PODGORICA, Montenegro (AFP) — Serbia's former ally Montenegro Thursday became the latest country to recognise Kosovo, as the European Union urged Pristina to deepen reforms while it awaited an international court's ruling on its secession from Belgrade.
Montenegro's announcement sparked outrage in Serbia and Belgrade in a knee-jerk reaction said it was expelling the Montenegrin envoy.
Majority ethnic-Albanian Kosovo -- a UN-run province since 1999 when it was wrested from Serbian control in a NATO air war -- has been recognised by almost 50 states so far, including the United States and most European Union members.
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Update: 10/14/2008
Protesters have clashed with police in the Montenegrin capital Podgorica at a rally against the government's decision to recognise Kosovo's independence.
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