Montenegro declares Russian diplomat persona non grata

The authorities of Montenegro on Friday declared a Russian diplomat persona non grata; he must leave the country within the week, the Montenegrin Foreign Ministry stated.

Russian foreign minister’s Belgrade visit cancelled after three European countries close their airspace to his plane.

A visit to Serbia by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has been cancelled after countries around the Balkan nation closed their airspace to his aircraft, according to media reports.

Monténégro : tensions et violences lors de l'intronisation du chef de l'Eglise orthodoxe serbe

 

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Kosovo opposition releases tear gas in parliament to block border limit vote

Opposition lawmakers in Kosovo deployed tear gas in parliament Wednesday to derail a scheduled vote that would ratify a demarcation deal for the nation's border with neighboring Montenegro.

Violents incendies de forêt dans le sud de l'Europe

De violents incendies de forêt font rage depuis plusieurs jours dans le sud de l'Europe, notamment au Portugal, en France, en Italie et en Croatie où les flammes ont atteint la banlieue de Split, la deuxième ville du pays.

NATO: Montenegro Membership Certain Despite Russia Objection

NATO's deputy chief says Montenegro's membership in the Western military alliance is progressing smoothly despite strong opposition from Russia.

Expresidente de Montenegro ante la invitación de la OTAN: "Es imposible borrar sus bombardeos"

 Momir Bulatovic, expresidente de Montenegro, en un signo de protesta contra la adhesión de esta nación balcánica a la OTAN, recordó que los bombardeos a su país por parte de la Alianza del Atlántico Norte es algo que no se puede borrar "con una disculpa".

Russia celebrates old-style New Year

Russians celebrate the New Year once again today, January 14. Please, don’t be surprised, we haven’t made a mistake. This tradition started after 1918 when Russia introduced the new calendar.

In short, the old-style New Year appeared owing to a gap between Julian calendar or the old-style calendar and the Gregorian calendar which is used in almost all countries in the world. The old Julian calendar is 13 days behind the Gregorian calendar.

Turkish firm buys majority stake in Montenegro’s port

Turkish port operator Global Ports Holding has acquired some 62 percent of Montenegro’s Port of Bar, which is not publicly offered, for 30 million euros.

“A Turkish firm has thus acquired some controlling stake of a port abroad,” said the CEO of the company, Saygın Narin, via written statement.

Some 40,000 containers could be handled in the port right now. “We could increase this capacity up to 1 million,” said Narin, adding the company planned to re-open the port to the use of Serbia to increase traffic.