Montenegro Parliamentary elections were held on 16^th of October, 2016. The night before twenty Serbs were detained on a charge of terrorist activity according to the coup d’état attempt. DPA agency informed that also on the territory of a neighboring Serbia several arrests took place.On Sunday, the Montenegrin Chief Special Prosecutor for organized crime and corruption Milivoje Katnić said that during the election day armed Serbian citizens made an attempt to overthrow the government of Montenegro. The Serbian group was organized and led by the Russian Nationalists. "We have evidence that two nationalists from Russia were organisers," Mr Katnić said.

British Prime Minister Theresa May had already decided that by the end of March the governement will trigger Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty to leave the EU and formally notify the EU of the UK`s intention to leave. Then once Art. 50 would be invoked, May plans on negotiating the Brexit for two years until 2019. But now the High Courts judgment ruled that May cannot bypass the Parliament. It has been ruled that the Prime Minister does not have the right to trigger Article 50 without parliamentary approval and involving the votes of MEPs and peers.

The most controversial free trade agreement CETA between the EU and Canada has been signed. After difficulties due to the veto from Belgium`s Wallonia, the deal was signed with a three-day delay. On Sunday, the top representatives of both parties finally signed the seven- year long negotiations about CETA. The Agreement on the Reduction of Customs duties and other barriers to trade will now enter into force as soon as possible. Only a few parts in which national parliaments, have a say, will only be applied after their approval. 

The Spanish Prime Minister, Mariano Rajoy, has been re-elected and ended 10 months of deadlock. In a vote of confidence, a simple majority of MEPs voted in favor of the 61-year-old in Madrid and freed the way for a minority government of his conservative People's Party. 170 deputies voted in favor of Rajoy and 111 against him. There were 68 abstentions. Rajoy's election had become possible because the opposition Socialists had urged their deputies to abstain from the voting.

Today, the Belgian government reached an agreement on the controversial points of the free trade deal between the European Union and Canada. Officially the deal was supposed to be signed on 27 October 2016, however, after Belgium announced its veto due to opposition from Brussels city and Wallonia, the ratification of CETA had to be postponed. Thus, the Canadian Prime Justin Trudeau cancelled his trip until the EU will be ready to sign the deal. Now, the Belgian parliaments reached an agreement and this agreement is now being sent to the European Union and the various parliaments in Belgium. If they agree, the road to signing the CETA agreement at EU level will be free.

The Spanish government wanted to allow several Russian warships to refuel in Ceuta. There has been concern that the ships could take part in air strikes against Syria, where Russia has been supporting President Bashar al-Assad. In the face of NATO's criticism and expressed concerns among leading politicians, Spain was now forced to reconsider allowing Russia to refuel in Ceuta. Guy Verhofstadt, former Belgian premier and liberal leader in the EU parliament, wrote on Twitter: “It is scandalous that Spain, a member of NATO and the EU, would allow the Russian fleet to refuel and receive technical assistance on Spanish territory”.