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Silence descends on Montenegro ahead of independence vote
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Edited | Thomas Walker May 19, 2006 03:50pm |
| Category | News |
| News Date | May 19, 2006 03:00pm |
| Description | PODGORICA, Serbia-Montenegro (AFP) - A ban on campaigning has been enforced in Montenegro, ahead of a weekend referendum that may give the republic independence from the vestigal remains of the former Yugoslavia.
Despite the campaign blackout and the quiet of the streets of the capital, Podgorica, there were still signs of the massive gathering of the night before, when at least 50,000 Montenegrins rallied for independence from the country's union with Serbia.
The fervent independence supporters had descended on the city's main square Friday from across the mountainous republic, forming a scarlet sea of Montenegrin flag, banners and balloons.
The opposition-led bloc that favours maintaining the union with Serbia had ended its campaign two days earlier with a rally in the same square attended by at least 20,000 supporters.
Sunday's independence vote, if it succeeds, will mean the final dissolution of the communist Yugoslavia federation, four of whose six republics broke away in a series of bloody 1990s wars. |
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