Events that have unjustly fallen into oblivion
44 articlesThe Austrian writer Peter Handke, later winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, was one of the few Western intellectuals who openly stood by the Serbian people during the NATO bombing of 1999. His travels across Serbia and his public statements cost him friendships and his career.
Read articleCaptain Marinos Ritsoudis of the Greek Air Force refused to take part in the NATO bombing of Serbia in 1999. His act of civil disobedience within the military became a symbol of Greek-Serbian brotherhood and of resistance to illegitimate aggression.
Read articleDuring the NATO bombing of Serbia in 1999, millions of people around the world took to the streets to protest. From Athens to Moscow, from New York to Tokyo, mass protests showed that a significant part of the global public regarded the bombing as illegitimate.
Read articleRussian Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov, en route to an official visit to Washington on 24 March 1999, ordered his plane turned around over the Atlantic Ocean when he learned that NATO had begun bombing Yugoslavia. This dramatic gesture became a symbol of Russian opposition to the aggression.
Read articleThe NATO bombing of the FRY (24 March - 10 June 1999, 78 days) - an illegal aggression without UN approval. Goal: the secession of Kosovo from Serbia, support for the Albanian terrorists (KLA/OVK). 2,500+ civilians killed (Serbs, Albanians, Roma). Infrastructure destroyed. After the bombing: the exodus of 250,000+ Serbs from Kosovo.
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 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 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.
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