Montenegro's president accuses Serbia of meddling in election

FILE PHOTO: Montenegrin President and leader of ruling Democratic Party of Socialists, Milo Djukanovic, speaks to the media after the general election in Podgorica, Montenegro August 30, 2020. REUTERS/Stevo Vasiljevic

PODGORICA (Reuters) - Montenegro's President Milo Djukanovic has accused neighbouring Serbia of waging "media and political aggression" ahead of Sunday's parliamentary vote in which his pro-Western party suffered a major setback.

Djukanovic's Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS), which has governed the tiny Adriatic state for three decades and took it into NATO, won about 35% of the vote, well short of a majority and raising the possibility of a new coalition government led by an alliance of pro-Serbian parties.