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Siege of Sarajevo; Part of the Bosnian War and the Yugoslav Wars: Clockwise from top left: Crashed civilian vehicle after being fired upon with small arms; UNPROFOR forces in the city; Government building hit by tank shelling; U.S. airstrike on VRS positions; Overview of the city in 1996; VRS soldiers before a prisoner exchange.
1981. An economic crisis in Yugoslavia begins. Albanian nationalist demonstrations in Kosovo, demanding the status of a republic and more rights (the slogan "Kosovo republika" which translates to "Republic of Kosovo" or more literally "Kosovo republic").
Eagle Claw (1980) — Attempted rescue of American hostages held in Tehran. Earnest Will (1987–88) — American protection of Kuwaiti oil tankers in the Persian Gulf during the Iran–Iraq War Eager Glacier (1987–88) — U.S. spy planes gather intelligence about Iran .
Date Event 11 March: 1981 protests in Kosovo: Student protest starts at the University of Pristina: 1 April: Between 5,000 and 25,000 demonstrators of Albanian nationality call for SAP Kosovo to become a constituent republic inside Yugoslavia, as opposed to an autonomous province of Serbia.
Kosovo in 1941. During World War II, a large area of Kosovo was attached to Italian controlled Albania. [97] [98] Kosovo Albanians sought to redress the past policies of colonisation and Slavization and power relations between Albanians and Serbs were overturned in the new administration.
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1992–2006) . Autonomous Province; 1991 Kosovan independence referendum. First Republic; Kosovo War (1998–1999) . NATO bombing of Yugoslavia ...
At 77% of the population of Kosovo in the 1980s, ethnic-Albanians were the majority. In June 1989, the 600th anniversary of Serbia's historic defeat at the field of Kosovo, Slobodan Milošević gave the Gazimestan speech to 200,000 Serbs, with a Serb nationalist theme which deliberately evoked medieval Serbian history. Milošević's answer to ...
First Chechen War. Part of the Chechen–Russian conflict Chechen Republic of Ichkeria Russia: 1994 1999 Caprivi conflict Namibia: Caprivi Liberation Army: 1995 1995 Cenepa War Peru Ecuador: 1995 2002 Eelam War III. Part of the Sri Lankan Civil War Sri Lanka: Tamil Tigers: 1995 2018 Second Afar Insurgency. Part of the Eritrean–Ethiopian ...