Unionist politicians, Protestants who favor retaining ties with Britain, largely welcomed the news.
McAllister retains ties with relatives in Newton Mearns, and speaks English to his two daughters at home in Bad Bederkesa.
Most of the returnees retain ties with Israel; they often leave families there, and invest earnings there, in homes and education.
Mr. Djukanovic, who has led Montenegro for 15 years, seemed to benefit from its rapid entry into the United Nations and disarray among opposition parties that had fought to retain ties with Serbia.
HERCEG-NOVI, Montenegro — In May, Montenegrins will vote in a referendum to decide a question that has hung over them since four other former Yugoslav states — Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Macedonia — declared independence in the early 1990's: whether to retain ties with Serbia or go their own way.
However, due to Germany's insistence on single citizenship, the dual goal of retaining ties with the Turkish communities abroad and increasing their political influence necessitated a category which does not entail a legal status of nationality, hence a quasi-citizenship in the form of pink/blue card.
"I think that African American LGBT people work to retain ties with their racial and ethnic communities," said Mignon.
The Haqqani network continues to enjoy a safe haven in Pakistan's tribal region bordering Afghanistan, and according to most analysts, retains ties with Pakistan's primary spy agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence.
There is no rule that we must retain ties with abusive people just because they are blood.
