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PODGORICA (Reuters) - Thousands of people, led by Serbian Orthodox Church clerics, marched peacefully through the Montenegrin capital Podgorica on Saturday in protest against a law they fear will be ...
News Montenegro » Podgorica » Religion: Montenegro's Limited Coalition Hammers Away At Perilous Religion, Nationality Issues
PODGORICA -- Still rutted with historically fraught questions of religious and national identity, Montenegro's political path took a sharp turn in August. That's when a diverse coalition of Serbian ...
News Montenegro » Podgorica » Religion: Montenegro lawmakers change religious law opposed by church
PODGORICA, Montenegro (AP) — Montenegro’s new, pro-Serb authorities have amended a law on religious rights and property that was passed by a previous government but was strongly opposed by the Serbian ...
News Montenegro » Podgorica » Religion: Montenegro opposition leaders arrested after chaos in parliament
Montenegro's opposition leaders were arrested Friday after a dramatic night in parliament when their deputies violently protested the passing of a controversial law on religious freedom. The law has ...
News Montenegro » Podgorica » Religion: Montenegro’s tiny Jewish community navigates uncertain territory as hostility toward Israel increases
Several recent incidents involving Israeli visitors to this Connecticut-sized country of 625,000, have unnerved the local Jewish community, which numbers fewer than 1,000, even as the capital is on ...
News Montenegro » Podgorica » Religion: Montenegro MPs held after violent protest over religion law
More than a dozen opposition MPs were detained in Montenegro's parliament Friday after they violently protested a controversial law on religious freedom, which was passed after the group was taken ...
News Montenegro » Podgorica » Religion: Montenegro PM, Serbian church bishop meet on religious law
PODGORICA, Montenegro (AP) — Montenegro’s prime minister on Friday met with the top Serbian Orthodox Church bishop in the country in a bid to defuse tensions over a contentious law on religious rights ...