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Milošević did not recognize the court and represented himself. His defence is aired in former Yugoslavia and his popularity among Serbs greatly increased as a result. February 2003. Yugoslavia becomes Serbia and Montenegro. October 2003. Alija Izetbegović dies. March 2004. Peak of anti-Serbian violence in Kosovo. Hundreds of ancient Orthodox ...
Yugoslav Wars; Part of the post–Cold War era: Clockwise from top-left: Officers of the Slovenian National Police Force escort captured soldiers of the Yugoslav People's Army back to their unit during the Slovenian War of Independence; a destroyed M-84 during the Battle of Vukovar; anti-tank missile installations of the Serbia-controlled Yugoslav People's Army during the siege of Dubrovnik ...
An ICRC book published in 2010 cites the total number killed in all of the Balkan wars in the 1990s as "about 140,000 people". [340] In 2012 Amnesty International reported that the fate of an estimated 10,500 people, most of whom were Bosnian Muslims, remained unknown at that time. [341] [342] Bodies of victims are still being unearthed two ...
On 23 December 1990, Slovenia held a referendum, which passed with 88.5% of overall electorate supporting independence (94.8% of votes cast), with a turnout of 93.3%. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] The Slovenian government was well aware that the federal government in Belgrade might seek to use military force to quash Slovenia's move towards independence.
On 1 June 1993, 11 people were killed and 133 were wounded [83] in an attack on a football game. On 12 July, twelve people were killed while waiting in line for water. The biggest single loss of life was the first Markale marketplace massacre on 5 February 1994, in which 68 civilians were killed and 200 were wounded.
The siege of Mostar was fought during the Bosnian War first in 1992 and then again later in 1993 to 1994. Initially lasting between April 1992 and June 1992, it involved the Croatian Defence Council (HVO) and the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (ARBiH) fighting against the Serb-dominated Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) after Bosnia and Herzegovina declared its independence from ...
Following Bosnia and Herzegovina's declaration of independence from Yugoslavia on 3 March 1992, sporadic fighting broke out between Serbs and government forces all across the territory. [43] On 18 March 1992, all three sides signed the Lisbon Agreement : Alija Izetbegović for the Bosniaks, Radovan Karadžić for the Serbs and Mate Boban for ...
Independence referendums results in Yugoslavia between 1990-1992 and the percentage of votes in favor. [ 46 ] [ 47 ] In the 1990 Slovenian independence referendum , held on 23 December 1990, a vast majority of residents voted for independence: [ 48 ] 88.5% of all electors (94.8% of those participating) voted for independence, which was declared ...