Located in the southwest of the Balkan Peninsula in Europe, Montenegro covers an area of 13,800 square kilometers and has a population of about 622,000 (2019). In montenegro, the majority of the country is montenegrin, but the Serbs also have a large proportion, accounting for about 30%. So, what are the characteristics of montenegro?
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In fact, Montenegro's presence is relatively low, and its economy is not very good. Its infrastructure is very backward, and its goods are uncompetitive, so it has to import heavily from foreign countries. But despite Montenegro's modest economic strength, it is located in a region known as the Balkans, known as The Powder Keg of Europe. The trigger for the outbreak of the First World War was the serbian youth Princip, who assassinated Archduke Ferdinand, Crown Prince of Austria-Hungary, in Sarajevo.
And Montenegro, which is in the Balkan Peninsula, is not clean because of its geographical location alone. The northeast of Montenegro is bordered by the troubled land of Serbia, the southeast is bordered by Albania, which produces European gangs, a thriving population trade, and bunkers, borders Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia in the northwest, and the Adriatic Sea in the southwest.
Based on this geographical environment, it is inevitable that wars will continue, from the First World War to the Kosovo War at the end of the twentieth century, with the participation of Montenegro. The fact that Montenegro still exists today also shows that it is not a troublesome country, after all, the troublesome country has long been destroyed by other countries, and the Ottoman Turkey has never been able to swallow Montenegro.
There is also the entanglement between Montenegro and Serbia. Montenegro was constantly torn between an independent state and its alliance and merger with Serbia, and from the twelfth century onwards, Montenegro had merged with Serbia, and later with the rise of the Ottoman Turkish Empire, Serbia was defeated and Montenegro gained independence. During World War I, Montenegro was allied with Serbia, and after the end of the war, it was merged into Yugoslavia. Of course, the story of Yugoslavia is still very tortuous, from the age of the kingdom to the era of Tito, and then to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Montenegro has always been inseparable and is an important republic of Yugoslavia. However, Yugoslavia has always been targeted and divided, especially during the Kosovo War, when Montenegro was still part of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Therefore, in 2006, montenegrins decided to leave Serbia after years of companionship by referendum and split up their families.
After becoming an independent sovereign state, Montenegro completely fell to the West. On 28 June 2006, at the 60th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Montenegro successfully joined the United Nations as its 192nd Member State. Montenegro also chose to join the U.S.-led North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and on March 28, 2017, its application for membership was voted on by the U.S. Senate. In May 2022, Montenegro was listed as a candidate for membership by the European Union.