Members of Parliament Declare Independence
Parliament declared independence for the tiny Balkan republic of Montenegro, forming a new European state and dissolving what was left of the former Yugoslavia.
The assembly adopted a declaration of independence, verifying the results of a May 21 referendum in which Montenegrins supported a split from Serbia by a slim margin.
The document envisages Montenegro as a “multiethnic, multicultural and multireligious society ... based on the rule of law and market economy.”
The authorities then raised a red-and-gold Montenegrin flag over the parliament building.
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