Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia (Jugoslavija in all south Slavic languages, in Cyrillic ???????????) is a term used for three separate but successive political entities that existed during most of the 20th century on the Balkan Peninsula in Europe. Translated, the name means Land of the South Slavs (jug in the word Jugoslavija means south).

Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) was formed on April 28, 1992, and it consisted of the former Socialist Republics of Serbia and Montenegro.

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Federal Republic of Yugoslavia - April 28 - 1992

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The war in the western parts of former Yugoslavia ended in 1995 with U.S.-sponsored peace talks in Dayton, Ohio, with the so-called Dayton Agreement.

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1995 - U.S. - Dayton, Ohio - Dayton Agreement

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Starting in 1996, the Albanian organization Kosovo Liberation Army started terrorist actions in the southern Serbian province. The situation worsened, with the Serbian reaction in form of police intervention and similar militia activity, to the point that there was widespread violence and emigration. Following the Racak incident and unsuccessful Rambouillet Agreement in the early months of 1999, NATO proceeded to bombard Serbia and Montenegro for more than two months, until the Milo?evi? government submitted to their demands and withdrew its forces from Kosovo. See Kosovo War for more information. Since June 1999, the province has been governed by peace-keeping forces from NATO and Russia, although all parties continue to recognize it as a part of Serbia.

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1996 - Kosovo Liberation Army - Racak incident - Rambouillet Agreement - 1999 - Kosovo War - Russia

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Milo?evi?'s rejection of claims of a first-round opposition victory in new elections for the Federal presidency in September 2000 led to mass demonstrations in Belgrade on October 5 and the collapse of the regime's authority. The opposition's candidate, reformed nationalist Vojislav Ko?tunica took office as Yugoslav president on October 6.

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2000 - Nationalist - Vojislav Ko?tunica - October 6

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On April 1, 2001, Milo?evi? was arrested on charges of abuse of power and corruption. On June 28 he was extradited to the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. His trial on charges of genocide in Bosnia and war crimes in Croatia and in Kosovo and Metohija began at The Hague on February 12, 2002. On April 11, the Yugoslav parliament passed a law allowing extradition of all persons charged with war crimes by the International Criminal Tribunal.

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April 1 - 2001 - June 28 - United Nations - International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia - Genocide - The Hague - February 12 - 2002 - April 11

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In March 2002, the Governments of Serbia and Montenegro agreed to reform FRY in favour of a new, much weaker form of cooperation called Serbia and Montenegro. By order of Yugoslav Federal Parliament on February 4, 2003, Yugoslavia ceased to exist.

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Serbia and Montenegro - February 4 - 2003

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