Montenegro–Ukraine relations

American Vice President Mike Pence praised Montenegro's NATO membership as a "historical achievement" during a meeting with Montenegrin Prime Minister Dusko Markovic in Podgorica on Wednesday.

"NATO is made up of big and small states, but the US does not have small allies," Pence said, adding that his visit illustrates the US' support for the Western Balkans.

Montenegrin President Filip Vujanovic on Sunday said Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina will be the first ex-Yugoslav republics to sign a border demarcation agreement.

After meeting the President of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Dragan Covic, in the town of Tivat, Vujanovic said the agreement would be signed  by the end of August in Vienna.

Serbia's slain Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic has been posthumously decorated with the Order of the Montenegrin Great Star by President Filip Vujanovic,

Speaking in a ceremony in Belgrade, Vujanovic said that Djindjic was a beacon of democracy who did much for the good relations between Serbia and Montenegro.

Italy supports Montenegro's bid to join NATO, Italian President Sergio Mattarella said at a meeting with his Montenegrin counterpart, Filip Vujanovic, on Tuesday.

Mattarella said he was confident that Montenegro would obtain an invitation to join the Western military alliance by the end of the year .

Montenegrin President Filip Vujanovic on Thursday signed the long-delayed appointment of a new ambassador to Bosnia - as relations between the two Balkan countries started returning to normal after a months-long border dispute.

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 - 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.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic thanked on Wednesday the government and people of Montenegro for their help during the catastrophic floods in Serbia last week.

Montenegro sent help on time and without hesitation, which reduced the scale of the disaster, Nikolic told a joint news conference after a meeting with Montenegrin President Filip Vujanovic in Belgrade.

PODGORICA - Montenegro's President Filip Vujanovic has said Montenegro and Serbia will improve their cooperation further, especially in economy and EU integration.