Montenegro
Montenegro has become the world's newest country. Or rather, it's back!
This country briefing is full of interesting information.
Montenegro - or Black Mountain - gained de facto independence in the late 18th century, when it was ruled by bishop princes who managed to carve out a free enclave in the heart of Ottoman-occupied Balkans. This was formally recognised in 1878, when it became a monarchy.
Although recognised by all the major European powers and the United States, which maintained embassies in its tiny, mountaintop capital of Cetinje, Montenegro gained the dubious distinction of being the only Allied nation to disappear off the map after the First World War. It entered the conflict in 1914 by declaring war on imperial Germany and Austria-Hungary, but by 1915 its tiny army was wiped out and the country occupied
This country briefing is full of interesting information.
Montenegro - or Black Mountain - gained de facto independence in the late 18th century, when it was ruled by bishop princes who managed to carve out a free enclave in the heart of Ottoman-occupied Balkans. This was formally recognised in 1878, when it became a monarchy.
Although recognised by all the major European powers and the United States, which maintained embassies in its tiny, mountaintop capital of Cetinje, Montenegro gained the dubious distinction of being the only Allied nation to disappear off the map after the First World War. It entered the conflict in 1914 by declaring war on imperial Germany and Austria-Hungary, but by 1915 its tiny army was wiped out and the country occupied