Milo Djukanovic

Montenegrin Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic has announced that he is "leaving all state roles," the Beta agency is reporting.

Djukanovic also said that if his DPS party gets a mandate to form a government, he will be replaced at the cabinet's helm by Dusko Markovic, currently the party's deputy president.

The Serbian Prime Minister's claim that foreign intelligence services have increased their activities in Serbia has left analysts divided, with some calling the claim a PR stunt.

Montenegrin Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic said on Tuesday that he felt secure and insisted there was no need to "spread panic among the people" despite the Belgrade authorities' arrest of alleged Serbian plotters against him.

Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic says "some individuals" have been detained in Belgrade in connection with the events in Montenegro.

Former Serbian Gendarmerie commander Bratislav Dikic has said that - during his arrest on October 16 for planning a coup in Montenegro - a Montenegrin policeman "planted evidence" on him, namely a phone and keys to a warehouse containing weapons.

Dikic is under arrest in Montenegro for allegedly plotting a coup on election day in Montenegro.

Montenegro's ruling DPS party has accused the country's interior minister, Goran Danilovic, of "siding with terrorists."

Danilovic is an opposition politician who is a member of the transitional government, headed by DPS leader Milo Djukanovic.

Montenegro's four opposition groups have urged ethnic minority representatives to join their ranks to form a new interim government, which would be tasked with organizing snap elections.

They also demanded an international probe into the allegations of a terrorist attack reportedly planned on polling day on Sunday.

The Montenegrin Prosecutor's Office confirmed on Monday that hundreds of criminal complaints had been filed alleging electoral fraud and vote-buying in Sunday's general election, although international observers said thr polls were held in a competitive environment and that fundamental freedoms were generally respected.

PODGORICA — Montenegro's opposition claimed on Monday that an inconclusive parliamentary election was packed with irregularities, including the authorities' blocking of popular messaging services on election day, VOA reports.

BELGRADE - Montenegro will join NATO within several months, head of the ruling Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic said after parliamentary elections held on Sunday.

He also vowed to accelerate negotiations on the country's joining the European Union.