Montenegro Breaks Away From Serbia

[Seamus Fermanagh]

.....ah, the Balkans. Always good for a bit of sorrow.

[Lemur]

I remember reading that the Montengrins felt that they were used pretty badly by Serbia as soldiers and officers, leading to the old saying: "The Serbs will fight until the last Montenegrin is dead."

Then there's Otto von Bismarck's take on the region: "The whole of the Balkans is not worth the bones of a single Pomeranian grenadier."

[scotchedpommes]

As ever, there is enough of an ethnic Serbian presence to create tension, and
possible difficulties. There were never any clean breaks, except when there was
relative homogeneity - in other words, see Ten-Day War.


Yugoslavia is dead, long live Yugoslavia.

[Fragony]

When do the negotiations with the EU start, the more the better :P

[ZombieFriedNuts]

Well this is annoying I can’t find it on a map

[Duke Malcolm]

No, it will be as Serbia & Montenegro on maps. Montenegro is the part by the coast, I believe. I doubt many maps have been printed since the Montenegrin referendum...

I love the idea of mini-states on the Continent, they are so quaint, somewhat nostalgic. A colourful by-product of the international drive for nationalism after the break-up of the European Empires... All to give cartographers some extra fun, colouring the map in a few more colours than pink.

I wonder if we can convince them to re-instate a monarchy. They've all been waving flags of their old king, that has to be something. Mini-monarchies are much more fun than mini-republics...

[ShadesPanther]

More powder added to the keg, I guess