Montenegrin police have found more than 1,200 packages of cocaine in a shipment of bananas near the country’s capital of Podgorica. The seizure amounted to one tonne of cocaine, making... read more →
A cell within the notorious Montenegrin drug trafficking group, the Skaljari clan, has been arrested on Spain’s Canary Islands. During the arrests, Spanish authorities reportedly seized 400 kilograms of cocaine,... read more →
Relations between Albania and Kosovo have sunk to new lows after a German official hinted at support for the long-disputed “Open Balkan” initiative. Kosovo is resolutely opposed to the project. ... read more →
The news came as little surprise. After two years of retirement, Milo Djukanovic, the charismatic authoritarian leader - long suspected of corruption - is making his comeback in Montenegrin politics.... read more →
Kosovo’s celebrations last month for the tenth anniversary of its independence peaked with a free concert headlined by the popular British singer Rita Ora, who was born in Kosovo. In... read more →
In a recent interview with the European Western Balkans website Dušan Reljić, who heads the Brussels Office of the German Institute for International and Security Affairs, made the eye-catching point... read more →
Serbia and Montenegro have been named as the front-runners in the pack of Balkan nations aiming to join the EU. Last week, the European Commission announced that by 2025, they... read more →
Much of the debate surrounding how open Europe should be to migrants circles around fears that an influx of asylum seekers will mean a rise in crime. That assumption seemed... read more →
The European Commission has singled out Moldova and Ukraine as needing to do more to tackle crime and corruption if they want to continue to benefit from visa-free access to... read more →
Montenegro moved a step closer to EU membership this week when two new chapters in its negotiations to join the bloc were opened in Brussels on Monday. With talks now... read more →
