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Milo Djukanović set to return as prime minister. The Democratic Party of Socialists, which has ruled Montenegro without interruption since 1991, has won a clear victory in...

Socialists set for victory in election. Montenegro's ruling Democratic Party of Socialists is poised for victory in an early parliamentary election on Sunday (14 October),...

Centre-left government cites EU accession talks as reason for bringing forward the election date. Filip Vujanović, the president of Montenegro, has called an early...

Minister from Montenegro says goodbye. Last Friday (29 June), Milan Rocen, Montenegro's minister for foreign affairs and European integration, was in Brussels to open his...

EU leaders have agreed to start membership talks with Montenegro despite concerns about crime. Montenegro today secured a green light to start talks to become a member of...

Concerns over corruption. Carl Bildt, Sweden's foreign minister, has threatened to hold up a decision by the European Union to open membership talks with Montenegro because...

Fiscally solvent Sweden wins Eurovision. Entre Nous's attempt (12-18 April) to drum up support for Montenegro's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest – on the basis that it...

Montenegro's curious Eurovision entry. Entre Nous spent the Easter season trying to work out the mystical significance of Montenegro's entry for the Eurovision song contest,...

Lukšic: we are meeting EU accession conditions; Commission to report on progress in mid-May. Igor Lukšic´, the prime minister of Montenegro, has defended his government's...

EU affairs ministers cannot reach agreement, so controversial issue will be discussed by EU leaders on Friday. National ministers for EU affairs have been unable to reach...

Europe's youngest prime minister insists he is not in the shadow of the predecessor. The way many describe him, Igor Lukšic would make the ideal son-in-law, were he not...

Finance minister to take over. Milo Djukanović has stepped down as prime minister of Montenegro just days after the country was given candidate status by EU leaders....

Nation joins Croatia, Iceland, Macedonia and Turkey as formal candidate for EU membership. EU leaders today agreed to make Montenegro a formal candidate for membership of...

The European Commission's progress report on Montenegro will be generally positive – so positive that it will recommend the country be given candidate status – without...

Commission to propose opening Montenegro talks, but crime and corruption hold back Albania's EU bid The European Commission will next month recommend that member states open...

Recent drug-seizures and arrests reinforce the image of the Balkans as lawless badlands. But the countries in the region are getting tough on crime. Herman Van Rompuy, the...

MEP says changes to visa rules might not take effect until the end of the year. The lifting of European Union visa requirements for citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina is...

The EU's decision to lift visa restrictions for citizens of three countries of the former Yugoslavia is a major step forward. This weekend the European Union will do...

Montenegro must show commitment to reform if it wants progress on talks. Montenegro submitted its application for membership of the European Union last December. But the EU...

Accession talks with would-be EU member states have slowed down, as have reforms in the countries that want to join. Next Wednesday (14 October), Olli Rehn, the European...