Montenegro

CETINJE, Montenegro (AP) – A man went on a shooting rampage in the streets of this western Montenegro city Friday, killing 10 people, including two children, before being shot dead by a passerby, officials said.

The tiny Balkans nation of Montenegro is currently seeking to refinance a billion dollars in Chinese loans for a highly controversial “road to nowhere” infrastructure project.

Jakov Milatovic, economy minister of Montenegro, said on Wednesday that his government is negotiating with “a number of Wesetern banks from Europe and the United States” to refinance almost a billion dollars in loans taken out from Chinese banks to finance a lavish road construction project. 

The Romanian government has introduced a memorandum that would see Chinese companies barred from securing infrastructure projects, amid claims of unfair competition and shoddy workmanship. The Ministry of Transport said that Chinese enterprises are distorting the road and rail infrastructure

Prior to landing in Madrid on Tuesday, Chinese Communist Party chief Xi Jinping published a Spanish-language editorial proclaiming that Spain had been a key stop on the ancient Silk Road “more than 2,000 years ago.”

Hungary’s anti-immigration prime minister has described stopping a massive influx of migrants through the Balkans as Europe’s only success in dealing with the problem. Viktor Orban on Tuesday offered to help small Montenegro guard its borders against migrants, insisting that

Wednesday on Fox News Channel’s “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” host Tucker Carlson pushed back against the backlash over the question of small Balkan nation Montenegro as a member of NATO. According to Carlson, it was a relevant question given Americans could

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The U.S. Embassy in Montenegro was attacked with an explosive device around midnight local time on Wednesday. The attacker, who has been identified as a 43-year-old former Serbian soldier named Dalibor Jaukovic, was the only casualty.

PODGORICA, Montenegro (AP) — Montenegro has asked for international help to fight wildfires that are also raging along the Adriatic sea coastline in neighboring Croatia, authorities said Monday.

BUDVA, Montenegro (AP) – Once the Balkan stronghold of pro-Russian sentiments, tiny Montenegro is on Monday silently celebrating its entry into NATO in a historic turn that has made the Kremlin furious. Despite the Russian anger and a deep split

President Donald Trump appeared to muscle past — or shove — Montenegro Prime Minister Duško Markovic at a public appearance during the NATO summit in Brussels on Thursday.

[Editor’s Note: Sen. Rand Paul responded to McCain’s comments after publication of this piece. See below.] During a speech on the Senate floor on Wednesday, Senator John McCain (R-AZ) stated that Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) is “achieving the objectives of”

Montenegro’s prosecutors said Tuesday they have issued international arrest warrants for two Russian and three Serbian nationals suspected of planning an anti-government attack during October’s parliamentary election. The five are wanted for “setting up a criminal organisation and attempted terrorism,”

Setting up a possibly awkward situation for incoming administration of President-elect Donald J. Trump, the Senate Foreign Relations voted unanimously Tuesday to approve Montenegro’s entry into the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, moving forward a process that became during the under

PODGORICA, Montenegro – For the first time in more than six years, Israel was allowed to participate in a NATO exercise this week.

PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — A senior European Union official said Friday that unless Kosovo approves a border demarcation deal with neighboring Montenegro, it can’t enjoy EU visa liberalization. Opposition lawmakers, who are against the deal, have disrupted parliamentary work by

PODGORICA, Oct 16 (Reuters) – Montenegro’s ruling party faced a tough test in national elections on Sunday, hoping its promise to bring the country into NATO and closer to the European Union will outweigh opposition allegations of corruption. Prime Minister

As President Obama’s last year in office winds down and he comes to the realization that he won’t be able to close the Guantanamo Bay terrorist detention facility like he promised in 2008, he’s been busy transferring inmates to other countries as a fallback plan. This month, Obama has sent Osama bin Laden’s alleged bodyguard to the country of Montenegro.

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AP– Opposition lawmakers released tear gas Monday in Kosovo’s parliament as they once again tried to pressure the government into renouncing deals with Serbia and Montenegro. Clouds of smoke from two tear gas canisters forced lawmakers out of the debating chamber. The parliamentary

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