Modern Serbia

The Federal Republic of Serbia was created in 1992, when the former Yugoslav republics of Slovenia, FYROM, Bosnia, and Croatia. It consisted of Serbia and Montenegro. It faced many problems. Namely, war on three fronts. Though not directly involved, FRY was helping Serbs in the Serbian Republic of Kraijna and Republika Srpska through military supplies and volunteer military assistance. The war of Kosovo also took its toll. Albanian KLA extremist militants were attackeing Serbs in the contested province and opted for separation. The Military of FRY took action. However, the West, decided to, in all three wars, take the side of Serbia's enemy. This resulted in the mass assistance of enemy troops and punitive land and air strikes against Serbia. Soon, the Serbian people had enough and deposed president Slobodan Milosevic. The air strikes ended and peace agreements were reached in Bosnia and Croatia. However, the war in Kosovo went on. On February 4, 2003, the parliament decided to insitute a looser confederation named the State Union of Serbia and Montengro. SCG would exist for another three years. On May 21, 2006, Montenegro held a referendum of independence. The votes for independece were 55.4 % in favor of and thus, Montenegro delcared independece. However, the vote was fraudulent. Though busloads of Albanians and Bosnians were allowed to vote and come in to the country to vote, Montenegrins in Serbia were denied access. Despite this, the EU and the Western yoke decided to recognize the state and the last pice of the former SFRJ was gone. Serbia declared independence on June 5, 2006. The Quick Facts section of this page provides up to date data on the Republic of Serbia.