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A candlelight vigil for the victims of the shooting rampage in Montenegro on Thursday [AEDT].

Montenegro mourns after gunman kills at least 12 people

It was the second time in two years that a gunman has gone on a rampage in Montenegro’s historic capital, killing adults and children.

  • Risto Bozovic

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Police investigators work at the site of a shooting in Cetinje, 36 kilometres west of Podogrica, Montenegro.

Armed man kills at least 10 people, including children, in Montenegro shooting rampage

The rampage followed a bar brawl in a western Montenegrin city and the gunman died his home in Cetinje.

  • PREDRAG MILIC
The church of Our Lady of the Rocks in Perast, Montenegro.

The strange island that feels like a piece of Venice floated away

Our Lady of the Rocks looks absurdly out of place in Kotor Bay, Montenegro, where it sits atop shipwrecks and other discarded debris.

  • Brian Johnston
Cars negotiate tricky bends in the mountains above Kotor.

Europe’s scariest road beats any roller coaster

Being in a coach on the Kotor Serpentine adds to my sense of fear. I’m sitting up front and feel as if we’re about to hit the cliffside, or plummet into the void.

  • Brian Johnston
A speedboat off the South American coast on fire

How an audacious plot to allegedly flood Sydney with $7.5 billion of cocaine went up in smoke

The elaborate scheme, alleged to feature bribed guerillas, secret symbols and Canary Islands cash, was plagued with problems.

  • Sally Rawsthorne
Vaso Ulic, 65, was arrested in a dramatic sting codenamed “General” in Montenegro’s capital last week.

Drug kingpin’s role in notorious alleged Sydney cocaine plot

Vaso Ulic allegedly attempted to smuggle 2.5 tonnes of cocaine into Australia, where it commands up to 10 times the European price.

  • Sally Rawsthorne
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Vaso Ulic being arrested this week in Montenegro.

Australian drug ‘kingpin’ Vaso Ulic arrested in Montenegro

The 65-year-old is alleged to have masterminded an attempt to move almost 2.5 tonnes of cocaine from South America to Australia and Europe.

  • Sally Rawsthorne and Perry Duffin
Kotor, Montenegro.

I had a medical emergency overseas, but there was an upside to it

I wasn’t all that happy when I bit into a crouton and broke a tooth only hours into a European cruise.

  • Lee Tulloch
Kotor Bay, Montenegro.

This little-known ‘fjord’ is one of Europe’s greatest landscapes

If Norway and Venice had a lovechild, it would look like Kotor Bay – extravagantly beautiful; the water a joyous Mediterranean blue.

  • Brian Johnston
Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Russia spent $US300 million to covertly influence world politics, says US

The release of the State Department cable is the latest effort by the Biden administration to declassify intelligence about Moscow’s military and political aims.

  • Nomaan Merchant

Original URL: https://www.watoday.com.au/topic/montenegro-ct2