{"slug": "serbia-and-montenegro", "label": "Serbia and Montenegro", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serbia_and_Montenegro", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q37024", "qid": "Q37024", "description": "former political union in the Balkans (2003–2006)", "entries": 11, "years": 7, "span": [1992, 2006], "span_label": ["1992 CE", "2006 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 6}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 4}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "nato", "label": "NATO", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "slobodan-milosevic", "label": "Slobodan Milošević", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "belgrade", "label": "Belgrade", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "world-war-ii", "label": "World War II", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "socialist-federal-republic-of-yugoslavia", "label": "Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "european-union", "label": "European Union", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "the-hague", "label": "The Hague", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "international-criminal-tribunal-for-the-former-yugoslavia", "label": "International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1992, "year_label": "1992 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "April 28", "text": "April 28 – The two remaining constituent republics of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia – Serbia and Montenegro – form a new state, named the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (which in 2003 becomes Serbia and Montenegro), bringing to an end the official state union of Serbs, Croats, Slovenes, Montenegrins, Bosniaks and Macedonians that has existed since 1918 (with the exception of a brief occupation period during World War II).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368521010#April", "title": "1992", "revid": 1368521010, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 1992, "year_label": "1992 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "December 21", "text": "December 21 – In Yugoslavia, President of Serbia Slobodan Milošević defeats Milan Panić in the Serbian presidential election.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368521010#December", "title": "1992", "revid": 1368521010, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 1998, "year_label": "1998 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "March 21", "text": "March 21 – The European Union announces an arms embargo against Serbia and Montenegro.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373236679#March", "title": "1998", "revid": 1373236679, "section": "Events › March"}}, {"year": 1999, "year_label": "1999 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 24", "text": "March 24 – NATO launches air strikes against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, marking the first time NATO has attacked a sovereign state.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369767946#March", "title": "1999", "revid": 1369767946, "section": "Events › March"}}, {"year": 1999, "year_label": "1999 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 7", "text": "May 7 – Kosovo War: in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, three Chinese embassy workers are killed and 20 others wounded when a NATO B-2 aircraft bombs the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369767946#May", "title": "1999", "revid": 1369767946, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 1999, "year_label": "1999 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "June 9", "text": "June 9 – Kosovo War: Yugoslavia and NATO sign a peace treaty to end their hostilities.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369767946#June", "title": "1999", "revid": 1369767946, "section": "Events › June"}}, {"year": 1999, "year_label": "1999 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June 10", "text": "June 10 – Kosovo War: NATO suspends its airstrikes after Slobodan Milošević agrees to withdraw Yugoslav forces from Kosovo.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369767946#June", "title": "1999", "revid": 1369767946, "section": "Events › June"}}, {"year": 2000, "year_label": "2000 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 5", "text": "October 5 – Mass demonstrations in Belgrade lead to resignation of Yugoslavia's president Slobodan Milošević.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371541477#October", "title": "2000", "revid": 1371541477, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 2002, "year_label": "2002 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "February 12", "text": "February 12 – The trial of Slobodan Milošević, the former president of Yugoslavia, begins at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372652846#February", "title": "2002", "revid": 1372652846, "section": "Events › February"}}, {"year": 2003, "year_label": "2003 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "February 4", "text": "February 4 – The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is renamed to \"Serbia and Montenegro\" (after its two constituent states) after its leaders reconstitute the country into a loose state-union between Montenegro and Serbia, marking an end to the 73-year-long use of the name \"Yugoslavia\" by a sovereign state.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371470479#February", "title": "2003", "revid": 1371470479, "section": "Events › February"}}, {"year": 2006, "year_label": "2006 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "June 3", "text": "June 3 – Montenegro declares its independence from Serbia and Montenegro after a May 21 referendum and becomes a sovereign state. Two days later, the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro officially disbands after Serbia declares its independence as well, ending an 88-year union between the two countries and leaving Serbia as the successor country to the union.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373069605#June", "title": "2006", "revid": 1373069605, "section": "Events › June"}}]}