Sat, Nov 21 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
Under pressure from Brussels on the name issue dispute with Greece, Skopje seeks to re-build relationship with with Sofia.
Parties that governed together in Pristina fall out because of their battle in Kosovo’s local government elections.
Media reports say that the EU will pressure Athens and Skopje to come up with a solution to the Macedonia name dispute by December 7, or Brussels will take a cooler approach to Macedonia’s EU hopes; while a row breaks out in Belgrade after Serbia’s foreign minister takes sides in the dispute.
Russia’s planned humanitarian base in Serbia could hold deeper strategic interests
The IMF has withdrawn its mission, which was due to assess Romania's compliance with the terms of the bailout, and now expects Romania to miss the fiscal deficit target set by the bailout agreement.