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The Kingdom
of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes was formed in 1918; its name was changed to
Yugoslavia in 1929. Occupation by Nazi Germany in 1941 was resisted by
various paramilitary bands that fought themselves as well as the invaders.
The group headed by Marshal TITO took full control upon German expulsion in
1945. Although Communist, his new government successfully steered its own
path between the Warsaw Pact nations and the West for the next four and a
half decades. In the early 1990s, post-TITO Yugoslavia began to unravel
along ethnic lines: Slovenia, Croatia, and The Former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia all declared their independence in 1991; Bosnia and Herzegovina in
1992. The remaining republics of Serbia and Montenegro declared a new
"Federal Republic of Yugoslavia" (FRY)in 1992 and, under President
Slobodan MILOSEVIC, Serbia led various military intervention efforts to
unite Serbs in neighboring republics into a "Greater Serbia." All
of these efforts were ultimately unsuccessful. In 1999, massive expulsions
by FRY forces and Serb paramilitaries of ethnic Yugoslavians living in Kosovo
provoked an international response, including the NATO bombing of Serbia and
the stationing of NATO and Russian peacekeepers in Kosovo. There are
Democratic Opposition of Serbia (DOS)-led coalitions governing at the
federal and Serbian Republic levels, implementing a wide-ranging political
and economic reform program. The governing coalition in Montenegro is
seeking independence from the Federation. Kosovo has been governed by the UN
Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) since June 1999, under the
authority of UN Security Council Resolution 1244.
MILOSEVIC-era
mismanagement of the economy, an extended period of economic sanctions, and
the damage to Yugoslavia's infrastructure and industry during the war in
Kosovo has left the economy only half the size it was in 1990. Since the
ousting of former Federal Yugoslav President MILOSEVIC in October 2000, the
Democratic Opposition of Serbia (DOS) coalition government has implemented
stabilization measures and embarked on an aggressive market reform program.
After renewing its membership in the IMF in December 2000, Yugoslavia
continued to reintegrate into the international community by rejoining the
World Bank (IBRD) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).
A World Bank-European Commission sponsored Donors' Conference held in June
2001 raised $1.3 billion for economic restructuring. An agreement
rescheduling the country's $4.5 billion Paris Club government debts was
concluded in November 2001; it will write off 66% of the debt and provide a
basis for Belgrade to seek similar debt relief on its $2.8 billion London
Club commercial debt. The smaller republic of Montenegro severed its economy
from federal control and from Serbia during the MILOSEVIC era and continues
to maintain it's own central bank, uses the euro instead of the Yugoslav
dinar as official currency, collects customs tariffs, and manages its own
budget. Kosovo, while technically still part of the Federal Republic of
Yugoslavia according to United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244, is
moving toward local autonomy under United Nations Interim Administration
Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) and is dependent on the international community
for financial and technical assistance. The euro and the Yugoslav dinar are
official currencies, and UNMIK collects taxes and manages the budget.
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