Dsurazal
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Post by Dsurazal on Dec 10, 2007 20:24:01 GMT -5
Montenegro sets up fund for minorities
8 December 2007 | 17:09 | Source: BIRN PODGORICA -- Montenegro has set up a Fund for Minorities to help them preserve their religious, cultural and linguistic identities.
The Minister for Human and Minority Rights, Fuad Nimani, told journalists on Friday that the Fund was “necessary not just for the minorities, but also for the whole of Montenegro”.
“The funding will come from the state budget, 0.15 percent of which will be allocated to the new Fund. The work and various projects of the national councils of minority nations and national communities will be financed through the Fund”, Nimani said.
The Fund will consist of the director and 13 members of the Board.
Montenegro has a population of 630,000. Of the total, 43 percent are Montenegrins, 32 percent Serbs, 14 percent Bosniaks/Muslims, 6 percent Albanians and 1 percent Croats.
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Interesting numbers. It seems that Crna Gora is taking on a EU stance on multi-culturalism and is taking steps to secure and integrate all cultures within it's boarders.
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