Montenegro
Serbia and Montenegro were represented by a single football team in the 2006 FIFA World Cup tournament, despite having formally split just weeks prior to its start. Following this event, this team has been inherited by Serbia, while a new one was organized to represent Montenegro in international competitions.[18] On March 24, 2007, the Montenegrin national team came from behind to win its first ever fixture, 2-1, in a friendly game against Hungary at the Podgorica Stadium.[19] On their 119th Session in Guatemala City in July 2007, the International Olympic Committee granted recognition and membership to the newly formed Montenegrin National Olympic Committee. Montenegro is set to debut at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
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In popular culture
The first official international representation of Montenegro as an independent state was in the Miss World 2006 celebrated on September 30, 2006 in Warsaw, Poland. Ivana Knežević from the city of Bar was the first Miss Montenegro at any international beauty pageant. Both Montenegro and Serbia competed separately in this pageant for the first time after the state union came to an end.
Part of the 2006 James Bond film Casino Royale is set in Montenegro, although the filming was done in Czech Republic.
Nero Wolfe, the eccentric fictional detective created by American writer Rex Stout, is Montenegrin by birth. One Nero Wolfe novel, The Black Mountain, takes place in Tito-era Montenegro.
Jay Gatsby, the main character of the F. Scott Fitzgerald novel The Great Gatsby, supposedly fought in Montenegro in World War I, and had been given a medal of honour by the Montenegrin King Nicholas I.
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Montenegrin holidays
| Date | Name | Notes |
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| 1 January | New Year's Day | (non-working holiday) |
| 7 January | Orthodox Christmas | (non-working) |
| 14 January | Julian New Year's Day | |
| 25 April | Orthodox Good Friday | Date for 2008 only |
| 27 April | Orthodox Easter | Date for 2008 only |
| 28 April | Orthodox Easter Monday | Date for 2008 only |
| 1 May | Labour Day | (non-working) |
| 9 May | Victory Day | |
| 21 May | Independence Day | (non-working) |
| 13 July | Statehood Day | (non-working) |
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See also
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References
- ^ CIA World Factbook: Montenegro
- ^ HDI 2004, source: Government of Montenegro
- ^ CIA World Factbook
- ^ List of members to the United Nations by joining date
- ^ Directorate of Communication - The Republic of Montenegro becomes 47th Council of Europe member state
- ^ Geography{{Clarifyme|{{subst:DATE}}
- ^ this literal translation is used in Mainland China and Hong Kong; Taiwanese Mandarin uses 蒙特內哥羅 "méngtènèigēluó", a phonetic transcription of "Montenegro"
- ^ ISO 3166-1 Newsletter No. V-12, Date: 2006-09-26
- ^ "Porodica Nedžiba Loje o Njegovom Hapšenju i Deportaciji 1992". Godine [1][clarify]
- ^ "Russia pushes peace plan", BBC, 1999-04-29.
- ^ BBC News: Montenegro vote result confirmed
- ^ BBC News: Montenegro declares independence
- ^ Index - Diplomáciai botrány Szerbia és Montenegró között
- ^ Vijesti: Crna Gora tražila javno izvinjenje zbog afere "kvazidržava"
- ^ Official results of the 2003 Montenegrin census
- ^ Kotor
- ^ Montenet - History of Montenegro: Crnojevic Rule
- ^ UEFA: Montenegro set for big adventure
- ^ Montenegro take a bow at victory
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Further reading
- Realm of the Black Mountain: A History of Montenegro by Elizabeth Roberts (Hurst & Co, 2007) ISBN 978-1-85065-868-9
- Montenegro: The Divided Land by Thomas Fleming (2002) ISBN 0-9619364-9-5
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