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Reactions to Montenegro independence referendum

(22 May 2006) 1. Various of central Pristina 2. Newspaper stand 3. Various of newspaper headlines about referendum 4. Headline in Koha Ditore newspaper reading "Montenegro is celebrating independence" 5. Headline in Zeri newspaper reading "Montenegro voted for independence - this will help Kosovo too" 6. Headline in Epoka E Re reading "Montenegrins said yes to independence." 7. Woman buying newspaper 8. SOUNDBITE (Albanian) Voxpop, Ramadan Maloku: "It is great that Montenegro finally got their independence. This will mean no more Yugoslavia." 9. Street scene 10. SOUNDBITE (Albanian) Vox pop, Feriz Gervalla: "It will help Kosovo to get independence as well and hopefully with Montenegro, we'll join the EU soon." 11. Fatlum Maliqi buying newspaper 12. SOUNDBITE (Albanian) Vox pop, Fatlum Maliqi: "For all the region it's better. People will be calmer, and of course this will be an easier way for Kosovo to come to its independence. It's very good for them (Montenegro) to be separated from Serbia". 13. Wide exterior of Kosovo's government building 14. SOUNDBITE: (English) Agim Ceku, Kosovo Prime Minister: "The government of Kosovo congratulates our neighbouring country Montenegro for the peaceful and democratic referendum through which it restored its sovereignty. The people of Montenegro have expressed their will to live in an independent country, sharing with others in the region the aspiration to join the European Union." 15. Close-up Ceku's hands 16. SOUNDBITE: (English) Agim Ceku, Kosovo Prime Minister: "This process has proved that Montenegro is a healthy democracy where citizens, no matter their ethnic or religious background, have a voice in determining the future of their country. We wish Montenegrins to continue on the path of democracy and European integration, this is the final act of the dissolution of Yugoslavia. Before the end of the year, Kosovo will join Montenegro as a new state and these new countries will be an important factor for the stability of the whole region." 17. Exterior pan of government building 18. Wide of central Pristina STORYLINE: Kosovo's Prime Minister Agim Ceku hailed on Monday the victory of Montenegro's pro-independence bloc to secede from Serbia and form a separate state. "This is the final act of the dissolution of Yugoslavia," Ceku told the Associated Press in Kosovo's capital, Pristina. "The people of Montenegro have expressed their will to live in an independent country, sharing with others in the region the aspiration to join the European Union," he said. "Before the end of the year, Kosovo will join Montenegro as a new state and these new countries will be an important factor for the stability of the whole region," Ceku added. In the streets of Pristina, many people saw the Montenegro referendum as a sign of hope. "It will help Kosovo to get independence as well and hopefully with Montenegro, we'll join the EU soon," Feriz Gervalla said. "For all the region it's better. People will be calmer, and of course this will be an easier way for Kosovo to come to its independence," Fatlum Maliqi said. Kosovo, formally a province of Serbia, has been administered by the United Nations since a 1999 NATO air war halted a crackdown by Serb forces on separatist ethnic Albanians. Ethnic Albanians, who make up over 90 percent of its two million citizens, demand independence, while Serbs want it to remain part of Serbia. Milo Djukanovic, Montenegrin Pro-independence Prime Minister said his bloc had won 55.5 percent of Sunday's votes, or some 40-thousand votes more than rival parties. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...