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A minority are (descendants of) people of Serbian origin who were established in France in the aftermath of the First World War (e.g. Michel Auclair). Most Serbs however moved to France during the 1960s and 1970s, some also came as refugees during the Yugoslav wars of the 1990s.
The Paris Peace Conference gathered over 30 nations at the Quai d'Orsay in Paris, France, to shape the future after World War I. The Russian SFSR was not invited to attend, having already concluded a peace treaty with the Central Powers in the spring of 1918. The Central Powers - Austria-Hungary, Germany, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire - were ...
The majority of Serbs, however, came during the 1960s and 1970s, some also came later as refugees from the Yugoslav wars of the 1990s . A smaller part of Serbs in France are descendants of immigrants from the period after the First World War . There were Serbs in Paris in the 19th century who were educated at the universities there.
Those were seriously shaken with France's show of support for the U.S. in the 1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, and Kosovo war, but have been improving since 2000. French-born Serbian princess Helen of Anjou founded Gradac Monastery in the 13th century Renaissance tapestry (16th century) with motifs of the Battle of Kosovo (1389) in the Château ...
The Paris Peace Conference was a set of formal and informal diplomatic meetings in 1919 and 1920 after the end of World War I, in which the victorious Allies set the peace terms for the defeated Central Powers. Dominated by the leaders of Britain, France, the United States and Italy, the conference resulted in five treaties that rearranged the ...
FRUD peace accord; Bosnian War (1992–1995) Location: Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina Herzeg-Bosnia Croatia Support: NATO Republika Srpska Serbian Krajina Western Bosnia (from 1993) Support: FR Yugoslavia: Croatian and Bosnian victory Kosovo War (1998–1999) Location: Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija (then part of ...
Serbian-Ottoman War (1352) Part of the Byzantine civil war of 1352–1357: Serbian Empire Bulgarian Empire Supported by: John V Palaiologos: Ottoman Beylik Supported by: John VI Kantakouzenos: Defeat. Serbia loses the first major battle of the Ottomans which were increasingly becoming a threat to Europe
The Serbs share many cultural traits with the rest of the peoples of Southeast Europe. They are predominantly Eastern Orthodox Christians by religion. The Serbian language (a standardized version of Serbo-Croatian) is official in Serbia, co-official in Kosovo and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and is spoken by the plurality in Montenegro.