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Montenegro News

How Us Might Short Changes The Rest

Thursday December 18, 2008
WHETHER you live in Mordialloc, Milan or Montenegro, there's a good chance that when you turn on your television it is to watch CSI, House or Desperate Housewives.

Sharks Sunk In Final Game

Tuesday August 19, 2008
MEREWETHER'S Richie Campbell scored the equaliser but it was not enough for Australia to beat Montenegro and seal a place in the men's water polo quarter-finals in Beijing yesterday.

Sharks Grind Win

Friday August 15, 2008
AUSTRALIA played ugly water polo yesterday to beat Canada 8-5 and will need to improve to beat either powerhouses Hungary or the highly rated Montenegro in their remaining two men's pool games.

Was This The Greatest Team Goal In History?

Sunday June 18, 2006
Argentina 6 Serbia & Montenegro 0

What To Say About ... Montenegro

Saturday May 27, 2006
FIRST East Timor split from its western appendage. Now Montenegro has chosen to go it alone after 14 years of sometimes blissful, sometimes icy union with Serbia.

The Other Serb Is Finally Taken At Face Value

Wednesday January 11, 2006
NOT many people noticed the other girl who had flown in from Serbia and Montenegro to train at Melbourne Park last month. The one who wasn't fleeing an unpleasant family situation, resuming her Australian citizenship and trying to rebuild her shattered confidence. The one who is successfully fulfilling her vast potential.

Dokic Almost Certain To Win Wildcard For Open

Tuesday December 6, 2005
JELENA Dokic seems assured of a main-draw wildcard into next month's Australian Open, although she has not played here since 2001 and chose to represent Serbia and Montenegro in Fed Cup competition only last year.

Open Wildcard Waiting For Dokic

Tuesday December 6, 2005
JELENA Dokic seems virtually assured of a main draw wildcard into next month's Australian Open, despite the fact she has not played here since 2001 and chose to represent Serbia and Montenegro in Fed Cup competition last year.

White-out On Black Mountain

Saturday April 23, 2005
THE Adriatic Sea shouldn't have looked this way, its clouds heavy with rain and the arms of a fiord creeping like veins into the karst landscape of the Balkan Peninsula. Such a scene belonged in Norway or New Zealand but this was Montenegro, the quietest of partners in the now-fragmented former Yugoslavia.

Europe's Most Wanted

Saturday August 28, 2004
Peter Fray goes to the mountains of Montenegro in search of Radovan Karadzic, the psychiatrist who orchestrated war crimes on a massive scale and, nine years later, still escapes justice.

Goals Achieved With Two Wins

Monday August 16, 2004
In a land of legend, this might go down as the Night of the Many Goals. In back-to-back games at Pankrito stadium in Iraklio, the Australian men's and women's Olympic soccer teams all but achieved their first objectives of reaching the quarter-finals - the Olyroos by thrashing Serbia and Montenegro 5-1, the Matildas with a well-executed 1-0 win over the host nation.

Olyroos Eye Quarter-final Showdown

Monday August 16, 2004
LUKE Wilkshire played his part in the Olyroos' crushing 5-1 victory over Serbia and Montenegro that put Australia on track for a quarter-final appearance at the Olympic Games.

Olyroos Find Cruise Control After Matildas Shift Australian Expectations

Monday August 16, 2004
In a land of legend, this might go down as the Night of the Many Goals. In back-to-back games at Pankrito stadium in Iraklio, the Australian men's and women's Olympic teams all but achieved their first objectives of reaching the quarter-finals - the Olyroos by thrashing Serbia and Montenegro 5-1, the Matildas with a well-executed 1-0 win over the host nation.

Tomkins, Ginn Ease Into Semi-finals

Sunday August 15, 2004
Seeking his third Olympic rowing gold medal, Oarsome Foursome veteran James Tomkins, alongside men's pair crewmate Drew Ginn, had little trouble winning his heat yesterday, eclipsing the second-placed crew from Serbia and Montenegro by 3.08 seconds to advance directly to the semi-finals.

Australia Ranked Third Best In World

Thursday November 20, 2003
Australia is the third-ranked basketball nation behind superpowers the United States and Russia and ahead of men's world champion Serbia and Montenegro.

The View From Kosovo

Thursday October 16, 2003
It is four years since NATO led the bombing of Serbia after it invaded Kosovo. Slobodan Milosevic is now before the war crimes tribunal in The Hague , and Serbia is a democracy. But Kosovo remains an open sore. Delegates from Kosovo, Serbia and Montenegro are meeting this week in Vienna.

Shining Form For Hopeful Snell

Wednesday August 27, 2003
Opals hopeful Belinda Snell's hot hand helped Australia to a 73-65 win over Serbia and Montenegro in Patras, Greece, yesterday, Melbourne time.

President Hints At Allowing Breakaway

Saturday October 14, 2000
Yugoslavia's new President, Mr Vojislav Kostunica, has suggested he may be willing to offer independence to the republic of Montenegro, as Western powers yesterday continued their rush to embrace the country's new administration. Mr Kostunica, in an interview with Italian television, said the wi

Slimming Food And Marble Wax For Refugees In Tents

Saturday September 4, 1999
Italy's pride in its emergency aid effort to Kosovo has been dented by revelations that more than half of it is still stored in containers, and that smuggling between Italy and Montenegro is rife. Five million Italians responded generously to appeals to help Kosovo. They queued outside centres

Course Of True Love Is Circle Of Fire

Monday August 9, 1999
Darko Djeric believes he has done some hard yards to earn the right to live in Australia. The native of Montenegro travelled thousands of kilometres, crossed war zones and evaded military checkpoints - all in the name of love for his pregnant Australian bride Melissa, who refused to leave his si