The Yugoslav Wars

Election time

September 1996: the first elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina since the end of the war | The triumph of ethnic nationalism | Uncertainty over the future of the international peacekeeping force

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A scorching summer

August 1996: tensions in Mostar following the local elections | Tuđman’s intervention and the end of the Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia | The Geneva Agreement establishing the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina | The historic agreement between...

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Karadžić’s surrender

July 1996: pressure from the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia | Karadžić’s resignation | Biljana Plavšić takes over | The credibility of the UN at stake

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Uncertainty around the elections

June '96: the OSCE's "minimum conditions" for elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina | The discouraging example of Mostar | International pressure on Radovan Karadžić

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The great provocation

May '96: Radovan Karadžić' provocations | Mostar out of control | the first trial of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia

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Tampering

April '96: the first investigations in Srebrenica | The international donors’ conference in Brussels | A mirror of the forced peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina

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How to get back to normal

March '96: the difficult reunification of Sarajevo | The work of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia | The missing persons of Srebrenica

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A new army

February '96: the end of the siege of Sarajevo | The rage of Kosovo | The birth of the Kosovo Liberation Army, the UÇK

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The fruits of peace

January '96: the attack in Sarajevo | The new international peacekeeping force | The final step towards peace

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The latest threats to peace

December '95: the Mirage crisis | The Paris Protocol | The legacy of war in Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Dayton

November '95: a complicated start to the peace negotiations | The three agreements on Bosnia and Croatia | The Dayton Agreement

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Towards an end

October '95: the last battles in Bosnia and Herzegovina | Bill Clinton's 60-day ceasefire | Towards Dayton, with the uncertainty of Croatia-Slavonia

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Peace to the sound of bombs

September '95: the ultimatum to Mladić and the resumption of Operation Deliberate Force | The adoption of the Common Principles of Agreement | The Croat/Bosniak advance on Banja Luka | The “Kissinger of the Balkans”

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The Storm

August '95: Operation Storm | The exodus from Krajina | Markale Market massacre | The consequences of Operation Deliberate Force

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Srebrenica (and beyond)

July '95: the Srebrenica massacre | The surrender of Žepa | The resistance of Bihać

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The agony of the Bosnian enclaves

June '95: the new Rapid Reaction Force | Sarajevo on its knees | The prelude to extermination

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Flash and revenge

May '95: Operation Flash in Croatia | Operation Revenge in Bosnia and Herzegovina | The UNPROFOR hostage crisis

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The beginning of the end

April '95: the difficulties of the Bosnian Serb army | The Hague issues genocide indictments | Winds of war in the Republic of Serbian Krajina

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Renovations in progress

March '95: Tuđman’s offensive on the Blue Helmets | The initiative by Boutros-Ghali | The tripartite division of UNPROFOR

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

February '95: the Serbo-Croatian opposition to the Z-4 Plan | A "Plan B" for Bosnia and Herzegovina | The collapse of the truce from Bihać to Sarajevo

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