Translation
Fanfic: For the native country-Für das Vaterland
Yugoslavia.The sanctions were imposed on the basis of known ethnic cleansing on Croatian territory. With the support of Serbia, the Croatian and Bosnian Serbs were able to gain large territorial gains. Most of these areas, which were under control until 1992 with the help of Serbia, were lost again by 1995. In the course of the Oluja military operation, around 200,000 Serbs and the defeated paramilitary army of the Republic of Serbian Krajina left Croatia. There were large flows of refugees. Many refugees came to Serbia or moved to third countries and have stayed there to this day. While the areas of Croatia populated and controlled by Serbs again fell completely under Croatian administration, the Bosnian Serbs were able to enforce the recognition of their republic (Republika Srpska) within Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Bosnian Serbs are still striving to join Serbia. According to the Dayton Treaty, the Republika Srpska is allowed to maintain special relations with Serbia and Montenegro.For more information on international conflicts among the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, see International conflicts of the successor states of Yugoslavia.
The war in Kosovo:
After the end of the fighting in Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina in 1995, the political and military leadership around Slobodan Milošević concentrated on the unrest in Kosovo. The Albanian ethnic group, who make up the majority of the population in Kosovo and who demanded independence from Serbia or annexation to Albania, felt oppressed. Amnesty International's 1996 annual report reports numerous politically and ethnically motivated arrests, ill-treatment and incidents of torture during house searches. There were also unexplained deaths of Albanian prisoners in Serbian prisons.
In 1996, the KLA began terrorist acts and attacks on the Serbian military and the civilian population. After the Serbian presidential elections in 1997, which were almost completely boycotted by the Kosovar Albanians, the situation escalated and in the course of 1998 there were several major Serbian offensives in Kosovo, which were accompanied by serious human rights violations.After Javier Solana issued the NATO operational order on March 24, 1999, the air forces of the NATO member states began bombing targets in Serbia. The situation of the Kosovar Albanians, however, worsened because the Serbian armed forces did not immediately withdraw from the area as expected. After long negotiations, the Serbian army began withdrawing on June 10, 1999. As a result, most of the Serbs left the area and many were expelled.
The post-Milosevic era:
In the presidential elections on September 24, 2000 Vojislav Koštunica was elected Serbian president, which ushered in the end of the Milošević era. He had initially declared himself the election winner, but had to give in after several days of strikes and the occupation of parliament. On June 29, 2001, Milošević was extradited to the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague.
Serbia as an independent state:Until 2003, Serbia remained part of Yugoslavia, since 1992 only together with Montenegro, with whom it formed the state union of Serbia and Montenegro from 2003 until its dissolution in 2006.
On June 5, the Serbian parliament in Belgrade declared the country's formal independence after Montenegro had already taken this step after the referendum on May 21, 2006, which was in favor of independence, with the declaration of independence by the Montenegrin parliament in Podgorica . On June 8th, the flag of Serbia was raised as the successor to the confederation at the United Nations.
The war in Kosovo:
After the end of the fighting in Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina in 1995, the political and military leadership around Slobodan Milošević concentrated on the unrest in Kosovo. The Albanian ethnic group, who make up the majority of the population in Kosovo and who demanded independence from Serbia or annexation to Albania, felt oppressed. Amnesty International's 1996 annual report reports numerous politically and ethnically motivated arrests, ill-treatment and incidents of torture during house searches. There were also unexplained deaths of Albanian prisoners in Serbian prisons.
In 1996, the KLA began terrorist acts and attacks on the Serbian military and the civilian population. After the Serbian presidential elections in 1997, which were almost completely boycotted by the Kosovar Albanians, the situation escalated and in the course of 1998 there were several major Serbian offensives in Kosovo, which were accompanied by serious human rights violations.After Javier Solana issued the NATO operational order on March 24, 1999, the air forces of the NATO member states began bombing targets in Serbia. The situation of the Kosovar Albanians, however, worsened because the Serbian armed forces did not immediately withdraw from the area as expected. After long negotiations, the Serbian army began withdrawing on June 10, 1999. As a result, most of the Serbs left the area and many were expelled.
The post-Milosevic era:
In the presidential elections on September 24, 2000 Vojislav Koštunica was elected Serbian president, which ushered in the end of the Milošević era. He had initially declared himself the election winner, but had to give in after several days of strikes and the occupation of parliament. On June 29, 2001, Milošević was extradited to the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague.
Serbia as an independent state:Until 2003, Serbia remained part of Yugoslavia, since 1992 only together with Montenegro, with whom it formed the state union of Serbia and Montenegro from 2003 until its dissolution in 2006.
On June 5, the Serbian parliament in Belgrade declared the country's formal independence after Montenegro had already taken this step after the referendum on May 21, 2006, which was in favor of independence, with the declaration of independence by the Montenegrin parliament in Podgorica . On June 8th, the flag of Serbia was raised as the successor to the confederation at the United Nations.