Within Serbia, demands by the Kosovar Albanian majority for greater representation… However, Slobodan Milošević is likely best known today for his role in the Bosnian War and Bosnian Genocide.
In Kosovo, to seem non-contradictory, Milošević alleged that he supported the right of the Albanians to "Milošević denies that he gave orders to massacre Albanians in 1998. Search Britannica Milošević's presidency of Serbia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was marked by several major reforms to Serbia's constitution from the 1980s to the 1990s that reduced the powers of the autonomous provinces in Serbia. After the creation of a multiparty system in Serbia, Milošević and his political allies in Serbia elsewhere in Yugoslavia pushed for the creation of a democratic multiparty system of government at the federal level, such as Serbian state media appealing to the citizens of Milošević's government exercised influence and censorship in the media.
Check out Britannica's new site for parents! This, his detractors argue, upset the balance of power in Yugoslavia and provoked separatism elsewhere in the federation. History at your fingertips The prosecution took two years to present its case in the first part of the trial, where they covered the wars in Croatia, Bosnia and Kosovo.
Throughout the two-year period, the trial was being closely followed by the public of the involved former Yugoslav republics as it covered various notable events from the war and included several high-profile witnesses. …a fiery nationalist and ex-Communist, Slobodan Miloševic, who exploited his waning power over Yugoslav institutions to seize national assets on behalf of the Serbs. They contend that, contrary to advice from Stambolić, Milošević had denounced Pavlović as being soft on In February 1988, Stambolić's resignation was formalized, allowing Milošević to take his place as Serbia's president. Whether this was cynically engineered by Milošević is a matter of controversy between his critics and his supporters.Because Milošević's supporters controlled half of the votes in the SFRY presidency, his critics charge that he undermined the Yugoslav federation. Be on the lookout for your Britannica newsletter to get trusted stories delivered right to your inbox.Articles from Britannica Encyclopedias for elementary and high school students. Nenad Bućin, an opponent of Milošević's policies, was elected Montenegro's representative on Yugoslavia's collective presidency,Beginning in 1982 and 1983, in response to nationalist Albanian riots in Kosovo, the Central Committee of the SFRY League of Communists adopted a set of conclusions aimed at centralizing Serbia's control over law enforcement and the judiciary in its Kosovo and Vojvodina provinces.In the early to mid-1980s, claims were made of a mass exodus of Serbs and Montenegrins from Kosovo as a result of Albanian riots.The constitutional commission worked for three years to harmonize its positions and in 1989 an amended Serbian constitution was submitted to the governments of Kosovo, Vojvodina and Serbia for approval.
They say that Milošević enjoyed genuine popular support so it was perfectly logical for his allies to be elected to the presidency. Former Head, Research Unit in South East European Studies, University of Bradford, England.