Months after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Montenegro announced it was joining Western sanctions and later claimed it had frozen the assets of dozens of blacklisted Russian nationals. The move was heralded but turned out later to be largely untrue.
Ursula von der Leyen met with top Montenegrin officials hours after parliament confirmed the new government following a heated session that lasted through the night
Montenegrin lawmakers on Tuesday voted in a new government, backed by a pro-Russian alliance, nearly five months after general elections.The new coalition includes pro-Russian and pro-Serbian parties, notably the alliance For the Future of Montenegro, whose leader Andrija Mandic was elected parliamentary speaker late Monday.
The European Commission’s top official has urged Montenegro to push ahead with its European Union integration process after the small NATO member country elected a new government, ending a political