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A senior source in the Montenegrin police told BIRN on Monday that Kosmajac, who has been accused of being a narcotics kingpin in Serbia, entered the country freely on Friday because Belgrade has so far not called for his arrest.

"Biggest drug dealer" is in Montenegro "as tourist" - report

PODGORICA -- Just hours after being identified by Aleksandar Vučić as "Serbia's biggest drug dealer" Dragoslav Kosmajac crossed into Montenegro at the Ranče border crossing.

BELGRADE - Dragoslav Kosmajac, named by Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic as the biggest drug lord in Serbia, has left the country, the Belgrade-based daily Blic reports.

As no arrest warrant is issued against him, he left to Montenegro a free man, using his Slovakian passport and crossing the state border at a less busy Jabuka checkpoint on the night of Friday to Saturday, says Blic.

BUCHAREST - The Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) has prepared a South East Europe 2020 strategy (SEE 2020) to help governments improve economies and create new jobs, participants of the First meeting of the Governing Board of the RCC SEE 2020 Strategy in Bucharest have said.

Montenegro could be next EU member - German ambassador

PODGORICA -- Outgoing German Ambassador in Podgorica Pius Fischer says Montenegro could be the next member of the European Union.

He explained that the country had made "significant progress in this direction."

BELGRADE - The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has invested around EUR 300 million in the Serbian agribusiness sector, and is ready to continue to fund all good projects and companies in this sector that are not over-indebted, the head of the EBRD's Agribusiness Sector Gilles Mettetal said on Thursday.

BRUSSELS - The European Commission on Wednesday unveiled an action plan of the Adriatic-Ionian Initiative (AII) that hands Serbia a major role and includes a phased reconstruction of the railway line from Belgrade to Bar.