<nettime> Montenegro

["Ivo Skoric" <ivo@reporters.net>]

Milo Djukanovic is one slick dude. For years of Yugoslavs wars of 
succession Montenegro was amassing foreign currency reserves 
from smuggling operations. Now, using those reserves, first, he 
announced German marks as official Montenegro currency. 
Second, he did not barred Serbian companies from doing business 
in Montenegro. In Serbia they have to surrender their foreign 
currency to national bank at the official curse which is 4 times 
lower than in Montenegro. How long do you thing until they all 
move their headquarters South? Third, he will pay government 
salaries in German marks. That would quickly silence his 
opponents in the coalition government. Fourth, he will do the same 
with Yugoslav Army officers stationed in Montenegro: pay them off 
in German marks. Which is essentially a clever bribe - an incentive 
to them to abandon Milosevic. Oh, did I forget to tell that 
Djukanovic uses US economic advisers? The things that are 
happening in Montenegro and Vojvodina are just a continuation of 
the war waged by another means, that NATO is waging against 
Milosevic. The thing that German marks are used instead of US 
dollars, will keep Europeans happy... 

Nevertheless, the sad truth about the entire Eastern Europe 
including Serbia, that so loudly announces its victory over Germans 
in WW II, is that in eighties, when Eastern European economies 
started their dive, German marks became unofficial currency in all 
those countries. When I lived in Zagreb I kept all my savings in 
German marks, I paid rent in German marks, I bought a car in 
German marks, I also sold German marks in black market to 
others... Germany conquered Europe with its money.

ivo

Date sent:      	Fri, 5 Nov 1999 20:40:57 +0100
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From:           	Frank Tiggelaar <webmaster@domovina.net>
Subject:        	Montenegro
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Montenegro is on the fast lane: Not only did the country adopt the
German Mark as its second currency on Monday; on Tuesday "Montenegro
Airlines" proudly announced two daily flight-pairs Podgorica-Rome and
two flight-pairs Podgorica-Zuerich each week. And while Djukanovic was
having talks in the US, a couple of other government members "...
informed the VJ commander in Montenegro of the government's points of
view"

Frank

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