Montenegrin President Jakov Milatovic laid a wreath for victims of a World War II massacre by Nazis and local collaborators in the Piva area - the first time that a state official has attended the commemoration.
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A man in Montenegro has seized a bank after accusing the financial organisation that it has stolen money from workers. Now, he is claiming to have planted explosive devices inside the bank, RT reported citing a video. The incident happened in the coastal city of Bar, which is south of the country.
As per the report, the police and authorities have cordoned off the area near the NLB bank. On Tuesday, it was reported that an armed man has seized the bank. Police have also evacuated residents of nearby houses.
Montenegro s Limited Coalition Hammers Away At Perilous Religion, Nationality Issues
May 07, 2021 13:14 GMT
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PODGORICA Still rutted with historically fraught questions of religious and national identity, Montenegro s political path took a sharp turn in August.
That s when a diverse coalition of Serbian nationalists, populists, centrists, socialists, environmentalists, and anticorruption campaigners won just enough votes to edge out the Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) that had run the former Yugoslav republic for 30 years.
A record turnout among Montenegro s some 540,000 registered voters demanded change and heralded impatience with President Milo Djukanovic and the perceived clientelism that helped make him one of Europe s longest-serving democratic leaders.