The Death of Yugoslavia S00E01 · Enter Milosevic

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Nationalist feelings are let loose in Yugoslavia. Especially in Kosovo Serb nationalist are pressing the central authority. Milosevic starts out in Tito's spirit trying to deal with the problems without acknowledging the Kosovo-serbs claim that the troubles are ethnic related, but soon finds that he can build his power base faster by supporting the Serb nationalists and play this against the sitting president of the Yugoslav federation. Rumours of attacks on Serbs in Kosovo increases ethnic frictions. The rethoric between Milosevic in Belgrade and the regional authorities in Kosovo, Croatia and Slovenia gets harsher. Croatia tries to strenghten its independence in the federation. Episodes of violence between Croats and Serbs leads to a state of emergency.

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1. 1 1. Enter Milosevic · 50mNationalist feelings are let loose in Yugoslavia. Especially in Kosovo Serb nationalist are pressing the central authority. Milosevic starts out in Tito's spirit trying to deal wit
2. 2 2. The Croats Strike Back · 50mJune 25 1991 Croatia and Slovenia declares their independence. The US ambassador puts some pressure on to stop the use of military forces in Croatia. The European Community tries
3. 3 3. The Struggle for Bosnia · 50mBosnian Serbs wants to stop all claims for an independent Bosnian state. Sarajevo is controlled by different militias. The Bosnian Serbs takes control of the hills around the city.
4. 4 4. Eyewitness to History: The Death of Yugoslavia - Part 12025-07-08Acclaimed documentary-maker Norma Percy is joined by producer Angus Macqueen to tell the extraordinary story of how they made the award-winning series The Death of Yugoslavia.
5. 5 5. Eyewitness to History: The Death of Yugoslavia - Part 22025-07-08Acclaimed documentary maker Norma Percy is joined by producer and director Paul Mitchell to assess the conclusion of their award-winning series The Death of Yugoslavia.