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| | Foreign Military Studies Office Publications - The Old Yugoslavia: Continuing to Crumble |
 | | In mid-July, Djukanovic stated publicly that Montenegro was not giving up on its right to an independence referendum, and that he had “tied his career with the project of Montenegro’s independence,” which he believed is closely related to the “preservation of Montenegro’s national, state, and cultural identity.” |
| | Montenegro has made a reasonable start toward economic independence on several fronts, to include maintaining its own central bank, using the euro instead of the Yugoslav dinar as official currency, collecting its own customs tariffs, establishing its own telecommunications industry, and managing its own budget. |
| | The impact of an independent Montenegro on Macedonia’s stability can be explained in a few key points. First, the common denominator linking Macedonia and Montenegro is the ethnic Albanian presence in each. In both republics, ethnic Albanians comprise a key minority: seven percent in Montenegro and 25% in Macedonia. |
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