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Starting off the programme today, we're talking to Gyula Hegyi, a Hungarian Socialist MEP who says that the countries of the former Yugoslavia should form a loose union that would join the eU en masse.
In reply, gordana Djurovic - the minister for European Integration in the Montenegrin government - who says that the federation of Serbia and Montenegro is disfunctional and therefore independence is essential.
Milenko in Serbia said that the Montenegrin government was to blame for the disfunctional relationship between Belgrade and Podgorica. He was against independence but said it was a decision for people in Montenegro.
Boyana, another Serb in Belgrade asked how could Montenegrins expect to get on with their European neighbours if they couldn't work with Belgrade.
Stefan in Prague sent this email;
I was in montenegro for the first time last year, and saw most of this small country, and will be there again this coming week, hopefully to help them celebrate their independence. My impression is that they will be much better off without the extra baggage of being the junior partner to a Serbia still in convulsions dealing with its recent past. I wish them all the best!
On Nepal, while most of you welcomed that the reinstated parliament had removed most of the king's powers, there was general disappointment that the country had been declared a secular state rather than a Hindu kingdom.
Rajenda in Germany said he was proud of Nepal's status as the only Hindu kingdom in the world, which echoed the sentiments of Mr Shah in Canada. But Gul Sial in Kathmandu welcomed the separation of church and state.
The issue of the child abuse reported in some Aboriginal communities in Australia sparked a nerve with many of you, here's a selection of your sms text messages and emails:
Kathy, England
Well said kieran a crime is a crime do not blame alcohol punish the criminals for the horrible crime of child abuse.
Anonymous text
I feel that the Northern Territories officials and law enforcement agencies should be held resposible for the many terrible cases of childhood molestation
Shanelle in USA
I think it is so ironic that for so long the native Australians have been treated as inhuman, and now the government wants to blame them when they behave as such. Pedophiles come in all cultures. These people have been invisible for so long, and now Australia wants to show them to the world as drunken monsters. Shame on them.
Alessandro, Italy
Both crime and sub-culture outburst have an economic major component. If aborigenals were given a serious chance to develop themselves they would regain pride and confidence in the future, and would live in peace with themselves and the world.
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