In pictures: Montenegro votes

The people of Montenegro have voted for independence from Serbia in Sunday's referendum, official results show.

Celebrations began late on Sunday after unofficial results suggested the pro-independence block had secured the required 55% of the vote.

Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic said this was the most important day in Montenegro's recent history.

Turnout was 86.3%, and voters formed long queues at many polling stations.

Supporters of independence had argued it would bring faster European integration and a stronger economy.

But "No" campaigners said Montenegro was too small to survive on its own, and made their feelings known in the capital Podgorica.

Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic (right) led the independence camp, and opposition leader Predrag Bulatovic (left) the pro-Serbians.

About 55.4% of voters chose to end Montenegro's union with Serbia, official results show.

That was just above the 55% needed to allow the dissolution of the former Yugoslavia - remembered in communist-era monuments - to go ahead.

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