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...Europe's best-kept ski secret lies in the Bjelasica mountains at Jezerine, about 15 minutes by car outside the town of Kolasin, itself an hour and a half's drive up the stunning Moraca Canyon from the Montenegrin capital of Podgorica. Although the range's highest peak, Crna Glava (Black Head), is only 7,018 ft. (2,139 m), the amount of snowfall and variety of terrain in Jezerine will surprise you. While relatively small compared to many European resorts - there are only five lifts, although a high-speed quad is being built - Jezerine's tree-skiing, powder...
...Adriatic coast. By a slight majority, Montenegrins voted to break away from Serbia, driving the last nail in the coffin of what was once called Yugoslavia. It was a great victory for the leading advocate of independence, Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic, whose supporters were out on the streets of Podgorica, Cetinje and Budva celebrating, dressed in the bright red of their newly minted nation and waving flags, before the votes were even counted. But the Serbian capital Belgrade was quiet that night, and like most of my fellow Serbs, I stayed at home and watched the live broadcast of jubilation...
When the tiny Yugoslav republic of Montenegro (pop. 650,000) adopted the euro last month - replacing its official currency, the deutsche mark - the move was greeted in the capital Podgorica with near universal acclaim. With its sultry Adriatic breezes, cyprus-lined boulevards and busy sidewalk caf?s, the city already feels more a part of southern Europe than the benighted region known as the Balkans. And Montenegrins regard the euro as an important step toward further integration with the more prosperous countries of Western Europe. That goal, in fact, is the one thing everyone can agree on. Where Montenegrins differ, heatedly...
...Another concern in the capital Podgorica is the loss of Western aid, which under Milosevic flowed only to Montenegro but now has been diverted, in part, to Belgrade. With 40% unemployment and little in the way of industry, that assistance is critical, and Djukanovic may be betting that an independent Montenegro will be in a stronger position...
...difference in daily life in Montenegro. It no longer pays taxes into the federal coffers. It has its own police force. And in 1999 it introduced Germany's deutsche mark as its official currency. Ties with Serbia are so distant that Yugoslavia recently opened a "representative's" office in Podgorica, like some foreign diplomatic mission. In Serbia, on the other hand, the fallout from secession will be considerable. "If Montenegro goes, Serbia would effectively become a new country," Kostunica says. Elections might precipitate the breakup of the ruling coalition and, as President of a nonexistent Yugoslavia, Kostunica would...