Montenegro

Dutch parliament’s European Affairs Committee says Montenegro should not receive a date for a start to EU accession negotiations, citing alleged failures to curb corruption. The Dutch parliament will decide its formal position later this month.

France and Germany plan to block the start of Montenegro’s EU membership talks, Montenegrin newspaper Vijesti writes, citing an unofficial document. According to the newspaper Paris and Berlin made a decision not to allow the negotiations to kick off at the summit in December and to set new requirements before …

During its presidency Montenegro will be in charge of organizing and hosting several large institutional meetings, including the Ministerial Council of the Energy Community. Montenegrin presidency coincides with Montenegro’s push

Russian Minister for Emergency Situations Sergei Shoigu says the customs union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan will expand to include Montenegro and Serbia. The two are the only states in the region which Moscow has free trade agreements with, the minister said in Podgorica on Wednesday. “This will be an …

European Union Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele has praised Montenegro for being an open and reliable partner, setting clear priorities and creating, what he termed, ‘an unbelievably inclusive framework for addressing the enlargement process challenges’.

Croatian and Montenegrin presidents Ivo Josipovic and Filip Vujanovic have said that bilateral relations between the two countries are very good and could serve as a model to other countries in the region. The pair were speaking after an hour-long meeting in Zagreb on Monday.

Macedonian and Montenegrin ministers of justice Blerim Bexheti and Dusko Markovic have signed an extradition agreement about nationals with double citizenship convicted of serious crimes. The document was inked during the two-day ministerial visit EU-Western Balkans in Ohrid.

Montenegro expects to get a positive opinion from the EU regarding fulfillment of conditions for the EU accession in October. EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fule will bring the good news to Podgorica on October 13. A day after the European Commission publishes opinion about fulfillment of conditions for Montenegro’s European …

Montenegrin politicians have passed a law reforming the country’s outdated electoral system and helping Montenegro on its journey towards EU accession.

Montenegrin PM Igor Lukšić and the opposition reached an agreement Thursday on the name of the language and subject in the Montenegrin education system. The agreement opens the possibility for the opposition to support the election bill at the parliament.