Aleksandra Jerkov

"Novosti" writes that DS Leader Zoran Lutovac, who is committed to both things, has started losing the closest associates.

While some politicians who support regional autonomy in the Balkans have come out in support of the Catalan referendum, most national governments - wary of separatism in their own countries - have lined up behind Spain.

Supporters and opponents of Catalonia's right to hold an independence referendum from Spain have emerged on forseeable lines in the Balkans.