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Serbian authorities have personal stake in EU integration, ignore will of people — MP
TASS
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July 8, 2025
BELGRADE, July 8. /TASS/. It is only shrewd politicians in Serbia that want to join the European Union, not its people, the Serbian parliamentary committee on diaspora and Serbs in the region chairman, Dragan Stanojevic, told TASS. "There has long...
BRICS gives Serbia real alternative to EU without blackmail or humiliation — lawmaker
TASS
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July 8, 2025
BELGRADE, July 8. /TASS/. Shifting focus to BRICS is becoming the most significant alternative to Euro-integration for Serbian society and political movements, Chairman of Serbia’s Parliamentary Committee on the Diaspora and Serbs in the Region...
Media in the Balkans: the rise of oligarchs
Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso Transeuropa
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More and more media in the Balkan region are being acquired and controlled by big tycoons. For journalists and industry experts, this trend is heavily reflected in editorial policies, creating growing problems of censorship and self-censorship The...
Montenegro determines quota, maximum price for solar power auction
Balkan Green Energy News
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July 6, 2025
The Government of Montenegro adopted the decisions and directives necessary for issuing a public call to auction for solar power projects of at least 400 kW. The lowest bids will win, and the maximum price is EUR 65 per MWh. Market premiums will...
Liverpool soccer player passes away in car crash
MENAFN
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July 8, 2025
(MENAFN) Liverpool and Portugal striker Diogo Jota has died in a car crash in Spain, officials confirmed. The 28-year-old footballer was traveling with his 26-year-old brother, Andre Silva, who also lost his life in the incident. The fatal...
Albuquerque takes hospital and lack of air transport to meeting with Montenegro
Portugal Pulse
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July 8, 2025
The head of the Madeiran government, Miguel Albuquerque (PSD), outlined today a set of unresolved issues with the Republic, which will be addressed at a meeting with Prime Minister Luís Montenegro in Lisbon, as they “require political decisions...
Travel agency Trafalgar and sister brands launch 16 new tours, including to villages of France and the Balkans
Channel News Asia
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July 8, 2025
Trafalgar: • English Adventure – A family-friendly trip through castles, countryside, and culture. • Villages of France – Slow travel through storybook towns, vineyards and rustic cuisine. • Best of South Korea – A modern-meets-traditional tour...
EIB Global steps up support for Montenegro’s economic development
The European Sting
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July 7, 2025
(Credit:Unsplash) This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. EIB has signed a Host Country Agreement with the government of Montenegro EIB will provide a loan of €18 million loan and a grant of €2.3 million for the...
Serbian party says country should join BRICS, save itself headache of joining EU
TASS
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July 7, 2025
BELGRADE, July 7. /TASS/. The Movement of Socialists, founded by the former head of Serbia’s Security Information Agency (BIA) Aleksandar Vulin, believes the country would be better served trying to get into BRICS than the EU, thus saving itself a...
Podgorica forum promotes China-Montenegro trade, technology cooperation
Xinhua News Agency
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PODGORICA, July 4 (Xinhua) -- More than a hundred government officials and business representatives gathered in Podgorica on Friday to explore opportunities for trade and technological cooperation between Montenegro and China. Among the prominent...
Radisson Hotel Group unveils the opening of Radisson Resort Ruža Vjetrova in Montenegro
Breaking Travel News
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July 7, 2025
Radisson Hotel Group proudly announces the opening of Radisson Resort Ruža Vjetrova, a premium beachfront retreat nestled on an isolated peninsula along the Adriatic coast in Dobra Voda, Montenegro. Surrounded by lush green hills and crystal-clear...
EU to support construction of new generation unit at Potpec hydropower plant and solar-thermal plant in Novi Sad with over EUR 40 million
eKapija
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The European Commission has proposed the first support package, of EUR 87.7 million, under the European Union’s Growth Plan for the Western Balkans, to help implement EUR 487.3 million worth of hydropower, solar district heating, and grid...
Government reiterates that it wants to amend the strike law: The objective and the reactions
Portugal Pulse
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July 3, 2025
The topic is not new, but after the meeting of the Social Concertation on Wednesday, Prime Minister Luís Montenegro reiterated the intention to amend the strike law. This was later confirmed by the Government in a social media post. What is the...
Emergencies? Carneiro wants answers from Montenegro “in the coming days”
Portugal Pulse
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July 6, 2025
The Secretary-General of the Socialist Party (PS), José Luís Carneiro, today demanded answers from Prime Minister Luís Montenegro regarding hospital emergency services in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area, specifically in pediatric, orthopedic, and...
Soccer player Diogo Jota and his brother killed in car accident in Spain, police say
WANE - Indiana
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July 3, 2025
MADRID (AP) — Liverpool player Diogo Jota and his brother were killed in a car accident in Spain when the Lamborghini they were in veered off a road and burst into flames, police said Thursday. The Spanish Civil Guard confirmed to The Associated...
EU Parliament set to remove “Macedonian identity and language” from draft report on North Macedonia
BGNES
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July 3, 2025
The three largest political forces in the European Parliament - the EPP, S&D and Renew Europe - have agreed to remove the terms “Macedonian identity” and “Macedonian language” from the draft report on North Macedonia's progress, BGNES reports. The...
SOCCER TRAGEDY: Tributes pour in as Liverpool star Diogo Jota and brother die in car crash only days after his wedding
Irish Star
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July 3, 2025
Daniel Blackham, Dan Marsh Senior Sports Reporter and John O'sullivan Audience editor 05:30 ET, 03 Jul 2025 The football world is in mourning after the tragic loss of Diogo Jota, who died at 28 following a horrific car crash, as detailed by a...
Soccer-Reaction to death of Liverpool and Portugal player Jota
WHTC - Michigan
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(Reuters) -Following are quotes and reaction to the death of Liverpool and Portugal forward Diogo Jota, 28, in a car crash near Zamora in northwestern Spain on Thursday: LIVERPOOL FOOTBALL CLUB “Liverpool Football Club are devastated by the tragic...
Balkan neighbors join forces on fair labor and migration
Gazeta Tema
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July 2, 2025
TIRANA, July 3 – Albania, North Macedonia, and Montenegro have agreed to intensify regional cooperation to combat labor informality and improve cross-border migration management. In a meeting held in Tirana and backed by Germany’s GIZ agency,...
Montenegro, Hungary Dive Into Strategic Deals On Infrastructure And IT Co-Op
MENAFN
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July 2, 2025
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 2. Prime Minister of North Macedonia Milojko Spajić and Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orbán signed bilateral agreements in Budapest that lay the foundation for cooperation on key strategic...