Word: montenegro
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Slobodan Milosevic may have a nasty little surprise waiting for NATO in the New Year - all nicely timed to coincide with the lead-up to the American presidential election. Wednesday's seizure of Montenegro's main airport by Milosevic's troops looks like a dry run to test Western resolve to defend the territory's pro-Western government. Although Yugoslavian forces backed down early Thursday, reopening the airport amid threats from NATO, the move may be a foretaste of a crisis to come. "Milosevic was clearly trying to test the West's commitment to defend Montenegro," says TIME Central Europe...
Although NATO strongly backs the government of President Milo Djukanovic, its official position is that Montenegro should remain an autonomous part of the Yugoslav federation. But remaining in the federation looks increasingly unviable for Djukanovic's government as long as Milosevic remains in power. And with Belgrade having just been granted $300 million in reconstruction aid by China, Milosevic doesn't look like he's about to leave the scene. "So the question isn't whether there'll be a confrontation, but when it will happen," says Anastasijevic. "But rather than simply send in his army, Milosevic may choose instead...
Serbia and Montenegro don't like living with each other, but neither side is quite ready to face up to the dramatic consequences of that fact. Talks on Montenegro?s proposals to substantially increase its autonomy failed to produce any agreement Tuesday, but both sides pledged to keep talking in order to avoid plunging the region into a new war. Despite the Montenegrins? threat to secede from Yugoslavia if they?re not granted substantial independence from Belgrade, neither side is ready for such a confrontation. "It?s like an unhappy marriage in which the husband and wife are being kind...
...agreeing to disagree with Belgrade is only a temporary solution for Montenegro?s pro-Western government. "The differences between the two governments are fundamental and it?s unlikely that they?ll ever agree," says Anastasijevic. "The very fact that the talks are going on is a sign that both sides need to buy time to prepare themselves for the inevitable showdown...
Barron and Leaning, who are members of the Lowell House Senior Common Room, located the Zejnullahus in Montenegro. They helped transport the four to Albania, and worked with the First Unitarian Parish of Concord, Mass., to bring the Zejnullahus to the United States in mid-July...