Yugoslavia, R.I.P.

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RED-LETTER DAY: A Montenegrin holds up a photo of Djukanovic during celebrations in the city of Cetinje

As if E.U. expansion wasn't complicated enough, Europe woke up last week to find a brand-new baby on its doorstep: the tiny republic of Montenegro, tucked between Albania and Croatia on the eastern Adriatic coast. By a slight majority, Montenegrins voted to break away from Serbia, driving the last nail in the coffin of what was once called Yugoslavia. It was a great victory for the leading advocate of independence, Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic, whose supporters were out on the streets of Podgorica, Cetinje and Budva celebrating, dressed in the bright red of their newly minted nation and waving flags, before...

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