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The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes was formed in 1918; its name was changed to Yugoslavia in 1929. Various paramilitary bands resisted Nazi Germany's occupation and division of Yugoslavia from 1941 to 1945, but fought each other and ethnic opponents as much as the invaders. The military and political movement headed by Josip TITO (Partisans) took full control of Yugoslavia when German and Croatian separatist forces were defeated in 1945. Although Communist, TITO's new government and his successors (he died in 1980) managed to steer their own path between the Warsaw Pact nations and the West for the next four and a half decades. In 1989, Slobodan MILOSEVIC became president of the Serbian Republic and his ultranationalist calls for Serbian domination led to the violent breakup of Yugoslavia along ethnic lines. In 1991, Croatia, Slovenia, and Macedonia declared independence, followed by Bosnia in 1992. The remaining republics of Serbia and Montenegro declared a new Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) in April 1992 and under MILOSEVIC's leadership, Serbia led various military campaigns to unite ethnic Serbs in neighboring republics into a "Greater Serbia." These actions led to Yugoslavia being ousted from the UN in 1992, but Serbia continued its - ultimately unsuccessful - campaign until signing the Dayton Peace Accords in 1995. MILOSEVIC kept tight control over Serbia and eventually became president of the FRY in 1997. In 1998, a small-scale ethnic Albanian insurgency in the formerly autonomous Serbian province of Kosovo provoked a Serbian counterinsurgency campaign that resulted in massacres and massive expulsions of ethnic Albanians living in Kosovo by FRY forces and Serb paramilitaries. The MILOSEVIC government's rejection of a proposed international settlement led to NATO's bombing of Serbia in the spring of 1999 and to the eventual withdrawal of Serbian military and police forces from Kosovo in June 1999. UNSC Resolution 1244 in June 1999 authorized the stationing of a NATO-led force (KFOR) in Kosovo to provide a safe and secure environment for the region's ethnic communities, created a UN Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) to foster self-governing institutions, and reserved the issue of Kosovo's final status for an unspecified date in the future. In 2001, UNMIK promulgated a constitutional framework that allowed Kosovo to establish institutions of self-government and led to Kosovo's first parliamentary election. FRY elections in September 2000 led to the ouster of MILOSEVIC and installed Vojislav KOSTUNICA as president. A broad coalition of democratic reformist parties known as DOS (the Democratic Opposition of Serbia) was subsequently elected to parliament in December 2000 and took control of the government. The arrest of MILOSEVIC by DOS in 2001 allowed for his subsequent transfer to the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in The Hague to be tried for crimes against humanity. (MILOSEVIC died at The Hague in March 2006 before the completion of his trial.) In 2001, the country's suspension from the UN was lifted, and it was once more accepted into UN organizations. In 2003, the FRY became Serbia and Montenegro, a loose federation of the two republics with a federal level parliament. Violent rioting in Kosovo in 2004 caused the international community to open negotiations on the future status of Kosovo in January 2006. In May 2006, Montenegro invoked its right under the Constitutional Charter of Serbia and Montenegro to hold a referendum on independence from the state union. The referendum was successful, and Montenegro declared itself an independent nation on 3 June 2006. Two days later, Serbia declared that it was the successor state to the union of Serbia and Montenegro. In October 2006, the Serbian parliament unanimously approved - and a referendum confirmed - a new constitution for the country.To be updated

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We had altered our itinerary to be in Belgrade a little earlier to see the stand out fixture in the Serbian football calendar. Red Star Belgrade v Partizan Belgrade, due to take place on Sunday. We rolled into town at roughly 7.30am the day before having spent the night train journey sharing a compartment with Bane, a 20-year-old Red Star fan from Podgorica who was returning to the Serbian capital to study. He spoke excellent English and had even mastered the very British humour of sarcasm. After two months without being able to crack a joke without seeing a puzzled look, [View Full Entry]

Jai Essex - Jamie Forsyth | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Red Star v Partizan
Red Star v Partizan

Hust before midnight the train leaves Budapest, In the carriage I was with an Aussie and an American/Czech dude, we only have seats no beds so we struggled to get comfy, the Aussie guy was a bit weird and he carries a banjo with him. Passport control got on board, a quick stamp out of EU then the train moves to the Serbian side at Subotica, took a little while longer but not too bad, the lady officer found my old Serbian stamps so she stamps me on the same page. We got told off many times by the train attendant [View Full Entry]

Viajerong Pinoy - GIL BRIONES | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: October 15th 2008 | 379 Views | [diary=334196]

BELGRADE
BELGRADE
BELGRADE

Ex- Yugoslavia, is like to stay in my country , nices beaches in Croatia, incredibles mountains in Slovenia, Great cities like Belgrade, Novi Sad. good food, goods restaunrants, and unforgetebles nights beside rivers, lakes, or beaches. Nice places in Slovenia (Bled, Ljibliana),in Croatia (Split, Dubrobnik, Zadar,Sibenik), in Montenegro (Kotor, Budva, Sveti Stefan) in Serbia (Belgrade, Novi Sad) In Bosnia (Mostar, Sarajevo) IS LIKE STAY AT HOME IN MY SOFA [View Full Entry]

yugo spanish - iuaniovic | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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BELGRADE
BELGRADE
BELGRADE

I've spent the last 3 days in Serbia fighting the cold, rain, and gloom. I've decided I need a warm break, full of sea breezes and sunshine. Yep, I'm coming home for the holidays. I'll be home for Thanksgiving and staying through the New Year. Then, I'm off again to South America, Central America, and where ever else my heart takes me. I'm looking forward to walks on the beach, a day of pampering at Glen Ivy, baking Christmas cookies, decorating Christmas trees, salsa dancing, good Mexican food, and all the festivities that take place during Christmas. Most importantly, I'm [View Full Entry]

Adventuress Jen - Jennie | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: October 4th 2008 | 159 Views | [diary=330857]

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I spent the wandering through the city. I visited the war museum, and walked the perimeter of the fortress. I went back to my hostel to cook dinner and met Carrie. She was working at the hostel. She and I had some great conversations. She started to tell me about her life during the war. She told me she used to cry everyday, when her father would leave for work. she was afraid he would not return home. She encouraged me to visit the buildings that still showed the damge from the bombings. She had told me how her favorite [View Full Entry]

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Having decided to do a run for Montenegro from Veliko Tarnovo I knew it would be a big couple of days. I had made up my mind to skip Belgrade completely except for a couple of hours until the next train. That lasted as long as it took for me to get off the train and start talking to a French guy Igor and all of a sudden I'm spending 12 hours in Beograd, providing adequate justification for the purchase of the very important fridge magnet! Lonely Planet basically says that Belgrade is ugly, but interesting and now having visited I'm [View Full Entry]

m1ssjane - Jane Pocock | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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By Seneca2
September 21st 2008
Fuer mehr EU in der Schule :D Europe » Serbia » West » Belgrade
So, nun also wieder in Belgrad. 7 Uhr frueh, und es regnet :( Werd gegen spaeter mal im Hostel vorbeigucken, wollen was kochen. Bis die dort wach sind, will ich die Gelegenheit nutzen, ein wenig von meiner Rueckfahrt aus Istanbul zu erzaehlen. Ich weiss net, ob ich die letzten 2 Tage so beschreiben kann, wie ich sie erlebt habe. Kann gut sein, dass dabei ein wenig vom Humor verloren geht. Oder auch manche Sachen lustiger kommen, als ich sie fand ;) Aber der Reihe nach: Hatte nen Liegewagen gebucht. Mit im Abteil waren 2 Jungs aus Dresden, grade mit Abi fertig. [View Full Entry]

Seneca2 - David Braun | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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So, nach etwas laengerer Pause bin ich wieder da. Ich hab schon Beschwerden gehoert (ueber die ich mich im uebrigen sehr freue ;-) ) dass mein letzter Eintrag zwecks mangelnder Laenge nicht unbedingt zur Ablenkung ablenkunswilliger Personen beitragen konnte... Was ich schon mal sagen kann, ist dass ich auch net weiss, wann ich das naechste Mal online sein werde. Ich versuch mal, die Tage seit Freitag n bissel zu sortieren. Problem ist grade, dass mein Kopf wie ne Lottolostrommel is, in der ganz viele verschiedene Kugeln rumfliegen. Und wie beim Lotto auch jedes Mal zu nem anderen Ergebnis [View Full Entry]

Seneca2 - David Braun | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: September 16th 2008 | 61 Views | [diary=324065]


By Seneca2
September 12th 2008
:( Europe » Serbia » West » Belgrade
Heute is ein Bloedtag...Kurs vorbei, haelfte Leut schon weg, und ich merk, dass meine Reiselust irgendwo zwischen Erdgeschoss und Keller haengen geblieben ist...Sollt vielleicht wirklich hier im Hostel anfangen arbeiten :D Weil ohne was richtiges zu tun hierbleiben, is ja irgendwie auch daemlich. Nuja, werd mich morgen mal bissel "sammeln", damit ich dann Sonntag oder Montag hoffentlich in die Puschen komm... [View Full Entry]

Seneca2 - David Braun | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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By Seneca2
September 10th 2008
Lost in Translation :D Europe » Serbia » West » Belgrade
Stell mir grad die Frage, ob ich dieses Internetcafe als aufsuche, weil ich tatsaechlich was im Netz machen will, oder wegen der Musik, die da laeuft. Planungshilfe fuer spaetere Reisen: Mp3-Player als net 5 Minuten vor Abfahrt bestuecken...Dann guckt ma net schon nach 4 Tagen gelangweilt in die Roehre. Oh, by the way...Ich bin gar net so bloed. Nachdem ich mit den Klamotten im Rucksack inzwischen bissel was runter bin, hab ich doch tatsaechlich da drin meine (siehe Eintrag 1 ;-)) BRILLE! gefunden :) Jetzt koennt ich doch glatt mal ins Kino gehen :) Mir is auch aufgefallen, dass ich net [View Full Entry]

Seneca2 - David Braun | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: September 11th 2008 | 51 Views | [diary=322109]