The Balkan republic of Montenegro is set to become Europe's newest state with initial results showing it voted ‘yes' to independence on Sunday, which could dissolve its union with neighbouring Serbia.
On Monday morning (22 May) unofficial results show that 55.3 percent voted in favour and 44.6 voted against secession from Serbia.
55.3 percent is just above the threshold for secession to be legitimate according to EU-imposed standards.
88 percent of Montenegrins turned out to...
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