Montenegrin government

The British band Jamiroquai will be performing as the lead star at the start of the Exit music festival, which started in Budva on Tuesday.

For the first time, the festival is being held this year at two locations, at the Novi Sad fortress, as usual, and at a new venue, the Jaz Beach in Montenegro.

BELGRADE - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic talked on Wednesday with Igor Luksic, Montenegro's deputy prime minister and foreign minister, about improvement in bilateral cooperation, especially on infrastructure projects.

Montenegrin Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic will visit Ukraine next week to discuss diplomatic and economic cooperation between the two countries.

On the invitation of his counterpart, Ukraine’s Mikola Azar, Djukanovic will travel to Kiev on June 13 to hold talks with Ukraine’s new leaders.

Two Interior Ministry trucks headed for Belgrade on Monday loaded with blankets, raincoats and sleeping bags, while a group of 60 volunteer blood donors also went to offer aid to people in Serbia, as people in Montenegro sought to help their neighbours deal with the flood crisis.

Montenegro dispatches troops to help Serbian flood victims

PODGORICA -- The Armed Forces of the Republic of Montenegro sent their troops to provide assistance to the flood-hit areas in Serbia.

This was announced on Saturday by the Montenegrin Defense Ministry.

Regional countries offer assistance to Serbia

PODGORICA -- Montenegrin PM Milo Đukanović sent a telegram expressing condolences to his Serbian counterpart Aleksandar Vučić for the victims of floods in Serbia.

Andrei Nesterenko, the Russian ambassador to Podgorica, said Montenegro's sanctions will not harm Russia, adding that relations between the two countries had always been friendly.

In March, Montenegro backed EU sanctions against 33 Ukrainian and Russian officials, some of them close to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Montenegro "blacklists" Russian Deputy PM Rogozin

PODGORICA -- The Montenegrin government said it "supported" the decision of the Council of Europe to introduce sanctions against 12 more Russian and Ukrainian citizens.

The are banned from entering EU countries and their assets have been frozen.

Serbia's Exit music festival is expanding operations this summer with a subsequent three-day festival in Montenegro.

The Sea Dance festival, as a part of Exit will be held in July at the Montenegrin seaside, with the main stage set up on one of the most beautiful beaches of the Adriatic, Jaz Beach, near Budva.

Montenegro's Minister of Labour and Social Welfare, Predrag Boskovic, said on Thursday that at least 108 families, mostly from the Pec, Djakovica, Kline areas, wish to return to Kosovo in 2014 if the Montenegrin and Kosovo authorities can provide adequate conditions.