Editing Podgorica (section)

===Contemporary history===
As [[Breakup of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia began to break up]], Titograd was renamed to Podgorica after a referendum on 2 April 1992.<ref name="ZU">{{cite web |url=https://portalanalitika.me/clanak/240393/zivjeti-i-umrijeti-u-titogradu |work=Portal Analitika |author=Željko Vukmirović |title=Živjeti i umrijeti u Titogradu |language=sr |date=17 August 2016 |access-date=31 January 2019 |archive-date=1 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190201015752/https://portalanalitika.me/clanak/240393/zivjeti-i-umrijeti-u-titogradu |url-status=live}}</ref> On 25 May 1992, Podgorica was the site of a [[Serbian Radical Party]] rally of approximately 10,000 supporters, during which a [[Bosniaks of Montenegro|Montenegrin Bosniak]] man named Adem Šabotić attempted to assassinate [[Vojislav Šešelj]] via hand bomb after his supporters chanted references to killing [[Muslims]].<ref name="BHASPG">{{cite web |url=https://bh-magazin.com/2021/01/31/sudbina-atentatora-na-seselja-znate-li-pricu-o-ademu-saboticu/ |author=Avdo Huseinović |website=BH MAGAZINE |title=Sudbina atentatora na Šešelja: Znate li priču o Ademu Šabotiću? |language=Bosnian |date=31 January 2021 |access-date=19 December 2021 |archive-date=19 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211219223031/https://bh-magazin.com/2021/01/31/sudbina-atentatora-na-seselja-znate-li-pricu-o-ademu-saboticu/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Šešelj, his bodyguards, and a few bystanders were injured after the bomb detonated but no one was killed.<ref name="BHASPG"/>

Otherwise, the [[Yugoslav wars]] largely bypassed Podgorica, but the entire country was greatly affected with severe economic stagnation and hyperinflation lasting throughout the 1990s due to [[Sanctions against Yugoslavia|international sanctions]]. In 1999, Podgorica was subject to airstrikes during the [[1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia|NATO bombing of Yugoslavia]].<ref name="APPN">{{cite news |date=29 April 1999 |title=Montenegro: Nato Bombing Attacks Latest |via=YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8ECEr6lz74 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200425045701/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8ECEr6lz74&gl=US&hl=en |archive-date=25 April 2020 |url-status=live |access-date=16 March 2019 |agency=[[Associated Press]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name="WPPN">{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/balkans/stories/montenegro050399.htm?noredirect=on |author=William Booth |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |title=NATO Bombs Hit Montenegro Homes |page=A31 |date=3 May 1999 |access-date=16 March 2019}}</ref>

On 13 July 2005, the newly constructed [[Millennium Bridge (Montenegro)|Millennium Bridge]] opened for traffic.<ref name="ekm">{{cite news |url=https://www.ekapija.com/news/15680/na-dan-drzavnosti-crne-gore-otvoreni-novi-most-milenijum-i-tunel-sozina |website=eKapija |title=Na Dan državnosti Crne Gore otvoreni novi Most Milenijum i Tunel Sozina |language=Serbian |date=14 July 2005 |access-date=6 January 2022 |archive-date=12 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220912192454/https://www.ekapija.com/news/15680/na-dan-drzavnosti-crne-gore-otvoreni-novi-most-milenijum-i-tunel-sozina |url-status=live}}</ref> Following the results of the [[2006 Montenegrin independence referendum|independence referendum]] in May 2006, Podgorica saw significant development as the capital of an independent state, including the reconstruction and renaming of the former Ivan Milutinović Square to [[Independence Square (Podgorica)|Independence Square]].

On 13 October 2008, at least 10,000 people [[2008 Podgorica protest|protested]] against [[2008 Kosovo declaration of independence|Kosovo's declaration of independence]].<ref name="DWKP">{{cite news |url=https://www.dw.com/bs/neredi-u-podgorici-zbog-kosova/a-3709049 |publisher=[[Deutsche Welle]] |title=Neredi u Podgorici zbog Kosova |language=sr |date=14 October 2008 |access-date=16 March 2019 |archive-date=12 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220912192455/https://www.dw.com/bs/neredi-u-podgorici-zbog-kosova/a-3709049 |url-status=live}}</ref> On 19 December 2008, the [[Moscow Bridge]] opened for pedestrians.

On 7 August 2013, the 60-year old Hotel ''Crna Gora'' was demolished to make way for the new [[Hilton Hotels & Resorts|Hilton]] in its place, which opened in 2016.<ref name="KHCGPG">{{cite web |url=https://kodex.me/clanak/127190/zvanicno-otvoren-prvi-hotel-hilton-u-podgorici |website=Kodex |title=Zvanično otvoren prvi Hotel Hilton u Podgorici |date=20 September 2016 |access-date=6 January 2022 |archive-date=12 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220912192454/https://kodex.me/clanak/127190/zvanicno-otvoren-prvi-hotel-hilton-u-podgorici |url-status=live}}</ref> Construction of the [[Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ, Podgorica|Cathedral of Christ's Resurrection]] finished after 20 years on 7 October 2013.

In October 2015, [[2015–2016 Montenegrin crisis|protests]] took place in Podgorica ahead of [[Montenegro–NATO relations|Montenegro's accession into NATO]]. After a demonstration of at least 5,000 to 8,000 people,<ref name="DWKC">{{cite news |url=https://www.dw.com/bs/crna-gora-protesti-i-ni%C5%A1ta/a-18847999 |publisher=[[Deutsche Welle]] |author=Nemanja Rujević |title=Crna Gora: Protesti i ništa |language=sr |date=15 November 2015 |access-date=16 March 2019 |archive-date=6 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806075122/https://www.dw.com/bs/crna-gora-protesti-i-ni%C5%A1ta/a-18847999 |url-status=live}}</ref> the police used [[tear gas]] to disperse demonstrators from the [[Parliament of Montenegro|parliament]].<ref name="VPDF">{{cite news |url=https://www.vijesti.me/vijesti/politika/situacija-u-gradu-se-smirila |agency=[[Vijesti]] |title=Situacija u gradu se smirila |language=sr |date=25 October 2015 |access-date=16 March 2019}}</ref> Protests in the city continued through the [[2016 Montenegrin parliamentary election]]. On 22 February 2018, a [[Armed Forces of Serbia and Montenegro|Yugoslav Army]] veteran [[2018 United States embassy attack in Podgorica|killed himself at the US embassy in Podgorica]].