Montenegro watched the crisis unfold in neighbouring Serbia, finding it hard to believe that President Slobodan Milosevic might relinquish power without bloodshed.
"It looks like the end after so many years. But let's not forget that he must still have a lot of loyal forces and we haven't seen them come into action yet," said the Deputy Prime Minister, Mr Dragisa Burzan.
"It is still possible that he might try and strike back tonight or tomorrow. It is impossible to say what the final act will be," he added.
In stark contrast to the chaos on the streets of Belgrade, life in the Montenergan capital, Podgorica, carried on as normal, with people enjoying a warm autumn evening, sitting out in bars or doing some late shopping.
"It's not that we don't care about what is happening in Serbia, but things are different here. We have nothing to do with Milosevic," said Sreten Vujacic, a railway technician. "I think this is the end for him, but we might still see a bloodbath."
Montenegro has distanced itself from Serbia in recent years and instead built up its ties with the West, establishing many of the trappings of an independent state.