Montenegro

"Dolphins" defeated the Italians in the penalty shootout 4:3, 15:14 (3:3, 2:2, 4:4, 2:2), after the score was 11:11 in the regular part of the match.
In the semi-finals, they will play against Greece, which eliminated Montenegro.

Russian former world number two Vera Zvonareva has been denied entry to Poland where she was to participate in next week's Polish Open WTA tournament, the interior ministry said on July 22.

"Vera Zvonareva was trying to enter our country with a visa granted by France, via a flight from Belgrade," according to a statement issued by the Polish ministry.

Montenegrin Government and CRBC officials at the Bar Boljare highway first phase opening ceremony. Photo: Government of Montenegro

According to a government report published on Wednesday outgoing Finance Minister Aleksandar Damjanovic and CRBC official Hei Shiquiang met on July 3 about potential cooperation on the construction of the second and third phases of the highway.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis raised the issue of the release of the ethnic Greek mayor of Himare, Fredi Beleri, during a meeting with his Albanian counterpart Edi Rama on Tuesday on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Vilnius.

The special state prosecutor's offices in Podgorica, Montenegro. Photo: EPA/BORIS PEJOVIC

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic on Monday dismissed as untrue reports the Serbian Postal Savings Bank was to acquire Montenegro's Prva Banka, whose largest stakeholder is Aco Djukanovic, the brother of former Montenegrin president Milo Djukanovic.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Monday Serbia would provide a well-grounded response to what his Montenegrin counterpart Jakov Milatovic had told him about the issue of an extradition of former Serbia and Montenegro president Svetozar Marovic from Serbia to Montenegro.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Monday he had had a long, open and civilised discussion with Montenegrin counterpart Jakov Milatovic about many issues and that they had disagreed on some of them but agreed on many others.

At a joint press conference after the meeting, Vucic said they had discussed geopolitical and regional problems.

BELGRADE - Montenegro is a friend to Serbia and Serbia is a friend to Montenegro, Montenegrin President Jakov Milatovic said in Belgrade on Monday, noting that his visit to the Serbian capital turned a new page in Serbia-Montenegro relations.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic (R) and Montenegro's President Jakov Milatovic (L) inspect the honour guard before their meeting in Belgrade, Serbia, on July 10, 2023. Photo: EPA-EFE/ANDREJ CUKIC