(22 Mar 2000) Serbo-Croat/Nat
Security is tight in Podgorica, the capital of Montenegro, as the region prepares to commemorate the first anniversary of NATO's bombing campaign on Friday.
Border posts linking Kosovo with Serbia and Montenegro were closed on Wednesday as a precaution against possible violence.
At Podgorica airport, army planes and helicopters are on full alert.
As Friday's first anniversary of NATO's bombing campaign against Yugoslavia looms, there are fears of confrontations in Montenegro between Serbs loyal to the regime of Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic and those who favour secession.
Montenegro is Serbia's junior partner in what remains of former Yugoslavia, and is thought to be last part of the Balkan region over which Milosevic can still exert aggressive influence.
In the streets of the capital, Podgorica, the police are conducting security patrols.
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"This is outrageous what they are doing with the food supplies. They should not close the border with Serbia. This is completely crazy."
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Pro-Serb demonstrators have already taken to the streets to show their support for Milosevic's Serbian regime, and tensions remain high.
Montenegran communities are still recovering from the burden of hosting thousands of refugees and displaced people from the Balkan region's violent past, particularly last year's conflict in Kosovo.
Currently Montenegro continues to accommodate some 30-thousand ethnic Albanians.
Three thousand Kosovar refugees remain in Albania, 24-thousand in Bosnia-Herzegovina, and 20-thousand in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
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