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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06PODGORICA12 |
MONTENEGRO - COLLECTION OF TERRORIST DATA OVERSEAS [...] (SBU) Montenegro has a central immigration database kept in the Ministry of Interior headquarters which is used for tracking entries and exits. The database includes the registry of Montenegrin citizens, arrest warrants, etc. Montenegro has still not established a network to connect all border [...] |
2006-11-30 11:47:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KVPR PTER PREL PGOV PINR CVIS |
| 06PODGORICA14 |
TERRORIST LISTS - NONE IN MONTENEGRO [...] (SBU) No national terrorist lists, as described reftel, exist in Montenegro. The absence of such lists was confirmed by senior GoM police officials to post on December 1. FERRILL [...] |
2006-12-01 10:53:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN EFIN ETTC KVPR PREL PTER MW |
| 06PODGORICA15 |
MONTENEGRO - 2006 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] Montenegro became independent on June 3 this year, after a public referendum on May 21. The Government of Montenegro, before and after independence from the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro, has taken a serious and considered approach to combating international terrorism, including terroris [...] |
2006-12-19 08:01:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KPAO AEMR MW |
| 07PODGORICA1 |
MONTENEGRO: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS: NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2006 [...] ON DEC. 27, THE MONTENEGRIN PARLIAMENT ADOPTED THE BUDGET FOR 2007 IN THE AMOUNT OF EUROS 617 MILLION, UNDER WHICH CURRENT AND CAPITAL EXPENSES HAVE BEEN SEPARATED FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER. (THE SEPARATION, COMMON PRACTICE IN EUROPE AND ELSEWHERE, WAS FACILITATED BY USG EXPERT ASSISTANCE.) TOTAL [...] |
2007-01-03 14:47:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN KPAO ETRD EINV EAID PGOV MW |
| 07PODGORICA100 |
MONTENEGRO SENDS DRAFT CONSTITUTION TO PUBLIC [...] No summary [...] |
2007-04-11 09:31:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MW |
| 07PODGORICA102 |
OSCE: PROJECT PROPOSALS FOR MONTENEGRO [...] (U) Summary: The two projects proposed by OSCE/Montenegro for extra-budgetary funding in FY2007 are duplicative of projects funded by the USG, and by the Government of Austria. Post does not recommend USG funding of either proposal as submitted. End summary. Strengthening the Capacity of [...] |
2007-04-12 11:15:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED | ABUD AFIN EAID KCRM PGOV MW |
| 07PODGORICA106 |
MONTENEGRO'S STOCK MARKET: BULL OR BALLOON? [...] Summary: Montenegro's stock exchanges exhibited strong growth in the first quarter of 2007, with indices up 79 percent (Montenegroberza) and 90 percent (NEX Montenegro). Roughly half the increase came in March. Similar growth was seen in 2005, at that time driven by demand for shares in large, [...] |
2007-04-12 14:47:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV MW |
| 07PODGORICA117 |
COMMERCIAL ADVOCACY FOR U.S. FIRM - DATACARD - CONTRACT [...] (U) Summary: U.S.-based DataCard has been awarded the Euros 8 million contract for the production of Montenegro's passports, drivers' licenses, and identification cards. On April 13, Montenegro's Public Procurement Commission rejected as "unfounded" a complaint lodged by the French firm "Axalto [...] |
2007-04-18 14:23:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON MW |
| 07PODGORICA122 |
MONTENEGRO MOVING FORWARD ON DEFENSE AGREEMENTS [...] (U) Summary: The Government of Montenegro is moving forward promptly on a number of defense agreements, both bilaterally with the USG, and with NATO. The GoM on April 19 adopted a decision to sign a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) with the U.S., and also agreed to enter into an "Article 98" [...] |
2007-04-19 14:21:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR PARM MW |
| 07PODGORICA123 |
MONTENEGRO APPROVES SOFA TRANSLATION, REQUESTS MAY 1 [...] Post has received the final approved Montenegrin translation of the SOFA agreement, which accepts all the changes proposed by State Language Services. The text arrived under cover of a diplomatic note, which requests that the SOFA be signed during the upcoming visit of President Vujanovic to W [...] |
2007-04-20 10:33:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR MW |
| 07PODGORICA13 |
KOSOVO: MONTENEGRO ADVOCATES CG UNITY ON EARLY DECISION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: THE GOM BELIEVES THAT DELAYING A DECISION ON THE STATUS OF KOSOVO IS ULTIMATELY DETRIMENTAL TO SERBIA AND THE SERBS. FM ROCEN STRESSED THAT CONTACT GROUP UNITY ON THE STATUS OF KOSOVO IS CRUCIAL. DRAWING ON HIS EXPERIENCE AS SAM AMBASSADOR TO MOSCOW, ROCEN SAID HE BELIEVED THAT R [...] |
2007-01-19 16:51:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MW SR |
| 07PODGORICA130 |
RUSSIAN FM LAVROV DISCUSSES KOSOVO, NATO WITH MONTENEGRO [...] No summary [...] |
2007-04-25 08:50:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF MW RS SR |
| 07PODGORICA139 |
OSCE: ADDITIONAL PROJECT PROPOSAL FOR MONTENEGRO [...] No summary [...] |
2007-04-30 08:04:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED | ABUD AFIN EAID KCRM PGOV MW |
| 07PODGORICA140 |
"PRO-WESTERN" SERBIAN NATIONALIST IN MONTENEGRO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ANDRIJA MANDIC, LEADER OF THE SERBIAN PEOPLE'S PARTY (SNS) IN MONTENEGRO, TOLD POLOFF APRIL 27 THAT THE DRAFT CONSTITUTION DID NOT GO FAR ENOUGH IN PROTECTING THE RIGHTS OF THE SERBIAN PEOPLE. WHILE SINGLING OUT THE IMPORTANCE OF RUSSIA TO MONTENEGRO, MANDIC SAID HE WAS TRYING TO [...] |
2007-04-30 17:01:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR MW |
| 07PODGORICA146 |
PRESIDENT VUJANOVIC'S U.S. VISIT SHADOWED BY CONTROVERSY [...] (U) SUMMARY: PRESIDENT VUJANOVIC'S MAY 1-4 VISIT TO THE UNITED STATES, HIS FIRST SINCE MONTENEGRIN INDEPENDENCE LAST JUNE, GOT WIDE MEDIA COVERAGE AND GENERALLY POSITIVE REACTIONS. VUJANOVICS MEETINGS WITH VP CHENEY AND SECRETARY WERE COVERED FACTUALLY. HOWEVER, THE SIGNATURE OF THE STATUS OF F [...] |
2007-05-04 15:31:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR PGOV MW |
| 07PODGORICA154 |
MONTENEGRIN OPPOSITION OPINES AGAINST SOFA, ARTICLE 98 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: OPPOSITION POLITICIANS IN MONTENEGRO CONTINUE TO MAKE HAY OF THE RECENT USG-GOM SOFA AND ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENTS (REF). POST HAS ENERGETICALLY COUNTERED, PUBLICLY AND PRIVATELY, THE NUMEROUS MISUNDERSTANDING AND MISSTATEMENTS ABOUT THE AGREEMENTS. CONSEQUENTLY, ATTACKS ON THE SOF [...] |
2007-05-09 13:55:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR PGOV MW |
| 07PODGORICA159 |
SCENESETTER FOR ADM ULRICH VISIT TO MONTENEGRO [...] (SBU) Welcome back to Montenegro. Your visit comes as the Montenegrins debate their new draft constitution, and as the opposition continues its misinformed attacks on the GoM-USG SOFA, and our Article 98 agreement. The Montenegrin leadership continues its pro-West, pro-American stance, while l [...] |
2007-05-14 12:52:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MARR MW |
| 07PODGORICA167 |
TRANSPARENCY OF MONTENEGRIN MILITARY SPENDING [...] (U) This cables responds to requests for information in Ref. Montenegro only established its Ministry of Defense in November 2006, following independence in June 2006. A number of key laws in the defense area remain in draft, such as the Law on Defense, the Law on the Armed Forces, and the Law [...] |
2007-05-16 16:13:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN MARR MW |
| 07PODGORICA172 |
RUSSIA WANTS TO COOPERATE WITH MONTENEGRIN MILITARY [...] (U) Russian Ambassador Jakov Gerasimov paid a courtesy call on Defense Minister Vucinic on May 18. According to press reports, the Ambassador proposed an agreement on technical cooperation and military education and indicated plans to assign a defense attache to the Russian Embassy in Podgori [...] |
2007-05-25 09:26:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR MW RS |
| 07PODGORICA178 |
MONTENEGRO FAILS TO RENEW FORMAL IMF AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) The GoM on May 27 missed its deadline to agree to a new Standby Arrangement agreement with the IMF. As Montenegro is not currently borrowing from the IMF, the failure is not a default, but may be seen by donors, investors and others as a "black mark" on its economic reform program. The fa [...] |
2007-05-31 12:39:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV ECON MW |
| 07PODGORICA182 |
MONTENEGRO MARKS ONE YEAR OF INDEPENDENCE (C-RE7-00522) [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ON MAY 21 MONTENEGRO MARKED THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF INDEPENDENCE. MANY HAVE DESCRIBED MONTENEGRO AS A SOUTH EUROPEAN SUCCESS STORY, REFERRING TO THE PEACEFUL RESOLUTION OF THE INDEPENDENCE QUESTION AND THE VISIBLE PROGRESS THE COUNTRY HAS ACHIEVED ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND EU [...] |
2007-06-04 11:55:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON MARR MW |
| 07PODGORICA190 |
REDUCING THE SIZE OF MONTENEGRO'S SECURITY FORCES [...] (SBU) Reducing the size of Montenegro's security establishment (police and soldiers) is needed to achieve more professional, more deployable forces, and is a goal set out in Podgorica's FY 2009 Mission Strategic Plan (MSP). The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has developed a pr [...] |
2007-06-07 07:30:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID MASS MCAP ELAB MW |
| 07PODGORICA195 |
RIFT IN MONTENEGRO'S RULING COALITION (C-RE7-00522) [...] (SBU) A "principled" disagreement over privatization of the large thermo-electric plant in Pljevlja (TE Pljevlja) has led to a rift in Montenegro's ruling coalition. The larger Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) is seeking to finalize the sale of TE Pljevlja to En+ Group, owned by Russian t [...] |
2007-06-08 14:14:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ENRG MW |
| 07PODGORICA2 |
SOLE SUSPECT ACQUITTED IN 2004 MURDER OF OPPOSTION EDITOR [...] (U) Damir Mandic, accused of taking part in the May 2004 murder (Ref A) of the editor-in-chief of the opposition Podgorica based daily "Dan", Dusko Jovanovic, was acquitted on December 27 by the Higher Court in Podgorica. Mandic was accused of, along with other unknown persons, killing Jovanovi [...] |
2007-01-03 15:26:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM CVIS SOCI MW |
| 07PODGORICA200 |
HEAD RUSSIAN SPY VISITS MONTENEGRO, SAYS LOCAL MEDIA [...] (U) Summary: Sergei Lebedev, Director of the Russian Intelligence Service (SVR) is "secretly" staying in Montenegro as the guest of Montenegrin National Security Agency (NSA), according to "reliable sources" cited by the Montenegrin daily "Vijesti" on June 9. There have been no official announc [...] |
2007-06-11 12:52:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PINR MW RS |
| 07PODGORICA204 |
VISIT OF ADM ULRICH TO MONTENEGRO, MAY 21-22 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. COMMANDER OF JOINT FORCES COMMAND NAPLES (COMJFC) AND U.S. NAVAL FORCES EUROPE (COMNAVEUR) ADMIRAL HENRY G. ULRICH VISITED MONTENEGRO FROM 21-22 MAY 2007. ADM ULRICH'S VISIT COINCIDED WITH THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF MONTENEGRIN INDEPENDENCE AND THE U.S. NAVY SHIP VISIT BY THE S [...] |
2007-06-13 13:07:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR PGOV MASS MW |
| 07PODGORICA206 |
INTERNATIONALS COMMENT ON DRAFT MONTENEGRO'S CONSTITUTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: THE VENICE COMMISSION (VC), OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE (COE), AND THE OSCE OFFICE FOR DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS AND HUMAN RIGHTS (ODIHR), HAVE COMMENTED ON MONTENEGROS DRAFT CONSTITUTION. BOTH CITE SHORTCOMINGS IN THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS, INSUFFICIENT GUARANTEES FOR THE INDEPE [...] |
2007-06-13 14:46:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KJUS MW |
| 07PODGORICA21 |
MONTENEGRO'S MINISTER OF DEFENSE WANTS TO MOVE FORWARD ON [...] (U) SUMMARY: THE DRAFT STATUS OF FORCES AGREEMENT (SOFA) (REF) WAS PRESENTED BY CHARGE BARNES TO MINISTER OF DEFENSE BORO VUCINIC ON JANUARY 30; THE DRAFT SOFA WAS FORMALLY DELIVERED TO THE GOM BY A DIPLOMATIC NOTE ON JANUARY 26. MINDEF VUCINIC STATED THAT HE HOPED TO OPEN DISCUSSIONS ON THE A [...] |
2007-01-31 16:52:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR PREL MW AF |
| 07PODGORICA213 |
2007 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES - MONTENEGRO [...] a) Claimants A (involves three claimants; all three are American citizens) b) 1981 c) Claimants' property, a house under construction and a stable, is located in Ulcinj. Two of the claimants inherited property from the father. In 1981, a part of the property was expropria [...] |
2007-06-15 12:55:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV KIDE MW |
| 07PODGORICA214 |
FOREIGN PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE IN MONTENEGRO (C-RE7-00522) [...] (U) Summary: Foreigners, mainly Serbs, own 1.39% of all land, and 8.5% of all condominiums, in Montenegro. Among foreigners, Russians are second in condo ownership, but fourth in land ownership. Current law in Montenegro allows foreigners to buy realty with few restrictions. End summary. [...] |
2007-06-15 13:11:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV MW |
| 07PODGORICA215 |
MONTENEGRO ARRESTS PIFWC VLASTIMIR DJORDJEVIC [...] (U) SUMMARY: Montenegrin police arrested Hague indictee Vlastimir Djordjevic on June 17 in Budva. The arrest was executed in cooperation with Serbian police and the ICTY. Djordjevic was flown directly to The Hague on the afternoon of June 17. Local media reported he was working in construction [...] |
2007-06-19 07:37:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KAWC KCRM MW SR |
| 07PODGORICA220 |
MONTENEGRO'S ELECTRICITY SECTOR [...] SUMMARY: MONTENEGRO PRESENTLY IMPORTS 40% OF ITS ANNUAL ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION - IMPORTING 1866 GWH COMPARED TO DOMESTIC PRODUCTION OF 2818 GWH. THE KOMBINAT ALUMINA PODGORICA (KAP) ALONE CONSUMES NEARLY 2000 GWH A YEAR. THE GOM PLAN TO BEGIN PRIVATIZING THE ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY OF MONTENE [...] |
2007-06-26 06:48:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG PGOV EINV MW |
| 07PODGORICA222 |
FOREIGN MINISTER REVIEWS RANGE OF ISSUES WITH CHARGE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A MEETING WITH THE FOREIGN MINISTER ON MONDAY JUNE 25 COVERED A VARIETY OF TOPICS INCLUDING THE CANCELLATION OF THE TENDER FOR THE THERMAL POWER PLANT, THE CONSTITUTION PROCESS, THE TRIAL OF AMERICAN CITIZENS CHARGED WITH SUPPORTING TERRORIST ACTIVITY, DEFENSE RELATIONS, VISA SER [...] |
2007-06-26 14:00:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR PGOV MW |
| 07PODGORICA223 |
MONTENEGRO DIVIDED ON NATO [...] THIS IS AN ACTION CABLE. PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH SIX. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: RECENT PUBLIC OPINION POLLS SHOW MONTENEGRO STILL DIVIDED ON THE PROSPECT OF NATO MEMBERSHIP. WITH ONE POLL ACTUALLY SHOWING OPPONENTS OUTNUMBERING SUPPORTERS, THE GOM IS LOOKING TO REORGANIZE ITS APPROACH ON THE ISSUE [...] |
2007-06-26 15:00:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR MW |
| 07PODGORICA226 |
FORMER PM DJUKANOVIC AGAIN IMPLICATED IN 1990S CIGARETTE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: FORMER PM MILO DJUKANOVIC AGAIN FACES THE PROSPECT OF INDICTMENT IN BARI, ITALY, ON CHARGES OF CIGARETTE SMUGGLING AND MONEY LAUNDERING, ACCORDING TO ACCOUNTS FROM THE ITALIAN NEWS AGENCY ANSA. THE SMUGGLING, ALLEGEDLY UNDER COLOR OF GOM PERMISSION, BEGAN IN THE 1990S WHEN THE FE [...] |
2007-06-29 15:31:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM PINR MW |
| 07PODGORICA227 |
SERBS IN MONTENEGRO PROTEST U.S. POLICY ON KOSOVO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: SMALL BUT STRIDENT, TWO LOCALLY-BASED ETHNIC SERB ORGANIZATIONS, THE ASSOCIATION OF DISPLACED PERSONS IN MONTENEGRO AND THE SERBIAN NATIONAL COUNCIL OF MONTENEGRO, HAVE STRONGLY OPPOSED THE USG POLICY SUPPORTING INDEPENDENCE FOR KOSOVO. IN LETTERS TO THE EMBASSY, AND A JUNE 21 D [...] |
2007-07-02 10:54:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MW SR |
| 07PODGORICA229 |
ORGANIZED CRIME IN MONTENEGRO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A SMALL NUMBER OF ORGANIZED CRIME GROUPS IN MONTENEGRO USE LINKS WITH GROUPS IN NEIGHBORING STATES AND ELSEWHERE TO EXPLOIT MONTENEGRO FOR THE TRANSIT OF SMUGGLED DRUGS, PEOPLE AND ARMS. THE GOM, LARGELY IN RESPONSE TO INTERNATIONAL PRESSURE, IS CONFRONTING THE CRIMINAL GROUPS M [...] |
2007-07-03 10:36:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM MW |
| 07PODGORICA231 |
SCENESETTER FOR A/S FRIED VISIT TO MONTENEGRO [...] (SBU) Welcome to Montenegro. Your visit comes as the Montenegrins continue to debate their new draft constitution. The Montenegrin leadership continues its pro-West, pro-American stance, while looking to maintain good relations with Moscow and Belgrade, particularly on Kosovo. The result is a [...] |
2007-07-03 11:55:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AMGT ECON EINV MW |
| 07PODGORICA24 |
RUSSIANS ARE COMING TO MONTENEGRO - BUT SO ARE OTHERS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: THE RUSSIAN PRESENCE ON MONTENEGRO IS VISIBLE, YET OFTEN OVERSTATED BY MONTENEGRINS AND OUTSIDERS ALIKE. SINCE 1999, REPORTED RUSSIAN FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT (FDI) HAS AMOUNTED TO EUROS 135 MILLION, OUT OF A TOTAL OF NEARLY EUROS 1 BILLION. THROUGH THE END OF 2006, THE ONLY L [...] |
2007-02-05 13:36:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON EINV MW RS |
| 07PODGORICA240 |
A/S FRIED DISCUSSES KOSOVO WITH GOM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: MONTENEGRIN PRESIDENT VUJANOVIC AND FOREIGN MINISTER ROCEN, MEETING SEPARATELY WITH VISITING EUR A/S DANIEL FRIED JULY 9, REITERATED THE GOM POSITION ON KOSOVO: MONTENEGRO SEEKS A BROADLY SUPPORTED INTERNATIONAL SOLUTION IN THE UNSC FOR KOSOVO, AND WILL NOT RECOGNIZ [...] |
2007-07-10 13:23:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MW SR |
| 07PODGORICA243 |
A/S FRIED MEETS WITH MONTENEGRIN OFFICIALS, OPPOSITION [...] (U) SUMMARY: DURING HIS JULY 8 VISIT TO MONTENEGRO, ASSISTANT SECRETARY DANIEL FRIED MET SEPARATELY WITH FOREIGN MINISTER MILAN ROCEN, PRESIDENT FILIP VUJANOVIC, PRIME MINISTER ZELJKO STURANOVIC, AND SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT RANKO KRIVOKAPIC. HE ALSO HAD AN INFORMAL DISCUSSION OVER DINNER WITH ME [...] |
2007-07-10 14:59:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON CVIS CASC PTER MW |
| 07PODGORICA244 |
ENERGY COMMUNITY MINISTERIAL COUNCIL MEETING HELD IN [...] (U) Introduction and summary: The "Energy Community" is a process that aims to extend the EU internal energy market to the Southeastern European region. The Treaty establishing the Energy Community was signed on October 25, 2005 in Athens, and entered into force on July 1, 2006. The Treaty exte [...] |
2007-07-12 11:29:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG PREL MW |
| 07PODGORICA246 |
ABUSE ALLEGATIONS INTENSIFY AS EAGLE'S FLIGHT CASE [...] (U) Summary: On September 9, 2006 the Montenegrin police arrested 12 individuals, including three American citizens, on suspicion of planning to use violence to disrupt the Parliamentary elections scheduled for September 10. An additional six were named in the indictment, three of whom are no [...] |
2007-07-12 13:02:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC PREL MW |
| 07PODGORICA247 |
MONTENEGRO'S NEW CONSTITUTION - REFERENDUM INCREASINGLY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: MONTENEGRO'S POLITICAL PARTIES REMAIN UNABLE TO CLOSE RANKS ON THE DRAFT CONSTITUTION. INCREASINGLY, IT APPEARS THAT 2/3 OF THE MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT REQUIRED WILL NOT VOTE FOR THE SAME TEXT. THEY ARE SPLIT OVER "HERITAGE" ISSUES INCLUDING THE CONSTITUENT PEOPLES (IN THE PREAMBL [...] |
2007-07-17 10:18:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MW |
| 07PODGORICA250 |
FURTHER DELAYS IN HIGH-PROFILE MURDER CASE [...] (U) SUMMARY: THE TRIAL OF THE ACCUSED IN THE 2005 MURDER OF POLICE CHIEF INSPECTOR SLAVOLJUB SCEKIC HAS BEEN DELAYED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. THE SPECIAL PROSECUTOR FOR ORGANIZED CRIME STOJANKA RADOVIC HAS STATED THAT SHE DISTRUSTS THE IMPARTIALITY OF A MEMBER OF THE JUDICIAL PANEL. SHE CLAIMS THA [...] |
2007-07-20 16:07:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM CASC MW |
| 07PODGORICA27 |
MONTENEGRO, EU EXPRESS MUTUAL DISAPPOINTMENTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GoM and the EU's two resident Ambassadors in Montenegro have expressed to Charge mutual disappointments on the pace to an Stability and Accession Agreement (SAA). The GoM faults what they see as a long delay between reaching technical agreement on the SAA, and bringing it in [...] |
2007-02-08 09:59:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON MW |
| 07PODGORICA28 |
PRESS SAY MOORE "MOST SERIOUS CANDIDATE" FOR U.S. AMBASSADOR [...] (U) The Podgorica daily "Vijesti" on February 7 cites "diplomatic" (nfi) sources which speculate that Roderick Moore (currently DCM in Embassy Belgrade) is the leading candidate to become the first American ambassador to Montenegro. The front page story, later picked up by radio, says the U.S [...] |
2007-02-08 11:57:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | APER PREL MW |
| 07PODGORICA29 |
AHTISAARI PLAN CAUSES MILD REACTIONS IN MONTENEGRO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: THE GOM IS URGING PRISTINA AND BELGRADE TO FIND A SOLUTION, BUT IS REMAINING OTHERWISE VAGUE ON THE AHTISAARI PACKAGE IN ORDER TO AVOID ALIENATING EITHER OF ITS NEIGHBORS. OPPOSITION REACTION TO THE PLAN HAS BEEN MOSTLY PRO-SERBIAN; ALBANIAN PARTIES ARE RESPONDING TO IT WITH [...] |
2007-02-08 16:27:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF MW SR |
| 07PODGORICA30 |
MONTENEGRO FM ROCEN DISCUSSES TALLINN VISIT, KOSOVO, AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: FM ROCEN WAS QUITE PLEASED WITH HIS PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATION WITH DAS DICARLO IN TALLINN. HE REITERATED THAT, WHILE THEY SUPPORT PROGRESS, THE GOM WILL LAY LOW ON THE AHTISAARI PLAN. THE GOM IS EAGER TO SIGN A SOFA, BUT THE CEREMONY SHOULD BE SIMILAR TO PAST ARRANGEMENTS MADE FO [...] |
2007-02-09 16:38:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SR MW |
| 07PODGORICA32 |
MONTENEGRO DEBATES NEW CONSTITUTION [...] SUMMARY: THE GOVERNMENT AND PARLIAMENT OF MONTENEGRO ARE SEIZED WITH THE NECESSITY OF DRAFTING AND ADOPTING A NEW CONSTITUTION, FOLLOWING MONTENEGRO'S RE-EMERGENCE AS AN INDEPENDENT STATE LAST JUNE. THE GOVERNMENT AND OPPOSITION ALIKE ARE AIMING AT A "CONSENSUS" TEXT WHICH COULD GAIN AT LEAST 2 [...] |
2007-02-12 13:56:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MW |
| 07PODGORICA33 |
MONTENEGRO: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS: JANUARY 2007 [...] THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE ANNOUNCED THAT CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES WERE EUROS 582.3 MILLION, YIELDING A SURPLUS OF EUROS 34.6 MILLION. A SURPLUS OF ONE MILLION EUROS WAS PLANNED. RECEIPTS WERE 15 PERCENT HIGHER THAN PROJECTED, DRIVEN BY VAT RECEIPTS WHICH WERE 36 PERCENT HIGHER THAN IN 2005 [...] |
2007-02-13 14:50:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV KPAO PGOV MW EIND ETRD |
| 07PODGORICA36 |
MONTENEGRO AND WAR CRIMES [...] (U) SUMMARY: MONTENEGRO HAS BEEN COMMENDED BY ICTY CHIEF PROSECUTOR DEL PONTE FOR ITS COOPERATION WITH THE HAGUE. YET AS ONGOING COURT CASES DEMONSTRATE MONTENEGRO'S PAST IS NOT SPOTLESS. FOUR DISTINCT ACTIONS ARE THE SUBJECT OF ONGOING OR POTENTIAL LAW CASES END SUMMARY 1991 - YUGOSLAV [...] |
2007-02-14 08:34:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF KAWC PGOV MW |
| 07PODGORICA39 |
MONTENEGRO PROGRESSES ON PROTECTION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY [...] (U) SUMMARY: Montenegro made steady progress on protecting intellectual property rights (IPR) in 2006. The government official who has been in charge of IPR has been promoted to deputy prime minister, from which position she can more effectively require cooperation on protecting IPR. In 2007, [...] |
2007-02-20 14:34:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KIPR MW |
| 07PODGORICA46 |
MONTENEGRO WELCOMES ICJ RULING [...] (U) MONTENEGRO'S PRESIDENT AND OPPOSITION ALIKE WELCOMED THE FEBRUARY 26 RULING BY THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE (ICJ) THAT ABSOLVED MONTENEGRO FROM LIABILITY IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA'S 1993 GENOCIDE SUIT AGAINST THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA. PRESIDENT VUJANOVIC SAID THE ICJ'S DECISION CONFIRMED [...] |
2007-02-27 16:04:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KAWC KPAO MW SR |
| 07PODGORICA50 |
MONTENEGRO: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-03-02 09:54:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB MW |
| 07PODGORICA58 |
MEETING WITH MONTENEGRIN PRESIDENT VUJANOVIC [...] No summary [...] |
2007-03-07 11:15:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR MW |
| 07PODGORICA61 |
THE STATE OF MONTENEGRO'S JUDICIARY [...] (U) MONTENEGRO'S JUDICIARY IS WIDELY SEEN AS THE WEAK LEG OF GOOD GOVERNANCE. PUBLIC OPINION POLLS ROUTINELY SHOW A LACK OF CONFIDENCE IN THE COURTS. MORE DAMNING, THE CHIEF PROSECUTOR, HUMAN RIGHTS OMBUDSMAN, THE PRESIDENT OF THE BAR ASSOCIATION AND EVEN THE PRESIDENT OF THE SUPREME COURT AGR [...] |
2007-03-09 09:44:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KJUS CASC MW |
| 07PODGORICA64 |
MONTENEGRO STARTS ON LONG PATH TO NATO [...] (U) Summary and Introduction: Montenegro started down its long road to possible NATO membership last December 14, when it joined NATO's Partnership for Peace (PfP), after the invitation from the Riga Summit. The campaign to gain popular support for NATO membership will likely prove difficult. [...] |
2007-03-09 15:22:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR MW |
| 07PODGORICA65 |
STATE DEPARTMENT REPORTS PROMPT DISCUSSION [...] (U) Summary: The March 2 publication of the Department's International Narcotics Strategy Control Report (INSCR), and the March 5 publication of the Department's Human Rights Report not only attracted widesprad media attention in Montenegro, but also prompted calls for discussion and action. Th [...] |
2007-03-09 16:22:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV SNAR OPRC MW |
| 07PODGORICA72 |
COMMERCIAL ADVOCACY FOR U.S. FIRM - DATACARD - UPDATE [...] (U) On March 7, the Montenegrin Ministry of Internal Affairs again awarded the contract for the production of passports and identification documents to DataCard Group (USA). The award came after a contentious second round of negotiations. The first award to DataCard in November had been cancel [...] |
2007-03-15 16:05:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON PGOV MW |
| 07PODGORICA75 |
NATO SYG SAYS MONTENEGRO ON THE RIGHT TRACK [...] (SBU) NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer visited Montenegro for several hours on March 16. Following meetings with top GoM interlocutors, Scheffer briefed NATO Ambassadors. He made the following points: -- The Montenegrins uniformly expressed eagerness to move quickly to sign [...] |
2007-03-16 14:24:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR PGOV MW |
| 07PODGORICA91 |
PRIME MINISTER, DEPUTY, DESCRIBE GOM GOALS: EURO-ATLANTIC [...] (U) PRIME MINISTER ZELKJO STURANOVIC AND DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER GORDANA DJUROVIC DESCRIBED THE CURRENT GOVERNMENTS GOALS AS EURO-ATLANTIC INTEGRATION AND IMPROVED LIVING STANDARDS. THE MINISTERS MET WITH VISITING EUR/SCE DIRECTOR CHRISTOPHER HOH AND CHARGE ON MARCH 28. THE PM SAID THAT MONTENE [...] |
2007-03-29 12:38:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR EINV CVIS ECON PINR MW |
| 07PODGORICA93 |
EUR/SCE DIRECTOR HOH'S VISIT EXTENSIVELY COVERED IN LOCAL [...] (U) Summary: The Montenegrin print and electronic media extensively covered EUR/SCE Director Christopher Hoh's March 25-29 visit to Montenegro and his meetings with Montenegrin officials, as well with NGOs, religious leaders, and human rights figures. Hoh stressed the need for continued reform, [...] |
2007-03-30 11:49:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI PREL OPRC MW |
| 07PODGORICA94 |
MONTENEGRO'S NORTHERNMOST CITY - PLJEVLJA: COAL, ELECTRICITY [...] SUMMARY: PLJEVLJA IS THE THIRD LARGEST ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION (MUNICIPALITY) IN MONTENEGRO. IT IS HOME TO MANY OF THE COUNTRY'S NATURAL RESOURCES AND PRODUCER OF ALMOST HALF OF THE NATIONS ELECTRICITY. YET A VISIT TO THIS DOWN AT THE HEELS NORTHERN CITY OFFERS A SHARP CONTRAST TO DEVELOPME [...] |
2007-04-04 09:10:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EMIN ENRG ETRD SOCI PGOV PINR MW |
| 08PODGORICA104 |
MONTENEGRO'S FINAL PRE-BUCHAREST BLITZ ON NATO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Affirming that Montenegro is ready and capable of entering a "new phase of relations with the Alliance," PM Djukanovic called on NATO Ambassadors 3/31 to support his country's inclusion in Intensified Political Dialogue (IPD) at the upcoming Bucharest Summit. Granting IPD to Mon [...] |
2008-03-31 16:03:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MARR SR MW |
| 08PODGORICA105 |
MONTENEGRIN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: THE CONDUCT OF THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Montenegro will hold presidential elections April 6. Despite initial lack of clarity on electoral legislation, observers believe the voter registry is solid and that political party oversight, procedural safeguards, and domestic and international observers will adequately ensur [...] |
2008-03-31 16:26:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MW |
| 08PODGORICA106 |
MONTENEGRIN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: MANDIC STRESSES UNITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Andrija Mandic of the Serbian People's Party (SNS) has inched into second place in the polls -- albeit far behind incumbent President Vujanovic (who is knocking on the door of a first-round victory) -- in the run-up to the April 6 presidential election. Defying his reputation a [...] |
2008-04-01 16:41:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MW |
| 08PODGORICA116 |
MONTENEGRIN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: VUJANOVIC HITCHES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Filip Vujanovic of the ruling Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) is the clear front-runner in the Montenegrin presidential election, set for April 6. Intent on a first-round victory, the low-key Vujanovic's biggest challenge is to mobilize DPS members and sympathizer [...] |
2008-04-04 13:09:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MW |
| 08PODGORICA119 |
MONTENEGRIN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: UNOFFICIAL RESULTS SHOW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Unofficial results have incumbent President Vujanovic of the ruling Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) winning more than 50 percent of the vote April 6 in Montenegro's first post-independence presidential election. Serbian People's Party (SNS) candidate Andrija Mandic came in [...] |
2008-04-07 11:15:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MW |
| 08PODGORICA120 |
PRISON CONDITIONS IN MONTENEGRO [...] SUMMARY: PolOff and PolAsst visited the Spuz Prison in Podgorica on March 24 and the Bijelo Polje Prison in northeastern Montenegro on March 31 to examine conditions in Montenegro's only two prisons. PolOff and PolAsst found that conditions are substandard in terms of overcrowding and somewh [...] |
2008-04-07 11:20:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PHUM SOCI MW |
| 08PODGORICA126 |
MONTENEGRO EAGER FOR U.S. BUSINESS [...] (U) Summary: PM Djukanovic and other senior GOM officials assured visiting Commerce DAS Dyck April 4 of their eagerness to attract U.S. trade and investment. They also described many billions of dollars worth of infrastructure and other investment opportunities coming available in the near fut [...] |
2008-04-11 09:02:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON ETRD MW |
| 08PODGORICA127 |
STRIKINGLY POSITIVE ELECTION DAY ATMOSHPERE IN SERB-MAJORITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Herceg Novi municipality has a significant Serb majority, an opposition mayor, and voted overwhelmingly against independence in the 2006 referendum. However, less than two years later, the atmosphere there on election day was positive and forward looking. The elections indicated [...] |
2008-04-11 14:29:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MW |
| 08PODGORICA128 |
CELEBRATING INTERNATIONAL ROMA DAY IN MONTENEGRO [...] SUMMARY: On April 8, International Roma Day, the Embassy organized a roundtable discussion on issues that face the Roma population in Montenegro, which was held in a refugee camp in Podgorica. Ambassador, local and refugee Roma, and representatives of the government and international organiza [...] |
2008-04-11 16:10:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI KWMN MW |
| 08PODGORICA130 |
ITALIAN PROSECUTORS QUESTION PM DJUKANOVIC ABOUT '90S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Montenegrin PM Milo Djukanovic voluntarily traveled to Bari, Italy on March 31 for questioning by Italian prosecutors. Djukanovic and another 14 Montenegrins have been under investigation by the Italian authorities since 1999 for "associating with the mafia to profit from cigaret [...] |
2008-04-14 15:55:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KCOR KCRM MW |
| 08PODGORICA132 |
MONTENEGRO WILL NOT RECOGNIZE KOSOVO BEFORE SERBIAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Montenegro will not recognize Kosovo before Serbia's May 11 elections in order to avoid strengthening the nationalist vote in Serbia. Both Kosovo PM Thaci and former PM Ceku have told FM Rocen (protect) and Montenegrin PM Djukanovic (protect), respectively, that they understa [...] |
2008-04-16 17:21:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MW KO SR |
| 08PODGORICA141 |
UNPRECEDENTED INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN MONTENEGRO [...] (U) Summary: Montenegro is entering the largest investment cycle in its history, a cycle that creates serious potential opportunities for U.S. and other Western investors. The GoM plans tenders totaling between 15 and 20 billion euros in infrastructure, tourism, energy, and the privatization o [...] |
2008-05-05 09:06:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD ECON PREL RU MW |
| 08PODGORICA146 |
MONTENEGRIN HIGHWAY PROJECTS TO BE PRESENTED IN LONDON [...] Continuing their investment opportunity world tour, GoM officials will present two major highway construction projects at a Montenegro Investment Forum in London on June 3. Participants in the Forum, organized by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the Montenegrin M [...] |
2008-05-15 15:18:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD PGOV MW |
| 08PODGORICA152 |
DEFENSE MINISTER REQUESTS USG SUPPORT FOR MONTENEGRO'S [...] (SBU) Under cover of a diplomatic note, the Montenegrin Ministry of Foreign Affairs forwarded an April 29 letter to the Ambassador from Minister of Defense Vucinic, in which the Minister requests USG support for Montenegro's membership in the Adriatic Charter (A-3). According to the letter (se [...] |
2008-05-23 10:03:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MW |
| 08PODGORICA154 |
DJUKANOVIC WINS LIBEL JUDGMENT AGAINST MONTENEGRO DAILY [...] SUMMARY: (U) On May 19, Podgorica's Basic Court found Zeljko Ivanovic, director of the daily paper Vijesti, and "Daily Press," Vijesti's publisher, guilty of defaming PM Milo Djukanovic and fined them 20,000 euros. Djukanovic had sued, asking for one million euros compensation for his "damag [...] |
2008-05-23 10:47:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPAO MW |
| 08PODGORICA158 |
EMBASSY PODGORICA'S BFIF PROJECTS -- PROJECT ONE OUTCOMES [...] Summary: The Minister of Economic Development, a team of experts from the Ministry, and the U.S. Embassy Podgorica Economic Officer traveled to the U.S. during the first week of May 2008 to present upcoming investment opportunities in Montenegro to U.S. businesses in four key cities -- Washingt [...] |
2008-06-02 14:44:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON MW |
| 08PODGORICA166 |
DISPLEASED BY TIP RANKING, GOM BITES BACK [...] No summary [...] |
2008-06-11 06:29:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG MW |
| 08PODGORICA180 |
MONTENEGRO DESTROYS 1500 MANPADS [...] Montenegro completed destruction of 1500 SAM-7 "Strela" 9M32M Man Portable Air Defense Systems (MANPADS) on June 12. These systems, which accounted for 86 percent of Montenegro's total previous inventory of 1750 Strelas, were destroyed in line with a 2007 bilateral agreement with the U.S. [...] |
2008-06-25 12:05:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER MASS PREL MW |
| 08PODGORICA193 |
SERBIA TELLS MONTENEGRO TO HOLD OFF ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Serbian FM Jeremic appealed strongly to the GOM leadership 7/9 to not recognize Kosovo prior to the September UNGA. Jeremic laid out a plan whereby Serbia would persuade Russia to lift its opposition in the UNSC to EULEX in exchange for European assent to Serbia's effort to h [...] |
2008-07-11 15:13:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MW KO |
| 08PODGORICA209 |
PRO-SERB OPPOSITION PARTIES PROMISE PROTESTS SHOULD GOM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Rumors that the GoM will recognize Kosovo in the near future have been building, even as virtually all observers agree that the move will be widely unpopular here. Montenegro's largest pro-Serb political force has promised mass protests, and although not all pro-Serb parties have [...] |
2008-08-11 17:32:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SR MW |
| 08PODGORICA210 |
SUMMER OF SQUABBLES FOR MONTENEGRO'S RULING COALITION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Relations between coalition partners the Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) and the Social Democratic Party (SDP) have hit a rough patch of late, fueling rumors that the DPS might consider early elections. While highly unlikely -- the partners' decade-long coalition has surviv [...] |
2008-08-14 12:16:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MW |
| 08PODGORICA211 |
DEPUTY PM RECEIVES GEORGIA DEMARCHE [...] The DCM, accompanied by PolCouns, delivered reftel demarche to Deputy Prime Minister Gordana Djurovic on August 14. DPM Djurovic received the points without comment, but promised to inform immediately Prime Minister Djukanovic, who had just returned from vacation. 2. PolCouns also deli [...] |
2008-08-14 15:52:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM MOPS MW |
| 08PODGORICA213 |
MEMORIES OF BUKOVICA WAR CRIMES STILL FRESH 15 YEARS LATER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 23, the Ambassador traveled to Montenegro's remote Bukovica region to meet with Muslims who survived a campaign of ethnic cleansing in 1992 and 1993. Bukovica is one of five war crimes cases that occurred on Montenegrin territory or that involved Montenegrin citizens. S [...] |
2008-08-15 09:47:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC MW BK |
| 08PODGORICA214 |
MESSAGE DELIVERED ON DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN [...] (U) Acting PolCouns delivered reftel message to Deputy Minister Milorad Scepanovic, Head of the Multilateral Section, at the Montenegrin Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 19 August. Scepanovic did not comment. RMOORE [...] |
2008-08-20 13:28:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL EFIN MNUC MW IR |
| 08PODGORICA215 |
TFGG-1: MANDIC HEATS UP ON GEORGIA, DOMINATES MONTENEGRIN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Montenegro's ethnic Serb parties continue to be overshadowed by the inflammatory public statements of Andrija Mandic, president of the Serbian People's Party (SNS) and the coalition Serbian List (SL) who is using the Russia-Georgia conflict to draw parallels with Kosovo and attac [...] |
2008-08-21 08:44:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MW |
| 08PODGORICA216 |
RLA'S ARRIVAL HIGHLIGHTS INTEREST IN FIGHT AGAINST CRIME AND [...] (U) Summary: A full week of press coverage dedicated the initial visit of the Embassy's new Regional Legal Adviser (RLA) to Montenegro, even in a slow news month, illustrates the importance Montenegrins place on the country's struggle with corruption, an issue that ranks at the top of all publ [...] |
2008-08-21 10:46:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCOR MW |
| 08PODGORICA217 |
MONTENEGRO EAGER TO MOVE QUICKLY TOWARD MAP AND NATO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: PM Djukanovic enthusiastically welcomed the USG initiative to focus the GOM on priority goals related to its NATO aspirations (reftel). The PM reiterated Montenegro's strong commitment to seeking membership in MAP in 2009 and membership in the Alliance in the longer term. He r [...] |
2008-08-21 12:37:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV NATO MASS MARR MW |
| 08PODGORICA218 |
COALITION EXPLOITS OPPOSITION BOYCOTT OF PARLIAMENT BEFORE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Montenegro's Parliament wrapped up its latest session on July 31, with the ruling Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) - Social Democratic Party (SDP) coalition taking advantage of the opposition's ongoing boycott of plenary meetings (reftel) to pass a raft of legislation before [...] |
2008-08-21 12:41:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON ELAB MW |
| 08PODGORICA222 |
MONTENEGRIN MOD AND MFA READY TO ROLL UP THEIR SLEEVES FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following the Ambassador's discussion of Montenegro's NATO aspirations with PM Djukanovic (Ref A), both the Defense and Foreign Ministers reaffirmed the GOM's interest in seeking a MAP invitation at the 2009 NATO Summit. They also welcomed the idea of regular bilateral consultat [...] |
2008-08-22 17:08:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR MW |
| 08PODGORICA224 |
RLA'S ARRIVAL HIGHLIGHTS INTEREST IN FIGHT AGAINST CRIME AND [...] (U) Summary: A full week of press coverage dedicated the initial visit of the Embassy's new Regional Legal Adviser (RLA) to Montenegro, even in a slow news month, illustrates the importance Montenegrins place on the country's struggle with corruption, an issue that ranks at the top of all publ [...] |
2008-08-25 13:58:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCOR MW |
| 08PODGORICA228 |
TFGG01: EMBASSY PODGORICA ACTIVELY SUPPORTING USG PRIORITIES [...] (SBU) Summary: The Embassy has aggressively pressed, privately and publicly, the USG message on the Georgia-Russia conflict. The Montenegrin Government has so far been largely silent on the issue, except for brief comments, by the Foreign Minister as a result of a meeting with the Ambassador. [...] |
2008-08-27 07:01:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MW |
| 08PODGORICA231 |
ESTABLISHING A NATO OFFICE IN MONTENEGRO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Because the GOM's pro-NATO orientation has potential benefits for the wider region (including Serbia and Bosnia), it is in U.S. interest to encourage Montenegro to accelerate its vigorous push for closer ties with the Alliance. Yet, despite the GOM's strong pro-NATO orientation, [...] |
2008-08-28 15:10:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR MOPS MW SR |
| 08PODGORICA232 |
SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL FITZGERALD VISIT TO MONTENEGRO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Welcome to Montenegro. Your visit comes as the Montenegrin leadership continues its pro-West, pro-NATO, pro-American stance, while simultaneously looking to maintain good relations with Belgrade. Its effort to maintain this balance is currently being put to the test over the is [...] |
2008-08-28 17:20:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS MW |
| 08PODGORICA233 |
GOOD CANDIDATES FOR NEXT NATO CONTACT POINT EMBASSY IN [...] (SBU) As Montenegro works towards its goal of NATO membership, the decision as to which Ally's Embassy will serve as NATO Contact Point Embassy (CPE) in Podgorica is an important one. This is especially true in light of the GOM's goal of attaining entry into MAP at next year's NATO Summit, as [...] |
2008-08-29 10:03:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MW PGOV PREL NATO |
| 08PODGORICA234 |
A TOUGH YEAR FOR ONCE-LEADING OPPOSITION PARTY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Dominated by leader Nebojsa Medojevic's outsized personality, the Movement for Change (PzP) -- Montenegro's most popular opposition party at the start of the year -- has plummeted in the polls following Medojevic's disappointing third-place finish in the April 2008 presidential [...] |
2008-09-05 12:32:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL MW |
| 08PODGORICA240 |
MONTENEGRO PRESSES AHEAD WITH NATO ACTIVITIES [...] (SBU) Summary: An informal working group, consisting of GOM and Embassy representatives, has started regular meetings to monitor Montenegro's progress toward NATO (REF A). The group will consider, inter alia, GOM steps to make progress on the eleven priority goals laid out in REF B and accepte [...] |
2008-09-12 15:32:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR MW |
| 08PODGORICA244 |
VISIT OF JOINT FORCES COMMANDER HIGHLIGHTS MONTENEGRO'S FIRM [...] (SBU) Summary: On his first visit to Montenegro, NATO Joint Forces Commander Admiral Fitzgerald highlighted publicly the strong partnership between NATO and Montenegro. The GoM confirmed its commitment to pursuing NATO membership as its top foreign policy objective. The Admiral's visit also sti [...] |
2008-09-19 21:21:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR MW |
| 08PODGORICA246 |
MONTENEGRO ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT EXPANSION OF ADRIATIC CHARTER [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy delivered reftel points for Montenegro on expansion of the Adriatic Charter simultaneously to the MFA and MoD on 22 September. Both welcomed the initiative and reiterated Montenegro's readiness to join and participate fully. End summary. 2. (SBU) PolCouns reviewed p [...] |
2008-09-22 17:25:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL NATO MW MK HR AL BK SR |
| 08PODGORICA248 |
MONTENEGRO'S SLOW BUT FORWARD PROGRESS IN WAR CRIMES CASES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Montenegro is beginning to confront its role in the Balkan wars of the 1990's. Until recently, it had done little to address the four pending war crimes cases committed on its territory (Kaludjerski Laz, Morinj, 1992 deportation of Muslims, and Bukovica). However, investigations [...] |
2008-09-29 11:22:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KAWC SOCI XH MW |
| 08PODGORICA251 |
MONTENEGRO PARLIAMENT OPENS DOOR TO KOSOVO RECOGNITION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In its first session since the summer recess, the Montenegrin Parliament adopted a controversial resolution endorsing Montenegro's policy of Euro-Atlantic integration. In the debate beforehand, FM Rocen and PM Djukanovic both suggested that integration with Europe implies a respo [...] |
2008-10-06 16:17:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MARR NATO MW |
| 08PODGORICA252 |
RHETORIC OVER KOSOVO PUTS MONTENEGRO-SERBIA RELATIONS ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Local media widely reported Serbian FM Jeremic's public warning to Montenegro against recognition of Kosovo. GoM leaders quickly rejected Jeremic's comments, stating that Montenegro will decide on recognition based solely upon its own national interests. Opposition party leader [...] |
2008-10-08 03:57:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MW |
| 08PODGORICA254 |
PARLIAMENT AUTHORIZES MONTENEGRIN PARTICIPATION IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Montenegrin parliament adopted the Bill on the Use of the Montenegrin Military in International Forces and Peacekeeping Missions with a 44-19 vote. Montenegrin soldiers will now be able to volunteer for deployment to overseas peacekeeping missions. Despite opposition criti [...] |
2008-10-09 17:18:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MARR MW |
| 08PODGORICA261 |
OPPOSITION PROTEST AGAINST KOSOVO RECOGNITION SPARKS CLASHES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 9, in possibly its biggest foreign policy decision since independence, the GoM announced Montenegro's recognition of Kosovo. Opposition parties united to oppose the decision in a letter to the GoM presented late on October 10. On October 13, about 10,000 people assem [...] |
2008-10-14 19:03:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MW |
| 08PODGORICA262 |
ROLE OF PROPOSED NATO OFFICE IN MONTENEGRO [...] (SBU) Summary: Establishment of a NATO office in Podgorica will facilitate intensified, practical cooperation between Montenegro and the Alliance. NATO can reap tangible benefits quickly, for example, expediting the deployment of Montenegrin military units to ISAF and sharing information on r [...] |
2008-10-15 19:55:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR MW |
| 08PODGORICA265 |
STATUS OF MONTENEGRO'S NATO-RELATED REFORMS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GoM has continued to make progress on fulfilling the USG's NATO-related priorities (Ref D). Most significantly, the Parliament recently passed two acts -- a resolution endorsing Montenegro's policy of integration with the Euro-Atlantic community and a law authorizing deployme [...] |
2008-10-22 22:40:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MARR MW |
| 08PODGORICA273 |
MONTENEGRO: INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT [...] Summary: Organized crime groups use Montenegro as a transit country for cannabis from Albania and Kosovo, and smaller amounts of other narcotics from the Middle East (heroine) and Latin America (cocaine), destined for the western Balkans and Western Europe. A small proportion of the smuggled na [...] |
2008-11-03 16:46:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SNAR KCRM MW |
| 08PODGORICA278 |
MONTENEGRO'S FOREIGN MINISTER SEEKS NATO MEMBER SUPPORT FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The FM presented copies of the GoM's request for MAP consideration at the NATO summit in April to member missions in Podgorica. He urged member governments to consider Montenegro's strong commitment to joining the Euro-Atlantic community and examine the progress it has made in a [...] |
2008-11-07 19:11:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR MW |
| 08PODGORICA279 |
MONTENEGRO WEATHERING THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL STORM [...] (SBU) Montenegro's banks have been fairly insulated from the global financial crisis by their conservative banking practices. Foreign banks face a rockier future, but in general the small size of the sector and absence of investment banks has provided a cushion. In addition, the government has [...] |
2008-11-07 19:39:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ECON PREL MW |
| 08PODGORICA281 |
TEXT OF MONTENEGRIN PM DJUKANOVIC'S LETTER TO NATO SECGEN [...] Post received an official copy of the letter from H.E. Milo Djukanovic, Prime Minister of Montenegro, which was delivered to NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer on November 5 in Brussels. Original will be hand delivered to EUR/SCE. Begin Text Podgorica, 4 November 2008 [...] |
2008-11-10 17:24:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR MW |
| 08PODGORICA282 |
MONTENEGRO LOCAL ELECTIONS -- KOSOVO RECOGNITION NOT A MAJOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The coastal tourist town of Kotor witnessed, on November 9, the first elections in Montenegro since the GoM recognition of Kosovo's independence. The party of PM Djukanovic -- the Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) -- increased its representation in the city assembly, a signifi [...] |
2008-11-10 18:17:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MW |
| 08PODGORICA283 |
MONTENEGRO: PROGRESS REPORT ON NATO-RELATED REFORMS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Against the backdrop of Montenegro's official request last week to be invited to MAP next April, the GoM continues to work hard on fulfilling the USG's NATO-related priorities (Ref C). Notably, the MoD is on track to fulfill its goal of participation in two NATO partnership exer [...] |
2008-11-13 11:48:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MARR MW |
| 08PODGORICA289 |
MONTENEGRO FOCUSES ON PRACTICAL STEPS TOWARD NATO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a December 1 meeting with the Ambassador and DCM, the Ministers of Defense and Foreign Affairs stressed their commitment to reinforcing Montenegro's ties with NATO in the coming months. The Ambassador welcomed this commitment, while cautioning that support by the U.S. or it [...] |
2008-12-04 17:12:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR MOPS MW |
| 08PODGORICA299 |
MONTENEGRO: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] As requested in reftel, Post submission for the 2008 Country Reports on Terrorism follows. POC for the terrorism report for Montenegro is Alexandra Bonura. Tel number is (382) 20 410 - 500 ext. 528 and e-mail is BonuraAD@state.gov 2. There were no terrorist attacks or terrorist-relate [...] |
2008-12-22 10:39:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS AEMR MW |
| 08PODGORICA64 |
MONTENEGRO TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO, BUT NOT YET [...] No summary [...] |
2008-02-21 16:34:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MW |
| 08PODGORICA75 |
MONTENEGRO-EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) [...] Post's submission of the draft Anti-trafficking in Persons (TIP) report for Montenegro follows. Beginning with Section I - Overview of Country Activities, responses are keyed to reftel. EMBASSY PODGORICA CONTACT INFORMATION Embassy Podgorica POC for anti-trafficking is Human Rights Offi [...] |
2008-03-04 16:38:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB MW |
| 08PODGORICA88 |
MONTENEGRIN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: MEET THE CANDIDATES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The deadline for registration for Montenegro's presidential election is March 17, but the identities of the four leading candidates have been clear for some time. (The first round of the election will be April 6, with an if-needed second round on April 20). The contenders are i [...] |
2008-03-13 16:52:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MW |
| 08PODGORICA90 |
KOSOVO'S INDEPENDENCE HAS MINIMAL ECONOMIC IMPACT IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: To date Kosovo's independence declaration and Serbia's angry reaction have not resulted in any significant economic consequences for Montenegro, and Montenegrin interlocutors are downplaying the likelihood of Serbian economic sanctions. However, continued regional political ins [...] |
2008-03-17 10:35:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON PREL MW |
| 08PODGORICA93 |
MONTENEGRIN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: WHAT'S AT STAKE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Montenegro will hold presidential elections on April 6, with a runoff on April 20 if no candidate gets more than 50 percent of the vote in the first round. The President has limited and largely ceremonial powers, but as the head of state he commands authority beyond his formal p [...] |
2008-03-19 15:22:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MW |
| 09PODGORICA1 |
MONTENEGRO'S PARLIAMENT ENDORSES DEPLOYMENT OF MEDICAL TEAM [...] (SBU) On 17 December, the Montenegrin Parliament voted to authorize deployment of a three-person medical team to join NATO forces in Afghanistan. The doctor and two medical assistants will receive preparatory training in Macedonia prior to deploying in March. They will then link up with other [...] |
2009-01-05 14:16:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR MOPS MW |
| 09PODGORICA105 |
UNDER PRESSURE, GOM ADDRESSES ABUSE OF STATE COMPANY BOARDS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The payment of one million euros in severances to 12 former board members of Montenegro's financially troubled National Railroad Company has put the spotlight on GoM perks for party cronies hired as executives in state-owned companies. Faced with a public outcry prior to the r [...] |
2009-04-24 13:20:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON KCOR MW |
| 09PODGORICA107 |
MONTENEGRO'S EU APPLICATION MOVES FORWARD [...] (U) After months of press speculation as to why Montenegro's December 15 application for membership had not yet been considered by the EU, the GoM got good news this week that the process is again moving forward. On April 23, the European Council announced that it would pass the application on [...] |
2009-04-24 16:42:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MW |
| 09PODGORICA110 |
COALITION DISPUTE CUTS SHORT NEW PARLIAMENT'S OPENING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The first session of Montenegro's new Parliament April 23 was quickly adjourned because the ruling coalition failed to agree on the Parliament's Deputy Speakers. Adding to the drama, the two largest opposition parties boycotted the playing of the national anthem which marked the [...] |
2009-04-27 15:29:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MW |
| 09PODGORICA111 |
MGSF01: PODGORICA EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING [...] (U) On 29 April 2009, Post's Emergency Action Committee convened to review Post's Pandemic Influenza tripwires (RefTel) and developments related to the spread of the H1N1 flu virus. The DCM chaired the EAC; RSO, POL/ECON, POL/MIL, CONS, PAO, DAO, and Belgrade RMO (via teleconference) attended. [...] |
2009-04-29 16:00:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL |
| 09PODGORICA115 |
MONTENEGRO'S CEFTA PRESIDENCY [...] (SBU) Summary: The GoM took over the CEFTA Presidency on January 1, 2009, and had hoped to use its term at the helm of the organization to showcase its role in leading regional initiatives. However, CEFTA's activities have been beset by political challenges -- namely how to involve an independ [...] |
2009-05-04 10:08:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV PREL MW |
| 09PODGORICA119 |
SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF THE DEPUTY SECRETARY TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: You are the highest-level State Department official to visit Montenegro since its independence in 2006, and your arrival represents a major milestone in our bilateral relationship and a great opportunity for us to advance our broader goals in this region. I recommend that two t [...] |
2009-05-12 17:16:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON MW |
| 09PODGORICA121 |
GOM SUPPORTS KOSOVO'S WB MEMBERSHIP [...] No summary [...] |
2009-05-13 12:52:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL MW |
| 09PODGORICA132 |
VISIT OF SENATORS CARDIN, MIKULSKI, AND WICKER TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a visit to Montenegro on May 27, Senators Cardin, Mikulski, and Wicker thanked the GOM leadership for Montenegro's partnership with the U.S., including support for USG efforts in Afghanistan and in the Balkans. Vujanovic and Rocen asked for continued support for Monteneg [...] |
2009-06-01 14:35:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM KTIP KCRM MARR MW |
| 09PODGORICA137 |
DELAY IN GOVERNMENT FORMATION HIGHLIGHTS TENSION WITHIN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Montenegro's long-running government formation saga appears to be in its final stages, with a new GoM likely to be appointed this week. The delay - after March 29 parliamentary elections resulted in a landslide victory for the ruling coalition - appears to be linked to the desi [...] |
2009-06-08 13:25:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MW |
| 09PODGORICA139 |
CORRECTED COPY: DELAY IN GOVERNMENT FORMATION HIGHLIGHTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Montenegro's long-running government formation saga appears to be in its final stages, with a new GoM likely to be appointed this week. The delay - after March 29 parliamentary elections resulted in a landslide victory for the ruling coalition - appears to be linked to the desi [...] |
2009-06-08 14:10:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MW |
| 09PODGORICA143 |
PM DJUKANOVIC, "NEW" GOVERNMENT CONFIRMED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: More than ten weeks after elections, Parliament has formally elected Milo Djukanovic as Prime Minister. This will be Djukanovic's sixth term as PM. As expected, his new "government of continuity" contains many holdovers, although there will be several new ministries and minist [...] |
2009-06-11 18:18:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MW |
| 09PODGORICA148 |
MEET THE NEW GOVERNMENT AND MINISTERS [...] (SBU) Parliament confirmed the new Government of Montenegro (GoM) on June 11. Milo Djukanovic, designated Prime Minister for the sixth time, promised a "government of continuity." The new GoM consequently contains mostly holdovers from the previous government. Ref A described changes in the [...] |
2009-06-16 17:08:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MW |
| 09PODGORICA150 |
MONTENEGRO REACTS TO TIP REPORT RELEASE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: GoM Anti-TIP Coordinator Zoran Ulama expressed disappointment with Montenegro's Tier 2 Watch List ranking, but stressed that the report's criticisms and recommendations were fair. He welcomed the constructive approach. The opposition media reported extensively on the report's r [...] |
2009-06-17 15:41:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KTIP PGOV PREL MW |
| 09PODGORICA152 |
FIRST CASE OF H1N1 INFLUENZA IN MONTENEGRO [...] (U) The Montenegrin Ministry of Health held a press conference on June 22 to confirm its first case of H1N1 influenza. The case involves a high school student who studied in New York for a year before returning to Montenegro. He is reportedly being treated with Tamiflu and is in stable condit [...] |
2009-06-23 13:27:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL CASC KFLU AEMR PINR MW |
| 09PODGORICA159 |
THE TWO MONTENEGROS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The 11 municipalities that make up "northern Montenegro" account for half of the country's territory and the majority of its natural resources. However, they lag significantly behind the coast and center of the country in every leading economic indicator. The disparity between [...] |
2009-07-01 17:26:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EAID EFIN KCRM MW |
| 09PODGORICA166 |
SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF PDASD MCMILLAN TO MONTENEGRO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Welcome to Montenegro. Your visit comes as the newly re-elected Montenegrin leadership continues a pro-NATO, pro-western stance. The GoM welcomed the positive language about Montenegro in the April NATO Summit Communiqui and now has its sights set on an invitation into MAP by D [...] |
2009-07-08 15:37:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON MW |
| 09PODGORICA171 |
RADICAL ISLAM IN MONTENEGRO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Over the last decade, fundamentalist Islam, known here as Wahhabism, has established a small foothold among Montenegro's 110,000 Muslims. There are probably a few hundred adherents in country, concentrated in majority-Muslim towns of Plav and Rozaje, close to Kosovo and Albania [...] |
2009-07-10 11:57:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KISL MW |
| 09PODGORICA195 |
CORRUPTION IN MONTENEGRO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Few countries in Europe have as bad a reputation for fighting corruption as Montenegro. As in other transition societies in this region, egregious weaknesses include extensive cronyism and nepotism, weak controls over conflicts of interest, perceived legal impunity for individua [...] |
2009-09-02 13:40:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KCRM KCOR MW |
| 09PODGORICA198 |
SCENESETTER FOR ADRIATIC CHARTER CHOD CONFERENCE, SACEUR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Welcome to Montenegro. Your visit comes as the Montenegrin leadership continues on its pro-NATO, pro-western course, having recognized neighboring Kosovo in October 2008 and formally applied for EU membership in December 2008. The Government of Montenegro (GoM) remains a recept [...] |
2009-09-10 12:25:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON MARR MOPS MW |
| 09PODGORICA216 |
MONTENEGRO'S PLANS TO ESTABLISH DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH [...] No summary [...] |
2009-10-29 14:28:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MW |
| 09PODGORICA24 |
MONTENEGRO BLINDSIDED BY UKRAINIAN WTO MOVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ukraine's 11th hour request for bilateral negotiations as part of Montenegro's WTO accession process has thrown Montenegro's WTO negotiations team, led by Deputy Prime Minister Gordana Djurovic, for a loop. Having closed bilateral negotiations with the EU and the U.S., the GoM w [...] |
2009-01-28 21:24:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EINV ECON ECIN WTRO MW |
| 09PODGORICA32 |
NEW DPS GOVERNMENT LIKELY TO LOOK A LOT LIKE OLD DPS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With pre-term parliamentary elections set for March 29 (reftel) and Prime Minister Djukanovic's Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) the favorite to return to power, key cabinet members are already jostling for a spot in the next government. While there is plenty of speculation [...] |
2009-02-05 11:33:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR MW |
| 09PODGORICA35 |
SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL LIBBY VISIT TO MONTENEGRO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Welcome to Montenegro. Your visit comes as the Montenegrin leadership continues its pro-NATO, pro-western stance, having recognized neighboring Kosovo in October 2008 and formally applied for EU membership in December 2008. The Government of Montenegro (GoM) remains a receptive [...] |
2009-02-06 14:11:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MW |
| 09PODGORICA37 |
MONTENEGRO'S KOSOVO IDPS: STILL IN LIMBO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Recent statements by President Vujanovic have drawn attention to the more than 16,000 refugees from Kosovo - called internally displaced persons (IDPs) by the GoM - still on Montenegrin soil. Because of security, legal, and economic concerns, very few have returned to Kosovo sin [...] |
2009-02-10 19:27:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PGOV PREL MW |
| 09PODGORICA46 |
MANDIC'S NEW PARTY SPLITS SERB POLITICAL SPECTRUM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Andrija Mandic, the most prominent Serb political leader in Montenegro, has created a new party, New Serbian Democracy (known as NOVA), which aspires not only to unite all Serb organizations but also to attract non-Serb voters. Instead, amidst accusations that Mandic sold out h [...] |
2009-02-23 10:24:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MW |
| 09PODGORICA47 |
MONTENEGRO ELECTION PRIMER: RULES OF THE RACE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Montenegro will hold pre-term parliamentary elections on March 29, concurrently with municipal assembly elections in Niksic and Budva and mayoral elections in Tivat and Herceg Novi. According to the current Election Law, Montenegro's 81-seat Parliament is elected from candidate [...] |
2009-02-23 10:25:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MW |
| 09PODGORICA49 |
NEW CONFLICT OF INTEREST LAW: IMPROVED, BUT NOT ENOUGH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Montenegro's new Law on the Conflict of Interest, adopted in January, restricts the private business activities of public officials. But while many observers concede that it is a step forward from the roundly criticized previous law, they question the independence of the commis [...] |
2009-02-24 19:17:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EFIN ECON MW |
| 09PODGORICA56 |
MONTENEGRO PUSHES MAJOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORMS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After months of deliberation, Montenegro's Justice Ministry has finalized the text of a revised Criminal Procedure Code. The GoM also has taken steps to establish its first-ever multi-agency investigative task force. The revised code will bring far-reaching changes to Montenegr [...] |
2009-03-02 14:57:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KCOR KCRM KJUS MW |
| 09PODGORICA57 |
MONTENEGRO'S SPRINT TO NATO SUMMIT [...] (SBU) Summary: Montenegro's government has stepped up its campaign to promote its NATO-related priorities. A round of meetings with NAC ambassadors in mid-February indicated to GoM officials that most member states have a positive view of Montenegro's progress, but some skeptics remain. The M [...] |
2009-03-04 16:11:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS MW |
| 09PODGORICA63 |
MONTENEGRO'S LARGEST EXPORTER CONTINUES TO FLOUNDER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Podgorica's aluminum plant, KAP, has been struggling since at least mid-2008 to survive the impact of ongoing economic crisis. The low trading price of aluminum and expensive production inputs, particularly electricity, have resulted in daily losses of up to 200,000 Euros. KAP [...] |
2009-03-16 19:08:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KPRV ENRG EINV ECON MW |
| 09PODGORICA65 |
MOVEMENT FOR CHANGE STUMBLES TOWARD ELECTION DAY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Movement for Change (PzP) lost its status as Montenegro's leading opposition party following leader Nebojsa Medojevic's third-place showing in the April 2008 presidential race. That defeat, the party's lack of coherent message, and Medojevic's controlling management style a [...] |
2009-03-19 14:17:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MW |
| 09PODGORICA68 |
MONTENEGRO'S ELECTION CAMPAIGN: SDP'S TOP OFFICIALS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Djukanovic's "European Montenegro" coalition is the overwhelming favorite to return to power in the March 29 parliamentary elections. Should the ruling coalition return to power as expected, we predict a number of key figures from both parties to remain in the new [...] |
2009-03-24 18:28:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MW |
| 09PODGORICA71 |
MONTENEGRIN ELECTION CAMPAIGN: SOME IRREGULARITIES, BUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While noting certain irregularities, international observers assess that Montenegro's election process in advance of the March 29 parliamentary elections has so far been generally free and fair and is more or less on a par with last year's Presidential elections. As in previous [...] |
2009-03-25 12:09:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MW |
| 09PODGORICA73 |
MONTENEGRO MARKS 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF NATO INTERVENTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The 10th anniversary of the beginning of NATO's air campaign against the former Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was marked in Montenegro on March 24 by a handful of political parties and NGOs, to some extent as part of the parliamentary election campaign. The campaign is a sore [...] |
2009-03-26 18:38:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MW |
| 09PODGORICA74 |
RULING COALITION EXPECTED TO COAST TO VICTORY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Montenegro's expanded Democratic Party of Socialists - Social Democratic Party coalition is expecting a landslide win in the March 29 election, with a solid parliamentary majority well within reach. The out-financed and fragmented opposition trails far behind, with only the thr [...] |
2009-03-27 10:51:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MW |
| 09PODGORICA75 |
MONTENEGRO'S PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION: LANDSLIDE VICTORY FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Unofficial results have Montenegro's ruling coalition winning more than 50 percent of the vote in the March 29 parliamentary election. With the exception of the center-left Socialist People's Party, which doubled its seats from the last election, and possibly an additional seat [...] |
2009-03-30 12:09:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MW |
| 09PODGORICA78 |
THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS HITS MONTENEGRO [...] (SBU) Summary: The global economic crisis is hitting Montenegro. IMF and other experts are predicting a sharp deceleration in growth in the near term, with GDP growth likely to decline to about two percent in 2009-2010. Credit growth is also likely to continue to decrease, given banks' reduce [...] |
2009-04-01 14:32:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL MW |
| 09PODGORICA84 |
PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION WRAP-UP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 2, Montenegro's State Election Commission (SEC) rejected appeals to hold repeat votes at several polling stations. While parties may still take their cases to the Constitutional Court, the SEC decision likely finalizes the results of the election. The vote, which the [...] |
2009-04-03 18:14:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MW |
| 10PODGORICA20 |
MONTENEGRO UPHOLDING CHILD LABOR COMMITMENTS [...] Summary. Exploitive child labor is not a significant problem in Montenegro. Despite having a solid framework of social and labor legislation, the Government of Montenegro (GoM) could do more to protect at-risk Roma children from labor exploitation but often lacks the resources to do so. Gene [...] |
2010-02-05 17:41:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI MW |
| 10PODGORICA22 |
EMBASSY PODGORICA ENERGY OFFICER CONTACT INFORMATION [...] No summary [...] |
2010-02-09 15:24:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG MW |
| 10PODGORICA24 |
MONTENEGRO: DISTRACTED DRIVING DEMARCHE REPLY [...] Per reftel instruction, Post delivered distracted driving demarche points to Ms. Selma Mehovic, Head of the Police Directorate's International Police Cooperation Department, and Mr. Milorad Usancevic, Head of the Police Directorate's Traffic Police Division. Neither had any immediate sub [...] |
2010-02-11 14:08:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SOCI UNGA MW |