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President speaks !!!!!!
Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic proceeds to strip rights of autonomy laid down in the 1974 constitution. -
F*$%k Serbia
Ethnic Albanian leaders declare independence from Serbia. Belgrade dissolves the Kosovo government. -
Albanina gets involved
Sacking of more than 100,000 ethnic Albanian workers, including government employees and media workers, prompts general strike. -
Declaration of Independence
Slovenia, Croatia and Bosnia break away from Yugoslavia and declare their independence. -
WAR!!!!!!!!!!
War breaks out in the Balkans. -
Ibrahim Rugova
An academic, Ibrahim Rugova, is elected president of the self-proclaimed republic -
Massive Amounts of WAR!!!!!
1993-97 - Ethnic tension and armed unrest escalate. -
Prisoners of War
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Kosovo War
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Nato Intervention
Nato gives an ultimatum to President Milosevic to halt the crackdown on Kosovo Albanians. Internationally-brokered peace talks fail. Nato launches air strikes against Yugoslavia lasting 78 days before Belgrade yields. Hundreds of thousands of Kosovo Albanian refugees pour into neighbouring countries, telling of massacres and forced expulsions which followed the start of the Nato campaign. -
The Fighting Rages On
Open conflict between Serb police and separatist Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA). Serb forces launch a brutal crackdown. Civilians are driven from their homes. -
THE WAR IS OVER!!!! OWW MAN
President Milosevic agrees to withdraw troops from Kosovo. Nato calls off air strikes. The UN sets up a Kosovo Peace Implementation Force (Kfor) and Nato forces arrive in the province. The KLA agrees to disarm. Serb civilians flee revenge attacks
