Serbia-Montenegro ties "below expectations"
Podgorica | 16 February 2009Political relations between Serbia and Montenegro are "below citizens' expectations and the two countries' potential", Serbia's Ambassador in Podgorica Zoran Lutovac said.
Montenegro May Lend KAP Smelter 20 Mln Euro
Belgrade | 09 February 2009Montenegro's government has offered a 20 million euro loan to help the owner of the recently privatised aluminum smelter KAP to keep production during the global financial crisis. said Branko Vujovic, head of the Agency for Restructure of the Economy.
FT: Croatia In EU By '11, Other Balkans Lag
Skopje | 04 February 2009Croatia and Iceland have a chance of joining the European Union in 2011, while Albania, Bosnia, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia may enter all together as a bloc sometime between 2015 and 2020, the Financial Times says in an editorial this week.
Reading Between the Lines
| 16 February 2009 | By Nedjeljko Rudovic, PodgoricaThe two most influential daily newspapers in Montenegro reported on the arrest in July 2008 of Radovan Karadzic from very different angles, underlining the stark divisions and continued strength of pro-Serbian sentiment there.
Montenegro Makes History With War Compensation Offer
| 21 January 2009 | By Erna Mackic in Sarajevo and Nedjeljko Rudovic in PodgoricaWhile Podgorica creates regional precedent, offering to pay families of Bosnians deported and killed in 1992, victims insist justice won’t be done until those behind the crimes face trial.
Djukanovic Seeks Fresh Mandate in Montenegro
| 14 January 2009 | By Nedjeljko Rudovic in PodgoricaWith an economic storm around the corner, the government looks set on securing another four years in power as soon as possible.
West Balkans Braces for Economic Ice Age
| 06 January 2009 | By Srecko Latal in SarajevoSoutheast Europe faces return to instability as inconsistent governments and fragile economies wrestle with imminent economic and social hardship caused by global crisis.
Montenegro Opposition Must Learn From Defeat
By Dragoljub Dusko Vukovic in Podgorica09 April 2008 Filip Vujanovic’s landslide win in presidential polls shows the government’s divided opponents can only win if they unite.
Montenegro May Lend KAP Smelter 20 Mln Euro
09 February 2009 Montenegro's government has offered a 20 million euro loan to help the owner of the recently privatised aluminum smelter KAP to keep production during the global financial crisis. said Branko Vujovic, head of the Agency for Restructure of the Economy.