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Euroviews. Zdravko Krivokapić: Montenegro’s membership of the EU can inspire the European dream ǀ View

Montenegro is intent on becoming the next member of the European Union, and its ascension to the bloc could act as a spur for reform and change in the rest of the Balkans, writes the country's new prime minister.

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What's behind the public spat between Serbia and Montenegro?

Vladimir Bozovic was on Saturday given 72 hours to leave Montenegro after claiming that a century-old decision in 1918 to merge with Serbia was “free expression of the people’s will to unite with fraternal Serbia”.

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Montenegro and Serbia expel respective ambassadors in tit for tat

The diplomatic incident between Montenegro and Serbia adds to already tense relations between the Balkan states that were part of the same country until an independence referendum in 2006.

My Europe Series

Serbia's Aleksandar Vucic bet big on Donald Trump and lost. Now what?

Serbia's Aleksandar Vucic had a friend in President Donald Trump. With Joe Biden, life may not be so easy.

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What is the Blue Heart of Europe and why does it need saving?

Hydropower projects in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and all over the Balkans are threatening an ecological gem.

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Serbia’s Muslim enclave fears new ethnic violence

Residents of Muslim-majority Sandzak say that Belgrade has never recognised its responsibility for the violence of the 1990s.

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Euroviews. With power within reach, this is what Montenegro's new coalition government needs to do first ǀ View

Montenegro's opposition is on the cusp on forging a historic coalition, ending nearly 30 years of rule by the country's Democratic Socialists. There is a lot on the agenda to turn the country around.

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Montenegro’s future is in the EU, says its prime minister-in-waiting

Russia's influence in Montenegro has been 'over-emphasised', according to the university professor who will likely be the Balkan country's next leader.

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Who is the opposition alliance that won Montenegro's election?

The opposition, consisting of three major political alliances, secured a slim victory over the incumbent DPS party, which has been in power for nearly three decades. But what do these factions stand for?

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Montenegro: Thousands take to streets as opposition claims victory

The Balkan country is at a crossroads after pro-Serb and pro-Russian parties performed better than expected in parliamentary elections.

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Montenegro's ruling party could lose power for first time in 30 years

Montenegro's pro-Western president could struggle to put together a government after close, bitterly-contested election.

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Euroviews. Montenegro is heading the same way as Belarus. Not enough is being done to avoid disaster ǀ View

As Montenegrins go to the polls on Sunday, the spectre of a second Belarus is rearing its head. Can the EU avoid the same unrest and chaos by acting sooner?

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Montenegro election: A divided nation chooses between east and west

A look at the key issues on the minds of Montenegrins as the country heads to vote in a national election on Sunday.

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Would you jump off Montenegro’s second-tallest bridge?

Rising 170m above the deepest canyon in Europe, the Đurđevića Tara is the tallest bridge in northern Montenegro and one of the largest in the Balkans.

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'Unspeakably tremendous': Montenegro legalises same-sex partnerships

MPs in Montenegro approved same-sex partnerships amid efforts to push forward with joining the European Union.

My Europe Series

Unholy row exposes deep divisions in Montenegro

A dispute over church property is exposing deep divisions in the small Western Balkans country of Montenegro. While the conflict is rooted in history, it is also about Serbian identity.

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Montenegro rocked by dispute over church property

Opponents of a new law that makes it obligatory to register church properties fear that the State could confiscate Serbian Orthodox churches or cemeteries.

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Parliament punch-up as Montenegro passes controversial religious law

The Serbian Orthodox Church opposes the law which it argues is a mean for the government to strip it of its property.

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Western Balkan leaders discuss regional cooperation

The leaders of Albania, North Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro met on Saturday to discuss how to deepen regional cooperation in the Western Balkans, including in their quest to join the European Union.

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Watch: Montenegro's last lighthouse keeper 'still needed'

"As long it’s needed, it should exist,” explains Stanko Stojanovic