Thursday, 3 april 2025.
Montenegro Activists Commemorate Wartime Deportations
Montenegrin human rights activists laid wreaths in front of the police headquarters in the coastal town of Herceg Novi to commemorate the wartime deportation of Bosniak refugees to a Serb-run...
Montenegrin Prosecutor Promises to Identify War Criminals
Special State Prosecutor Milivoje Katnic promised to take action against Montenegrin citizens who were involved in war crimes after repeated criticism that the country is failing to bring perpetrators to...
Montenegro ‘Failing to Deal with Wartime Crimes’: Survey
A public opinion survey suggested that a majority of Montenegrins believe their country is failing to properly address the crimes of the 1990s and that the judiciary is incapable of...
Police Chief’s Appointment Raises Ethnic Tensions in Montenegrin Town
Pro-Serbian political party activists staged a protest and reportedly sang nationalistic songs in the northern town of Pljevlja after the Montenegrin government appointed a Bosniak as the local police chief.
Montenegro Parliament Urged to Probe Ex-Leader’s Srebrenica Role
The Movement for Changes, part of Montenegro’s ruling alliance, called for a parliamentary investigation into ex-leader Milo Djukanovic’s administration’s alleged support for Bosnian Serb forces’ deadly operations in Srebrenica in...
Montenegro Minister Refuses to Resign for Srebrenica Genocide Comments
Montenegro’s Minister of Justice, Human and Minority Rights, Vladimir Leposavic, said he did not deny the suffering of victims of the 1995 Srebrenica massacres but only criticised the UN war...
Montenegrin Minister Faces Dismissal for Srebrenica ‘Genocide Denial’
Montenegrin Prime Minister Zdravko Krivokapic asked parliament to approve the dismissal of Minister of Justice, Human and Minority Rights Vladimir Leposavic because he expressed doubt that the 1995 massacres of...
Montenegrin Minister Criticised for Srebrenica Genocide Denial
The US and British embassies in Podgorica reacted strongly after Montenegro’s Minister of Justice, Human and Minority Rights, Vladimir Leposavic, said that the 1995 genocide of Bosniaks from Srebrenica had...
Balkan States Under Pressure to Prosecute Financiers of Terrorism
Since hundreds of Balkan extremists went abroad to fight for Islamic State and other militant groups, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia have come under increased international...