says he is ready to testify in the cigarette smuggling case against Stanko Subotić, aka Cane. The former advisor of Montenegrin Prime Minister Milo Äukanović told B92 TV that he has talked with the Serbian special prosecutor via video link from Zagreb about the so-called Tobacco Mafia, that worked on the territory of the former Yugoslavia.
Montenegrin PM doesn’t want “Kosovo shadow”
November 11th, 2009 |
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Montenegrin Prime Minister Milo Äukanović said that Montenegro and Serbia “need to step out of the shadow of Kosovo”. “Differing relations towards Kosovo hinder our relations today. We understand Serbia and we are sorry about the problem it finds itself in because of this. And we believe that we are interpreting it rightly that this kind of epilogue was certain to be the outcome of the Kosovo problem,†Äukanović told Belgrade daily Politika.
Opposition leader levels grave accusations at PM
November 2nd, 2009 |
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NebojÅ¡a Medojević, of the leaders of opposition in Montenegro, has repeated his accusations against the Montenegrin Prime Minister Milo Äukanović.
Medojević, who has announced that the opposition in that country, including his Movement for Change, would unite, told B92 that there was evidence that Äukanović in 2005 called on his immunity in order to avoid a cigarette smuggling and money laundering investigation launched by the Italian Ministry Of Justice.
Äukanović: Opposition won’t face facts
October 16th, 2009 |
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Montenegrin Prime Minister Milo Äukanović says that the country’s opposition is unwilling to face the fact that it has lost the trust of the citizens.
He said that this is why the opposition was forced to fabricate problems that did not exist.
Äukanović meets with UN Secretary General
September 27th, 2009 |
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Montenegrin Prime Minister Milo Äukanović met with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon in New York, according to local media in Montenegro. Äukanović and the UN Secretary General talked about the participation of Montenegro in peacekeeping missions in Cyprus, Liberia and Afghanistan.
Äukanović to meet with UN Secretary General
September 26th, 2009 |
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Montenegrin Prime Minister Milo Äukanović will meet in New York with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon. Äukanović addressed the UN General Assembly on Friday night, speaking on the most pressing global issues and the foreign-political priorities of Montenegro.
Knežević claims to have proof
August 24th, 2009 |
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Former chief of the Montenegrin trade mission in Washington, Ratko Knežević, said that he can prove his allegations regarding cigarette smuggling activities. “My publicly stated claims in the media will once again be confirmed officials, and the material evidence which I have will be submitted,†Knežević said regarding the statements he gave to the media earlier about Montenegrin Prime Minister Milo Äukanović’s involvement in cigarette smuggling.
Rehn hands Äukanović EC questionnaire
July 23rd, 2009 |
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European Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn has handed a European Commission questionnaire to Montenegrin Prime Minister Milo Äukanović. This is a mechanism through which the European Commission will evaluate Montenegro’s readiness to receive EU candidate status.
Former Äukanović adviser “fears for his lifeâ€
July 22nd, 2009 |
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Montenegrin Prime Minister Milo Äukanović’s former adviser, Ratko Knežević, says that he fears for his life. Knežević has accused Äukanović of being involved in cigarette smuggling activities during the 1990s.