query: What is the capital of Yugoslavia?

title: Museum of Yugoslavia

text: Memorial Centre and the Museum of the Revolution of Yugoslav Peoples. The museum changed its name in 2016, from Museum of the History of Yugoslavia to Museum of Yugoslavia. The museum complex comprises three buildings with a total surface of 5253 m², set in a 3.2-hectare park: Museum of Yugoslavia The Museum of Yugoslavia () is a public history museum in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It chronicles the period of Kingdom of Yugoslavia and Socialist Yugoslavia as well as the life of Josip Broz Tito. Tito's grave is located in one of the Museum buildings (the House of Flowers).

title: Museum of Yugoslavia

text: Museum of Yugoslavia The Museum of Yugoslavia () is a public history museum in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It chronicles the period of Kingdom of Yugoslavia and Socialist Yugoslavia as well as the life of Josip Broz Tito. Tito's grave is located in one of the Museum buildings (the House of Flowers). With 120,000 visitors annually, it is the most visited museum in Serbia. All three buildings that make up the Museum of Yugoslavia were previously part of the "Josip Broz Tito" Memorial Centre. The 25 May Museum was opened on 25 May 1962. It was built by the

title: Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

text: of Yugoslavia and made up of six socialist republics: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia with Belgrade as its capital. In addition, it included two autonomous provinces within Serbia: Kosovo and Vojvodina. The SFRY traces to 26 November 1942, when the Anti-Fascist Council for the National Liberation of Yugoslavia was formed during World War II. On 29 November 1945, the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia was proclaimed after King Peter II deposed, thus ending the monarchy. Until 1948, the new communist government originally sided with the Eastern bloc under the leadership of Josip Broz Tito at the

title: Subdivisions of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia

text: various geographic features, mostly rivers. Slight changes to their borders were made in 1931 with the new Yugoslav Constitution. The banates (banovinas) were as follows: The City of Belgrade, together with Zemun and Pančevo was also an administrative unit independent of the banates (banovinas). As an accommodation to Yugoslav Croats in the Cvetković-Maček Agreement, the Banovina of Croatia ("Banovina Hrvatska") was formed in 1939 from a merger of the Littoral and Sava Banovinas, with some additional territory from the Drina, Dunav, Vrbas and Zeta Banovinas. Like Sava, its capital was Zagreb. Subdivisions of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia The subdivisions of

title: NATO bombing of Yugoslavia

text: cruise missiles to hit heavily defended targets, such as strategic installations in Belgrade and Pristina. The NATO air forces also targeted infrastructure, such as power plants (using the BLU-114/B "Soft-Bomb"), water-processing plants and the state-owned broadcaster, causing much environmental and economic damage throughout Yugoslavia. The Rand Corporation examined the issue in a study. The Dutch then-foreign minister Jozias van Aartsen said that the strikes on Yugoslavia should be such as to weaken their military capabilities and prevent further humanitarian atrocities. Due to restrictive media laws, media in Yugoslavia carried little coverage of what its forces were doing in Kosovo, or

title: Croatian affairs in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia

text: to back off, calling the move foolish, and disputing the decision based on the fact that the Croatian Parliament never explicitly approved it. Zagreb's brief jubilation quickly changed to the sober realization that Croatia would again be ruled from a foreign capital as Italian, French and French African forces invaded from the west and Serbian troops invaded from the east. On December 1, 1918, Serbian Prince Alexander announced the formation of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, with a Serbian King ruling from the Serbian capital of Belgrade. Despite the neutral-sounding name, the country was called Yugoslavia by the

title: Yugoslavia

text: 29 November, while still in exile, King Peter II was deposed by Yugoslavia's Constituent Assembly, and the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia was declared. However, he refused to abdicate. Marshal Tito was now in full control, and all opposition elements were eliminated. On 31 January 1946, the new constitution of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, modelled after the Soviet Union, established six republics, an autonomous province, and an autonomous district that were part of SR Serbia. The federal capital was Belgrade. The policy focused on a strong central government under the control of the Communist Party, and on recognition of

text: by the Communist Party of Yugoslavia and its general secretary Tito, was a major movement within the government. Other political movements that joined the government included the "Napred" movement represented by Milivoje Marković. Belgrade, the capital of Yugoslavia, was liberated with the help of the Soviet Red Army in October 1944, and the formation of a new Yugoslav government was postponed until 2 November 1944, when the Belgrade Agreement was signed and the provisional government formed. The agreements also provided for the eventual post-war elections that would determine the state's future system of government and economy. By 1945, the Partisans

title: Archives of Yugoslavia

text: 2009, the cultural institution of the Archives of Yugoslavia was founded. Archives of Yugoslavia Archives of Yugoslavia (), in Belgrade, Serbia, houses and protects the archival materials produced by state bodies and organizations of Yugoslavia from 1918 to 2006. It currently exists as a cultural institution, museum and library. The Archives' building is located in Senjak, which belongs to a designated cultural-historical area of Topčider, famous for its numerous public and private buildings assigned monument status. It is the most important archive and museum of the history of Yugoslavia. The Archives of the Yugoslav state were founded in 1950, under

title: Archives of Yugoslavia

text: Archives of Yugoslavia Archives of Yugoslavia (), in Belgrade, Serbia, houses and protects the archival materials produced by state bodies and organizations of Yugoslavia from 1918 to 2006. It currently exists as a cultural institution, museum and library. The Archives' building is located in Senjak, which belongs to a designated cultural-historical area of Topčider, famous for its numerous public and private buildings assigned monument status. It is the most important archive and museum of the history of Yugoslavia. The Archives of the Yugoslav state were founded in 1950, under the name "State Archive of the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia

title: Scouting in Yugoslavia

text: Scouting in Yugoslavia The Scout movement in Yugoslavia was served by different organizations during the existence of the multi-ethnic state. Scouting in the Austro-Hungarian regions of later Yugoslavia started in 1910 and in Serbia in 1911. The first Scout units in what was to become Yugoslavia were founded in 1911 by Dr. Miloš Popović, in Belgrade, Kragujevac, Vranje and Valjevo. A national organization in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes was founded around 1920; it was among the 20 founding members of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) in 1922 (until 1950). It was later renamed to

text: Novi Sad, and Vukovar with Central Europe and the Black sea. Long stretches of rivers Sava, Drava and Tisza were also navigable. Accompanying the high urban growth, urban transportation in Yugoslavia was significantly developed in all republic capitals and major cities. Urban bus networks existed in all cities, while many also included trolleybuses and trams. Despite having been planned for decades, Belgrade Metro never materialised, and Belgrade became the major capital in Europe not to have metro. Instead, Belgrad city authorities opted for the development of urban rail transport, Beovoz, and an extensive tram, bus and trolley network. Besides capital

title: Invasion of Yugoslavia

text: across the Slavonian plain from Austria to attack Belgrade from the west, whilst the "41st Panzer Corps" threatened the city from the north after launching its offensive drive from Romania and Hungary. By 11 April, Yugoslavia was criss-crossed by German armoured columns and the only resistance that remained was a large nucleus of the Yugoslav Army around the capital. On April 11, a German Officer, Fritz Klingenberg with 5 men, moved into Belgrade to reconnoitre the city. However, after some scattered combat with Yugoslav troops, they entered the centre of the city, whereupon they bluffed about their size and incoming

title: Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia

text: Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia (; born 7 April 1936) is a member of the House of Karageorgevich, a human rights activist and a former presidential candidate for Serbia. She is also known as Jelisaveta Karađorđević . She was born in the White Palace, Belgrade as the third child and the only daughter of Prince Paul of Yugoslavia (prince regent of Yugoslavia 1934–1941) and Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark. Her older brothers were Prince Nicholas and Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia, who married, firstly, Princess María Pia of Savoy and, secondly, Princess Barbara of Liechtenstein. She is

title: Football Association of Yugoslavia

text: Football Association of Yugoslavia The Football Association of Yugoslavia (FSJ) ( / , ; ; ; ) was the governing body of football in Yugoslavia, based in Belgrade, with a major administrative branch in Zagreb. It organized the Yugoslav First League, the Yugoslavia national football team, and the Second Leagues of all six former Yugoslav republics. Football Association of Serbia inherited Yugoslavia spot within FIFA and UEFA and it is considered by both organisations as the only successor of Yugoslavia. It was formed in 1919 in Zagreb under the Croatian name "Jugoslavenski nogometni savez". The FA became the temporary member

title: Kingdom of Yugoslavia

text: following data, grouped by first language, is from the 1921 population census: Based on language, the Yugoslavs (collectively Serbs, Croats, Slovenes and Muslims by nationality) constituted 82.87% of the country's population. The Kingdom had three universities: the University of Belgrade, University of Zagreb and the University of Ljubljana, located in what were then the most developed cities in the country. The subdivisions of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia existed successively in three different forms. From 1918 to 1922, the kingdom maintained the pre–World War I subdivisions of Yugoslavia's predecessor states. In 1922, the state was divided into thirty-three "oblasts" (provinces). In

title: Cinema of Yugoslavia

text: International Federation of Film Archives and was the national film library of the former Yugoslavia, founded in 1949 in Belgrade. Co-production: Cinema of Yugoslavia Cinema of Yugoslavia was the cinema of Yugoslavia. The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia had an internationally acclaimed film industry. Yugoslavia submitted many films to the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, six of which were nominated. Film companies included Jadran Film from Zagreb, SR Croatia; Avala Film from Belgrade, SR Serbia; Sutjeska film and Studio film from Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina; Zeta film from Budva, SR Montenegro; Vardar film and Makedonija film from

title: Art of Yugoslavia

text: 69" from Ljubljana and "December" from Belgrade. Famous artists of this period include Miodrag B. Protić, Branko Miljuš, Miljenko Stančić, Vladimir Veličković, Vjenceslav Richter, Ivan Picelj, Miroslav Šutej, Janez Bernik, Jože Ciuha and Adriana Maraž. Along with painting there was also a huge flourishing of graphics, while sculpture in SFR Yugoslavia was less diversiform and mosty soc-realist, resembling Yugoslav architecture. Art of Yugoslavia Art of Yugoslavia refers to the visual arts of Yugoslavia. It was shaped by a number of Yugoslav painters, sculptors and graphics artists. Visual arts in the territories that later became Yugoslavia, was mainly reduced to religious

title: Cinema of Yugoslavia

text: Cinema of Yugoslavia Cinema of Yugoslavia was the cinema of Yugoslavia. The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia had an internationally acclaimed film industry. Yugoslavia submitted many films to the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, six of which were nominated. Film companies included Jadran Film from Zagreb, SR Croatia; Avala Film from Belgrade, SR Serbia; Sutjeska film and Studio film from Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina; Zeta film from Budva, SR Montenegro; Vardar film and Makedonija film from Skopje, SR Macedonia, Triglav Film from Ljubljana, SR Slovenia and others. Prominent male actors included Danilo Stojković, Ljuba Tadić, Bekim Fehmiu,

title: 5th Congress of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia

text: consisting of 9 members, were elected. Josip Broz Tito was re-elected as the Secretary General of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia. 5th Congress of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia The 5th Congress of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia (Serbo-Croatian Latin: , Cyrillic: ) was held from 21 to 28 July 1948, in the House of the Guard in Topčider, Belgrade. The Congress was attended by 2,344 delegates out of the 468,175 members of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia. It was the first Congress of Yugoslav communists held after World War II, takeover of power in the country and establishment of

text: 5th Congress of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia The 5th Congress of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia (Serbo-Croatian Latin: , Cyrillic: ) was held from 21 to 28 July 1948, in the House of the Guard in Topčider, Belgrade. The Congress was attended by 2,344 delegates out of the 468,175 members of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia. It was the first Congress of Yugoslav communists held after World War II, takeover of power in the country and establishment of the SFR Yugoslavia, but also the first major gathering of Yugoslav communists held since the 5th Territorial Conference, held in October

title: Prime Minister of Yugoslavia

text: soon as possible): Josip Broz Tito leading the NKOJ in occupied Yugoslavia, and Ivan Šubašić leading the King's government-in-exile in London. With the Tito-Šubašić Agreement in 1944, the two prime ministers agreed that the new joint government would be led by Tito. After the liberation of Yugoslavia's capital Belgrade in October 1944, the joint government was officially formed on 2 November 1944, with Josip Broz Tito as the Prime Minister. After the war, elections were held ending in an overwhelming victory for Tito's People's Front. The new parliament deposed King Peter II on 29 November 1945, and declared a Federal

title: 14th Congress of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia

text: 14th Congress of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia The 14th (Extraordinary) Congress of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia (Serbo-Croatian Latin: , Cyrillic: ) was held from 20 to 22 January 1990, in the Belgrade Sava Centar. It was the last Congress of League of Communists of Yugoslavia. It was attended by delegates from all the republics and provinces, as well as a party delegation from the Yugoslav People's Army. The Chair of the meeting was President of the Presidium of the Central Committee Milan Pančevski from Macedonia. During the 1980s, Yugoslavia has faced a growing political and economic

title: Administrative divisions of Yugoslavia

text: capital was Zagreb. During World War II, Kingdom of Yugoslavia was occupied and partitioned by the Axis powers and was divided into 3 Axis puppet states: Other parts of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia were occupied by German, Italian, Hungarian, Bulgarian and Albanian Axis troops. Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was divided into 6 republics and two autonomous provinces: After dissolution of Yugoslavia, in 1991–1992, five successor states were formed: Administrative divisions of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia had various administrative divisions in different time periods. From 1918 to 1922, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes continued to be subdivided into the pre–World War

title: Capital T

text: Capital T Trim Ademi (born 29 February 1992 in Prishtina), better known by his stage name Capital T"," is a Kosovo-Albanian musician and songwriter. Trim Ademi was born in Prishtina, then part of SFR Yugoslavia, on 29 February 1992, and was raised in what is now Kosovo's capital city where he attended Sami Frashëri High School. He was interested in music as a teenager, and was influenced to take up rapping by his uncle 2po2, who is one half of a famous Kosovo-Albanian rap group called 2po2. In "2016 Top Music Awards" Capital T won the "Video of the Year"

title: What Is the What

text: What Is the What What Is the What: The Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng is a 2006 novel written by Dave Eggers. It is based on the life of Valentino Achak Deng, a Sudanese child refugee who immigrated to the United States under the Lost Boys of Sudan program. It was a finalist for the National Book Award. As a boy, Achak is separated from his family during the Second Sudanese Civil War when the Arab militia, referred to as "murahaleen" (which is Arabic for the deported), wipes out his Dinka village, Marial Bai. During the assault, he loses sight

title: What Is the What

text: That Happens Will Happen Today". Tom Tykwer plans to adapt the novel into a film. In 2009, the novel received the Prix Médicis étranger in France. What Is the What What Is the What: The Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng is a 2006 novel written by Dave Eggers. It is based on the life of Valentino Achak Deng, a Sudanese child refugee who immigrated to the United States under the Lost Boys of Sudan program. It was a finalist for the National Book Award. As a boy, Achak is separated from his family during the Second Sudanese Civil War when

title: Breakup of Yugoslavia

text: for most of the 1980s. On 4 May 1980, Tito's death was announced through state broadcasts across Yugoslavia. His death removed what many international political observers saw as Yugoslavia's main unifying force, and subsequently ethnic tension started to grow in Yugoslavia. The crisis that emerged in Yugoslavia was connected with the weakening of the Communist states in Eastern Europe towards the end of the Cold War, as symbolized by the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. In Yugoslavia, the national communist party, officially called the League of Communists of Yugoslavia, had lost its ideological potency. In 1986, the Serbian

title: Capital T

text: award with "Hitman" music video. Top Music Awards Videofest Awards Zhurma Show Awards Capital T Trim Ademi (born 29 February 1992 in Prishtina), better known by his stage name Capital T"," is a Kosovo-Albanian musician and songwriter. Trim Ademi was born in Prishtina, then part of SFR Yugoslavia, on 29 February 1992, and was raised in what is now Kosovo's capital city where he attended Sami Frashëri High School. He was interested in music as a teenager, and was influenced to take up rapping by his uncle 2po2, who is one half of a famous Kosovo-Albanian rap group called 2po2.

title: League of Communists of Yugoslavia

text: Communists - Movement for Yugoslavia (SK-PJ), which was mainly a soldiers' party, and later joined the Yugoslav United Left (JUL). There was also another party calling itself the Communist League of Yugoslavia, which organized what it claimed to be the party's 15th and 16th congresses, the latter in 1994 claiming that it continues the tradition of LCY. It later split into League of Communists of Yugoslavia in Serbia and League of Communists of Yugoslavia-Communist Party of Serbia There are several Titoist parties in the Republic of Macedonia. The Workers' Communist Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina is a pro-Yugoslav union party

title: Economy of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

text: border illegally. In the mid-1960s, Yugoslavia lifted emigration restrictions and the number of emigrants, including educated and highly skilled individuals increased rapidly, especially to West Germany. By the early 1970s 20 percent of the country's labor force or 1,1 million workers were employed abroad. The emigration was mainly caused by force deagrarization, deruralization, and overpopulating of larger towns. The emigration contributed to keeping the unemployment checked and also acted as a source of capital and foreign currency. The system was institutionalized into the economy. From 1961 to 1971, the number of guest workers from Yugoslavia in West Germany increased from

title: Kingdom of Yugoslavia

text: comparatively primitive facilities that produced strictly for the domestic market. The commercial potential of Yugoslavia's Adriatic ports went to waste because the nation lacked the capital or technical knowledge to operate a shipping industry. On the other hand, the mining industry was well developed due to the nation's abundance of mineral resources, but since it was primarily owned and operated by foreigners, most production was exported. Yugoslavia was the third least industrialized nation in Eastern Europe after Bulgaria and Albania. Yugoslavia was typical of Eastern European nations in that it borrowed large sums of money from the West during the

title: Breakup of Yugoslavia

text: acted as an alternative to the superpowers. More importantly, Yugoslavia acted as a buffer state between the West and the Soviet Union and also prevented the Soviets from getting a toehold on the Mediterranean Sea. The central government's control began to be loosened due to increasing nationalist grievances and the Communist's Party's wish to support "national self determination". This resulted in Kosovo being turned into an autonomous region of Serbia, legislated by the 1974 constitution. This constitution broke down powers between the capital and the autonomous regions in Vojvodina (an area of Yugoslavia with a large number of ethnic minorities)

title: Germans of Yugoslavia

text: what was spoken in Yugoslavia before the Second World War. In Croatia around 2,800 people identify themselves as part of the German and Austrian Minority, the majority of whom are Danube Swabians. The “German and Austrian Minority,” as they are officially called, holds a permanent seat in the Croatian Parliament (Sabor). The largest German minority in the former Yugoslavia is found in Serbia. The majority of the remaining population of German origin lives in the northern Serbia in Vojvodina, an area that also has a sizeable Hungarian minority. The Hungarian and Serbian populations also refer to them as Swabian as

title: What Is the What

text: writes: "Over the course of many years, Dave and I have collaborated to tell my story... I told [him] what I knew and what I could remember, and from that material he created this work of art." The book is typical of Eggers' style: blending non-fictional and fictional elements into a non-fiction novel or memoir. By classifying the book a novel, Eggers says, he freed himself to re-create conversations, streamline complex relationships, add relevant detail and manipulate time and space in helpful ways—all while maintaining the essential truthfulness of the storytelling. However, not all critics were impressed. Lee Siegel sees

title: Scouting in Yugoslavia

text: Montenegro, but there are units elsewhere in the country. The common term for all members, regardless of section, is "Izviđač" (meaning "Scout") The Scout Motto is "Budi Spreman", translating as "Be Prepared" in Serbian. In all countries formerly part of Yugoslavia exist independent Scouting organizations, in some of them several. For details see: Scouting in Yugoslavia The Scout movement in Yugoslavia was served by different organizations during the existence of the multi-ethnic state. Scouting in the Austro-Hungarian regions of later Yugoslavia started in 1910 and in Serbia in 1911. The first Scout units in what was to become Yugoslavia were

title: The Death of Yugoslavia

text: The Death of Yugoslavia The Death of Yugoslavia is a BBC documentary series first broadcast in 1995, and it is also the title of a BBC book by Allan Little and Laura Silber that accompanies the series. It covers the collapse of Yugoslavia, the subsequent wars and the signing of the final peace accords. It uses a combination of archived footage interspersed with interviews with most of the main players in the conflict, including Slobodan Milošević, Radovan Karadžić, Franjo Tuđman and Alija Izetbegović, as well as members of the International political community, who were active in the various peace initiatives.

title: The Death of Yugoslavia

text: broadcast as a feature-length single documentary. The Death of Yugoslavia The Death of Yugoslavia is a BBC documentary series first broadcast in 1995, and it is also the title of a BBC book by Allan Little and Laura Silber that accompanies the series. It covers the collapse of Yugoslavia, the subsequent wars and the signing of the final peace accords. It uses a combination of archived footage interspersed with interviews with most of the main players in the conflict, including Slobodan Milošević, Radovan Karadžić, Franjo Tuđman and Alija Izetbegović, as well as members of the International political community, who were

title: Capital punishment in Croatia

text: Capital punishment in Croatia Capital punishment in Croatia existed until 1990 when it was constitutionally abolished. The last execution had taken place under Yugoslavia in 1987. Hanging was replaced by firing squads in 1959 in Yugoslavia. Capital punishment was abolished in SR Croatia in 1974, but remained legal for federal crimes within SFR Yugoslavia. In the time of Yugoslavia, several court cases resulted in capital punishment: The last civilian execution in Croatia was done in 1987, when a former truck driver Dušan Kosić was executed for the 1 March 1983 murder of his coworker Čedomir Matijević, his wife Slavica and

title: Capital punishment in Croatia

text: convention was signed on 3 July 2002, ratified on 3 February 2003, and came into force on 1 July 2003. Source: SPSK Database Capital punishment in Croatia Capital punishment in Croatia existed until 1990 when it was constitutionally abolished. The last execution had taken place under Yugoslavia in 1987. Hanging was replaced by firing squads in 1959 in Yugoslavia. Capital punishment was abolished in SR Croatia in 1974, but remained legal for federal crimes within SFR Yugoslavia. In the time of Yugoslavia, several court cases resulted in capital punishment: The last civilian execution in Croatia was done in 1987, when

title: Timeline of the breakup of Yugoslavia

text: Timeline of the breakup of Yugoslavia The breakup of Yugoslavia was a process in which the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was broken up into constituent republics, and over the course of which the Yugoslav wars started. The process generally began with the death of Josip Broz Tito on 4 May 1980 and formally ended when the last two remaining republics (SR Serbia and SR Montenegro) proclaimed the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia on 27 April 1992. At that time the Yugoslav wars were still ongoing, and FR Yugoslavia continued to exist until 2003, when it was renamed and reformed as

title: Yugoslavia

text: both the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia were characterized by surprisingly high growth rates of both income and education during the 1950s. The period of European growth ended after the oil price shock in 1970s. Following that, in Yugoslavia an economic crisis erupted, and that as a product of disastrous errors by Yugoslav governments, such as borrowing vast amounts of Western capital in order to fund growth through exports. At the same time, Western economies went into recession, decreasing demand for Yugoslavian imports, creating a large debt problem. In 1989, according to official sources, 248 firms were declared bankrupt or were

title: The World Is What It Is

text: The World Is What It Is The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul is a biography of the Nobel Prize-winning author V. S. Naipaul by Patrick French. It was published in 2008 (by Picador in the UK and Knopf in the USA). The title is a quotation from Naipaul's book "A Bend in the River". "The world is what it is; men who are nothing, who allow themselves to become nothing, have no place in it." French deals with Naipaul's family background and his life from his birth in 1932 until his second marriage

text: provided by sending one million guest workers yearly to advanced industrialized countries in Western Europe. The departure of Yugoslavs seeking work began in the 1950s, when individuals began slipping across the border illegally. In the mid-1960s, Yugoslavia lifted emigration restrictions and the number of emigrants increased rapidly, especially to West Germany. By the early 1970s 20 percent of the country's labor force or 1,1 million workers were employed abroad. This was also a source of capital and foreign currency for Yugoslavia. Due to Yugoslavia's neutrality and its leading role in the Non-Aligned Movement, Yugoslav companies exported to both Western and

title: Peter II of Yugoslavia

text: the reprisals committed against innocent civilians by the Axis when they staged guerrilla attacks, leading to a situation where the Partisans ended up doing more of the fighting against the occupiers and the collaborators, an aspect of the war in Yugoslavia which caused Britain and the United States to ultimately favor the Partisans. At the same time, British policy in Yugoslavia was increasingly for the resistance to engage in maximum violence against the Axis in order to tie down German and Italian divisions that would otherwise be fighting the Allies, no matter what the cost in reprisals to innocent civilians,

title: Music of Yugoslavia

text: Contest 1966 and plenty of others. Accordingly, the most widespread current formal and informal use of the term "Music of Yugoslavia" both locally and internationally always refers to the music of the Second Yugoslavia. Examples of the usage: "ex-Yugoslav bands", "the rock scene in the former Yugoslavia" etc. For the music of the entities that emerged after the breakup of Yugoslavia in 1991 see: Music of Yugoslavia Music of Yugoslavia was the music of Yugoslavia. "Music of Yugoslavia" can mean: NOTE: The most significant music scene developed in the Second Yugoslavia, including internationally acclaimed artists such as: the alternative music

title: The World Is What It Is

text: in 1996. The biography has been extensively reviewed: the reviewers include Paul Theroux, who wrote an earlier book about Naipaul. The biography was selected by the editors of the "New York Times Book Review" as one of the "Times"' "10 Best Books of 2008". It won the 2008 National Book Critics Circle Award in Biography, and the British literary award the Hawthornden Prize. The World Is What It Is The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul is a biography of the Nobel Prize-winning author V. S. Naipaul by Patrick French. It was published in

title: Alexander I of Yugoslavia

text: had joined the Little Entente with Czechoslovakia and Romania to guard against Hungary, which refused to accept the Treaty of Trianon and claims against all three states of the Little Entenete. Besides for Hungary, the principle enemy of Yugoslavia in the 1920s was Fascist Italy, which wanted much of what is now modern Slovenia and Croatia. The origins of the Italo-Yugoslav dispute concerned the Italian contention that they had been "cheated" out what they had been promised in the secret Treaty of London in 1915 at the Paris peace conference in 1919. It was largely out of the fear of

title: Germans of Yugoslavia

text: Germans of Yugoslavia The Germans of Yugoslavia (, , њемачки/немачки Југословени) are people of German descent who live in Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, or Slovenia. The Germans of the former Yugoslavia include both Danube Swabians and Austrians. The largest German minority in the former Yugoslavia is found in Serbia. Due to incursions of the Huns in Europe and the associated migration period in the 4th century, Germanic people migrated to the Danube and the Mediterranean as early as the year 375. The first Germans settled in areas of former Yugoslavia approximately 800 years ago. The majority of Germans in

title: Germans of Yugoslavia

text: live in the Kočevje (German: "Gottschee") region. They are both Austrian in origin, and are unrelated to the other German minorities in Yugoslavia. Germans of Yugoslavia The Germans of Yugoslavia (, , њемачки/немачки Југословени) are people of German descent who live in Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, or Slovenia. The Germans of the former Yugoslavia include both Danube Swabians and Austrians. The largest German minority in the former Yugoslavia is found in Serbia. Due to incursions of the Huns in Europe and the associated migration period in the 4th century, Germanic people migrated to the Danube and the Mediterranean as

title: Demographics of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

text: Demographics of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia This article is about the demographics of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia during its existence from 1945 until 1991. With the dissolution of the state, the following nations now have their own demographic studies: For the demography of the former Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1918-1945), see Kingdom of Yugoslavia#Demographics. This is data from two Yugoslav censuses (1971 and 1981). Ethnic groups that were considered to be constitutive (explicitly mentioned in the constitution, and not considered minority or immigrant) appear in bold text. The population data are from the 1991 census and from

title: Provisional Government of the Democratic Federal Yugoslavia

text: Provisional Government of the Democratic Federal Yugoslavia The Provisional Government of the Democratic Federal Yugoslavia ( / Привремена влада Демократске Федеративне Југославије) was the state's temporary national government formed through the merger of the Yugoslav government-in-exile and the National Committee for the Liberation of Yugoslavia (NKOJ). It existed from 7 March to 11 November 1945. It then became the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia in late 1945, which in turn became the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1963 to 1992. "At the moment these are our efforts are focused in one direction, and that is: Before the temporary government

title: What Is the What

text: "we really hadn’t decided whether I was just helping Valentino write his own book, or if I was writing a book about him." Valentino points out that, "I thought I might want to write my own book, but I learned that I was not ready to do this. I was still taking classes in basic writing at Georgia Perimeter College." Dave Eggers discusses the difficulties in writing a book of this nature: "For a long while there, we continued doing interviews, and I gathered the material. But all along, I really didn’t know exactly what form it would finally take—whether

title: Princess Katarina of Yugoslavia

text: Princess Katarina of Yugoslavia Princess Katarina of Yugoslavia (born 28 November 1959) is a member of the House of Karađorđević, the former ruling family of the former Kingdom of Yugoslavia. She manages her own businesses and undertakes various commercial work around the world. Katarina was born in London to Prince Tomislav of Yugoslavia, second son of Alexander I, King of Yugoslavia, and his first wife, Princess Margarita of Baden. Her father's dynasty having been deposed and banished from Yugoslavia after World War II, she grew up in exile, largely in England. She has one brother, Prince Nicholas of Yugoslavia, and

title: Alexandra of Yugoslavia

text: he even maintained an embassy in Madrid. However, the reconciliation of the royal couple finally soured and Peter II returned to live in the United States while Alexandra moved with her mother to the "Garden of Eden". In 1963, Alexandra made another suicide attempt in Venice. Narrowly saved by her son Crown Prince Alexander, she spent a long period of convalescence under the constant care of her sister-in-law, Princess Margarita of Baden (wife of Peter II's brother Prince Tomislav of Yugoslavia). Once recovered, Alexandra reconciled again with Peter II and the couple returned to live in the French capital in

title: Emblem of Yugoslavia

text: Yugoslavia (DFY), in 1945 it was renamed Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia (FPR Yugoslavia), and again in 1963 into Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFR Yugoslavia). The emblem of socialist Yugoslavia was designed in 1943 and remained in use up to 1963, when the country underwent reforms and was renamed for the final time. It featured five torches surrounded by wheat and burning together in one flame; this represented the brotherhood and unity of the five nations of SFR Yugoslavia: Croats, Serbs, Montenegrins, Macedonians, and Slovenes. The Bosniaks were not represented as a constituent nation, in spite of the fact

title: Invasion of Yugoslavia

text: an impediment to cooperation with the Germans. On 1 April Yugoslavia redesignated its Assault Command as the Chetnik Command, after the Serb guerrilla forces from World War I which had resisted the Central Powers. The command was intended to lead a guerrilla war should the country be occupied. Its headquarters was transferred from Novi Sad to Kraljevo in south-central Serbia on 1 April. On 2 April, the German ambassador having already been recalled for "talks", the remaining embassy staff were ordered to leave the capital and to warn the embassies of friendly nations to likewise evacuate. This sent the unmistakable

title: 4th Congress of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia

text: 4th Congress of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia The 4th Congress of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia (Serbo-Croatian Latin: "Četvrti kongres Komunističke partije Jugoslavije", Cyrillic: Четврти конгрес Комунистичке партије Југославије) was a congress of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia (CPY) held from 6 to 12 November 1928, in Zonenland, Dresden, in Weimar Republic. It was held outside Yugoslavia because the CPY was banned by the Yugoslav authorities. The delegates attending the congress included Sima Marković, Milorad Petrović, Živojin Pecarski, and Kočo Racin. The Communist Party of Yugoslavia set destruction of Yugoslavia as one of its main goals which was to

title: President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia

text: President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia The office of the President of the Presidency of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia existed from the death of the President of the Republic for life Josip Broz Tito on 4 May 1980 until the dissolution of the country by 1992. A collective presidency existed in Yugoslavia since amendments to the 1963 Constitution in 1971. In 1974 a new Constitution was adopted which reaffirmed the collective federal presidency consisting of representatives of the six republics, the two autonomous provinces within Serbia and (until 1988) the President of the League of Communists. The 1974

text: of the Presidency. Subsequent to this the role of President of the Presidency would rotate on an annual basis with each President serving as Vice President the year prior. President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia The office of the President of the Presidency of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia existed from the death of the President of the Republic for life Josip Broz Tito on 4 May 1980 until the dissolution of the country by 1992. A collective presidency existed in Yugoslavia since amendments to the 1963 Constitution in 1971. In 1974 a new Constitution was adopted which reaffirmed

title: Capital punishment in Serbia

text: parliament calling for an abolition of capital punishment. Constitution of FR Yugoslavia (which consisted of Serbia and Montenegro), adopted on 25 April 1992, abolished capital punishment for federal crimes (including genocide, war crimes, political and military offenses), but the federal units kept the right to prescribe capital punishment for crimes under their jurisdiction (murder and robbery). On 26 February 2002, the Serbian parliament amended Serbia's Penal Code by deleting from it all references to capital punishment. As was stressed in the parliamentary debate, a paramount motive for this abolition was the intention of the then FR Yugoslavia to join the

title: Timeline of the breakup of Yugoslavia

text: the state union of Serbia and Montenegro. This union lasted until 5 June 2006 when Montenegro proclaimed independence. The former Yugoslav autonomous province of Kosovo subsequently proclaimed independence from Serbia in February 2008. Timeline of the breakup of Yugoslavia The breakup of Yugoslavia was a process in which the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was broken up into constituent republics, and over the course of which the Yugoslav wars started. The process generally began with the death of Josip Broz Tito on 4 May 1980 and formally ended when the last two remaining republics (SR Serbia and SR Montenegro) proclaimed

title: Here Is What Is

text: Here Is What Is Here Is What Is is the fifth studio album by Canadian songwriter and record producer Daniel Lanois. It was first released in December 2007 as a high-quality download, and later released on CD on March 18, 2008. The album is the result of the same project that led to the 2007 documentary "Here Is What Is" that premiered at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival in September. The movie documents the aesthetics and creative process behind Lanois' approach to music making and recording. The album has been presented as a direct soundtrack to this film, and

title: Flag of Yugoslavia

text: of Yugoslavia in the early 1990s. Today, the flag still holds meaning to those nostalgic of Yugoslavia. The flag of Yugoslavia is a horizontal tricolour of blue (top), white (middle) and red (bottom). The design and colours are based on the Pan-Slavic flag adopted at the Pan-Slavic Congress of 1848, in Prague. Following the end of the First World War in 1918, the Southern Slavs united into a single unitary state of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, later known as Yugoslavia. The monarchy selected the pan-Slavic design to symbolize the new founded unity of all Southern Slavs. The

title: Encyclopedia of Yugoslavia

text: Encyclopedia of Yugoslavia The Encyclopedia of Yugoslavia () was the national encyclopedia of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. It was published by the Yugoslav Lexicographical Institute (Zagreb) under the direction of Miroslav Krleža. It is viewed as having "great value" for a person with an interest in the history and culture of Yugoslavia and its successor states. The first edition consists of 8 volumes, issued from 1955 to 1971. It was printed in 30,000 copies. Work on the second edition started in 1980, but was not finished due to the Yugoslav wars. Only 6 of 12 planned volumes appeared.

title: National Anthem of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia

text: Alexander I of Yugoslavia. The third line of the last verse was changed to "King Aleksandar, God protect" during the reign of Alexander I of Yugoslavia. National Anthem of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia The "National anthem of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia" (, "Himna Kraljevine Jugoslavije") was created in December 1918 from the national anthems of the Kingdom's main three constituent historical provinces: Croatia, Serbia and Slovenia. In those times the official authorities considered the three nations, Croats, Serbs, and Slovenes as one nation with three names. The official language was thus called the Serbo-Croato-Slovene language. Although a law on the

title: Encyclopedia of Yugoslavia

text: The main Serbo-Croatian Latin alphabet edition has been translated into 5 additional language-alphabet combinations: The Macedonian and Albanian variants were the first encyclopedias published in the respective languages. Encyclopedia of Yugoslavia The Encyclopedia of Yugoslavia () was the national encyclopedia of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. It was published by the Yugoslav Lexicographical Institute (Zagreb) under the direction of Miroslav Krleža. It is viewed as having "great value" for a person with an interest in the history and culture of Yugoslavia and its successor states. The first edition consists of 8 volumes, issued from 1955 to 1971. It was

title: Women's Antifascist Front of Yugoslavia

text: for the development of 'Brotherhood and Unity' among women. These groups were decentralized into what would later become the constituent republics of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia: AFŽ played an influential role in the Second World War, after the Invasion of Yugoslavia. The NLA attracted about two million women. In military units, there were 110 000 women. During the war, 2,000 women became officers. AFŽ Committees were also responsible were collecting clothes for the NOV, cared about children, wounded soldiers, worked as front line nurses and perform agricultural tasks. Of the 305,000 fallen soldiers between 1941-1945, 25000 were women,

title: Invasion of Yugoslavia

text: Luftwaffe, with a strength of seven Combat Formations ("Kampfgruppen") had been committed to the campaign in the Balkans. At 07:00 on 6 April the Luftwaffe opened the assault on Yugoslavia by conducting a saturation-type bombing raid on the capital, "Operation Retribution" ("Unternehmen Strafgericht"). Flying in relays from airfields in Austria and Romania, 300 aircraft, of which a quarter were Junkers Ju 87 "Stukas", protected by a heavy fighter escort began the attack. The dive-bombers were to silence the Yugoslav anti-aircraft defences while the medium bombers consisting mainly Dornier Do 17s and Junkers Ju 88 attacked the city. The initial raid

title: Princess Katarina of Yugoslavia

text: of Travel and Tourism in the UK. Princess Katarina of Yugoslavia Princess Katarina of Yugoslavia (born 28 November 1959) is a member of the House of Karađorđević, the former ruling family of the former Kingdom of Yugoslavia. She manages her own businesses and undertakes various commercial work around the world. Katarina was born in London to Prince Tomislav of Yugoslavia, second son of Alexander I, King of Yugoslavia, and his first wife, Princess Margarita of Baden. Her father's dynasty having been deposed and banished from Yugoslavia after World War II, she grew up in exile, largely in England. She has

title: Parliament of Yugoslavia

text: 1990 amid ethnic tensions, the Federal Assembly was shut down. The institution would be resurrected as the Federal Assembly of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1992, but this assembly had elected members. Parliament of Yugoslavia The Parliament of Yugoslavia was the deliberative body of Yugoslavia. Before World War II in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia it was known as the National Assembly ("Narodna skupština"), while in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia the name was changed to Federal Assembly (). It was the official deliberative body of the Yugoslav state, which existed from 1918 to 1992 and resided in the

title: Chief of the General Staff (Yugoslavia)

text: Yugoslavia). This lasted until 2003 when it was reconstituted as a state union called Serbia and Montenegro. In 2006 both countries declared independence and parted ways. Chief of the General Staff (Yugoslavia) This is a list of the Chiefs of the General Staff of the Royal Yugoslav Army from 1918 to 1945, the Yugoslav People's Army from 1945 to 1992 and the Armed Forces of Serbia and Montenegro (officially named the Armed Forces of Yugoslavia between 1992 and 2003) from 1992 to 2006. † denotes people who died in office. The Chief of the General Staff (; ; ) was

title: Yugoslavia and the Allies

text: of them intended to live there after the war: ""… the less you and I worry about the form of Government they set up, the better. That is for them to decide. What interests us is, which of them is doing most harm to the Germans."" However, Maclean had also noticed Tito's "independence of mind" and wondered whether Tito might evolve into something more than a Soviet puppet. While in England in the spring of 1944, Maclean discussed Yugoslavia with some of the British officers who had been attached to General Mihailović's Headquarters. One of the meetings was at Chequers

title: President of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia

text: President of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia The President of the Presidium of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia, formerly the General Secretary of the Central Committee, was the head of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia Central Committee. As the leader of the Central Committee, the President was the leader of SFR Yugoslavia. The longest serving officeholder was Josip Broz Tito, serving from 1939 to his death in 1980. ! colspan=7| Political Secretaries (1919–1920) ! colspan=7| Organizational Secretary (1919–1920) ! colspan=7| Presidents of the Central Party Committee (1920–1921) ! colspan=7| Political Secretaries (1920–1921) !

text: Kingdom of Montenegro and created the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. The kingdom would be renamed to Yugoslavia in 1929, and ruled by Serbian Karađorđević dynasty till Second World War. After the formation of Yugoslavia, Serbia attempted to create a "Greater Serbia" by using police intimidation and vote rigging to establish a Serbian controlled Yugoslavia. From 1929-1941 Serbian controlled Yugoslavia established control over Croatia through Royal Yugoslav police force brutality and assassinations of important Croatians. The basis of State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs and Kingdom of Serbia forming a union in 1918 is to be found in the

title: Chief of the General Staff (Yugoslavia)

text: President of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, who was the commander-in-chief. While the Federal Secretary of People's Defence (defence minister) headed the Federal Secretariat of People's Defence ("Savezni sekretarijat za narodnu odbranu - SSNO") and it was the most effective military person, the Chief of the General Staff (which was the formational part of "SSNO") was the most professional and staff body. Following the breakup of Yugoslavia and the secession of four out of six constituent republic in the SFR Yugoslavia the remaining two (Serbia and Montenegro) established a federation in 1992 called the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FR

text: Subdivisions of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia The subdivisions of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (initially known as the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes) existed successively in three different forms. From 1918 to 1922, the kingdom maintained the pre-World War I subdivisions of Yugoslavia's predecessor states. In 1922, the state was divided into 33 "oblasts" or provinces and, in 1929, a new system of nine banates (in Serbian and Croatian, the word for "banate" is "banovina") was implemented. From 1918 to 1922, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes continued to be subdivided into the pre-World War I divisions of Austria-Hungary and

title: Prince Philip of Yugoslavia

text: Prince Philip of Yugoslavia Prince Philip of Yugoslavia, also known as Philip Karađorđević ( / "Filip Karađorđević"; born 15 January 1982), is a member of the House of Karađorđević. He is the son of the last crown prince of the former Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Alexander, and Princess Maria da Gloria. He is the fraternal twin of Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia. He is the second in the line to the former throne after his elder brother, Hereditary Prince Peter. His godparents are Queen Sofía of Spain, King Constantine II of Greece (both first cousins of his paternal grandmother), and Princess Anne,

title: President of Yugoslavia

text: President of Yugoslavia The President of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, or the President of the Republic for short, was the head of state of that country from 14 January 1953 to 4 May 1980. Josip Broz Tito was the only person to occupy the office. Broz was also concurrently President of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia. Broz was eventually declared president for life and with his death in 1980 the office was discontinued and the new office of President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia took its place. The 1946 constitution defined the government of Yugoslavia headed by

title: Parliament of Yugoslavia

text: Parliament of Yugoslavia The Parliament of Yugoslavia was the deliberative body of Yugoslavia. Before World War II in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia it was known as the National Assembly ("Narodna skupština"), while in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia the name was changed to Federal Assembly (). It was the official deliberative body of the Yugoslav state, which existed from 1918 to 1992 and resided in the building which now convenes the National Assembly of Serbia. The first parliamentary body of the state was the Temporary National Representation which existed until the first elections were held on 28 November 1920.

title: Music of Yugoslavia

text: Music of Yugoslavia Music of Yugoslavia was the music of Yugoslavia. "Music of Yugoslavia" can mean: NOTE: The most significant music scene developed in the Second Yugoslavia, including internationally acclaimed artists such as: the alternative music acts Laibach and Disciplina Kičme which appeared on MTV; the Classical music artists such as Ivo Pogorelić and Stefan Milenković; folk artists such as the roma music performer Esma Redžepova; the musicians of the YU Rock Misija contribution to Bob Geldof's Band Aid; the Eurovision song contest performers such as the 1989 winners Riva and Tereza Kesovija, who represented Monaco at the Eurovision Song

text: the Hungarian People's Republic, and the words of Radio Budapest spread among the villagers. In 1950s, the Bulgarians were reported to be a poor and backward minority, in contrast, the Czechs and Slovaks were “industrious and valuable minorities” for Yugoslavia. Some of them also emigrated after the war, a number of them returning after communists seized power in Czechoslovakia in 1948. Demographics of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia This article is about the demographics of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia during its existence from 1945 until 1991. With the dissolution of the state, the following nations now have

title: (What Is) Love?

text: (What Is) Love? "(What Is) Love?" is a song recorded by American entertainer Jennifer Lopez. Originally entitled "What Is Love?", the song appeared on the soundtrack to "The Back-up Plan" (2010), a film in which Lopez stars. The song was later included on Lopez's seventh studio album "Love?" (2011), as the album's title track. "(What Is) Love?" is a midtempo electropop song written by Diana "Wynter" Gordon, with the song's producer Emile "D'Mile" Dernst II. The song is about "not knowing what love is," according to Gordon. A remix of "(What Is) Love?", entitled "What Is Love? Part II", was

title: Here Is What Is

text: some of the tracks ("Beauty" and "Chest of Drawers") are conversations with Brian Eno. All songs written by Daniel Lanois unless otherwise noted. "Where Will I Be" is a new version of a song which had been previously released on Emmylou Harris' album "Wrecking Ball" in 1995. "Lovechild" and "Sacred And Secular" tracks incorporates, respectively, the pedal steel guitar melody used in "Carla", on Belladonna album, and the pedal steel guitar melody used in "Transmitter", on Shine album. Here Is What Is Here Is What Is is the fifth studio album by Canadian songwriter and record producer Daniel Lanois. It

title: Prince Michael of Yugoslavia

text: Prince Michael of Yugoslavia Prince Michael of Yugoslavia, (, Michael Nicolas Paul George Maria, born 18 June 1958 in Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France, France) is an investment executive, socialite and philanthropist. He was formerly a real estate broker. Prince Michael is a member of the House of Karađorđević and a Prince of Yugoslavia as a patrilineal descendant of Alexander Karađorđević, Prince of Serbia. Michael, along with his twin brother, Dimitri, were born on 18 June 1958 and are the eldest sons of Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia and his wife, Princess Maria Pia of Savoy. Alexander and Maria Pia had a second

title: 6th Congress of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia

text: the name of the party has been changed to League of Communists of Yugoslavia (Serbo-Croatian Latin: , Cyrillic: ). Independence of basic party organizations and lower ranks was strengthened, and candidacy period for admission to the Party was abolished, as well as candidacy period for members of the Central Committee. The Congress also decided that the People's Front of Yugoslavia (NOF/НОФ) would be transformed into a mass political organization and renamed the Socialist Alliance of Working People of Yugoslavia (SSRNJ/ССРНЈ). During the work of the Congress two reports were submitted. The first report, titled "Struggle of the communists of Yugoslavia

text: Croatian separatists and presented communists as deadly enemies of Yugoslav state. At the Fourth Congress of the CPY in Dresden came up the first reference to the Montenegrin nation. 4th Congress of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia The 4th Congress of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia (Serbo-Croatian Latin: "Četvrti kongres Komunističke partije Jugoslavije", Cyrillic: Четврти конгрес Комунистичке партије Југославије) was a congress of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia (CPY) held from 6 to 12 November 1928, in Zonenland, Dresden, in Weimar Republic. It was held outside Yugoslavia because the CPY was banned by the Yugoslav authorities. The delegates attending the

text: Committee were elected. 6th Congress of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia The 6th Congress of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia (Serbo-Croatian Latin: , Cyrillic: ) was held from 2 to 7 November 1952, in Zagreb. The Congress was attended by 2,022 delegates who represented 779,382 members of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia. Beside the elected delegates, the Congress was attended by around 400 guests – political, social and public workers from the whole SFR Yugoslavia, as well as delegation of foreign communist and socialist parties. At this Congress, there were reformist changes in the party. A new Statute has been

text: 6th Congress of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia The 6th Congress of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia (Serbo-Croatian Latin: , Cyrillic: ) was held from 2 to 7 November 1952, in Zagreb. The Congress was attended by 2,022 delegates who represented 779,382 members of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia. Beside the elected delegates, the Congress was attended by around 400 guests – political, social and public workers from the whole SFR Yugoslavia, as well as delegation of foreign communist and socialist parties. At this Congress, there were reformist changes in the party. A new Statute has been adopted by which

title: Basketball Federation of Yugoslavia

text: Basketball Federation of Yugoslavia The Basketball Federation of Yugoslavia (; ; ) was a non-profit organization and the national sports governing body for basketball in Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Until 1991, the organization has represented SFR Yugoslavia in FIBA and the men's and women's national basketball teams in the Yugoslav Olympic Committee. After the dissolution of SFR Yugoslavia in 1991, the successor countries all set up their national federations. After the dissolution of SFR Yugoslavia in 1991, five new countries were created: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, FYR Macedonia, FR Yugoslavia (in 2003, renamed to Serbia and Montenegro) and Slovenia.

title: Basketball Federation of Yugoslavia

title: Vice President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia

text: Vice President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia The office of the Vice President of the Presidency of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia existed from the enactment of constitutional amendments establishing the position in 1971 until the dissolution of the country by 1992. A collective presidency existed in Yugoslavia since amendments to the constitution in 1971. The amendments established the roles of President and Vice President within the collective Presidency which would rotate between individual republics and provinces on an annual basis. However, it also defined a separate title of President of the Republic which could be conferred by the

text: of the Presidency would rotate on an annual basis with each President serving as Vice President the year prior. Vice President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia The office of the Vice President of the Presidency of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia existed from the enactment of constitutional amendments establishing the position in 1971 until the dissolution of the country by 1992. A collective presidency existed in Yugoslavia since amendments to the constitution in 1971. The amendments established the roles of President and Vice President within the collective Presidency which would rotate between individual republics and provinces on an annual

title: Cinema of Yugoslavia

text: Franco Nero, "Armour of God" starring Jackie Chan, as well as "Escape from Sobibor" starring Alan Arkin, Joanna Pacuła and Rutger Hauer. Pula Film Festival was a notable film festival. Partisan film is a subgenre of war films, made in Yugoslavia during the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. In the broadest sense, main characteristics of partisan films are that they are set in Yugoslavia during World War II and have partisans as main protagonists, while antagonists are Axis forces and their collaborators. Outside Yugoslavia, Partisan films were especially popular in China. The Yugoslav Film Archive was a founding member of the

title: Allied bombing of Yugoslavia in World War II

text: military benefit of the bombings, but also of the enormous civilian casualties, a letter from Tito's aide, Slovene Edvard Kardelj is often cited. He writes to the Central Committee of Slovenia, concerning the request from the General Staff of Slovenia for Ljubljana to be bombed: "I don't understand what prompts you to this and who would have benefits from it. There is no doubt that there will be thousands of our dead people in Ljubljana, but the enemy wouldn't suffer almost any casualties. We have such experience from all over Yugoslavia". Allied bombing of Yugoslavia in World War II The

title: Legitimacy of the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia

text: bombing in particular, where public utilities were bombed in addition to military targets. He viewed the bombing of the Radio Television of Serbia as an act of terrorism. Legitimacy of the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia The legitimacy under international law of the 1999 NATO bombing of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia has been questioned by various parties. The UN Charter is the foundational legal document of the United Nations (UN) and is a primary cornerstone of public international law because UN member states have legally bound themselves to uphold it. At the same time, all member states of the North

text: Legitimacy of the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia The legitimacy under international law of the 1999 NATO bombing of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia has been questioned by various parties. The UN Charter is the foundational legal document of the United Nations (UN) and is a primary cornerstone of public international law because UN member states have legally bound themselves to uphold it. At the same time, all member states of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) are also member states of the UN, and thus they must also comply with their obligations under the North Atlantic Treaty, the foundational document

text: was strongly opposed by the delegation from Croatia, who argued this was unconstitutional. When Milošević asked what it would take to recommence the meeting, the Croatian delegation remarked "the Slovene delegation", and that if the meeting was recommenced they too would leave the proceedings. When attempts were made, the Croatian delegation were true to their word, and they too left, joined by the delegations of Macedonia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Milan Pančevski called the days proceedings to a close, and called for an adjournment for the following day, however this did not happen, and the congress was never recalled. Yugoslavia

title: Orders, decorations, and medals of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

text: Orders, decorations, and medals of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Orders and medals were awarded in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (and later Serbia and Montenegro) between 1998 and 2006. Before the 1992 dissolution of SFR Yugoslavia, the Orders and medals of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia were awarded. Some of the old pre-1992 SFRY orders and medals were retained by FR Yugoslavia, while some new were established. Orders and medals of FR Yugoslavia were regulated by the "Law on Decorations of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia" adopted on 4 December 1998. Between 1992 and 1998, no decorations were awarded

text: in FR Yugoslavia. All decorations were divided into four grades: orders, higher decorations, medals and commemorative medals. Orders, decorations, and medals of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Orders and medals were awarded in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (and later Serbia and Montenegro) between 1998 and 2006. Before the 1992 dissolution of SFR Yugoslavia, the Orders and medals of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia were awarded. Some of the old pre-1992 SFRY orders and medals were retained by FR Yugoslavia, while some new were established. Orders and medals of FR Yugoslavia were regulated by the "Law on Decorations of