Savo Kentera

Montenegrin National Security Council session in Podgorica. Photo: Government of Montenegro

Since August 22, the government has reported two series of cyber-attacks on government servers, claiming they managed to prevent any damage.

Serbia is too important a factor in the Balkans to be conducting a neutral foreign policy, says President of the Atlantic Council of Montenegro Savo Kentera.

Other participants in Friday's Belgrade NATO Week panel dubbed, "NATO and the Western Balkans," were of a similar opinion, Tanjug is reporting.

Serbia is too important a factor in the Balkans to be conducting a neutral foreign policy, says President of the Atlantic Council of Montenegro Savo Kentera.

Other participants in Friday's Belgrade NATO Week panel dubbed, "NATO and the Western Balkans," were of a similar opinion, Tanjug is reporting.

The authorities in Podgorica say they are optimistic that the US Senate will soon give a green light to Montenegro's membership of NATO - an issue which some US media claim could represent the first test of the new Washington administration's relations with Russia.

The Podgorica government believes that a NATO membership invitation is inevitable at the two-day meeting that starts on Tuesday and has invited dozens of journalists from major Montenegrin media to Brussels to witness the occasion.