Yugoslav Time Travelers Run in Montenegro Poll

A group of self-confessed nostalgics called "Jugoslovenski vremeplov" ("Yugoslav time-machine") on Tuesday will start their campaign to collect signatures of support for participation in the May 25 local elections in Podgorica.

Eleven years after the old Yugoslav federation officially dissolved, they said they aimed to represent all those who carry "the Yugoslav spirit in the heart".

The group has called on people to gather on the main square in Podgorica on Tuesday and give signatures of support. Under electoral law, they need to collect at least 150 signatures.

The members of the group are mainly young people who say they advocate a spirit of unity and social justice.

According to the 2011 population census, only 0.2 per cent of the population of Montenegro declared themselves "ethnic" Yugoslavs.

But the number of people who still consider themselves Yugoslav in a much broader sense is believed to be much higher.