Soon afterwards, a man arrives claiming to be David’s great-uncle from Bosnia. The Calvert Journal has picked three pioneering novels at the vanguard of this new trend, dealing with the capital-P political system: parliament, parties, and the web of forces behind the scenes. Meanwhile, a new law adopted in late 2019 to regulate the status of churches and other religious property riled the powerful Serbian Orthodox Church, leading to protests and a diplomatic cold war between Belgrade and Podgorica.Īuthors living in the country certainly have a lot to write about, leading to a new wave of socially-critical fiction. An attempted Russia-orchestrated coup took place in Montenegro in 2016. Serbia considers Montenegro part of its sphere of influence, as does Russia, a longtime Serbian ally. These moves were controversial with many of the country’s ethnic Serbs - 28 per cent of the population - who objected to NATO membership. Soon after seceding from the joint state with Serbia, Montenegro applied for membership in the EU and joined NATO in 2017. Europe’s newest state was born, renewing the Montenegrin sovereignty of 1878-1918, gained after fighting against the Ottoman Empire. When the population of Montenegro voted by a narrow margin in 2006 to cede from the last manifestation of Yugoslavia (“Serbia and Montenegro”), there was an air of euphoria in the pro-independence camp and in many Western countries.
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