FALL OF YUGOSLAVIA

TIMELINE OF BREAKUP

• October 18, 1990- National Intelligence agency predicts Yugoslavia to dissolve in two years
• December 1990- Slovenia supported independence
• May 1991- Croatia supports independence
• June 25, 1991- Slovenia + Croatia declared independence
• May 1992- Bosnia and Herzegovina declare independence
• September 1992- Macedonia declares independence
• Serbia and Montenegro formed Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

SOLOBAN MILOŠEVIĆ

• Serbian and Yugoslavian president
• Served from 1989-97
• Also was the president of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

PROTESTS

• Protest on 15-16 December, 1991
• 100,000 attended, 2k deaths
• Restaurants, cafés, cars, and shops destroyed
• Yugoslavia-Romania border sealed
• Protests from dislike of the economy
• Low living standards, lack of food, leaders not trying to institute a democracy helped spark protest

PROTESTS AGAINST US/NATO

• Ten of thousands participated
• Against bombing campaigns
• Other protests happened across the world

BREAKUP

• Yugoslavia broke up
• The countries of former Yugoslavia are Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, and Macedonia

UNEMPLOYMENT RATES

GDP PER CAPITA

LIFE AFTER THE FALL

• Life in former Yugoslavian countries varied. Some countries, such as Slovenia, prosper, while others have failing economies and high unemployment rates.

BOSNIAN CIVIL War

• Declaration of independence raised violence
• War raged for three years
• Consisted of fighting between Serbs, Croats, and Bosnian mulslims
• Final cease fire negotiated in 1995 (Known as the Dayton Accords)
• Estimated death toll of 100,000