Montenegro to Russia: a Keep your hands offa our NATO bid

In this Friday photo, Montenegro’s Prime Minister Dusko Markovic speaks during a press conference after talks with his Serbian counterpart Aleksandar Vucic at the Serbia Palace in Belgrade, Serbia. Markovic said Tuesday that those who want to destabilize the country by meddling into its affairs “should keep their hands off Montenegro.” PODGORICA, Montenegro >> Montenegro’s prime minister told Russia and its allies in the tiny Balkan state on Monday to stop destabilizing the county while opposing its NATO bid.

NATO Chief Urges Serbia, Kosovo To Ease Tensions After Failed Talks

The head of NATO urged Serbia and Kosovo to ease tensions and revive their efforts to normalize relations after talks aimed at mending ties collapsed amid mutual recriminations this week. “Not more rhetoric but we need dialogue, we need to reduce tensions to avoid incidents…and move forward normalizing the process between Pristina and Belgrade,” NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg told reporters after meeting with Kosovo Prime Minister Isa Mustafa in Pristina on February 3. Kosovo and Serbia, after an attempt at negotiations abruptly broke up without result late on February 1, have engaged in an escalating war of words, accusing each other of stoking ethnic tensions.

Serbia’s authorities order lockdown at a migrant camp

The Serbian authorities on Wednesday imposed restrictions on the movements of migrants in a camp near Belgrade, after three men allegedly attacked a woman and her children near the refugee center, a minister said. The migrants will now need permission to leave the camp, a set of former army barracks in the town of Obrenovac, just outside Belgrade, said Labour Minister Aleksandar Vulin, who is also in charge of refugee centres.

Tensions flare as Serb nationalist train halts at border

A railroad worker stands by the first train decorated with letters that read “Kosovo is Serbian” written in twenty languages departing from the Belgrade to Mitrovica, Kosovo at Belgrade’s railway station, Serbia, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2017. Serbia has launched a railway link to Serb-dominated northern Kosovo despite protests from authorities in Pristina who described the move as a provocation and an aggressive violation of Kosovo’s sovereignty.

Tensions flare as Serb nationalist train halts at border

A man dressed in Serbian national costume passes by a train decorated with “Kosovo is Serbian” inscribed in twenty world languages before it departs from Belgrade to Mitrovica, Kosovo at Belgrade’s railway station, Serbia, S… . A railroad worker walks by the first train decorated with letters that read “Kosovo is Serbian” written in twenty languages departing from the Belgrade to Mitrovica, Kosovo at Belgrade’s railway station, Serbia, Saturday, Ja… .

The Latest: 2 men die in Serbia amid Europe’s cold spell

Authorities in Serbia say that a father and son have died from freezing temperatures in the Balkan country’s south which has been the hardest-hit by the dayslong cold spell. Officials say that an 88-year-old man and his 64-year-old son from the village of Duga Poljana were discovered by a man from a neighboring village who delivers bread.