/international/ - International Discussion

>>129

Montenegro was a separate state in Yugoslavia from the beginning; it became independent from Turkey back in 1700 and it was it's own state in 2nd Yugoslavia. I'm not sure though what was the political motivation behind breaking such union.

They want to join the EU more quickly than Serbia which is held back by the Kosovo dispute.

>>145

>montenegro

>wanting to join EU

montenegro is russian as fuck, russians own almost half of montenegro and there are talks to establish a russian naval base there

>>146

>Montenegro has refused a request by the Russian Federation for permission to install a military base in its Adriatic port of Bar to provide logistical support to the Russian naval fleet in the Mediterranean, the Podgorica-based independent newspaper Vijesti said on Thursday.

http://dalje.com/en-world/montenegro-refuses-russian-request-to-use-port-of-bar-for-military-purposes/492568

>Montenegrin Defence Minister Milica Pejanovic Djurisic declined to comment on the newspaper report, and her ministry said in a press release that in regular contacts as part of its bilateral and multilateral activities the ministry had never discussed the possibility of foreign military or naval bases being opened in Montenegro.

>The press release said that the Montenegrin government was unequivocally committed to the country's strategic priorities concerning Euro-Atlantic integration.

http://dalje.com/en-world/montenegro-refuses-russian-request-to-use-port-of-bar-for-military-purposes/492568

>Montenegro's population is overwhelmingly pro-EU, with 76.2% being in favour according to polling and only 9.8% against, in October 2009.

http://balkandata.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/cedem_october09.pdf

>>149

That is pure shit , I've been there many times and everyone says their president is traitor and their own statistics say that about 30%of population are for NATO