Radio Television of Montenegro (RTCG) reported that another case of forced juvenile marriage has been reported to the Police Directorate.
Kontakt plus radio quoted RTCG that an eleven-year-old girl from Montenegro was married to a groom from Kosovo, announced Fana Delija from the Center for Roma Initiatives, adding that she expects the girl to be returned to Montenegro as soon as possible.
The International Institute for Middle-East and Balkan Studies (IFIMES) in Ljubljana, Slovenia has prepared an analysis of the situation in Kosovo, Albania and North Macedonia in view of the forthcoming early parliamentary election in Kosovo scheduled for 6 October 2019.
The Combating Terrorism Center (CTC) in its analysis entitled "Western Balkans Foreign Fighters and Homegrown Jihadis: Trends and Implications" reports that since 2012, about 1,070 citizens of Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Northern Macedonia, Albania, Serbia and Montenegro travelled to Syria and Iraq, primarily joining the Islamic State, and to a lesser extent al-Qaeda (Jabhat al Nusra, more recently rebranded as Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham - HTS).
A Balkan summit in Berlin contributed to settling the ongoing conflict between Belgrade and Prishtina and this was the perfect moment for resolving the complicated relations between the two countries, said the President of Montenegro, Milo Djukanovic, following the Western Balkans Summit.
It was agreed that the dialogue would continue to be backed by the European Union (EU) and that France and Germany should intervene directly, reported RTK2, quoting the Montenegrin portal CdM.
Bosnian Serb leader and tripartite Presidency Chairman, Milorad Dodik, redrew the borders between Bosnia and Serbia, saying that some kind of integration between Serbia, Bosnia’s Republika Srpska (RS) entity and what he said is a Serb-dominated part of Montenegro must happen in the future.
“I know it won’t happen right now, but I'm sure it will happen in this century. One doesn’t have to be a genius to know that conditions will be met for this. This is our political wish,” Dodik told the Serbian Espreso.rs portal.
A flag of the KLA ("Kosovo Liberation Army") was unfurled in Tuzi, near Podgorica, on Sunday. This happened as a coalition of Albanian parties celebrated victory achieved in elections in this Montenegrin municipality, Sputnik is reporting this Monday.
Montenegrin media, meanwhile, said that those who gathered to celebrate also chanted the acronym of this terrorist organization, as heard in footage sent to the website Volim Podgoricu ("I Love Podgorica"), the agency added.
Montenegrin Prime Minister Dusko Markovic termed the call by Kosovo Assembly Speaker Kadri Veseli to create an alliance against Serbia as “senseless”, adding such idea can not be accepted in Montenegro, BETA news agency reported.
Commenting on Veseli’s call that North Macedonia and Montenegro as members of NATO and Kosovo “should gather against Serbia,” Markovic said that something like that cannot be accepted in Montenegro.
Montenegro had reservations towards the principle of resolving the Kosovo issue by exchanging territories, Montenegro Foreign Affairs Minister Srdjan Darmanovic said, however, adding that “if the two sides agree” Podgorica would welcome that, Tanjug news agency reports.
Darmanovic made these remarks in an interview to Voice of America, responding on how he sees the resolution of the Kosovo issue, and whether it is possible in the near future.
Leaders of Montenegro's opposition Democratic Front Andrija Mandic and Milan Knezevic will attend the lunch that the Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic will organize for Vladimir Putin. The Russian president will arrive in Serbia on Thursday to a formal visit.
On Easter Day, Serbs from the region proposed abolition of borders between Serbia, the Republic of Srpska and Montenegro in talks with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic.
The proposal is in line with the idea of EU integration, consider connoisseurs of international law. However, it is unlikely that the same proposal would be acceptable to Sarajevo, as well as the authorities and the opposition in Podgorica.