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Montenegro police break up protest over new Orthodox leader
Police in Montenegro on Sept. 5 dispersed hundreds of demonstrators who gathered in the historic city of Cetinje to block the inauguration of the new head of the...
Police fired tear gas at the protesters gathered on the main square, about 100 meters from a 15th-century monastery where the new Metropolitan of Montenegro Joanikije is to be enthroned later on…
- CETINJE-Agence France-Presse
- Hurriyet
The planned event has exacerbated ethnic tensions in the country, which broke away from Serbia in 2006.
While the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) is the dominant religion in Montenegro, critics accuse it of serving the interests of Belgrade…