Montenegro and Serbia feud over flag-burning protest

FILE PHOTO: Montenegro's President Milo Djukanovic attends a news conference during a regional meeting of Western Balkan countries, in Tirana, Albania, December 21, 2019. REUTERS/Florion Goga/File Photo

BELGRADE (Reuters) - Montenegro and Serbia summoned diplomats of each others' countries on Friday after sports fans in Belgrade torched Montenegro's flag in protest at a new law that could target Serbian Orthodox Church assets.

After a basketball match between Serbia's Red Star and Germany's Bayern, thousands of fans marched in Belgrade on Thursday night and stopped in front of the Montenegro embassy, setting off fireworks that burned the flag outside.