Montenegro s Limited Coalition Hammers Away At Perilous Religion, Nationality Issues
May 07, 2021 13:14 GMT
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PODGORICA Still rutted with historically fraught questions of religious and national identity, Montenegro s political path took a sharp turn in August.
That s when a diverse coalition of Serbian nationalists, populists, centrists, socialists, environmentalists, and anticorruption campaigners won just enough votes to edge out the Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) that had run the former Yugoslav republic for 30 years.
A record turnout among Montenegro s some 540,000 registered voters demanded change and heralded impatience with President Milo Djukanovic and the perceived clientelism that helped make him one of Europe s longest-serving democratic leaders.
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On 30 December 1993, Israel and the Holy See signed the Fundamental Agreement, thereby establishing diplomatic relations between the Jewish state and the Vatican.
The agreement, which was the result of 18 months of negotiations, was signed in Jerusalem by Israel’s Deputy Foreign Minister Yossi Beilin and Msgr. Vatican Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs Claudio Maria Celli. The World Jewish Congress played a key role in bringing about the establishment of relations between the two institutions.
Under the terms of the agreement, the Holy See agreed that it would not become directly involved in the disputed territories and unsettled borders in Israel, while reserving the right to speak out on moral issues regarding the conflict. It also called on the Vatican and Israel to declare their respective commitment to the promo