EU says Montenegro is most advanced country to join the bloc

November 4, 2025 6:23 PM

EU says Montenegro is most advanced country to join the bloc

European Union enlargement is a "realistic possibility" in the coming years and Montenegro is the most advanced candidate to join the bloc, European Enlargement Commissioner Marta Kos said on Tuesday. Previewing the EU's annual enlargement report, Kos told the European parliament that Montenegro, Albania, Moldova and Ukraine have all made significant advances this year in the path toward EU membership. "We must prepare our union for a larger EU," she said, adding that given the pace of some ca...

Montenegro detains dozens of Turks, Azeris after weekend violence

October 27, 2025 5:20 PM

Montenegro detains dozens of Turks, Azeris after weekend violence

Police in Montenegro said on Monday they had detained dozens of Turkish and Azeri nationals after a weekend of violence triggered by the stabbing of a Montenegrin man in the capital Podgorica by a group of Turks. President Jakov Milatovic has called for calm, while Prime Minister Milojko Spajic said his government would temporarily suspend a visa-free regime for Turkish nationals. The Montenegrin man was stabbed on Saturday night after an exchange of insults with a group of Turkish citizens, t...

At least 10 dead in Montenegro after gunman goes on rampage

January 2, 2025 10:36 AM

At least 10 dead in Montenegro after gunman goes on rampage

A gunman killed at least 10 people in a rampage on a small town in Montenegro on Wednesday, police said, one of the tiny Balkan nation's worst mass killings. A 45-year-old man, identified by police as Aleksandar Martinovic, was on the run after opening fire at a restaurant in the town of Cetinje where he killed four people. The shooter moved on to three other locations, gunning down a family member, two children and three other people, police said. Four more people suffered life-threatening in...

Millions sweltering under extreme heat worldwide as summer arrives

June 20, 2024 6:33 PM

Millions sweltering under extreme heat worldwide as summer arrives

Dangerous heatwaves are scorching cities on four continents as the Northern Hemisphere marks the first day of summer, a sign that climate change may again bring about record-breaking heat that could surpass last summer as the warmest in 2,000 years. Countries around the Mediterranean have endured another week of blistering high temperatures that have contributed to forest fires from Portugal to Greece and along the northern coast of Africa in Algeria, according to the U.S. National Oceanic and ...