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Background: The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes was formed in 1918; its name was changed to Yugoslavia in 1929. Occupation by Nazi Germany in 1941 was resisted by various paramilitary bands that fought each other as well as the invaders. The group headed by Marshal TITO took full control upon German expulsion in 1945. Although Communist, his new government and its successors (he died in 1980) managed to steer their own path between the Warsaw Pact nations and the West for the next four and a half decades. In the early 1990s, post-TITO Yugoslavia began to unravel along ethnic lines: Slovenia, Croatia, Macedonia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina were recognized as independent states in 1992. The remaining republics of Serbia and Montenegro declared a new "Federal Republic of Yugoslavia" (FRY) in April 1992 and, under President Slobodan MILOSEVIC, Serbia led various military intervention efforts to unite ethnic Serbs in neighboring republics into a "Greater Serbia." All of these efforts were ultimately unsuccessful and led to Yugoslavia being ousted from the UN in 1992. In 1998-99, massive expulsions by FRY forces and Serb paramilitaries of ethnic Albanians living in Kosovo provoked an international response, including the NATO bombing of Serbia and the stationing of a NATO-led force (KFOR), in Kosovo. Federal elections in the fall of 2000, brought about the ouster of MILOSEVIC and installed Vojislav KOSTUNICA as president. The arrest of MILOSEVIC in 2001 allowed for his subsequent transfer to the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in The Hague to be tried for crimes against humanity. In 2001, the country's suspension from the UN was lifted, and it was once more accepted into UN organizations under the name of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Kosovo has been governed by the UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) since June 1999, under the authority of UN Security Council Resolution 1244, pending a determination by the international community of its future status. In 2002, the Serbian and Montenegrin components of Yugoslavia began negotiations to forge a looser relationship. These talks became a reality in February 2003 when lawmakers restructured the country into a loose federation of two republics called Serbia and Montenegro. The Constitutional Charter of Serbia and Montenegro includes a provision that allows either republic to hold a referendum after three years that would allow for their independence from the state union.



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42 days ago: Bryan and Tess published a blog
Day 4. Montenegro. Prcanj
June 14th 2008  Europe » Montenegro » Kotor » Kotor
Guess what! Yes its raining again. But this isn't going to dampen our spirits, so after breakfast we start our journey of driving round the bay. "Hope the roads are better the other side." The ... [full story]

42 days ago: Bryan and Tess published a blog
Day 3. Montenegro. Prcanj
June 14th 2008  Europe » Montenegro » Kotor » Kotor
The weather today looks a little more promising so we decided to make another attempted to climb Kotor's wall after yesterday's attempt was rained off. We started this climb with a rucksack ful ... [full story]

42 days ago: Bryan and Tess published a blog
Day 2. Montenegro, Prcanj
June 7th 2008  Europe » Montenegro » Kotor » Kotor
Hello again. After a good night sleep we wake up to what is reminiscent of the weather in old blighty. Cloudy and overcast, but we have breakfast and put our lives in the hands of the gods and ... [full story]

42 days ago: Bryan and Tess published a blog
Day 1.. Montenegro, Prcanj
June 6th 2008  Europe » Montenegro » Kotor » Kotor
Here we are at last. After a short stint on the plane we arrive in Croatia and drive the fifteen minutes to the border, to what use to be until a short while ago the planets newest country. This w ... [full story]

Montenegro
42 days ago: jimp published a blog
Montenegro
June 13th 2008  Europe » Montenegro » Kotor » Kotor
Monteregro I a beautiful little country wedged in between croatia, Albania and Serbia, oh and dont forget Kosovo. I entered into Montenegro via Croatia and the road was amazing you follow a mountian ... 13 photos [full story]

The Balkan Giants and their bad techno music
April 15th 2008  Europe » Montenegro » Kotor » Kotor
Leonardo Di Caprio is lost on the backpacker trail in Bangkok when he hears word of a magical Beach located off the Southern coast of Thailand. Like most backpackers without a plan would, he follo ... 4 photos [full story]


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Bay of Kotor
Bay of Kotor
The Cathedral
Josip Jelacic
The mouse car and scooter brigade at Mljet
Sammy, the salty sea dog, jumps ship
Looking over Rhea
The view over Kotor Bay
The Montenegran flag flying above Kotor
San Stefan
Kotor fjord
Arrow slit in the citadel
Little chapel 2
Harbour
From above

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