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MONTENEGRO | 16-02-2014 | The protests that have been going on in Bosnia Herzegovina since more than a week now, have extended to the Montenegro region. Thousands of people have taken the streets and protested against government policies. The police in Montenegro fired tear gas and stun grenades Saturday to disperse hundreds of protesters who were blaming the government for high unemployment, economic mismanagement and alleged corruption, and demanding its resignation. The initiative of the protests were first called by an informal Facebook group that asked Montenegrins to voice solidarity with Bosnian anti-government demonstrators who earlier this month stormed into the country’s presidency and other government buildings in Sarajevo and torched them over similar demands.
In Podgorica, the capital of Montenegro, at least nine riot policemen were injured in the clashes with the demonstrators, many of them wearing masks to conceal their identities. At least 20 demonstrators were detained during the violence, which erupted when some 300 protesters tried to march toward the downtown government headquarters.” Bosnia has taken to the streets. “Tens of thousands of unemployed, hungry and robbed people should take justice into their own hands!” Montenegro has a Population of about 600,000 people, and is a neighbor Bosnia. Economically it is mainly based on tourism. It is in the in process of transition as the country hich seeks European Union membership.
(REDRAG MILIC Associated Press)
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