The Latest Breaking News from Montenegro

Gale-force winds and snow storms closed roads and left more than 25,000 households in Serbia without power on Sunday, while fallen trees disrupted traffic in neighbouring Croatia and Montenegro.

In southwest Serbia, construction machines are being repurposed to clear tons of waste clogging the Potpec lake

Plastic bottles, rusty barrels and even old refrigerators are among the tons of garbage clogging rivers in Bosnia.On the Drina River, which flows between Montenegro, Serbia and Bosnia, garbage is stuck behind a trash barrier near a key hydroelectric power plant, forming huge rubbish islands that float on the surface.

Montenegro's parliamentary speaker set March 19 as the date for a presidential election that will challenge the long-time rule of incumbent President Milo Djukanovic, who has been among the leaders of the Adriatic country for the past three decades.