BBC News: Montenegro elections: Long-standing leader Milo Djukanovic suffers defeat
Montenegro's long-standing leader Milo Djukanovic has suffered a resounding presidential election defeat.
The 36-year-old centrist former economy minister, Jakov Milatovic, declared victory on Sunday evening after the presidential run-off.
He will take over from Mr Djukanovic, who has held power as president or prime minister in Montenegro for over three decades.
Snap parliamentary elections are scheduled to take place in the summer. "Tonight is the night we have been awaiting for over 30 years.
I wish you a happy victory," Mr Milatovic told cheering supporters of his Europe Now Movement in the capital, Podgorica.
He promised to lead his small Balkan nation into the European Union within the next five years.
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WNU Editor: I have lost count in the past year on the number of European governments that have been defeated in elections. Milo Djukanovic has been President/Prime Minister of Montenegro for the past 30+ years, and his defeat is just another sign that Europeans want new leadership and a new direction for Europe.
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