Sat, Nov 07 2009
Croatia's prime minister Ivo Sanader, left, reviews a guard of honour, accompanied by his Montenegrin counterpart Milo Djukanovic, on his arrival in Podgorica, June 22 2009.

Milo Djukanovic, starting his sixth term of office as prime minister, vows to lead the country into the EU and Nato.
EU Council asks European Commission for an opinion on Montenegro's progress towards membership criteria.
Prime minister Milo Djukanovic says voters chose 'prosperity and a secure European future'. Opposition says elections were illegitimate.
Montenegrins vote in early parliamentary elections on March 29 2009 seen as key to facing economic crisis and progressing towards EU
European Council president Mirek Topolanek on visits to Macedonia and Montenegro as the two countries prepare for March 2009 elections
Campaign ahead of March 29 parliamentary elections to be dominated by troubled economy, EU hopes
Montenegro is urging Nato members to speed up membership for its neighbours, where rising tensions are threatening stability since the wars of the 1990s. "Our firm position is that stability remains the foremost issue of our region," prime minister Milo Djukanovic said. "The solution of that problem is in granting membership to all the
Assessing the EU’s European Neighbourhood Policy and its Eastern Partnership
With Bulgaria angered by what it sees as Macedonia’s territorial claims, some say that Sofia should use EU membership hopes as leverage against Skopje; but minister for Bulgarians abroad Bozhidar Dimitrov says Macedonia’s elite does not really want the country in the EU.
Greek prime minister George Papandreou and his Macedonian counterpart Nikola Gruevski met for more than an hour in Brussels, agreeing that it was essential to find a solution to the dispute over the name Macedonia.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on October 28 that it reached a "staff-level agreement" to lend Moldova the equivalent of $588 million over a period of three years.
Belgrade and the International Monetary Fund have agreed ‘informally’ that Serbia’s 2010 budget deficit should be about four per cent, prime minister Mirko Cvetkovic has said.