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Montenegro's population is 660,000, predominantly
Christian
Slavic Montenegrins. Up to 15 percent are Slavic Muslims, and ethnic
Albanians
account for 7 percent. The capital is Podgorica, population about
170,000.
Serbian, formerly known as Serbo-Croat, is the majority language.
(AP, 10/20/02)
Economy: With industrial output stagnating in 2002, Montenegro has
relied on seasonal income from tourism on its stretch of the Adriatic
coast.
Privatization has been slow but steady, despite occasional allegations
of irregularities and workers' protests. Per capita income is the
equivalent
of around $1,000, the average monthly salary US$120 and unemployment
about
20 percent.
(AP, 10/20/02)
500-600AD The Slavic colonization of
the Balkan peninsula occurred in two waves. The Montenegrins came in
the first wave, in the 6th century, from the region between the Baltic
Sea and the present-day city of Hanover, Germany. In the Baltic, the
Montenegrins' ancestors lived in an area called Slavia and were known
as the Velet and Odobriti tribes.
Those tribes settled in the Roman
province of Prevalis, where they found the urban Roman settlements of
Kotor, Risan, Budva, Bar, Ulcinj and Duklja (which lie within the
borders of present-day Montenegro) and also the native Illyrian tribes,
the predecessors of today's Albanians. The Montenegrins were pagans,
but through coexistence and assimilation they accepted Christianity
from the Romans. They brought with them the name of the old native
country Slavia and more than 860 toponyms. Even today there are in the
Baltic around 800 settlements, rivers, lakes and mountains with names
similar to corresponding places in Montenegro.
(www, 6/3/98)
600-700AD The Serbs and Croats came in the second
wave in the 7th century.
(www, 6/3/98)
1809 Jul 5-1809 Jul 6, Napoleon
beat Austria’s archduke Charles at the Battle of Wagram. He annexed the
Illyrian Provinces (now part of Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and
Herzegovina, Serbia, and Montenegro), and abolished the Papal States.
(http://tinyurl.com/vx8dk)(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Wagram)
1876 Jul 2, Montenegro declared
war on Turkey.
(PC, 1992, p.537)
1878 Montenegro was recognized as
an independent state when it became a monarchy.
(AP, 5/22/06)
1910 Montenegro, a principality in
the 19th century, was recognized as a kingdom.
(AP, 10/20/02)
1912 Oct 8, Montenegro declared
war on Turkey beginning the 1st Balkan War.
(http://www.onwar.com/aced/data/bravo/balkan1912.htm)
1912 Oct 18, The First Balkan War
broke out between the members of the Balkan League-- Serbia, Bulgaria,
Greece and Montenegro--and the Ottoman Empire. A small Balkan War broke
out and was quelled by the major powers. Albanian nationalism spurred
repeated revolts against Turkish dominion and resulted in the First
Balkan War in which the Turks were driven out of much of the Balkan
Peninsula. Austria-Hungary’s 1908 annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
spurred Serbian efforts to form the Balkan alliance with its
neighbors. As a result of the war on Turkey, Serbia doubled its
territory with the award of Northern Macedonia. Albanian leaders
affirmed Albania as an independent state. [see Oct 8]
(V.D.-H.K.p.290)(CO, Grolier’s/ Albania)(HN,
10/18/98)(HNQ, 3/27/99)(www, Albania, 1998)
1912 Dec 3, Turkey, Serbia,
Montenegro, Greece & Bulgaria signed a weapons pact.
(MC, 12/3/01)
1912 Dec 4, An armistice was
signed to end the First Balkan War. Following several victories over
the Ottoman army, coalition forces occupied Macedonia and forced the
Ottoman Empire to seek an armistice.
(www.maknews.com/html/articles/stefov/stefov61.html)
1913 Aug 10, The Treaty of
Bucharest ended the Second Balkan War. It was concluded by the
delegates of Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Montenegro, and Greece. The
entire "disputed zone" was taken by Serbia, Greece secured its position
in Thessaloniki and southeastern Macedonia, the Ottomans regained all
the territories lost in the First Balkan War to Bulgaria with the
exception of eastern (Pirin) Macedonia, and the Romanians seized
Southern Dobruja.
(www.maknews.com/html/articles/stefov/stefov61.html)
1913 Aug 10, The Great Powers
recognized an independent Albanian state. Demographics were ignored,
however, and half of the territories inhabited by Albanians (such as
Kosova and Chameria) were divided among Montenegro, Serbia and Greece.
(www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/boshtml/bos149.htm)
1913 Nov, Treaty of Bucharest
ended the Second Balkan War. The Great Powers recognized an independent
Albanian state. Demographics were ignored, however, and half of the
territories inhabited by Albanians (such as Kosova and Chameria) were
divided among Montenegro, Serbia and Greece.
(www, Albania, 1998)
1918 Nov 7, The Yugoslav
National Conference at Geneva decided on the union of Croatia and
Slovenia with Serbia and Montenegro. [see Dec 1]
(BWH, 1988)
1918 Nov 26, Montenegro deposed
its king who opposed union and voted to join the new Kingdom of Serbs,
Croats and Slovenes. [see Dec 1]
(BWH, 1988)
1918 Dec 1, The Kingdom of
Serbs, Croats and Slovenes [later in 1929 to be called Yugoslavia] was
proclaimed by Alexander Karadjordjevic, the son of King Peter of
Serbia. It included the previously independent kingdoms of Serbia and
Macedonia, the Hungarian-controlled regions of Croatia and Slovenia,
the Austrian province of Dalmatia, Carniola and parts of Styria,
Carinthia and Istria. King Alexander I renamed the Balkan state called
the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes to Yugoslavia in 1929.
(AP, 10/3/97)(HNQ,
3/26/99)(http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/map/yugoslavia/1900/)
1929 Oct 3, The Kingdom of Serbs,
Croats and Slovenes formally changed its name to the Kingdom of
Yugoslavia. It included the regions of Serbia, Montenegro, Slovenia,
Croatia, Bosnia, Herzegovina, and Macedonia. King Alexander I renamed
the Balkan state called the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes,
Yugoslavia. The Kingdom had been formed on December 1, 1918 and was
ruled by the Serbian Karageorgevic dynasty. It included the previously
independent kingdoms of Serbia and Macedonia, the Hungarian-controlled
regions of Croatia and Slovenia, the Austrian province of Dalmatia,
Carniola and parts of Styria, Carinthia and Istria.
(AP, 10/3/97)(HN, 10/3/98)(HNQ, 3/26/99)(LCTH,
10/3/99)
1945 Mar 7, In Yugoslavia the
Communist government of Tito formed.
(MC, 3/7/02)(AP, 10/20/02)
1979 In Montenegro an earthquake
destroyed much of the Old Town beach resort of Budva.
(SSFC, 10/20/02, p.C6)
1990 A multiparty system was
introduced in 1990.
(AP, 10/20/02)
1991 Feb 15, Milo Djukanovic began
serving as prime minister of Montenegro. He served until 1998 and held
a 2nd term from 2003-2006.
(Econ, 2/9/08,
p.56)(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milo_%C4%90ukanovi%C4%87)
1991 Entities of Yugoslavia began
to split off leaving Serbia and Montenegro. [see Serbia]
(SFC, 10/18/96, A16)
1992 Apr 27, The Federal Republic
of Yugoslavia was proclaimed in Belgrade by the Republic of Serbia and
its lone ally, Montenegro.
(AP internet, 4/27/97)
1992 The country was placed under
embargo for supporting the Bosnian Serb war effort.
(WSJ,11/24/95, p.A-3)
1996 Dec 26, Montenegro threatened
to print its own money to counter the inflated dinars of the Milosevic
regime.
(SFC, 12/27/96, p.A15)
1997 Jan 17, Janko Jeknic, foreign
minister, was killed in a car crash at Novo Selo.
(SFC, 1/18/96, p.C1)
1997 Mar 25, Prime Minister Milo
Djukanovic was given a vote of no confidence by hardline supporters of
Serbian Pres. Milosevic.
(SFC, 3/26/97, p.C2)
1997 Oct 5, Momir Bulatovic, a
Milosevic ally, led pro-Westerner challenger Milo Djukanovic but did
not receive a 50% majority due to other candidates. A runoff was
scheduled for Oct 19.
(SFC, 10/7/97, p.A15)
1997 Oct 19, In Montenegro Milo
Djukanovic beat pro-Milosevic incumbent Momir Bulatovic for the
presidency.
(SFC,10/21/97, p.A12)
1997 Oct, The Belgian company
Interbrew acquired a 60% stake in the Trebjesa Brewery for $14 million
and a 2 year commitment to invest $8.3 million.
(SFC, 7/2/98, p.A16)
1998 Jan 14, Riot police clashed
with some 10,000 protestors who attacked government buildings the day
before the inauguration of Milan Djukanovic, who favors autonomy from
Serbia.
(WSJ, 1/15/98, p.A1)
1998 Feb 11, Former Pres. Momir
Bulatovic was indicted with 3 senior aides for activity against the
state during the January riots.
(SFC, 2/13/98, p.D5)
1998 Apr 23, The president of
Montenegro, Milo Djukanovic, called for full autonomy for the Kosovo
region.
(SFC, 4/24/98, p.A16)
1998 May 9, The leading Group of
Eight industrialized countries imposed an investment ban on Serbia and
froze and froze the assets abroad of Serbia and Montenegro due to
conditions in Kosovo.
(SFEC, 5/10/98, p.A13)
1998 May 18, In Yugoslavia
lawmakers loyal to Pres. Slobodan Milosevic voted to oust Prime
Minister Radoje Kontic, after he refused to clamp down on reformist
leaders in Montenegro.
(SFC, 5/19/98, p.A12)
1998 May 19, In Serbia Pres.
Milosevic named Momir Bulatovic as federal prime minister. Montenegro’s
parliament said it did not recognize the ouster of Radoje Kontic and
that it would no recognize any laws of the federal government.
(SFC, 5/20/98, p.A12)
1998 May 31, A reformist coalition
led by Pres. Djukanovic led in national elections with 50.4%.
(SFC, 6/1/98, p.A8)
1999 Mar 29, In Montenegro Pres.
Milo Djukanovic made a plea for an end to NATO attacks on Yugoslavia.
The country reported that over 30,000 refugees had taken asylum there.
(SFC, 3/30/99, p.A10)
1999 Apr 1, Yugoslav Gen'l.
Radoslav Martinovic was recalled by Pres. Milosevic and replaced by
nationalist Gen'l. Milorad Obradovic. A coup was feared to be imminent.
The Yugoslav military demanded control of Montenegro's state-run TV,
but the demand was rejected.
(SFC, 4/2/99, p.A13)(WSJ, 4/5/99, p.A17)
1999 Apr 3, Montenegro announced
that over 31,000 Kosovar Albanians had entered the country since NATO
assaults began and that it was facing a humanitarian catastrophe.
(SFEC, 4/4/99, p.A10)
1999 Apr 6, NATO bombed Yugoslav
forces in Montenegro.
(WSJ, 4/7/99, p.A16)
1999 Apr 8, Pres. Milo Djukanovic
warned Gen'l. Milorad Obradovic to stop breaking into homes and
forcibly taking citizens into military service.
(SFEC, 4/11/99, p.A28)
1999 Apr 9, It was reported that
the US planned to give $10 million in emergency aid to Montenegro.
(WSJ, 4/9/99, p.A10)
1999 Apr 14, Some 3,000 refugees
reached the border of Macedonia and another 7,000 were expected.
Another 3,000 arrived in Albania. An estimated 18,000 were making their
way to Montenegro. Over the last 3 weeks 305,000 arrived in Albania,
121,000 in Macedonia, and 61,000 in Montenegro.
(SFC, 4/15/99, p.A12)
1999 Apr 14, The Yugoslav navy
declared all Montenegrin ports closed for 48 hours. The Yugoslav
military later assumed control of the port from civilian authorities.
Navy warships in the port were used to fire antiaircraft missiles
against NATO aircraft.
(WSJ, 5/4/99, p.A17)
1999 Apr 15, NATO bombed TV
transmitters, military installations and bridges throughout Yugoslavia.
Military targets in Montenegro were struck as was the city of Subotica,
near the Hungarian border.
(SFC, 4/16/99, p.A19)
1999 Apr 16, Thousands of refugees
poured out of Kosovo as NATO blasted oil refineries, military barracks
and airports around Yugoslavia. At least 5,000 refugees crossed into
Macedonia, and 8,000 into Albania. Some 100,000 were believed to be
enroute to Macedonia.
(SFC, 4/16/99, p.A1)
1999 Apr 18, Yugoslav troops
crossed into Montenegro and opened fire on a column of ethnic Albanian
refugees near Rozaje. At least 6 people were killed.
(SFC, 4/21/99, p.A1)
1999 Apr 23, The Yugoslav army
attempted to issue summonses against the heads of the 2 main
independent radio stations, Nebojsa Redzic of Radio Free Montenegro and
Miodrag Perovic of Antenna M. No one accepted the summonses.
(SFC, 4/24/99, p.A13)
1999 Apr 30, NATO undertook over
600 sorties and strikes in Montenegro and Kosovo reportedly killed 13
people.
(SFC, 5/1/99, p.A1)
1999 May 20, The Yugoslav army
took control of the borders to prevent men escaping into Bosnia and to
halt the flow of recruits and weapons to the KLA.
(WSJ, 5/21/99, p.A9)
1999 May 24, Montenegro drafted a
decree that would allow it to prosecute all Yugoslav army officers
involved in such acts as the confiscation of humanitarian aid, the
seizure of the borders and breaking into the houses of Montenegrins
evading military service.
(WSJ, 5/25/99, p.A23)
1999 Aug 5, Montenegro proposed
changes to its relationship with Serbia that would dissolve Yugoslavia
and replace it with a loose association.
(SFC, 8/6/99, p.A12)
1999 Dec 8, In Montenegro Serbian
troops occupied the main airport for one day. Montenegro had planned to
assume control of the airport Dec 9.
(SFC, 12/9/99, p.A18)(SFC, 12/10/99, p.D8)
2000 Mar 6, Serbia sealed its
border with Montenegro as relations worsened.
(WSJ, 3/7/00, p.A1)
2000 May 31, In Montenegro Goran
Zugic (39), security advisor to Pres. Milo Dzukanovic, was gunned down
as he arrived home.
(SFC, 6/2/00, p.A18)
2000 Jun 11, In Montenegro voters
kept the pro-West government in the capital, Podgorica, but elected
allies of Slobodan Milosevic in Herceg Novi.
(WSJ, 6/12/00, p.A1)(SFC, 6/13/00, p.A11)
2000 Jun 16, Serb opposition
leader Vuk Draskovic was slightly wounded in an assassination attempt
at his vacation home in Budva, Montenegro. Montenegro authorities
reported the arrest of the attackers.
(SFC, 6/16/00, p.A19)(SFC, 6/17/00, p.A8)
2000 cJun 25, Montenegro told the
UN that it no longer wants to be represented by Yugoslavia.
(WSJ, 6/26/00, p.A1)
2000 Jul 6, Pres. Milosevic
changed the constitution to allow himself to run for re-election. He
also reduced Montenegro’s power in the Yugoslav federation by changing
how delegates are selected for the upper house.
(SFC, 7/7/00, p.A12)
2000 Aug 1, Two Britons and 2
Canadians were arrested in northern Montenegro while driving to Kosovo
on suspicion of spying and terrorism.
(SFC, 8/8/00, p.A12)
2000 Sep 24, Elections in Serbia
and Montenegro showed Vojislav Kostunica leading by a wide margin over
Pres. Milosevic.
(SFC, 9/26/00, p.A1)
2000 Oct 17, Montenegro Pres. Milo
Djukanovic refused to take part in national institutions with Serbia
until the Montenegro-Serbia relationship is redefined.
(SFC, 10/18/00, p.A12)
2000 Nov 10, Pres. Djukanovic
called for international recognition as an independent state from
Serbia. He threatened a referendum on seceding from Yugoslavia unless
their union is radically revamped.
(SFC, 11/11/00, p.A14)
2000 Dec 26, In Montenegro 3
military commanders were dismissed by the Yugoslav top defense body as
a concession to Pres. Djukanovic.
(SFC, 12/27/00, p.A16)
2001 Jan 8, In Montenegro
assassins killed a senior secret-service officer in Podgorica.
(WSJ, 1/09/01, p.A1)
2001 Feb 1, Pres. Milo Djukanovic
visited Washington DC to explain his reasons for independence, but Sc.
Of State Colin Powell refused to see him.
(SFC, 2/2/01, p.D4)
2001 Apr 22, In Montenegro
parliamentary elections pro-independence advocates won 42% of the seats
vs. 40.6% for the opposition.
(SFC, 4/22/01, p.D1)(SFC, 4/23/01, p.A8)(SFC,
4/24/01, p.A10)
2001 Jun 16, It was reported that
the weekly Nacional had accused Pres. Djukanovic of amassing $65
million from cigarette smuggling over the last decade and had ordered
contract killings of associates.
(SSFC, 6/17/01, p.A16)
2001 Jul 17, Pres. Kostunica
appointed Dragisa Pesic as the new Prime Minister.
(SFC, 7/18/01, p.C4)
2002 Mar 14, Yugoslavia was
declared dead as Serbia and Montenegro agreed to rename their
federation: “Serbia and Montenegro.”
(SFC, 3/15/02, p.A6)
2002 Mar 20, A pro-independence
party quit the ruling coalition to protest the federation deal with
Serbia.
(WSJ, 3/21/02, p.A1)
2002 Apr 19, PM Filip Vujanovic
resigned over the coalition deal with Serbia.
(SFC, 4/20/02, p.A13)
2002 Oct 20, In Montenegro the
pro-independence party of Pres. Milo Djukanovic won 39 of the 75 seats.
(AP, 10/20/02)(SFC, 10/21/02, p.A5)
2002 Nov 5, Montenegro's ruling
party nominated president Milo Djukanovic to serve as the new prime
minister. The presidential vote is set for Dec 22.
(AP, 11/5/02)
2002 Nov, In Montenegro Svetlana
C. (28) of Moldava escaped from a brothel near the capital, Podgorica,
and went to the police. Local newspapers reported that politicians and
other members of Montenegro's ruling elite frequented the brothel and
took part in orgies at which women were tortured.
(AP, 7/7/03)
2002 Dec 22, Montenegro held
presidential elections but voters failed to turn out in sufficient
numbers.
(AP, 12/22/02)(WSJ, 12/24/02, p.A1)
2003 Jan 29, Montenegro lawmakers
voted to abolish Yugoslavia and replace it with a loose union of
semi-independent states called Serbia and Montenegro.
(SFC, 1/30/03, p.A8)
2003 Feb 4, Yugoslavia’s
parliament transformed the federation into a loose union between
Montenegro and Serbia and retired the name “Yugoslavia.”
(WSJ, 2/5/03, p.A1)
2003 Feb 9, Montenegro's 2nd
attempt in 2 months to elect a president failed.
(AP, 2/10/03)
2003 Mar 3, Lawmakers from
Serbia and Montenegro inaugurated their new parliament, formally
replacing Yugoslavia with the new state.
(AP, 3/3/03)
2003 Apr 3, Serbia and Montenegro
became a member of the Council of Europe.
(AP, 4/3/03)
2003 May 11, Montenegro held its
3rd presidential election in six months and former prime minister Filip
Vujanovic, who favors independence from Serbia, won a landslide
victory. He promised to hold a referendum in 3 years on whether to
split with Serbia.
(AP, 5/11/03)(AP, 5/12/03)(WSJ, 5/13/03, p.A1)
2003 Sep 7, Goran Markovic's "The
Cordon", a film from Serbia and Montenegro about the behavior of
policemen during the demonstrations against president Slobodan
Milosevic in 1997, won the top prize at the Montreal film festival.
(Reuters, 9/7/03)
2003 Nov 13, Svetozar Marovic,
Serbia-Montenegro's president, apologized in Sarajevo for the pain his
country inflicted upon Bosnia during the 1992-95 war.
(AP, 11/14/03)
2003 Nov 13, Serbia dissolved its
parliament and announced early elections, signaling the collapse of the
government three years after the ouster of Slobodan Milosevic. PM Zoran
Zivkovic to agree, under pressure from political defectors and
Milosevic supporters, to set a new parliamentary vote for Dec. 28, a
year ahead of schedule.
(AP, 11/14/03)
2004 May 28, In Montenegro gunmen
shot dead Dusko Jovanovic, the editor of a conservative daily. PM
Djukanovic had sued Jovanovic and the Dan daily for stories linking the
premier to a major human trafficking case. A court hearing was to begin
next month. Damir Mandic was tried and acquitted in 2006 but that
ruling was overturned after an appeal, and a retrial was held. In 2009
the Montenegro Higher Court ruled that karate expert Damir Mandic was
guilty of the "well-planned and premeditated" murder of editor Dusko
Jovanovic.
(AP, 5/28/04)(AP, 4/28/09)
2005 Feb 22, Montenegro's
President Filip Vujanovic and PM Milo Djukanovic proposed the peaceful
disintegration of Serbia-Montenegro, suggesting that the two former
Yugoslav republics recognize each other as sovereign states.
(AP, 2/23/05)
2005 Feb 23, Serbia's prime
minister and other top officials flatly rejected Montenegro's proposal
for a final split of their joint state.
(AP, 2/23/05)
2005 Apr 12, An EU feasibility
study deemed Serbia and Montenegro worthy to start accession talks.
(Econ, 4/16/05, p.43)
2005 Apr, Oleg Deripaska, Russian
oligarch, planned to buy KAP, Montenegro’s aluminium plant. KAP
accounted for up to 40% of Montenegro’s GDP and was seen as an
environmental nightmare. The deal included $20 million for
environmental clean-up.
(Econ, 4/30/05, p.47)
2005 Jun 9, The US lifted its
freeze on a $10 million aid package for Serbia-Montenegro, saying the
Balkan country had shown better cooperation with the UN war crimes
tribunal.
(AP, 6/9/05)
2005 Jul, Montenegro agreed to pay
Croatia $460,000 in war compensation for cattle taken by its soldiers
in June, 1991.
(Econ, 7/30/05, p.46)
2005 Oct 21, Lawmakers of Serbia
and Montenegro elected Zoran Stankovic (51), a reported ally of
notorious war crimes fugitive Ratko Mladic, as the new defense minister.
(AP, 10/21/05)
2006 Jan 23, In Montenegro a
packed passenger train derailed and plunged into a steep river canyon
outside the capital of Podgorica, killing at least 44 people and
injuring more than 135, more than half of them children.
(AP, 1/24/06)
2006 Feb 16, Serbia rejected
European Union's guidelines for an independence vote in Montenegro,
increasing tensions within the troubled Balkan state.
(AP, 2/16/06)
2006 May 21, Montenegro voted by a
slim margin to secede from Serbia and form a separate nation, erasing
the last vestiges of the former Yugoslavia.
(Econ, 3/4/06, p.47)(AP, 5/22/06)
2006 May 23, Serbia's president
said he recognized the results of the independence vote in Montenegro
that will separate the tiny Adriatic republic from its union with
Serbia.
(AP, 5/23/06)
2006 Jun 3, Montenegro's
parliament declared independence from Serbia, forming Europe's newest
country and dissolving the last vestiges of the former Yugoslavia.
(AP, 6/3/06)
2006 Jun 15, The Serbian
government recognized newly independent Montenegro, and said it would
establish diplomatic ties with its former partner.
(AP, 6/15/06)
2006 Jun 22, The UN Security
Council unanimously recommended that newly independent Montenegro
become the 192nd member of the United Nations.
(AP, 6/23/06)
2006 Jun 28, The UN General
Assembly unanimously admitted the newly independent Republic of
Montenegro as the 192nd member of the world body.
(AP, 6/28/06)
2006 Sep 10, Montenegrins voted in
the first parliamentary elections since the tiny state split from
Serbia. Police announced a crackdown on an alleged ethnic Albanian
terrorist group authorities said had threatened the ballot. The
coalition of PM Milo Djukanovic headed for an absolute majority with a
projected 41 seats in the 81-seat parliament.
(AP, 9/10/06)(SFC, 9/11/06, p.A3)
2006 Sep 12, Montenegro's election
authorities said the governing pro-Western coalition led by Prime
Minister Milo Djukanovic won last weekend's parliamentary elections.
(AP, 9/12/06)
2006 Nov 29, NATO leaders finished
a two-day summit without agreement on some members' refusal to send
troops into combat in Afghanistan's most dangerous regions. NATO vowed
to give its troubled mission in Afghanistan the "forces, resources and
flexibility needed" to tackle increasingly ferocious Taliban fighters.
Leaders invited Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia-Herzegovina to join a
program considered a first step toward eventual membership, but urged
Serbia and Bosnia to fully cooperate with the UN war crimes tribunal.
(AP, 11/29/06)(AFP, 11/29/06)
2007 Feb 21, Montenegro police
arrested Smail Tulja (67) in his home in Montenegro's capital,
Podgorica, on an international arrest warrant that the authorities
received from FBI and Interpol agents. He was wanted for the killing
and dismemberment of an elderly woman in New York City in 1990 and is
also suspected in similar slayings of women throughout Europe.
(AP, 2/22/07)
2007 Mar 12, In Nigeria’s oil
region hostage takers released 3 European captives. 2 Croatians and one
Montenegrin seized Feb. 18 in Port Harcourt were in good health after
their release to state officials.
(AP, 3/12/07)
2007 Mar 15, Montenegro signed a
stabilization and association agreement (SAA), usually the first step
toward EU membership.
(Econ, 3/24/07, p.60)
2007 Jun 17, Authorities in
Montenegro arrested Vlastimir Djordjevic, Serbia's assistant interior
minister and chief of the Public Security Department (1997-2001),
wanted for murder and persecution of ethnic Albanians in Kosovo.
(AP, 6/17/07)
2007 Oct 15, Montenegro signed a
stabilization and association agreement with the EU, normally a step
towards membership.
(Econ, 10/20/07, p.72)
2007 Elizabeth Roberts authored
“Realm of the Black Mountain: A History of Montenegro.”
(Econ, 2/3/07, p.85)
2008 Apr 6, Montenegrins voted in
the tiny Balkan state's first presidential election since it split from
Serbia two years ago. President Filip Vujanovic won re-election by a
landslide, cementing Montenegro's westward economic and political
course since breaking away from Serbia two years ago.
(AP, 4/6/08)(AP, 4/7/08)
2008 Aug 5, In Montenegro 4
Michigan residents were among 12 ethnic Albanians convicted of plotting
a rebellion to carve out a homeland within the tiny Balkan republic.
(AP, 8/5/08)
2008 Aug 21, A Montenegrin court
ordered three US citizens and seven other ethnic Albanians back to
prison after convicting them of plotting a rebellion to establish an
Albanian autonomous region within the Adriatic country.
(AP, 8/22/08)
2008 Oct 9, Montenegro and
Macedonia recognized Kosovo's independence, despite opposition from
Serbia, which called the moves by its Balkan neighbors a betrayal and
expelled the Montenegrin ambassador from Belgrade.
(AP, 10/9/08)
2008 The population of Montenegro
numbered about 650,000.
(Econ, 1/10/09, p.46)
2009 Jan, In Montenegro a huge
aluminium factory on the edge of Podgornica struggled under falling
metal prices. Controlled by Oleg Deripaska, a Russian tycoon, it
depended on large quantities of subsidized electricity. The factory and
its related industries accounted for 40% of the country’s GDP.
(Econ, 1/10/09, p.46)
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