Query: republics of the former Yugoslavia

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1974 Yugoslav Constitution <=SEP=> The 1974 Yugoslav Constitution was the fourth and final constitution of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.  It came into effect on February 21.With 406 original articles, the 1974 constitution was one of the longest constitutions in the world. It added elaborate language protecting the self-management system from state interference and expanding representation of republics and provinces in all electoral and policy forums.

Accession of Macedonia to the European Union <=SEP=> The Republic of Macedonia has been a candidate for accession to the European Union since 2005 but has not yet entered into accession negotiations. It submitted its membership application in 2004, thirteen years after its independence from Yugoslavia. As of June 2014, it is one of six candidate countries, together with Albania, Iceland, Montenegro, Serbia and Turkey, after the latest round of enlargement that brought membership to Croatia.

Alen Islamović <=SEP=> Alija "Alen" Islamović (born 17 August 1957) is a Bosnian musician and singer. Islamović is best known as the vocalist for the bands Divlje jagode from 1979 to 1986 and Bijelo Dugme from 1986 to 1989.

Ante Gotovina <=SEP=> Ante Gotovina (born 12 October 1955) is a Croatian retired lieutenant general and former French senior corporal who served in the Croatian War for Independence. He is noted for his primary role in the 1995 Operation Storm. In 2001, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia indicted him on war crimes and crimes against humanity charges in connection with that operation and its aftermath.

Arbitration Commission of the Peace Conference on Yugoslavia <=SEP=> The Arbitration Commission of the Conference on Yugoslavia (commonly known as Badinter Arbitration Committee) was a commission set up by the Council of Ministers of the European Economic Community on 27 August 1991 to provide the Conference on Yugoslavia with legal advice. Robert Badinter was appointed to President of the five-member Commission consisting of presidents of Constitutional Courts in the EEC.

Belgrade <=SEP=> Belgrade (/ˈbɛlɡreɪd/; Serbian: Beograd / Београд; [beǒɡrad]; names in other languages) is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. Its name translates to White city.

Bosnia and Herzegovina <=SEP=> Bosnia and Herzegovina (/ˈbɒzniə ənd hɛərtsəɡɵˈviːnə/; Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian Bosna i Hercegovina, pronounced [bôsna i xěrt͡seɡoʋina]; Cyrillic script: Боснa и Херцеговина), sometimes called Bosnia-Herzegovina, abbreviated BiH, and in short often known informally as Bosnia, is a country in Southeastern Europe located on the Balkan Peninsula. Sarajevo is the capital and largest city.

Bosnian language <=SEP=> Bosnian /ˈbɒzniən/ (bosanski / босански; [bɔ̌sanskiː]) is the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian mainly used by Bosniaks. Bosnian is one of the three official languages of Bosnia and Herzegovina, along with Croatian and Serbian, and also an officially recognized minority or regional language in Serbia, Montenegro, and the Republic of Kosovo.Bosnian uses both Latin and Cyrillic alphabet, with Latin in everyday use.

Branko Crvenkovski <=SEP=> Branko Crvenkovski (Macedonian: Бранко Црвенковски [ˈbraŋkɔ tsr̩ˈvɛŋkɔfski]; born 12 October 1962) is a Macedonian politician who was Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia from 1992 to 1998 and again from 2002 to 2004, then President of the Republic of Macedonia from 2004 to 2009. He was also leader of the Social Democratic Union of Macedonia.

Breakup of Yugoslavia <=SEP=> The breakup of Yugoslavia  occurred as a result of a series of political upheavals and conflicts during the early 1990s. After a period of political crisis in 1980s, constituent republics of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia split apart, but the unsolved issues caused bitter inter-ethnic Yugoslav wars.

Bruno Stojić <=SEP=> Bruno Stojić (born 8 April 1955) is a Bosnian Croat politician who has been convicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). His trial, joined with five co-accused Bosnian-Croat politicians active in the Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia wartime entity, ended with him being found guilty and sentenced to 20 years in prison.

Central Serbia <=SEP=> Central Serbia (Serbian: Централна Србија or Centralna Srbija), also referred to as Serbia proper (Serbian: Ужа Србија or Uža Srbija), is the part of Serbia lying outside of the provinces of Vojvodina and Kosovo (AP Kosovo and Metohija); Kosovo proclaimed independence in 2008. Central Serbia is a term of convenience, not an administrative division of Serbia as such, and does not have any form of separate administration.

Constitution of Yugoslavia <=SEP=> The Constitution of Yugoslavia can refer to:

Croats <=SEP=> Croats (/kroʊæt, kroʊɑːt/; Croatian: Hrvati, pronounced [xrʋăːti]) are a nation and South Slavic ethnic group at the crossroads of Central Europe, Southeast Europe, and the Mediterranean. Croats mainly live in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries Serbia and Slovenia. Likewise, Croats are an officially recognized minority in Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, and Slovakia.

Cvetana Dekleva <=SEP=> Cvetana Dekleva (born April 24, 1963) is a Yugoslav and Slovenian former female basketball player.

Demographics of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia <=SEP=> 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:Demographics of Bosnia and HerzegovinaDemographics of CroatiaDemographics of MacedoniaDemographics of MontenegroDemographics of SerbiaDemographics of SloveniaFor the demography of the former Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1918-1945), see Kingdom of Yugoslavia#Demographics.

Duško Tadić <=SEP=> Duško Tadić (born 1 October 1955, Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia) is a Bosnian Serb politician, former SDS leader in Kozarac and a former member of the paramilitary forces supporting the attack on the district of Prijedor.

Economy of the Republic of Macedonia <=SEP=> The breakup of Yugoslavia in 1991 deprived the Economy of the Republic of Macedonia, then its poorest republic (only 5% of the total federal output of goods and services), of its key protected markets and large transfer payments from the center.

Economy of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia <=SEP=> Despite common origins, the economy of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY) was significantly different from the economies of the Soviet Union and other Eastern European socialist states, especially after the Yugoslav-Soviet break-up of 1948. The occupation and liberation struggle in World War II left Yugoslavia's infrastructure devastated. Even the most developed parts of the country were largely rural and the little industry the country had was largely damaged or destroyed.

Elections in Yugoslavia <=SEP=> In Yugoslavia, elections were held while it had existed as a Monarchy, the first one being in 1918 for the Provisional Popular Legislature of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (which was preceded by local elections of National Councils in former Austria-Hungary, including the elections in Vojvodina and Montenegro for local parliaments) and the last being the parliamentary (National Assembly and half of the Senate) election of 1935. Women were not eligible to vote.

Emblem of Yugoslavia <=SEP=> The emblem of Yugoslavia featured six torches, surrounded by wheat with a red star at its top, and burning together in one flame; this represented the brotherhood and unity of the six federal republics forming Yugoslavia: SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SR Croatia, SR Macedonia, SR Montenegro, SR Serbia and SR Slovenia.

Flag of Yugoslavia <=SEP=> The flag of Yugoslavia was the official flag of the Yugoslav state from 1918 to 1992. The flag's design and symbolism are derived from the Pan-Slavic movement, which ultimately led to the unification of the Southern Slavs and the creation of a united south-Slavic state in 1918.The design of the flag was three equal horizontal bands of blue, white, and red. The flag was first used by the Kingdom of Yugoslavia from 1918 to 1943.

Flag of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina <=SEP=> There is currently no official flag for the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The federation is part of the state of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The federation had its own flag between 1996 and 2007 and currently uses the flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina for official purposes.

Foreign relations of Slovenia <=SEP=> Since Slovenia declared independence in 1991, its Governments have underscored their commitment in improving cooperation with neighbouring countries and to actively contribute to international efforts aimed at bringing stability to Southeast Europe. Resource limitations have nevertheless been a problem hindering the efficiency of the Slovenian diplomacy. In the 1990s, foreign relations, especially with Italy, Austria and Croatia, triggered internal political controversies.

Foreign relations of the Republic of Macedonia <=SEP=> The foreign relations of the Republic of Macedonia since its independence in 1991 have been characterized by the country's efforts to gain membership in international organizations such as NATO and the European Union and to gain international recognition under its constitutional name, overshadowed by a long-standing, dead-locked dispute with neighboring Greece.

Goran Hadžić <=SEP=> Goran Hadžić (Serbian Cyrillic: Горан Хаџић, pronounced [ɡǒran xǎd͡ʒiːt͡ɕ]; born 7 September 1958) is a former president of the Republic of Serbian Krajina who was in office during the Croatian War of Independence. He is accused of crimes against humanity and of violation of the laws and customs of war by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.He was indicted on fourteen counts.

Haradin Bala <=SEP=> Haradin Bala (born 10 June 1957, Glogovac, Yugoslavia), also known as Shala, is a Kosovar-Albanian former commander of the Albanian militant organization UÇK. He was convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity against Serbs and Albanians by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.

History of Republika Srpska <=SEP=> This is the history of Republika Srpska, one of the two entities comprising Bosnia and Herzegovina.

History of the Republic of Macedonia <=SEP=> This article is about the history of the Republic of Macedonia. For the History of the wider Macedonian region see History of Macedonia (region).

Iain Bonomy, Lord Bonomy <=SEP=> Iain Bonomy, Lord Bonomy (born 15 January 1946) is a former Senator of the College of Justice, a judge of the Supreme Courts of Scotland, sitting in the High Court of Justiciary and the Inner House of the Court of Session from 2010 to 2012. From 2004 to 2009, he was a Judge of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.

Ibrahim Rugova <=SEP=> Ibrahim Rugova About this sound listen  (2 December 1944 – 21 January 2006) was the first President of the partially recognised Republic of Kosova, serving from 1992 to 2000 and again from 2002 to 2006, and a prominent Kosovo Albanian political leader, scholar, and writer. He oversaw a popular struggle for independence, advocating a peaceful resistance to Yugoslav rule and lobbying for U.S. and European support, especially during the Kosovo War.

Immigration from the former Yugoslavia to Switzerland <=SEP=> There was substantial immigration to Switzerland from the former Yugoslavia during the 1990s and 2000s.

Independence of Croatia <=SEP=> The independence of Croatia was a process started with the changes in the political system and the constitutional changes in 1990 that transformed the Socialist Republic of Croatia into the Republic of Croatia, which in turn proclaimed the Christmas Constitution, and held the Croatian independence referendum, 1991.After the country formally declared independence in June 1991, and the dissolution of its association with SFR Yugoslavia, it introduced a three-month moratorium on the decision when urged to do so by the European Community and the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe.

International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia <=SEP=> The International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991, more commonly referred to as the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia or ICTY, is a body of the United Nations established to prosecute serious crimes committed during the Yugoslav Wars, and to try their perpetrators.

Janko Bobetko <=SEP=> Janko Bobetko (10 January 1919 – 29 April 2003) was a Croatian Army general and Chief of the General Staff during the Croatian War of Independence from 1992 until his retirement in 1995. Bobetko had been charged with war crimes by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia but died before he could be tried.

Josip Broz Tito <=SEP=> Josip Broz Tito (Cyrillic: Јосип Броз Тито, pronounced [jǒsip brôːz tîto]; born Josip Broz 7 May 1892 – 4 May 1980) was a Yugoslav revolutionary and statesman, serving in various roles from 1943 until his death in 1980. During World War II he was the leader of the Partisans, often regarded as the most effective resistance movement in occupied Europe.

Kingdom of Yugoslavia <=SEP=> The Kingdom of Yugoslavia (Kraljevina Jugoslavija, Serbian Cyrillic: Краљевина Југославија) was a state in Southeast Europe and Central Europe, that existed during the interwar period (1918–1939) and first half of World War II (1939–1943). It was formed in 1918 by the merger of the provisional State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs (itself formed from territories of the former Austro-Hungarian Empire) with the formerly independent Kingdom of Serbia.

Kornelija Kvesić <=SEP=> Kornelija Kvesić (born August 25, 1963) is a Yugoslav and Croatian former female professional basketball player.

Lidija Abrlić <=SEP=> Lidija Abrlić (born September 13, 1969) is a former Yugoslavian and Croatian female basketball player.

List of Presidents of the Federal Assembly of Yugoslavia <=SEP=> List of Presidents of the Federal Assembly of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.Below is a list of office-holders:

List of heads of state of Yugoslavia <=SEP=> This is a List of heads of state of Yugoslavia from the creation of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes in 1918 until the breakup of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1992.The Kingdom of Yugoslavia was a monarchy ruled by the House of Karađorđević from 1918 up until World War II.

Louise Arbour <=SEP=> Louise Arbour, CC GOQ (born February 10, 1947) was the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, a former justice of the Supreme Court of Canada and the Court of Appeal for Ontario and a former Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda. From 2009 until 2014, she served as President and CEO of the International Crisis Group.

Macedonia naming dispute <=SEP=> The Macedonia naming dispute is a political dispute centered over the use of the name Macedonia between the Balkan countries of Greece and the Republic of Macedonia, formerly a federal unit of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Pertinent to its background is an early 20th century multifaceted dispute and armed conflict that formed part of the background to the Balkan Wars.

Macedonian denar <=SEP=> The denar (plural: denari, Macedonian: денар and денари, denar and denari, ISO 4217 code: MKD) is the currency of the Republic of Macedonia. It is subdivided into 100 deni (Macedonian: дени).

Marinko Rokvić <=SEP=> Marinko Rokvić (Serbian Cyrillic: Маринко Роквић) is a Serbian folk singer, popular in former Yugoslavia and to a lesser degree in Bulgaria. He has made over 20 albums and also won the "Zlatni Melos"-award in 1993.

Mehmed Alagić <=SEP=> Mehmed Alagić (8 July 1947 – 7 March 2003) was a general in the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. He died while on trial for alleged war crimes in the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague.

Milan Babić <=SEP=> Milan Babić (Serbian Cyrillic: Милан Бабић; 26 February 1956 – 5 March 2006) was from 1991 to 1992 the first President of the Republic of Serbian Krajina, a self-proclaimed state largely populated by Serbs of Croatia that wished to break away from Croatia.He was indicted for war crimes by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in 2004 and was the first ever indictee to admit guilt and make a plea bargain with the prosecution, after which he was sentenced to 13 years in prison.

Milan Gvero <=SEP=> Milan Gvero (Serbian Cyrillic: Милан Гверо) (4 December 1937 – 17 February 2013) was a retired Bosnian Serb Army (VRS/Army of Republika Srpska) general sentenced to five years in jail by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during the Bosnian War of 1992-95.In response to Radovan Karadžić's attempt to remove Ratko Mladić as commander of the Bosnian Serb military in early August 1995, then-General Gvero, detained Karadžić for a day in the last week of August and berated him for his hostility to Mladić and the army high command.On 17 February 2013, Gvero died at the Military Medical Academy in Belgrade, aged 75, from undisclosed causes.

Milan Martić <=SEP=> Milan Martić (Serbian: Милан Мартић; born 18 November 1954) is a Croatian Serb war criminal and former president of the unrecognized Republic of Serbian Krajina. He was a senior rebel commander of Serbian forces in Yugoslavia during the Croatian War of Independence. His nickname was Kninski šerif which translates to the sheriff from Knin.Martić was convicted of war crimes by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on 12 June 2007 and sentenced to 35 years in prison.

Milivoj Petković <=SEP=> Milivoj Petković (born 11 October 1949) is a Bosnian Croat army officer who is among six defendants convicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), in relation to the Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia during the Bosnian War. He was sentenced to 20 years in jail but only served four.

Momčilo Perišić <=SEP=> Momčilo Perišić (born 22 May 1944) is a Serbian former general who was Chief of the General Staff of the Yugoslav Army until 1998. On 6 September 2011, Perišić was found guilty for war crimes and crimes against humanity and was sentenced to 27 years of imprisonment. However, on 28 February 2013, the Appeal Chamber acquitted him of all charges.

Montenegrins <=SEP=> Montenegrins (Serbo-Croatian: Црногорци / Crnogorci, pronounced [tsr̩nǒɡoːrtsi] or [tsr̩noɡǒːrtsi]) are a nation and South Slavic people mainly living in the Balkans, primarily inhabiting Montenegro. Bigger migrant communities exist in Turkey and smaller migrant communities exist in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Albania, and the Republic of Macedonia.

Montenegro <=SEP=> Montenegro (/ˌmɒntɨˈneɪɡroʊ/ MON-tən-AYG-roh or /ˌmɒntɨˈniːɡroʊ/ MON-tən-EEG-roh or /ˌmɒntɨˈnɛɡroʊ/ MON-tən-EG-roh; Montenegrin:  Crna Gora / Црна Гора [t͡sr̩̂ːnaː ɡɔ̌ra], meaning "Black Mountain") is a sovereign state in Southeastern Europe. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea to the south-west and is bordered by Croatia to the west, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the northwest, Serbia to the northeast and Albania to the south-east.

Motorways in the Republic of Macedonia <=SEP=> The motorways in the Republic of Macedonia are called avtopat (Macedonian: автопат) and the name, like its translation in most languages, simply means auto road.The system has inherited much from the former Yugoslavia. Pay-tolls (patarini) remain in place and the speed limit is 130 km/h (81 mph).The highways were originally marked with yellow-colour hard shoulder lines and some of these remain in place, they are however slowly being phased out and replaced with white.

NATO bombing of Yugoslavia <=SEP=> The NATO bombing of Yugoslavia was the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation's (NATO) military operation against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia during the Kosovo War. According to NATO, the operation sought to stop human rights abuses in Kosovo, and it was the first time that the organisation used military force without the approval of the UN Security Council. The air strikes lasted from March 24, 1999 to June 10, 1999.

Naser Orić <=SEP=> Naser Orić (born 3 March 1967) is a former Bosniak military officer who commanded Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (ARBiH) forces in the Srebrenica enclave in eastern Bosnia surrounded by Bosnian Serb forces, during the Bosnian War.In 2006, he was sentenced to two years' imprisonment by the Trial Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in the Netherlands for failing to prevent the deaths of five and the mistreatment of eleven Bosnian Serb detainees during the period from late 1992 to early 1993 on the basis of superior criminal responsibility.

Nataša Kandić <=SEP=> Nataša Kandić (Serbian Cyrillic: Наташа Кандић) (born 1946, Kragujevac, Serbia, Yugoslavia) is a Serbian human rights activist and the founder and ex-executive director of the Humanitarian Law Center (HLC), an organisation campaigning for human rights and reconciliation in the former Yugoslavia, focusing on the Serbian role in conflict. It was formed in 1992.

Nebojša Pavković <=SEP=> Nebojša Pavković (Serbian Cyrillic: Небојша Павковић; 10 April 1946) was Chief of the General Staff of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. In 2009, he was convicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) of committing crimes against humanity and war crimes in the Kosovo War.

New Wave music in Yugoslavia <=SEP=> New Wave in Yugoslavia (Bosnian, Croatian and Slovene: Novi val; Serbian: Нови талас, Novi talas; Macedonian: Нов бран, transl.:  Nov bran; all meaning "New wave") was the new wave music scene of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. As its counterparts, the British and the US New Wave, from which the main influences came, the Yugoslav scene was also closely related to punk rock, ska, reggae, Two Tone, power pop and mod revival.

Nikola Šainović <=SEP=> Nikola Šainović (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Шаиновић,  born 7 December 1948 in Bor, Serbia, Yugoslavia) is a Serbian politician and former Prime Minister of Serbia of Montenegrin descent.

Operation Maritime Guard <=SEP=> Operation Maritime Guard was a NATO blockade, in the international waters of the  Adriatic Sea, of the former Yugoslavia.

Parliament of Yugoslavia <=SEP=> 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 (Serbo-Croatian: Savezna skupština / Савезна скупштина).

Patrick Lipton Robinson <=SEP=> Patrick Lipton Robinson, OJ (born 29 January 1944, in Jamaica), is the former President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, a position he held between 2008 ad 2011. He was first elected to the Tribunal in 1998 and has been re-elected twice since.

Polona Dornik <=SEP=> Polona Dornik (born 20 November 1962) is a Yugoslav and Slovenian former female professional basketball player.

Popular music in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia <=SEP=> SFR Yugoslav pop and rock scene includes the pop and rock music of the former SFR Yugoslavia, including all their genres and subgenres. The scene included the constituent republics: SR Slovenia, SR Croatia, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SR Montenegro, SR Macedonia and SR Serbia and its subunits: SAP Vojvodina and SAP Kosovo. The pop and rock scene was a part of the general Music of Yugoslavia, which also included folk, classical music, jazz etc.

Post-Soviet states <=SEP=> The post-Soviet states, also collectively known as the former Soviet Union (FSU) or former Soviet Republics, are the 15 independent states that emerged from the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in its dissolution in December 1991, with Russia internationally recognised as the successor state to the Soviet Union. On March 11, 1990 Lithuania was first to declare its independence, with Estonia and Latvia following suit in August 1991.

Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia <=SEP=> The Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia, officially the Premier of the Republic of Macedonia (Macedonian: Премиер на Република Македонија) is the head of government of the Republic of Macedonia. He or she is the leader of a political coalition in the Macedonian parliament (the Собрание) and the leader of the cabinet. The current Prime Minister is Nikola Gruevski, who has served since 27 August 2006.

Radislav Krstić <=SEP=> Radislav Krstić (Serbian Cyrillic: Радислав Крстић; born 15 February 1948) was the Deputy Commander and later Chief of Staff of the Drina Corps of the Army of Republika Srpska (the Bosnian Serb Army) from October 1994 until 12 July 1995.

Radmila Šekerinska <=SEP=> Radmila Šekerinska Jankovska (Macedonian: Радмила Шекеринска Јанковска [ˈradmila ʃɛˈkɛrinska]; born 10 June 1972 in Skopje,  SFR Yugoslavia, present-day the Republic of Macedonia) is the former leader of the Social Democratic Union of Macedonia (SDSM) and the leader of the opposition in the Macedonian Parliament.

Rahim Ademi <=SEP=> Rahim Ademi (born 30 January 1954) is a Croatian Army general of Kosovo-Albanian origin.Born and raised in the village of Karač, Vučitrn, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (modern day Kosovo), Ademi graduated from the Yugoslav military academy in Belgrade in 1976.

Ramush Haradinaj <=SEP=> Ramush Haradinaj (born 3 July 1968) is a Kosovo Albanian politician, a former officer and leader of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA/UÇK), and the former prime minister of Republic of Kosovo. He leads the AAK party.Following the dissolution of Yugoslavia Haradinaj was the KLA commander for western Kosovo.

Rankovićism <=SEP=> Rankovićism refers to a political ideology prevalent in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia based on the political views of the Serbian communist official and former Yugoslav Partisan leader Aleksandar Ranković. It refers to Ranković's promotion of a centralized Yugoslavia and his opposition to decentralization of powers to the constituent republics that he deemed would jeopardize both the unity of Yugoslavia and the unity of Serbs.

Rasim Delić <=SEP=> Rasim Delić (4 February 1949 – 16 April 2010) was the Chief of Staff of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. He was a career officer in the Yugoslav National Army but left it during the breakup of Yugoslavia.

Ratko Mladić <=SEP=> Ratko Mladić (Serbian Cyrillic: Ратко Младић, pronounced [râtko mlǎːdit͡ɕ]; born 12 March 1942) is a former Bosnian Serb military leader accused of committing war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. On 31 May 2011, Mladić was extradited to The Hague, where he was processed at the detention center that holds suspects for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY).

Republic <=SEP=> A republic (from Latin: res publica) is a form of government or country in which power resides in elected individuals representing the citizen body and government leaders exercise power according to the rule of law. In modern times, the definition of a republic is commonly limited to a government which excludes a monarch.

Republic of Macedonia <=SEP=> Macedonia (/ˌmæsɨˈdoʊniə/ mas-i-DOH-nee-ə; Macedonian: Македонија, tr. Makedonija, IPA: [makɛˈdɔnija]), officially the Republic of Macedonia (Macedonian: About this sound Република Македонија , tr. Republika Makedonija), is a country located in the central Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe.  It is one of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, from which it declared independence in 1991.

Republic of Serbia (1992–2006) <=SEP=> The Republic of Serbia (Serbian: Република Србија / Republika Srbija) was a constituent country of Serbia and Montenegro (Federal Republic of Yugoslavia) between 1992 and 2006.

Republic of Serbian Krajina <=SEP=> The Republic of Serbian Krajina (RSK) (Serbian:  Republika Srpska Krajina, RSK; Република Српска Крајина, РСК, pronounced [rɛpǔblika sr̩̂pskaː krâjina]; sometimes translated as Republic of Serb Krajina) was a self-proclaimed Serb parastate within the territory of the Republic of Croatia during the Croatian War of Independence. Established in 1991, it was not recognized internationally. It formally existed from 1991 to 1995, having been initiated a year earlier via smaller separatist regions.

Republic of Vevčani <=SEP=> The Republic of Vevčani (Macedonian: Вевчани [vɛvətʃani]) -also known as the Independent Republic of Vevčani- was a short lived self-proclaimed country on the territory of Macedonia after the fall of Yugoslavia in 1991 and as of 2000 is a micronation.

Republics of the Soviet Union <=SEP=> The Republics of the Soviet Union or the Union Republics (Russian: союзные республики, soyuznye respubliki) of the Soviet Union were ethnically based administrative units that were subordinated directly to the Government of the Soviet Union.

Russia–Serbia relations <=SEP=> Russia–Serbia relations refer to bilateral foreign relations between Serbia and Russia. Serbia and Russia have maintained diplomatic relations since 1838.Serbia has an embassy in Moscow and Russia has an embassy in Belgrade and a liaison office to UNMIK in Pristina. Serbia also announced to later open a consulate-general in Yekaterinburg.SFR Yugoslavia recognized Russia in December 1991 by the Decision of the Presidency on the recognition of the former republics of the USSR.

Sefer Halilović <=SEP=> Sefer Halilović (born 6 January 1952 in Prijepolje, Yugoslavia (present-day Serbia)) is a former general and commanding officer of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina during the 1992–95 war in Bosnia and Herzegovina. In 2001, he was indicted for war crimes by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and acquitted in 2005. Today he is a prominent politician in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Serbia <=SEP=> Serbia (/ˈsɜrbiə/, Serbian: Србија, Srbija, IPA: [sř̩bija]), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian: Република Србија, Republika Srbija), is a sovereign state situated at the crossroads between Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Pannonian Plain and the central Balkans.

Serbia and Montenegro <=SEP=> Serbia and Montenegro was a country in Southeast Europe, created from the two remaining republics of Yugoslavia after its breakup in 1991. The republics of Serbia and Montenegro together established a federation in 1992 as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (abbreviated FRY; Serbian: Savezna Republika Jugoslavija, Serbian Cyrillic: Савезна Република Југославија).

Serbs <=SEP=> The Serbs (Serbian: Срби/Srbi, pronounced [sr̩̂bi]) are a South Slavic nation and ethnic group native to the Balkans.  The majority of Serbs inhabit Serbia (including the disputed territory of Kosovo), as well as Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro, and form significant minorities in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia.

Skopje Aqueduct <=SEP=> The Skopje Aqueduct (Macedonian: Скопски аквадукт) is an aqueduct and archaeological site located in the village of Vizbegovo 2 km (1.2 mi) northwest from Skopje, Macedonia. The Skopje Aqueduct is the only aqueduct in Macedonia, and one of three largest and well preserved in the former Yugoslavia along with Diocletianus Aqueduct near Split, Croatia and Bar Aqueduct in Montenegro.The question of when the Skopje Aqueduct was built is unclear.

Slobodan Milošević <=SEP=> Slobodan Milošević (pronounced [slɔbɔ̌dan milɔ̌ːʃɛʋit͡ɕ]; Serbian Cyrillic: Слободан Милошевић; 20 August 1941 – 11 March 2006) was a Serbian and Yugoslav politician who was the President of Serbia (originally the Socialist Republic of Serbia, a constituent republic within the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia) from 1989 to 1997 and President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1997 to 2000. Among his supporters, Milošević was known by the nickname of \Sloba\"."

Slobodan Praljak <=SEP=> Slobodan Praljak (2 January 1945) is a Croatian politician and writer who served as general in the Croatian Army and the Croatian Defence Council, an army of the Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia. He is among six Croat politicians convicted at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), in relation to war crimes during the Bosnian War. He was sentenced to 20 years in jail.

Social Democratic Union of Macedonia <=SEP=> The Social Democratic Union of Macedonia (Macedonian: Социјалдемократски сојуз на Македонија, Socijaldemokratski sojuz na Makedonija, SDSM) is a social-democratic and main centre-left political party in Macedonia. It is the successor of the League of Communists of Macedonia, the ruling party during the communist regime which ruled SR Macedonia as a constituent republic of SFR Yugoslavia from 1945 to 1990.

Socialist Autonomous Province of Kosovo <=SEP=> The Socialist Autonomous Province of Kosovo (Serbo-Croatian: Socijalistička Autonomna Pokrajina Kosovo, Социјалистичка Аутономна Покрајина Косово; Albanian: Krahina Socialiste Autonome e Kosovës; often abbreviated SAP Kosovo), comprising the Kosovo region, was one of the two autonomous provinces of Serbia within Yugoslavia (the other being Vojvodina), between 1946 and the breakup of Yugoslavia.Between 1946 and 1963 the province was named the Autonomous District of Kosovo and Metohija, and enjoyed a lower level of self-government than the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina.

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia <=SEP=> The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFR Yugoslavia or SFRY) was the Yugoslav state that existed from its foundation in the aftermath of World War II until its dissolution in 1992 amid the Yugoslav Wars. It was a socialist state and a federation made up of six socialist republics: Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro and Macedonia.

Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina <=SEP=> The Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Serbo-Croatian: 'Socijalistička Republika Bosna i Hercegovina (SR BiH) / Социјалистичка Pепублика Босна и Херцеговина (СP БиХ)) was one of the six constituent federal units forming the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. It was included in Yugoslavia as a condominium of Territorial Dependency type.

Socialist Republic of Croatia <=SEP=> The Socialist Republic of Croatia (often abbreviated SR Croatia; Serbo-Croatian: Socijalistička Republika Hrvatska, SR Hrvatska) was a constituent republic of Yugoslavia. By its constitution, modern-day Croatia is its direct continuation. Along with five other Yugoslav republics, it was formed during World War II and became a socialist republic after the war. It had four full official names during its 48-year existence (see below).

Socialist Republic of Macedonia <=SEP=> The Socialist Republic of Macedonia (Macedonian: Социјалистичка Република Македонија, Socijalistička Republika Makedonija) was one of the six constituent countries of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, and a socialist nation state of the Macedonians.

Socialist Republic of Montenegro <=SEP=> Socialist Republic of Montenegro (Serbo-Croatian: Socijalistička Republika Crna Gora, Социјалистичка Република Црна Гора), or SR Montenegro in shortened form, was one of the 6 republics forming the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. It is a predecessor of the modern-day Montenegro.

Socialist Republic of Serbia <=SEP=> The Socialist Republic of Serbia (Serbo-Croatian: Социјалистичка Република Србија / Socijalistička Republika Srbija) was one of the six constitutional republics of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. It was the largest republic in terms of population and territory. Its capital, Belgrade, was also the federal capital of Yugoslavia.

Socialist Republic of Slovenia <=SEP=> The Socialist Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: Socialistična republika Slovenija; Serbo-Croatian: Socijalistička Republika Slovenija) was one of the 6 republics forming the post-World War II country of Yugoslavia. It existed under different names from 29 November 1945 until 25 June 1991.

Stojna Vangelovska <=SEP=> Stojna Vangelovska (born February 5, 1964) is a Yugoslav and Macedonian former female professional basketball player.

Tima Džebo <=SEP=> Tima Džebo (born October 24, 1963 in Olovo) is a former Yugoslav and Bosnian female basketball player.

Timeline of Yugoslav breakup <=SEP=> 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 it 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 the state union of Serbia and Montenegro.

Tonči Huljić <=SEP=> Ante "Tonči" Huljić (Croatian pronunciation: [tôntʃi xǔːʎitɕ]) (born 29 October 1961 in Split) is a Croatian musician, songwriter and music producer from Split.Ante "Tonči" Huljić made his name in the late 1970s as the founder and key member of pop band Dalmatinski magazin (later renamed into Magazin).

United Nations Preventive Deployment Force <=SEP=> The  United Nations Preventive Deployment Force (UNPREDEP) was established on 31 March 1995 in Security Council Resolution 983 to replace the United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) in the Republic of Macedonia. The mandate of UNPREDEP remained essentially the same: to monitor and report any developments in the border areas which could undermine confidence and stability in the country and threaten its territory.

United Nations Protection Force <=SEP=> The United Nations Protection Force (French: Force de Protection des Nations Unies; UNPROFOR, also known by its French acronym FORPRONU), was the first United Nations peacekeeping force in Croatia and in Bosnia and Herzegovina during the Yugoslav wars.

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1207 <=SEP=> United Nations Security Council resolution 1207, adopted on 17 November 1998, after recalling all resolutions concerning the conflicts in the former Yugoslavia, in particular Resolution 827 (1993), the Council condemned the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) for its failure to execute arrest warrants issued by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY).The Security Council recalled the General Framework Agreement and deplored the lack of co-operation by the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia with the ICTY.Acting under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter, the Council reminded all states of their obligation to co-operate with the Tribunal, including the execution of arrest warrants.

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1900 <=SEP=> United Nations Security Council Resolution 1900, adopted unanimously on December 16, 2009, after recalling resolutions 827 (1993), 1581 (2005), 1597 (2005), 1613 (2005), 1629 (2005), 1660 (2006), 1668 (2006), 1800 (2008), 1837 (2008), 1849 (2008) and 1877 (2009), the Council permitted several judges at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia to serve beyond the expiry of their term of office to enable them to complete work on cases in which they were involved.Acting under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter, the Council decided that judges Kimberley Prost (Canada) and Ole Bjørn Støle (Norway) whose terms were to expire on December 31, 2009, could complete the Popović case which was scheduled to end by March 2010.

Valentin Ćorić <=SEP=> Valentin Ćorić (born 23 June 1956) is a Bosnian Croat official charged by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). He was found guilty and sentenced to 16 years in prison.

Vardar Macedonia <=SEP=> Vardar Macedonia (formerly Yugoslav Macedonia) is an area in the north of the geographical region of Macedonia, corresponding with the area of today's Republic of Macedonia. It covers an area of 25,713 square kilometres (9,928 sq mi). It usually refers to the part of Macedonia region attributed to the Kingdom of Serbia by the Treaty of Bucharest in 1913. It is named after the Vardar, the major river in the area.

Vladimir Lazarević <=SEP=> Vladimir Lazarević (Serbian Cyrillic: Владимир Лазраревић; 23 March 1949) is a Serbian colonel general of the Third Army Corps, and later the commander of the Priština Corps of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. He was indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia 2003 and was convicted in 2009 of command responsibility for war crimes against Kosovo Albanians during the Kosovo War.

Vojislav Šešelj <=SEP=> Vojislav Šešelj (Serbian Cyrillic: Војислав Шешељ, pronounced [ʋǒjislaʋ ʃěʃeʎ]; born 11 October 1954) is a Serbian nationalist politician, writer and lawyer. He is the founder and president of the far right Serbian Radical Party, and a former member of Serbian Parliament.As of May 2015 Šešelj is awaiting the verdict for alleged war crimes, having been suspected of involvement in crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in the Hague.

Vojvodina <=SEP=> Vojvodina ([ʋǒjʋodina], Serbian Cyrillic: Војводина), officially the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina (Serbian: Аутономна Покрајина Војводина / Autonomna Pokrajina Vojvodina; see Names in other languages), is an autonomous province of Serbia, located in the northern part of the country, in the Pannonian Plain. Novi Sad is the largest city and administrative center of Vojvodina and the second-largest city in Serbia.

Wolfgang Schomburg <=SEP=> Wolfgang Schomburg (born 9 April 1948 in Berlin) was the first German Judge at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. From 1995 until 2000 he was a judge at the Federal Court of Justice in Karlsruhe.

Yugo-nostalgia <=SEP=> Yugo-nostalgia is a little-studied psychological and cultural phenomenon occurring among citizens of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY).

Yugoslav Wars <=SEP=> The Yugoslav Wars were ethnic conflicts fought from 1991 to 2001 inside the territory of the former Yugoslavia. These wars accompanied and/or facilitated the breakup of the country, when its constituent republics declared independence, but the issues of ethnic minorities in the new countries (chiefly Serbs in central parts and Albanians in the southeast) were still unresolved at the time the republics were recognized internationally.

Yugoslavia <=SEP=> 'Yugoslavia' (Serbo-Croatian, Macedonian, Slovene: Jugoslavija, Југославија), once spelled and called "Jugoslavia", was a country in Southeast Europe during most of the 20th century. It came into existence after World War I in 1918 under the name of Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes by the merger of the provisional State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs (itself formed from territories of the former Austro-Hungarian Empire) with the formerly independent Kingdom of Serbia.

Yugoslavia at the 1992 Winter Olympics <=SEP=> Athletes from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia competed at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France. It was the final Olympic Games for Yugoslavia under this name, which at that point consisted of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia.Croatia and Slovenia participated as independent nations for the first time at these Games. The Republic of Macedonia had become independent but did not compete, while Bosnia and Herzegovina participated in the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Yugoslavia at the Olympics <=SEP=> Teams from Yugoslavia first participated at the Olympic Games in 1920. Previously, several athletes from Croatia, Slovenia and Vojvodina had competed for Austria or Hungary when those countries were part of the Empire of Austria-Hungary.

Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest <=SEP=> Yugoslavia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 27 times, debuting in 1961 and competing every year until its last appearance in 1992, with the exceptions of 1977–1980 and 1985. Yugoslavia won the 1989 contest and hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 1990.Ljiljana Petrović was Yugoslavia's first entrant in the contest in 1961 and placed eighth. In 1962, Lola Novaković gave the country its first top five result, finishing fourth.

Yugoslavia men's national under-18 ice hockey team <=SEP=> The Yugoslavia men's national under-18 ice hockey team was the men's national under-18 ice hockey team in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. It was succeeded by the Serbia and Montenegro men's national under-18 ice hockey team.

Yugoslavia national football team <=SEP=> The (Jugoslovenski Fudbalski Savez) on serbian,(Jugoslovenski Nogometni Savez)on croatian,slovenian and bosnian (Југословески Фудбалски Савез) on macedonian,Yugoslavia national football team represented the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1918–1941, until 1929 as Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes), and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1943–1992, until November 29, 1945 as Democratic Federal Yugoslavia, November 29, 1945–1963 as Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia) in association football.

Yugoslavia national handball team <=SEP=> The Yugoslavia national handball team was the national handball team of Yugoslavia. It was organized by the Handball Federation of Yugoslavia.

Yugoslavia national under-21 football team <=SEP=> The Yugoslavia national under-21 football team existed in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

Zagreb <=SEP=> Zagreb (Croatian pronunciation: [zǎːɡreb]; names in other languages) is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Croatia. It is located in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb lies at an elevation of approximately 122 m (400 ft) above sea level. In the last official census of 2011 the population of the City of Zagreb was 792,875.

Željko Ražnatović <=SEP=> Željko Ražnatović (Serbian Cyrillic: Жељко Ражнатовић, pronounced [ʒêːʎko raʒnâːtoʋit͡ɕ]; 17 April 1952 – 15 January 2000), known as Arkan (Аркан), was a Serbian career criminal and commander of a paramilitary force in the Yugoslav Wars, called the Serb Volunteer Guard. He was on Interpol's most wanted list in the 1970s and 1980s for robberies and murders committed in a number of countries across Europe, and was later indicted by the UN for crimes against humanity for his role during the wars.

Željko Samardžić <=SEP=> Želimir "Željko" Samardžić (born October 3, 1955) is a Serbian pop singer popular throughout the former Yugoslav republics. Born in Mostar, he reached fame only after the Bosnian War when he fled to Belgrade, Serbia, where he since lives and works.