NationStates Jolt Archive


Are we at long last looking at a peaceful split in the Balkans?

Daistallia 2104
24-04-2006, 04:52
Another bit of news to watch out for:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/23/world/europe/23montenegro.html?

Tiny Montenegro Is Split on Cutting Ties to Serbia
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By NICHOLAS WOOD
Published: April 23, 2006

HERCEG-NOVI, Montenegro — In May, Montenegrins will vote in a referendum to decide a question that has hung over them since four other former Yugoslav states — Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Macedonia — declared independence in the early 1990's: whether to retain ties with Serbia or go their own way.

At least it ends on a positive note:

There is little doubt the referendum will prompt high emotions, but few expect the kinds of conflict that followed declarations of independence in Slovenia, Croatia and Bosnia.

"It won't be like that here," Mrs. Milosev said. "Everyone's roots here are so mixed."