Milo Djukanovic, the Prime Minister of Montenegro, stepped down from office this week in a move that will improve Montenegro "s chances of entering the European Union. He had led the country for most of the last 25 years, including
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Costa Excursion Boat Mishap
By Jim Walker
Italian newspaper L’Unione Sarda reports what it is calling an excursion boat from the Costa Mediterranea apparently broke a cable while it was being lowered in Montenegro. Photographs sent to me shows what appears to be a lifeboat dangling on the…
Iceland and Montenegro Call for Stronger UN
The year and a half of deadly violence in Syria is clear testimony of the need to reform the United Nations to strengthen its preventive capabilities, European ministers told the General Assembly today. “The truth is that the Security…
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Rwanda Joins Intercountry Adoption Convention
Rwanda has deposited its instrument of accession to the Hague Convention of 29 May 1993 on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption. Rwanda will become the 87th Contracting State to this Convention when it enters into force for Rwanda…
Montenegro Joins Hague Service Convention and Evidence Convention
On January 16, 2012, the depositary of the Hague Conventions received the instruments of accession from Montenegro to (1) the Hague Convention of 15 November 1965 on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters and…
Magyar Telekom, Deutsche Telekom Settle FCPA-Related Actions
Magyar Telekom Plc and its majority owner Deutsche Telekom AG have agreed to pay a total of approximately $95 million in penalties arising from alleged violations of the anti-bribery and books and records provisions of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act…
Hungarian Telecom Company Settles FCPA Charges
The SEC today charged the largest telecommunications provider in Hungary and three of its former top executives with bribing government and political party officials in Macedonia and Montenegro to win business and shut out competition in the telecommunications industry. According to…
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MONTENEGRO—COUNCIL FOR GO-NGO COOPERATION FOUNDED
The Balkan Civil Society Development Network has reported that on 15th April 2010, the Government of Montenegro adopted a decision to found the Council for Cooperation between the Government and NGOs. The Council acts as an advisory body to…