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Now, this issue of "cooridnating" a charter on this future state called Serbia and Montenegro has been on the agenda for quite some time. Just recently, a "major" obstacle was overcome on the issue of how will the joint parliament members be elected -- an issue that nearly railroaded the whole thing. One state wanted them elected by popular vote, the other wanted them appointed by state's parliament.

Apprently, legislators in Podgoritsa (Montenergin capital) and Belgrade (Serbian and Yugoslav capital) could not address the "other" burning issue that is now threatening to railroad the whole thing -- customs between the two states which are part of the same country(!?) This is pure insanity.

Montenegro, wich has no industry to protect -- except black market -- because nothing will grow there except poison ivy, is protecting its turf even if it means railroading Serbian economy, which is struggling to defend itself from cheap imports, and keep its head above the water. Never mind the fact that Montenegro has lived off of Serbia for the last 50 or so years, and that the only thing Montenegro ever contributed to Serbia and Yugoslavia were disastrous politicians, quasi linguists, Miloshevichs (his brother identifies as a Montenegrin), Vuk and Radovan Karadzhich, Zhel'ko Razhnatovich aka Arkan, Milovan Djilas, and similar "stars."

Since 1998, Montenegro dropped Serbian assistance and took on a path of pretend-independence, proudly, raking in money donations from international community which was all too eager to help cause a rift between Djukanovich and his old pal Miloshevich.

Now that even that income has dried up, lawlessness in Kosovo and other interest groups have found Montenegro a fertile smuggling field and a profitable "industry" of sorts that now has to be protected.

The country of 600,000 people, of whom only about 450,000 are Montenergins (the other few hundred thousand live in Serbia) claim their own language which differs from standard Serbian in 3 sounds typical of the Herzegovian dialect which can hardly be localized only in Montenegro.

It is an engima why Serbia even bothered to stay with such a parasite this long, and it is no surprize that Mladjan Dinkich is rightfully expressing frustration with even attempts to form a loose union with this blood-letting appendige.

The topping on this absurd cake comes from none other than the pro-Western apparatchik, Mr. fashionable prime minister of Serbia, Zoran Djindjich, according to Tanyug of 28. Nov. 2002.

"Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic said late Wednesday European Union foreign policy and security chief Javier Solana will "practically announce" in Belgrade on Thursday that agreement has been reached on the draft constitutional charter of the future community of Serbia and Montenegro."

Note the Belgrade-speak nonse "practially announce." What is exactly is so practical about Solana's annoucnement remaind engimatic. Never mind the fact that the row over inter-state customs within the same country is not even mentioned, "practially" speaking of course.

...and all the other Balkan Freepers

One more S&M "jewel" from today's headlines...

BUMP

This is just nuts. At this rate 'Serbia & Montenegro' will never happen... Most of what Montenegro has is in the hands of foreigner (i.e. the Niksic brewery bought out by the Dutch) and even with their 'more liberal' economic system, they still don't have much of a clue. A particular European supermarket chain was interested in bringing Dingac and Vranac on to the European table, only for the Montenegrins in charge to quote some ridiculous price that bore no resemblance to reality. Maybe that new 'zoo' on Skadarsko Jezero will energize the dynamic Montenegrin turbine...!

VRN

The intentions of the 'West'(NATO,EU...)to destroy Yugoslavia politicaly and militarily first and now the mercilless continuation of erasing that state and it's name in the Balkans once and for all, are one of the great misteries to me.