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Monthly Archives: September 2017

Local elections in Cetinje, Mojkovac and Petnjica on 26 November

Local elections in Cetinje, Mojkovac and Petnjica on 26 November

Local elections in Cetinje, Mojkovac and Petnjica are to be held on 26 November, president Filip Vujanovic has decided. This decision is in force once adopted, and it will be published in the Official Gazette of Montenegro and Official Gazette of Montenegro – municipal regulations.   Source: CDM Local elections in Cetinje, Mojkovac and Petnjica… READ MORE

UAE ambassador: Montenegro – a stability factor in the Western Balkans

UAE ambassador: Montenegro – a stability factor in the Western Balkans

Montenegro is an example of successful integration and affirmation of good neighbourly relations. It is also a factor of stability in the Western Balkans region, said Abdul Salam Hareb Al Rumaithi, ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to Montenegro, at a meeting with defence minister Predrag Boskovic. According to the Ministry of Defense, Al Romaithi… READ MORE

Markovic congratulated Merkel: Montenegro is your reliable partner

Markovic congratulated Merkel: Montenegro is your reliable partner

Prime minister Dusko Markovic congratulated federal chancellor Angela Merkel on the victory of the CDU/CSU bloc at parliamentary elections in that country. The German election commission confirmed this morning that Angela Merkel’s CDU/CSU won the general elections. Merkel says she wants a stable government. “This election result confirms that German voters strongly support the strategic… READ MORE

Vujanovic in New York: Montenegro gets UN support

Vujanovic in New York: Montenegro gets UN support

Montenegro will continue to be a reliable member of the UN, responsibly participating in all its activities and programmes, said Montenegrin President Filip Vujanovic in New York at a meeting with UN Secretary General Antonio Gutieres. As Vujanovic’s office stated, the president expressed his commitment and respect for the work of the representations of specialized… READ MORE

Montenegro and Bulgaria signed an energy agreement

Montenegro and Bulgaria signed an energy agreement

  Energy Regulatory Agency of Montenegro (RAE) and the Energy Regulatory Commission of Bulgaria have signed a cooperation agreement on exchange of experiences and information of common interest, as well as mutual support in capacity building. At the meeting held on Tuesday, RAE Board chairman Branislav Prelevic and a member of the Bulgarian Regulatory Commission… READ MORE

Vujanovic at UN GA: Montenegro contributes to peace and security

Vujanovic at UN GA: Montenegro contributes to peace and security

Montenegro actively contributes to preserving peace and security in the region and puts good neighbourly relations and regional cooperation in the Balkans at the top of its foreign policy agenda, president Filip Vujanovic said in his address at the 72nd Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. He also said that Montenegro was… READ MORE

Brussels Airlines to launch new EX-YU routes in 2018

Brussels Airlines to launch new EX-YU routes in 2018

Brussels Airlines will launch two new routes to the former Yugoslavia and strengthen frequencies on existing destinations in the region next year but will also downgrade operations to Zagreb from year-round to seasonal summer services. The Belgian national carrier will introduce flights from Brussels to Tivat and Split in 2018. Services to the Montenegrin coast… READ MORE

EX-YU airports handle over 17 million passengers

EX-YU airports handle over 17 million passengers

Airports across the former Yugoslavia have handled over seventeen million passengers during the first eight months of 2017, with Split, Podgorica and Ljubljana continuing to show significant growth among larger airports in the region. This year will mark the first time at least eight airports will handle over a million travellers as Tivat joins the… READ MORE

Improving the economic relations of Montenegro and Jordan

Improving the economic relations of Montenegro and Jordan

Montenegro and Jordan should work on further improvement of the economic relations of the two countries. The Agreement on Economic Co-operation between the Government of Montenegro and the Government of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan is of great importance, the director of multilateral and regional trade cooperation and foreign economic relations Goran Scepanovic and the… READ MORE