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The FR Yugoslavia was reconstructed on 4 February 2003 as the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro. The State Union of Serbia and Montenegro was itself unstable, and finally broke up in 2006 when, in a referendum held on 21 May 2006, Montenegrin independence was backed by 55.5% of voters, and independence was declared on 3 June 2006. Serbia ...
The State Union of Serbia and Montenegro [a] or simply Serbia and Montenegro, [b] known until 2003 as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia [c] and commonly referred to as FR Yugoslavia (FRY) or simply Yugoslavia, [d] was a country in Southeast Europe located in the Balkans that existed from 1992 to 2006, following the breakup of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFR Yugoslavia).
Although independent, Montenegro was nationally and culturally close to Serbia. [3] Montenegro joined the First Balkan War in 1912, hoping to win a share in the last Ottoman-controlled areas of Rumelia. Montenegro did make further territorial gains by splitting Sandžak with Serbia on 30 May 1913.
The Kingdom of Montenegro was Serbia's closest ally in World War I until surrendering to Austria-Hungary in 1916. Montenegro was annexed and subsequently declared under governance of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia on December 20, 1918. [3]
The presidents of Serbia and Montenegro agreed Monday to try to patch up strained relations between the historic Balkan allies. The former allies grew further apart after Montenegro recognized the ...
The Parliament of Montenegro declares the independence of Montenegro, leaving Serbia as the sole constituent state of Serbia and Montenegro. 5 June: Serbia secedes from Serbia and Montenegro, ending the state union between it and Montenegro that had existed since late November 1918. 28 June: The Republic of Montenegro becomes a member state of ...
Map of the country. Since the breakup of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFR Yugoslavia) in the early 1990s, the foreign policy of the newly established Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (renamed Serbia and Montenegro in 2003) was characterized primarily by a desire to secure its political and geopolitical position and the solidarity with ethnic Serbs in other former Yugoslav ...
From 1996 to 1999, severe political instability erupted in the Albanian-populated province of Kosovo in Serbia. This caused the Kosovo War from 1998 [8] [9] until 1999. [10] During the Kosovo War, Serbia and Montenegro were bombed by NATO aircraft [11] which included the Serbian and federal capital of Belgrade.