Collapse of Yugoslavia

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    The Death of Josip Broz Tito (president of Yugoslavia)

    14 January 1953 – 4 May 1980 due to the death of Tito, the communist weakened system of federal government was left unable to cope with rising economic and political challenges.
  • protest between Kosova and Albania

    protest between Kosova and Albania
    In the 1980s, Kosovo Albanians started to demand that their autonomous province be granted the status of a constituent republic, starting with the 1981 protests. Ethnic tensions between Albanians and Kosovo Serbs remained high over the whole decade, which resulted in homogenization
  • Slobodan Milošević taking power of Serbia

    Slobodan Milošević taking power of Serbia
    In 1987, Slobodan Milošević came to power in Serbia, and through a series of populist moves acquired de facto control over Kosovo, Vojvodina and Montenegro, garnering a high level of support among Serbs for his centralist policies.
  • Serbia and Montenegro

    Serbia and Montenegro
    During 1990, the communists lost power to separatist parties in the first multi-party elections held across the country, except in Serbia and Montenegro, where they were won by Milošević and his allies. Nationalist rhetoric on all sides became increasingly heated
  • the federated remaining countries (Serbia and Montenegro)

    In 1991, one by one republics proclaimed independence (only Serbia and Montenegro remained federated), but the status of Serb minorities outside Serbia was left unsolved. After a string of inter-ethnic incidents, the Yugoslav Wars ensued, first in Croatia and then, most severely, in multi-ethnic Bosnia and Herzegovina; the wars left long-term economic and political damage in the region.
  • a part of the reason was because of the seperation of Yugoslaiva.

    a part of the reason was because of the seperation of Yugoslaiva.
    The war was part of the breakup of Yugoslavia. Following the Slovenian and Croatian secessions from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1991, the multi-ethnic Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which was inhabited by mainly Muslim Bosniaks (44 percent), mainly Orthodox Serbs (32.5 percent) and mainly Catholic Croats (17 percent), passed a referendum for independence on 29 February 1992.
  • Bosnain war had began

    The Bosnian War was an international armed conflict that took place in Bosnia and Herzegovina between 1992 and 1995. Following a number of violent incidents in early 1992, the war is commonly viewed as having started on 6 April 1992
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    Bosnia and Herziovina

    Serbs declare war on the Bosnians
  • Washington agreement

    Washington agreement
    The Serbs, although initially superior due to the weapons and resources provided by the JNA, eventually lost momentum as the Bosniaks and Croats allied themselves against the Republika Srpska in 1994 with the creation of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina following the Washington agreement.
  • end of the bosnian war.

    After the Srebrenica and Markale massacres, NATO intervened in 1995 with Operation Deliberate Force targeting the positions of the Army of the Republika Srpska, which proved key in ending the war