ABSTRACT
This chapter analyses the effects of regional factors on the reconstruction of citizenship in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia and Montenegro. The citizenship regime of Bosnia and Herzegovina is legally restrictive regarding dual citizenship. The way in which citizenship regimes of neighbouring countries affect each other is also pronounced in the case of Macedonia. Albania is the kin-state to approximately one fifth of the Macedonian population. The impact of Bulgaria on Macedonia's citizenship regime is a significant one, not the least because of its political, but also because of its symbolic implications. The citizenship issues in Macedonia also exist in the context of its post-Yugoslav neighbours, but are not as pronounced as in the case of Bulgaria. While the issues became appeased with the guarantees of rights enshrined in the Ohrid Framework Agreement, it is worth mentioning that Albania is also the kin-state to the Albanians living in Kosovo.
