Montenegro, a small country in the Western Balkans, with a population of no more than 630 000 people, is faced with protests that in the long term might evolve in something similar to the Ukrainian Maidan movement. 
Members of the pro-Serbian Democratic Front, an electoral coalition representing the country's biggest minority, have gathered in the center of the capital of Montenegro, Podgorica, in an attempt to force the government of Prime Minister Milo Đukanović from the power.
The demonstrators demand resignation of Đukanović and formation of the provisional government until new elections are held. They have announced that protesters will not leave the center of the city until their demands are met.
The government of Montenegro, led by the Democratic Party of Socialists, has been ruling the country since the fall of the Communist regime in 1989 and party itself is a successor of the old Communist party which reformed itself. All attempts by the opposition to remove DPS from power have been unsuccessful until now.
Despite seeing impressive rates of economic growth in the last decade, many citizens of Montenegro have failed to see any significant improvement in the quality of their lives. Especially in the northern region, where Democratic Front has strong support, people are faced with high unemployment and lack of economic opportunities.
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