The threat of civil war


The turning point in recent Montenegrin history came in 1997, when Montenegro's young prime minister Milo Djukanovic, in power since 1990, distanced himself from Slobodan Milosevic and, in late 1997, defeated his former ally, Milosevic-backed Momir Bulatovic, in presidential elections.
Djukanovic did so by a tiny margin, thanks to Albanian and Bosniak voters. Supporters of Milosevic and Bulatovic took to the streets. On 14 January 1998, one day before Djukanovic's inauguration, they attempted to take over the government building. They failed. The police – contrary to Bulatovic's expectations – stood by Djukanovic. The Yugoslav Army refused to become involved.
Post-modern Nation - Montenegro one year after independence
- Fault line of civilisations?
- Tribal reputation
- Facing the past
- The threat of civil war
- Cold war with Serbia (1997-2000)
- Fears of war
- Building institutions
- A short history of "Solania"
- Independence
- First stop: Europe's youngest capital
- Podgorica – centre of national politics
- Near Podgorica: KAP and FDI
- Second stop: the North after independence
- Tribes and clans
- Wild beauty
- "Little Montenegro"
- Northern politics in 2007
- Third Stop: the Adriatic Coast
- Multiethnic Bar
- Catholics and Orthodox in Sutomore
- Kotor between East and West
- Montenegro's economic motor: Tourism
- Into the mountains – the end of Empire
- Fourth stop: Cetinje
- Symbols of statehood
- The fight over orthodoxy