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Montenegro
EU Candidate
Latest intelligence on EU affairs, policy developments, and political dynamics.
Serbia's Students Have 140 Seats and a Date: Parliament Convenes on 17 November
Ana Brnabic has called the inaugural session of Serbia's new parliament for 17 November, after final results confirmed the Students' List won 140 of 250 seats and Aleksandar Vucic's SNS took 103. A government must follow within 90 days, and an early presidential election by the end of the year.
Von der Leyen Goes to the Black Sea, Where the War Has Already Arrived
The Commission president visits Bucharest on Monday and Varna on Tuesday to push a civilian Black Sea Maritime Security Hub, as Romania and Bulgaria absorb a wave of drone strikes on merchant shipping and Brussels tries to hold its line on Moldova and the next seven-year budget.
Montenegro Closes Two More Chapters and Moves Within Reach of Finishing Accession This Year
At the 30th Accession Conference in Brussels on 6 November, Montenegro provisionally closed chapter 1 on free movement of goods and chapter 12 on food safety and veterinary policy. That leaves 23 of 33 chapters closed, and the Commission's enlargement report says negotiations could realistically conclude by the end of the year.
Irish Newsrooms Evacuated and Flights Diverted as Dublin Calls the Bomb Threats a Coordinated Campaign
A third wave of hoax bomb threats in a week forced the evacuation of newsrooms across Ireland and disrupted flights to and from Prague, Sofia and Rome, including an Aer Lingus jet escorted to a French airbase by fighter jets. Dublin said the campaign appeared coordinated, and the EU activated an aviation security information-sharing mechanism.