European Council President Donald Tusk has said that the European Union aims to further strengthen economic and other cooperation with Serbia and the other Western Balkan countries as they edge toward eventual membership.
The media watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is warning that violations of press freedom are no longer the practice of authoritarian regimes and dictatorships.
The 28 European Union member states have agreed on a draft declaration ahead of the EU-Western Balkans summit on May 17 in Sofia, overcoming internal divisions.
Montenegro's ruling party leader Milo Djukanovic has won an outright victory in the country's presidential vote and avoided a runoff, nearly complete official results confirm.
Milo Djukanovic declared victory in Montenegro's presidential election late on April 15. Djukanovic, who has served six terms as prime minister and one as president, called the results a vote in favor of Montenegro's "European future."
Montenegrins headed to the polls on April 15 in the country's third presidential election since it regained independence in 2006. Polls suggest that veteran politician President Milo Djukanovic is the front-runner in a field of seven candidates. (RFE/RL's Balkan Service)
Milo Djukanovic has declared victory in Montenegro's presidential election after preliminary projections showed he won the vote outright and avoided a runoff.
Milo Djukanovic, who has led Montenegro from the presidency or the prime minister's office for decades, has been a master of change.
Discord over the form and substance of a final joint statement for the European Union’s flagship Western Balkans summit in Sofia threatens to derail the meeting more than a month before it is to take place.
Russia's Foreign Ministry said it will expel a Montenegrin diplomat in response to the Balkan country's own expulsion of a Russian official in the wake of the nerve-agent poisoning incident in Britain.
British police said they believe former double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter likely first came into contact with a military-grade nerve agent at their front door.
Montenegro's Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) has nominated its leader, Milo Djukanovic, to be its candidate in a presidential election next month.
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