Luxembourg PM Calls on EU Members to Decide Next Year on Montenegro’s Admission

Source: Beta News / Region | 08.10.25 | access_time 18:06 Prime Minister of Luxembourg Luc Frieden has stated in the European Parliament that a shorter and clearer timeline was needed for countries that wish to join the European Union, and that...

Spinumviva returns to elections. Inquiry in the pipeline Montenegro “astonished”

The family company of Prime Minister Luís Montenegro is once again at the center of an electoral campaign controversy. Just days before the municipal elections scheduled for next Sunday, October 12, Spinumviva is embroiled in a new scandal....

Where is the national economy going? This is what the Bank of Portugal predicts.

The Bank of Portugal (BdP) updated its economic projections for the national economy on Tuesday, which indicate an upward revision of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth forecast for 2025 to 1.9%, partly driven by private consumption due to...

Montenegro: Decision on the Western hospital only after “thorough evaluation”

Luís Montenegro spoke at a campaign dinner supporting the PSD/CDS-PP candidate for Caldas da Rainha city council in the Leiria district, current deputy Hugo Oliveira. In 2023, then Health Minister Manuel Pizarro (PS) announced that the new...

Ten years on: Balkans and Eastern Mediterranean migration policy under the spotlight

© Ajdin Kamber/Shutterstock A decade after the so-called “refugee crisis” of 2015, South-Eastern Europe remains the focal point and most fragile terrain of European migration policy. What appeared to be a temporary emergency has become a permanent...

From Training to Transformation: Montenegro Champions Climate Finance for Water Security

The first integrated training program on Climate Finance Programming and Water-sector Resilience held in Petrovac, Montenegro from 7–9 October 2025, marked the official start of the country’s Green Climate Fund (GCF) Capacity Building Training...

Monday Briefing from the Balkans: October 6, 2025

Demonstrators protest in solidarity with the Palestinian people and over Israel’s navy intervention against the Global Sumud Flotilla in Athens, Greece, 5 October 2025. Photo: EPA/GEORGE VITSARAS. Protests in Greece and Serbia against Gaza aid...

Austria score 10 goals in WC qualifier as England pip Wales in friendly

London, Oct 10: Austria’s 10-0 thrashing of the world’s worst soccer team headlined a night of mismatches in World Cup qualifying in Europe on Thursday, while England overwhelmed Wales in a friendly without Harry Kane or Jude Bellingham. There...

Montenegrin Opposition Official Arrested for Involvement in Crime Group

Predrag Boskovic. Photo: Montenegrin Government Montenegrin police on Monday arrested Predrag Boskovic, an opposition Democratic Party of Socialists, DPS official and former government minister, for allegedly belonging to a criminal organisation...

Raimundo challenges Montenegro to reveal “negative things” about the OE2026.

During a public engagement in Moscavide, Loures, Paulo Raimundo emphasized his reluctance to comment on isolated measures from the State Budget. This follows an announcement by the Prime Minister this morning regarding a 40 euro increase in the...

Rifts on show at EU-Western Balkan summit in Albania

Leaders of the Western Balkans gathered in the Albanian coastal city of Durrës on Monday for the annual Brdo-Brijuni Process summit, an initiative aimed at promoting regional cooperation and advancing the region’s long-delayed path toward European...

EU-Western Balkans aim for ‘zero roaming’ as Brussels works on a legal framework that doesn’t yet exist

Brussels – Telecom integration and expansion: Roaming is now sparking debate and forcing the European Commission to step up its efforts, particularly in creating the necessary legal framework for the issue. The countries of the Western Balkans –...

Women’s Soccer Drops Fourth Consecutive

Via Manhattanville University Athletics, 8m ago PURCHASE, N.Y. – Manhattanville women’s soccer drops its fourth consecutive game in 2-1 loss against Sarah Lawrence Tuesday night at GoValiants.com Field. The Valiants (3-8) move to 2-4 in conference...

UN Committee On Enforced Disappearances Publishes Findings On Benin, Montenegro, And Sri Lanka

OHCHR GENEVA – The UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) today issued its findings on Benin, Montenegro*, and Sri Lanka, after reviewing the three States Parties in its latest session. The findings contain the Committee’s main concerns and...

Taifas: Timișoara festival to feature Radu Jude retrospective, music, and literary events

The third edition of Taifas Balkan Film and Culture Festival, set to take place in Timișoara between October 13 and October 19, will include a retrospective dedicated to Romanian director Radu Jude. The public will be able to see the director's...

Deputy Foreign Minister Shekerletova Attends Launch of Western Balkan Cultural Project at Foreign Ministry

Speaking at the launch of a project titled "Rethinking Cultural Cooperation in the Western Balkans" at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday, Deputy Foreign Minister Elena Shekerletova said that cultural diplomacy can strengthen trust,...

Clash Between Vucic and Osmani in Albania: Serbian President Accused of Attempting to Disrupt Brdo-Brijuni Summit

The President of Kosovo, Vjosa Osmani, accused the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, of attempting “to disrupt the meeting” of the Brdo-Brijuni Process, which was held on October 6th in Durres, but added that in the end the leaders of the...

Fourth Forum of Balkan Prosecutors General Outlines Future Priorities in Final Statement

The participants in the Fourth Forum of Balkan Prosecutors General, hosted in Sofia, agreed on the following priorities: establishment of a permanent Balkan prosecutors' platform, which will to convene at least twice a year; strengthening judicial...

PSD leader describes post-election governability issue as noise

In Évora, during a local campaign initiative, Luís Montenegro was questioned about statements from former PSD leader Pedro Passos Coelho, who suggested there should be no red lines concerning potential agreements with Chega in local governance....

Albania’s EU ties strongest in Balkans

TIRANA, Oct. 7 (TemA) — Albania has the closest economic links to the European Union among Western Balkan states, a Vienna study says. The index ranks Albania ahead of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, North Macedonia and Montenegro. Kosovo lacked...