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Russian nationalists backed a criminal group that plotted to assassinate Montenegro’s pro-western Prime Minister during the run-up to last month’s election as part of a bid to sway the vote, a top prosecutor told reporters on Sunday. Milivoje Katnic said “nationalists from Russia” directed the organised group, which had planned to storm the country’s Parliament on election day and kill Milo Đukanovic with a view to securing victory for a pro-Russian coalition. On the day of the vote, a number of people from Montenegro and Serbia were arrested in connection with the attempted coup, 14 of whom remain in custody....
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Media organizations throughout the Balkans have used World Press Freedom day to highlight major press freedom concerns. The organizations have called on authorities to address rising threats to journalists, treat threats with a higher priority, and ensure a safer environment for the work of those in the media. The head of the Association of Journalists (AJK) in Kosovo, Xhemajl Rexha, held a press conference where he raised concerns over the treatment of cases of violence against journalists. In the past five years, the AJK has recorded 120 cases of threats against journalists, with a full 33 cases recorded in the...
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