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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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Move over Paris, Milan, London....Montenegro is one of the most fashionable and trendy places! More funny becasue we just didn't expect it...and a bit bummed we didn't get some pictures of the street fashion to prove it! We had heard and seen some pretty amazing things about Montenegro and were a bit bummed we would wizz through this gorgeous country! We were lucky and got a ride from Stjepo the guesthouse owner in Dubrovnik to the town just over the border in Montenegro. He was going to buy cigarettes becasue Croatian cigarettes cost 1euro in Montenegro as opposed to 3.50 euro [View Full Entry]

angeandjean - honeymoon from france to oz | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: December 1st 2009 | 48 Views | [diary=457565]

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By The Journey
October 4th 2009
Montenegro & Kosovo Europe » Montenegro » Kotor
Montenegro & Kosovo, Sept. 25th - Sept. 30th, 2009 After finally getting off the beach in Dubrovnik, we were to head to the capitol of Montenegro, Podgorica. These plans changed once we heard about a little place called Kotor on the coast. Not wanting to miss what was supposed to be a really nice town, we decided to make a stop there on our way to Podgorica, and we were not disappointed. Kotor is another small little vacation town on the coast, but what makes it unique is St. John's Fortress. This massive fort is a continuation of the old city [View Full Entry]

The Journey - Andrea & Dan | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: October 4th 2009 | 97 Views | [diary=441952]

San Giovanni Monestary
St. John's Fortress
St. John's Fortress

By Noz
October 2nd 2009
Old cities Europe » Montenegro » Kotor » Kotor
After a good sleep in my womb-like deep-sea room on board Marco Polo, I had a Balkan breakfast of cold meats and cornflakes at 6am. The early mists were thinning as Croatia drew near, to all but lift when we were close enough to see her trademark orange tiled roofs. Sailing in between the close green-and-grey hills was a lovely experience. Even the previous evening's singers were silenced. I set off with Dr Jeremy to explore Dubrovnik old town, after checking the bus times to Kotor. I had decided to move on through Europe faster to see if I could use [View Full Entry]

Noz - Nicholas Edwards | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: October 2nd 2009 | 62 Views | [diary=441441]

Dubrovnik high street
I heart Dubrovnik

By pinarkaya
September 7th 2009
montenegro Europe » Montenegro » Kotor
it's my first trip abroad and i like kotor so much. i was here via a work camp named let it be clean. yes we cleaned kotor. we worked 5 hours per day (we collected garbage, cleaned school buildings, playgardens etc.) but it was my best holiday. i spent my best 15 days in kotor, because we went on the beach every afternoon and to the old town everynight. also we visited budva, peras, risan, cetinje and among them my favourite town is cetinje. we saw cetinje on a rainy day and it looked wonderful with some foggy weather. after those [View Full Entry]

pinarkaya - pinar kaya | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: September 7th 2009 | 23 Views | [diary=434554]

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It took about 4 buses but I eventually got to Kotor, a beautiful port town, that is a preserved museum town. It is a walled city, that as soon as you walk in you feel like you have been taken back a couple of hundred years. Of course the hundreds of extremely wealthy Russian and Serbian tourists soon ruin that dream. I stayed in a hostel within the town, and spent most of my time walking around enjoying the stunning surroundings with other travellers. It is a really lovely place, but was slightly ruined by all the tourists. Unlike Albanian I [View Full Entry]

Little Pilavachi - Elly Pilavachi | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: August 27th 2009 | 54 Views | [diary=431667]


DAY 104 What can we say about the 12 hour bus ride from Belgrade, Serbia to Kotor, Montenegro, other than we now have 101 ways to sleep on a bus seat. Angie's favorite one is to stretch our with her legs going across the aisle resting in the empty seat. No one needed the aisle anyway until the stops. Francine's most comfortable way to sleep was to curl up facing the seats and her head on her blow up pillow. The only problem was when the bus breaked and she nearly fell on the floor. During the night around 2am we [View Full Entry]

2 BLONDES ON HOLIDAY - ANGIE FRANCINE | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: July 25th 2009 | 161 Views | [diary=421444]

FRANCISCAN MONASTERY OF ST. CLAIRE 1803
ST. CLARIE'S CHURCH
ST. MICHAEL'S 1300'S

Les balkans en Dyane Soixante ans d'âge, des milliers de km au compteur, trois chevaux sous le capaux et quatre français pour une décapotable citroëne qui fut un jour un sommet de technologie automobile ( il parait ...). Dans un tel véhicule soigneusement décoré aux couleurs des pays traversés nous ne manquons pas de succiter l'étonnoment des habitants. Garagistes et douaniers tous nous saluent en riant ou à coups de klaxon. La dyane est précieuse pour entrer en relation avec la population, et vu sa vitesse de pointe, personne ne se sent pris de vitesse! Elle nous permettra de nouer [View Full Entry]

inchallah - Pèlerinages Inch Allah | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: July 17th 2009 | 42 Views | [diary=418789]

Camping improvisé sur les rives du lac d Ohrid en Macédoine
Bonheur partagé d une rencontre à l'improviste

Kotor and Dubrovnik day 12-13 (July 9- July 10) This time we had a private bus and travelled in style, complete with red and blue disco lights that came on through the tunnels. It was only a 45 minute journey to Kotor and I wondered why we didn’t just do it as a day trip, but on arrival I was glad we were to stay in this town. Kotor is set on the edge of a fjord with spectacular blue-green water. Our accommodation was the best we had stayed in and we scored a balcony that looked toward the mountains as [View Full Entry]

tanglefish - Sharyn J | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: August 21st 2009 | 86 Views | [diary=426440]

View from the top
View from our Kotor Pension
Old town wall in Dubrovnik

Well I am sorry to report that the weather in Budva wasn't all that much better than the weather in Ostrog and Budva really wasn't the most exciting place on the planet. It was raining in the morning so that put the damper on any plans to get out onto the water and have some fun on the water. Instead we had to shelter in cafes and drink tea and coffee and check the internet until the rain showers cleared. And to be honest that is pretty much all we did in Budva, up until about 6pm when Susie and I [View Full Entry]

Chellebelle - Rochelle Ade | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: June 29th 2009 | 140 Views | [diary=413074]

Lunch in Budva
View from Kotor fort

Today we caught a bus to our next stop Montenegro, we werent originally going to come here but have heard such good reports we wanted to see for ourselves. We caught a bus to the town of Kotor. Montenegro is a relatively new country as it used to belong to Serbia. Its just as beautiful as Croatia in some places even more. The coast line changes slightly to mountains diving straight into the tourquiose blue waters of the Adriatic. Kotor is an amazing bay and like many towns along this coast line has a typical old city wall and an amazing [View Full Entry]

Tony and George - G & T's Travels | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: June 26th 2009 | 108 Views | [diary=411101]

On the way to Kotor
On the way to Kotor
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