NATO bombing of Yugoslavia
Dacic: UNSC session on 1999 bombing of FR Yugoslavia still uncertain
BELGRADE - Serbia's caretaker FM Ivica Dacic said on Wednesday it was still uncertain whether a March 25 UN Security Council session that would mark 25 years since the 1999 NATO bombing of the then Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) would take place.
The session has been requested by Russia.
Klaus, Zeman: Kosovo a terrorist state, Prague should not have recognised it
PRAGUE - In an interview marking 25 years of their country's NATO membership, former Czech presidents Vaclav Klaus and Milos Zeman told public television broadcaster Ceska televize the 1999 NATO bombing of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was a huge mistake and that the so-called Kosovo was a terrorist state Prague should not have recognised.
The United States has deployed a squadron of fighter bombers to Poland
According to the US Air Force Command in Europe, the fighters from the 2nd Air Wing of the Marine Corps were deployed to Poland from the continental part of the United States from the Beaufort Air Base in South Carolina.
The KC-130J Hercules tanker plane also arrived in Poland, foreign media report.
Serbian Public Broadcaster Airs War Crime Convicts’ Denials
Two convicted war criminals, former Yugoslav deputy prime minister Nikola Sainovic and Yugoslav Army general Vladimir Lazarevic, appeared on Serbia's public broadcaster Radio-Television Serbia on Tuesday evening and denied that they committed the crimes of which they were convicted.
Animating History: Kosovo Women’s War Stories on Film
Hoxha, who spends her time drawing, creating animation and working at a local all-female design studio, launched her animated short film, 'Kush mytet kapet per shkume' ('The One Who's Drowning Holds on to the Foam'), in December 2019.
21 years since the NATO bombing
The sirens were heard for 78 days and the total number of casualties was never determined. An estimated 1,200 to 2,500 people were killed in the 11 weeks, with total material damage estimated at tens of billions of dollars.
The attack on Serbia, or the FRY, was carried out without UN Security Council approval, which was a precedent.
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Serbian Ministry Promotes War Criminals at Belgrade Book Fair
The Serbian Defence Ministry organised an event at the Belgrade Book Fair on Friday to promote a new book by former senior Yugoslav Army officer Nebojsa Pavkovic, who is currently serving a prison sentence for war crimes in Kosovo.
Families Lose Hope of Finding Kosovo’s Missing Serbs
Andrija Tomanovic, the head of the surgery clinic at the Clinical Hospital Centre in Pristina, called his daughter Jelena on June 24, 1999 at around 1pm to tell her he was on his way home from work.
Kosovo Celebrates 20th Anniversary of War’s End
Crowds of people gathered in central Pristina on Wednesday to celebrate the anniversary of the end of the war 20 years ago and applaud former US President Bill Clinton and his Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, who were key advocates of NATO's military intervention.
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Kosovo Honours Bill Clinton for NATO Intervention in 1999 War
Bill Clinton was honoured by Kosovo on Tuesday for his role in ordering the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, which led to the end of the war 20 years ago.