Anger and tears as Montenegro town commemorates mass shooting victims
Cetinje, Montenegro Reuters Thousands of Montenegrins gathered in the town of Cetinje on Sunday to commemorate the 12 victims of a mass shooting last week, with many accusing police of not having done enough to stop the gunman’s rampage. In a crime that shocked the small Balkan nation, 45-year-old Aco Martinovic went on a shooting […]
Montenegrin protesters slam police handling of mass shooting
Podgorica, Montenegro Reuters Hundreds of Montenegrins protested in the capital Podgorica on Friday against what they see as a lack of action by authorities to prevent a mass shooting in which a gunman killed 12 people and seriously wounded four. In one of the Balkan nation’s worst mass killings, 45-year-old Aco Martinovic went on the […]
Gunman kills 12 in Montenegro small-town rampage
Updated: 9:20am, 3rd January (AEDT) Cetinje, Montenegro Reuters A man shot dead 12 people in a rampage in a small town in Montenegro before turning his gun on himself early on Thursday, authorities said, in one of the Balkan nation’s worst mass killings. The attacker, named by police as 45-year-old Aco Martinovic, initially shot dead […]
Postcards: Balkans’ new love for air conditioning strains grid as temperatures soar
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Viking ship navigating seafarers’ ancient routes berths in Adriatic
Bar, Montenegro Reuters A replica Viking ship has berthed in Montenegro’s Adriatic port of Bar on a years-long trip through European waters inspired by the Norse seafarers who set out from Scandinavia to explore, trade and conquer a millennium ago. The ship, Saga Farmann, is a full-size archaeological reconstruction of a 10th-century Viking cargo vessel, […]
Snapshot: Kotor, Montenegro
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Montenegro President nominates pro-Western party leader as PM-designate
Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina Reuters Montenegro’s President Jakov Milatovic on Thursday nominated Milojko Spajic, a leader of a pro-Western party that won a parliamentary vote in June, as Prime Minister-designate tasked to form a government. Spajic and Milatovic lead the Europe Now Movement (PES) which won most votes in the June snap elections after Milo […]
Montenegro’s ex-economy minister Milatovic declares victory in presidential run-off
Podgorica, Montenegro Reuters Montenegro’s former economy minister Jakov Milatovic declared victory in a presidential election run-off on Sunday, over long-standing incumbent Milo Djukanovic, ending more than three decades of his rule in the small Balkan republic. Western-educated Milatovic, 37, the deputy head of the Europe Now movement, campaigned on pledges to curb graft, improve living […]
Montenegro holds run-off presidential election
Podgorica, Montenegro Reuters Montenegrins were set to vote in a run-off presidential election on Sunday, pitting long-time incumbent Milo Djukanovic against a Western-educated economist pledging to lift the nation out of a crisis marked by no-confidence votes in two governments. Polling stations opened at 7am and will close at 8pm. First unofficial results by pollsters, […]
Montenegro holds pride march despite opposition from church
Podgorica, Montenegro AP Several hundred people on Saturday joined an LGBTQ pride march in Montenegro, held amid strong opposition from the influential Serbian Orthodox Church in the small conservative Balkan country. Montenegro’s 10th pride event was dubbed “No more buts,” reflecting demands that more be done to stem hate speech and harassment of LGBTQ community […]