The vast majority of Kosovar refugees fled to Albania because the vast majority of Kosovars are ethnic Albanians and knew that in Albania they would not be persecuted. As for Montenegro, it was relatively close by.
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The nation of Montenegro used to be part of Yugoslavia, and it therefore had a communist government during the period of 1945 - 1990, between the end of WW II and the fall of communism in Europe.
In the 2nd century bce the Illyrians were conquered by the Romans, and from the end of the 4th century ce they were ruled by the Byzantine Empire. After suffering centuries of invasion by Visigoths, Huns, Bulgars, and Slavs, the Albanians were finally conquered by the Ottoman Turks in the 15th century.
Filip Vujanović was the President of Montenegro in 2005.Vujanović first served as Prime Minister of Montenegro from 1998 January 15 to 2002 November 25. He first became acting president on 2002 November 25 when then president Milo Äukanović resigned to become Prime Minister. Running in the 2003 February presidential election, he received the most votes but the election was invalidated due to low voter turnout. He then won the succeeding 2003 May elections (which also had low voter turnout) and resigned on May 19, so that he could be officially inaugurated as president 3 days later on May 22. After the split of Serbia and Montenegro in 2006, he was again re-elected in 2008.