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Serbia gets four new ambassadors

BELGRADE - The Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced that Serbia has four new ambassadors.

In a statement, it said that, following the publication of a decree signed by President Aleksandar Vucic, Aleksandra Djurovic, Aca Jovanovic, Mirjana Kotlajic and Danijel Apostolovic had been appointed Serbian ambassadors to Hungary, Turkey, Chile and the EU, respectively.

Electoral commission approves Jovanovic-led electoral list, Russian Party list

BELGRADE - Serbia's national electoral commission on Tuesday approved the Cedomir Jovanovic - It Must Be Done Differently and the Russian Party - Slobodan Nikolic electoral lists for the December 17 parliamentary polls.

Representatives of the two lists submitted additional signatures to meet the requirement of them being supported by a minimum of 10,000 legally valid signatures.

Bomber’s Attack on Montenegrin Court Prompts Calls for Tighter Security

Police tape near the Basic Court building in Podgorica, Montenegro. Photo: BIRN/Jelena Jovanovic.

Police reported that the man with the initials M.B. activated a hand-grenade at the entrance of the Basic Court building.

Police are still investigating why he activated the hand-grenade. Media reported that he had been arrested for attacking police officers and drug trafficking.

Montenegro May Seek Expert Help on Editor’s Unsolved Murder

Montenegrin Prime Minister Dritan Abazovic at the commemoration in front of the daily 'Dan' building in Podgorica. Photo: Government of Montenegro.

The editor-in-chief and owner of the daily newspaper Dan, well known for his opposition to the then government, was shot dead on leaving his office in Podgorica on May 27, 2004. He had received numerous death threats.

Serbian Ambassador to Ukraine: The struggle of Serbian truckers to survive

"The curfew has just ended, a little snow has fallen, several vehicles have been seen on the street since this morning," he said.
The biggest problem at the moment is truck drivers who are at the border crossings with Romania and Hungary. Ukrainians do not allow goods of Russian or Belarusian origin to leave Ukraine.

Call to Lynch: The War of Words Threatening Montenegro’s Delicate Balance

Jovanovic was sentenced in late April in the first instance to a year in prison for inciting ethnic hatred; Nilevic has been charged with the same.

On opposing sides of an ideological divide, Jovanovic and Nilevic are part of an alarming war of words playing out on social media in Montenegro, a war that took off in 2019 but has intensified since an earthquake election last year.

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