Documented testimonies of events that shape our memory
283 documented events in the archiveGeneral Vladimir Lazarević komandovao je Prištinskim korpusom Vojske Jugoslavije tokom NATO bombardovanja 1999. Pod njegovom komandom, srpske snage na Kosovu održale su borbenu sposobnost uprkos najintenzivnijem vazdušnom bombardovanju u istoriji.
Read article16 February 1999, 17:15 - the KLA (Kosovo Liberation Army) attacked the Serbian "Niš Ekspres" bus in Livadice near Podujevo (Kosovo). Automatic rifles, hand grenades. 12 Serbs killed (10 at once + 2 later), 43 wounded (19 seriously). The terrorists fled. The attack a month before the NATO bombing (24 March 1999). Never prosecuted.
Read article12 Serbs killed in the attack on the "Niš Ekspres" bus (16 February 1999, Livadice near Podujevo). Names of the victims: Slobodan Marković (52), Milica Ilić (68), Petar Jovanović (34), and others. Youngest victim: Đorđe Nikolić (8 years old). The families never received justice. Every year (16 February) - commemoration in Niš.
Read articleThe KLA (Kosovo Liberation Army) attacked the Serbian "Niš Ekspres" bus (16 February 1999). 12 Serbs killed. The terrorists never arrested, never prosecuted, never convicted. KFOR (NATO) and UNMIK (UN) refused to cooperate with the Serbian police. The Hague Tribunal ignored it. Some KLA terrorists became politicians in Kosovo. Impunity - double standards.
Read articleEvery year (16 February) - Commemoration for the victims of the attack on the "Niš Ekspres" (1999). Memorial in Niš (King Milan Square, 2004) with the names of the 12 victims. 2,000-5,000 people come to lay flowers. Families of the victims, survivors, citizens. "We will never forget." 26 years later - justice has still not been achieved.
Read articleICMP (International Commission on Missing Persons) - founded in 1996 specifically for Srebrenica. Pioneering work in the DNA identification of mass graves. 7,000+ victims identified (by 2024). The process takes 30 years - secondary graves (bodies moved to conceal evidence).
Read articleThe village of Varivode near Knin - 28 September 1995. The Croatian military police called on 9 Serb old people (aged 61-85) to surrender, guaranteed their safety, then SHOT them. The bodies were burned to destroy the evidence. A symbol of the post-Storm crimes.
Read articleA military operation by the Croatian Army (4-8 August 1995). 200,000-250,000 Serbs expelled, 1,500-2,500 civilians killed, 22,000 houses burned. The Hague Tribunal: the systematic destruction of Serb life. Impunity - the commanders acquitted.
Read articleKnin - the capital of the RSK - was intensely shelled on 4-5 August 1995. Cluster bombs, Orkan rockets - an indiscriminate weapon against civilian targets. ICTY: "Disproportionate and indiscriminate, the aim being the intimidation of civilians". 50+ civilians killed in the shelling.
Read articleAugust 1995 - 200,000-250,000 Serbs flee from the Krajina within 72 hours. Tractors, buses, cars, on foot. Columns over 100 km long. UN observers safe. Ethnic cleansing in real time under the eyes of the international community.
Read articleThe Croatian military operation that resulted in the largest ethnic cleansing in Europe after the Second World War.
Read articleKravica, a village 5 km from Srebrenica - 13 July 1995, 17:00. The VRS packs 1,000+ prisoners into an agricultural cooperative's warehouse and opens fire with automatic weapons and hand grenades. Survivor: "I walked over corpses. The blood was up to my knees." ICTY: Evidence of genocidal intent.
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