The tiny Balkan nation of Montenegro, NATO’s newest member state, is suddenly in the news because of criticisms President Donald Trump made of the alliance in a televised interview this week. During ...

PODGORICA (Reuters) - Hosting NATO’s top brass, Montenegro said on Wednesday it was optimistic of being invited to join the Western military alliance in December, over the objections of Russia.

A former NATO supreme allied commander said Thursday that President Donald Trump's wavering commitment to NATO's mutual defense provision is the "worst nightmare" for Montenegrins. A former NATO ...

BRUSSELS — NATO member states formally invited Montenegro to join the alliance, drawing a prompt response from Russia that it plans to suspend cooperation with the tiny Adriatic nation. U.S. Secretary ...

PODGORICA, Montenegro (AP) — Montenegro will have to beef up its public support for NATO and strengthen the rule of law before it can become a member, the alliance’s secretary-general said Thursday.

During his first joint meeting with North Atlantic Treaty Organization leaders, President Trump on Thursday appeared to push aside the prime minister of Montenegro. In a video of the interaction, the ...

US President Donald Trump signed off on Montenegro's accession to NATO Tuesday, removing a potential hurdle to the Balkan nation becoming the alliance's 29th member. "Today, President Donald J. Trump ...

When Montenegro’s President Jakov Milatović visited Washington in November 2025 to observe 120 years of diplomatic relations between Montenegro and the United States, he offered a line in his speech ...

• Expansion for expansion’s sake is no argument. President Barack Obama called for Senate ratification to “demonstrate to other countries in the Balkans and beyond that NATO’s door remains open.” NATO ...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO invited tiny Montenegro on Wednesday to join the military alliance in its first expansion since 2009, defying Russian warnings that enlargement of the U.S.-led bloc further ...

President Trump signed a resolution on Tuesday approving Montenegro’s request to become a member of NATO, after the small Balkan nation cleared a key hurdle in the Senate last month. “The NATO ...