Two Serbian regions in Croatia have already declared themselves independent republics.

The liberated region declared its independence August 6, 1825, commemorated as a national holiday.

Four Italian regions have so far declared cotechino a traditional food:

The region declared its independence in 1913.

Since then various cities and regions of Ukraine have declared Russian a regional language in their jurisdictions.

On 6 January 1992, the region declared its independence from Azerbaijan.

The troops and most of the Georgian-speaking population were forced out in 1993, and the region declared independence in 1999.

The region declared its intent to seek independence in 1990, leading to a conflict which led to a ceasefire in 1992.

Two large regions have declared themselves independent and did not take part in the vote on Sunday.

"We're in th' right region," declared the old miner.