The BBC's Matt Prodger examines the shaky union of Serbia and Montenegro and the gulf that has opened up between them. There can be few places more beautiful than Lake Skadar on a sunny winter's day. From the lakeside in Montenegro you can look across an expanse of blue water to the snow-capped mountains of Albania. It is scenery like this which is rapidly making Montenegro a hit among tourists and Western bargain-hunters snapping up second homes. Milo Dobric, a Montenegrin born and bred, is banking on a prosperous future. He runs pleasure boat cruises on the lake, and has plans to build a resort to cater for British birdwatchers. "Tourism is definitely the future," he says. "During the summer we have many tourists here. This summer we are expecting much more." But before the tourists arrive this summer, Milo and his countrymen expect to make a big decision. Referendum For more than 80 years, this tiny republic of little more than 600,000 people has been in some sort of union with its much bigger neighbour, Serbia.
There can be few places more beautiful than Lake Skadar on a sunny winter's day.
From the lakeside in Montenegro you can look across an expanse of blue water to the snow-capped mountains of Albania.
It is scenery like this which is rapidly making Montenegro a hit among tourists and Western bargain-hunters snapping up second homes.
Milo Dobric, a Montenegrin born and bred, is banking on a prosperous future.
He runs pleasure boat cruises on the lake, and has plans to build a resort to cater for British birdwatchers.
"Tourism is definitely the future," he says. "During the summer we have many tourists here. This summer we are expecting much more."
But before the tourists arrive this summer, Milo and his countrymen expect to make a big decision.
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For more than 80 years, this tiny republic of little more than 600,000 people has been in some sort of union with its much bigger neighbour, Serbia.
