Firefighters and residents battled a massive forest fire on Greece's second largest island for a seventh day Monday, fighting to save what they can from flames that have decimated vast tracts of pristine forest, destroyed homes and businesses and (...)
Montenegro have fired their Serbian coach Ljubisa Tumbakovic after he pulled out of Friday's Euro 2020 qualifier against Kosovo, the country's football association (FSCG) said on Saturday.
"The FSCG executive board made an unanimous decision to (...)
England manager Gareth Southgate has said his players will not walk off the pitch in protest if they are racially abused by supporters following discussions with his squad and staff.
England's 5-1 rout of Montenegro in Podgorica in March was soured (...)
A week after Montenegro fans racially abused England players, a partial apology from the country was delivered in person at Wembley Stadium.
Montenegro Football Association general secretary Momir Djurdjevac, speaking at a UEFA conference on (...)
Juergen Klopp and Pep Guardiola are both willing to halt matches if players are subject to racist abuse, the like of which experienced by some England players in Montenegro this week.
UEFA have opened an investigation after England players Danny (...)
Some England players feel there is no point reporting racist abuse due to a lack of faith in the system, manager Gareth Southgate has said.
England's 5-1 rout of Montenegro in Podgorica on Monday was soured by racist abuse directed at some of their (...)
European football's governing body UEFA has been urged to take strong action over racist incidents in Monday's Euro 2020 qualifier between Montenegro and England in Podgorica and will receive a report from an independent monitoring group.
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After being cheered to the Wembley rafters during the 5-0 thrashing of the Czech Republic, manager Gareth Southgate expects his young England side to face a more hostile 90 minutes in their second Euro 2020 qualifier in Montenegro on Monday.
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Heavy snowfall this week in the Balkans has closed down schools, left some remote villages cut off and disrupted traffic and power supplies in many areas in the region.
Serbia's state TV said Friday that six municipalities in the southwest of the (...)
The European Union warned Montenegro on Friday that a shooting attack on a journalist would have an impact on the country's EU membership bid and urged it to fully investigate the incident.
Olivera Lakic, 49, who writes about organised crime for the (...)
PODGORICA, Montenegro, April 15, 2018 (AP) — Voters in Montenegro were casting ballots on Sunday in a presidential election, with former Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic expected to win after his party defied Russia and took the small Balkan nation (...)
For Jassim Alseddiqi, Abu Dhabi Financial Group (ADFG)'s chief executive officer, Egypt's economy is on track to attract more foreign inflows with investor confidence reinforced by the current reform programme, which is underway in full swing.
"The (...)
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حينذاك.. كان أن جلس وسط «المجموعة» شاب «طويل القامة»، «حاد الملامح»، يشرح باستفاضة لنحو 25 شابًا، وفتاة، ما (...)
Once the Balkan stronghold of pro-Russian sentiments, tiny Montenegro is on Monday silently celebrating its entry into NATO in a historic turn that has made the Kremlin furious.
Despite the Russian anger and a deep split within the nation of some (...)
Does a Montenegrin citizen, who was arrested in Bavaria, have links to the Paris terror attacks? In the Balkan country there is a unregarded Islamist scene. Nemanja Rujevic reports.
Kalashnikov submachine guns, handguns, grenades and explosives. – a (...)
Around 3,000 people protested in Podgorica against the government of Milo Dukanovic. They are convinced that there voices on the streets are louder than their ballots, reports Nemanja Rujević.
"Milo, you thief," chant the crowd in the Republic (...)
Prolific goalscorer Zlatan Ibrahimovic has been declared fit to start for Sweden when they take on Montenegro in Podgorica in a Euro 2016 Group G qualifier on Saturday evening.
The Paris Saint Germain striker missed Sweden's last two qualifiers, a (...)
Contrasting fortunes for Africa's World Cup representatives in their midweek internationals still leave up in the air the chances of the continent producing credible performances in the finals later this year.
Algeria were the only one of the five (...)
Croatia becomes the European Union's 28th member on Monday, the second ex-Yugoslav republic to join the bloc after Slovenia.
Six other countries of the Western Balkans, with a joint population of almost 19 million, are unlikely to join the bloc (...)
The former World Cup winners are two points behind Montenegro in Group H having played half of the fixtures with Ukraine and Poland a further six points adrift with a game in hand.
Hodgson said his side would not set up defensively against (...)
We all wanted Rio here because he's a good player and he certainly would have helped us over these two games. But he's made his decision and we need to respect that, says England captain Steven Gerrard
England fans will be perfectly entitled to vent (...)
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Egland return to the European Championship after an eight-year absence with new manager Roy Hodgson hoping to improve on what is a woeful record in the finals for one of Europe's traditional stronger soccer nations.
England are the only (...)
England manager Fabio Capello will decide whether to include Wayne Rooney in his Euro 2012 squad after UEFA's decision over Thursday's appeal against his three-match suspension, the Italian said.
The Manchester United striker was sent off for (...)
The Czech football federation has fined its national team players for an inappropriate celebration of its qualification for the 2012 European Championship.The federation's executive committee fined the squad two million koruna ($106,500) on Monday (...)
The Czech Republic is hoping goalkeeper Petr Cech will recover in time for Friday's first leg of the European Championship playoff against Montenegro and help the team qualify for next year's tournament in Poland and Ukraine
The 29-year-old Chelsea (...)