He also had a Law in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Cagliari, Sardinia. The Lyman M. Law, captained by S. McDonough, had embarked on its final journey from Stockton, Maine, Live TV. This Day In History. History Vault.
Art, Literature, and Film History. Civil Rights Movement. Latin America. Sign Up. World War II. Over the course of 79 days and nights, allied forces flew more than 37, sorties. Some 20, missiles and bombs rained down on Serbia. Many civilians were killed: "collateral damage," in the words of NATO.
Industrial sites were also targeted. Massive amounts of toxic substances were released into rivers, the ground and the skies — resulting in grave health risks for the nearby civilian population.
Moreover, Serbia accused NATO of deploying uranium-enriched munitions as well as cluster and fragment bombs. State television offices in Belgrade were attacked in an attempt to deprive Slobodan Milosevic of his most important propaganda tool. Although the Serbian government was warned of an impending attack in time, Belgrade withheld that information. Sixteen people were killed when the site was bombed.
NATO also claimed that the accidental bombardment of the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade was another case of "collateral damage. The final toll of the war: thousands of dead and , refugees. Serbia's economy and large swaths of its infrastructure were destroyed. Kosovo was put under UN administration.
Each evening at UTC, DW's editors send out a selection of the day's hard news and quality feature journalism. You can sign up to receive it directly here. Dragoslav Ognjanovic was gunned down in front of his apartment building in a gangland-style killing, police said. He had been part of the legal team which defended Slobodan Milosevic at the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal.
The protests, triggered by a brutal assault on an opposition leader, have been escalating for months. Visit the new DW website Take a look at the beta version of dw. These remarks to Clinton 20 years ago might constitute the only reliable information we have to this day about how Putin thinks or how he once thought a dictator ought to give up power.
In the early s, a series of bloody wars led to the collapse of most of Yugoslavia, reducing the federation to Serbia and Montenegro. A year later, war broke out in the province of Kosovo. American support — both financial and organizational — came from the U.
To find out what happened next, keep reading. The U. President Clinton: Can we talk about the Balkans? That would send a strong signal. Meanwhile, Belgrade witnessed massive opposition rallies that drew tens of thousands and even hundreds of thousands of people.
On September 30, , President Clinton telephoned Putin to discuss the situation in Yugoslavia again. I think publicly you should say that. It seems to me we have a choice between a violent and peaceful transition. The only country in the world who can play a decisive role in this is Russia because they know they need to turn to you after all this is over to continue to have a solid relationship.
Putin said plainly that he doubted the leader would ever agree to a recount or leave office voluntarily. President Putin: Bill, we are aware of the fact that your country experts and think-tanks are working on it thoroughly and weighing each step that needs to be taken.
But I want you and me to have a frank discussion about it — absolutely frank. I have already had a conversation with Schroeder, and you will be the second person to learn this information.
So he declined contact with us, but we will basically let you know our position. I want it to be clear on the point that we are not deviating from any avenue of approach to cooperation with you as our partner. But I wanted you to know that the time is right for him to leave the scene. I am not sure he will do so. And trying to analyze the situation, we think what might be productive and fruitful is the following. Today the opposition, for all practical purposes, has rejected the second round of elections.
Serbian opposition parties called her "Red Witch" due to her political stance. She fled for Russia after Serbian justice began investigating a corruption case, as well as murders of journalists and political opponents. Milosevic's brother Borislav, once ambassador to Moscow, reportedly organised the move, as well as asylum for her and her son Marko.
Mira Markovic: Power behind Milosevic. Image source, Getty Images. Brought together by tragic family histories.
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