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Topic: Montenegrin independence referendum, 2006

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Montenegro Montenegro's authorities are determined to hold a referendum on its independence from the state union of Serbia and Montenegro in early 2006, Montenegrin Foreign Minister Miodrag Vlahovic said Monday in Podgorica. On the last referendum on remaining in Yugoslavia in 1992, 95.96% of the votes were cast for keeping the federation with Serbia, although the turnout was at 66% because of a boycott by the Muslim and Catholic minorities as well as of pro-independence Montenegrins. In 2003, the Yugoslav federation was replaced in favor of a looser state union named Serbia and Montenegro and the possible referendum for Montenegro's independence was postponed until 2006. www.infothis.com /find/Montenegro

: : : SERBIA and MONTENEGRO: Information Directorate: : : : 05 2006 - The Serbia-Montenegro (SCG) State Union could cease to exist next September or October at the earliest, as its member-states will, after the Montenegrin referendum on independence, have to hold serious negotiations on system-related, material and organizational issues, SCG Council of Ministers General Secretary Igor Jovicic told Tanjug Tuesday. 05 2006 - Serbia and Montenegro Army and Defence Ministry members, since June 2002, after several decades of discontinuity due to international isolation, have been taking part in peacekeeping operations in the world, under the mandate of the United Nations. 05 2006 - Belgium's army envoy in Serbia and Montenegro Col. Bruno Vandersteen assessed in Obrenovac on Wednesday that the engineer brigade of the Serbia and Montenegro Army is ready to take part in peace-keeping operations. www.ssinf.sv.gov.yu /view.php?jezik=e&tid=1   (389 words)

News @ Serbian Unity Congress Balkanisation by another name, Spiked-Online, February 27, 2006 (3) 'Montenegrin government "lobbying" EU for "grey zone" referendum vote' BBC Monitoring / Mina news agency 20 February 2006. In fact, it is the European Union's (EU) Council of Ministers, and not the Montenegrin people, that will decide the actual outcome of the referendum. The final decision on what will constitute an acceptable threshold for a pro-independence vote will be decided when the Council meets on 27 February (3). news.suc.org /bydate/2006/February_27/16.html   (1078 words)

Montenegro - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia In 2003, the Yugoslav federation was replaced in favour of a looser state union named Serbia and Montenegro and the possible referendum for Montenegro's independence was postponed until 2006. The flag of the former Montenegrin monarchy: the gold coat of arms of the King Nikola on red field with a gold border (the initials НI of King Nikola, however, are left out), shown above, was adopted as the official flag of Montenegro on July 12th 2004 by the Parliament of Montenegro. Proponents of independence claim that the poll was organized in undemocratic conditions, with widespread propaganda from the state-controlled media in favour of a pro-federation vote. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Montenegro   (1110 words)

Center For Strategic & International Studies On June 21, the CSIS East Europe Project hosted a roundtable in the U.S.-Montenegro Policy Forum series focusing on the referendum on Montenegrin independence planned for Spring 2006. The CSIS Americas Program explored this security challenge at a March 29 forum with officials who are on the front lines protecting citizens in Central and South American countries. Bulent Arinc, speaker of the Turkish Grand National Assembly (left), discussed parliament’s role in promoting freedom and democracy in the country and the region at a CSIS Statesmen’s Forum on May 26. www.csis.org   (1110 words)

Montenegro Montenegro's authorities are determined to hold a referendum on its independence from the state union of Serbia and Montenegro in early 2006, Montenegrin Foreign Minister Miodrag Vlahovic said Monday in Podgorica. Between 1945 and 2003, Montenegro was a Republic of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia respectively. The principal cities and towns of Montenegro are: the capital Podgorica (139,100 inhabitants), NiksicNikšić (61,700), Pljevlja (18,800), and Bijelo Polje (17,100). www.infothis.com /find/Montenegro   (1110 words)

Center For Strategic & International Studies On June 21, the CSIS East Europe Project hosted a roundtable in the U.S.-Montenegro Policy Forum series focusing on the referendum on Montenegrin independence planned for Spring 2006. Two of the cochairs of the CSIS Initiative for a Renewed Transatlantic Partnership, former Italian Prime Minister Giuliano Amato and for former U.S. Secretary of Defense Harold Brown, outlined the goals in an April 7 opinion piece in the Financial Times. Young professionals from the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and the CATO Institute debated the patriotism of the recently-revealed “Deep Throat” source, Mark Felt, whose insider information was vital to the Washington Post’s breaking coverage of the Watergate scandal, on Thursday, June 30, at CSIS. www.csis.org   (1110 words)

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