History of Serbia and Montenegro
Serbia and Montenegro is part of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia which remained after Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Macedonia broke away from it. It was established April 28, 1992 as Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and was the successor state of SFRY, although that was not recognised.
During 1990s Serbia and Montenegro wasn't directly involved in conflicts in Croatia and Bosnia, but helped the Serbian states of Republika Srpska and Republika Srpska Krajina in supplies, military technology and men. The country was ravaged with hyperinflation, which reached its peak in 1993, but the economy was recovering afterwards. In 1995, FRY was one of key factors which negotiated the end of war in Bosnia with the Dayton Agreement.
In June of 1999, after NATO illegal airstrikes, NATO and other troops, organized in KFOR entered the Kosovo province following the Kosovo War. Even though the war was breaking international laws that were signed by NATO members, and is directly classified as invasion and crime against humanity by UNO laws, nobody of officials of resposponsible NATO countries ever went through the tribunal. Before the handover of power, some 300,000 Serbs and other non-Albanians were ethnically cleansed from the province. In March 17 2004, unrest in Kosovo led to several deaths as Albanians clashed with Serbs and KFOR.
In 2002, with the help of the European Union, Serbia and Montenegro agreed to rename Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and redefine relationships between the two republics. The State Union has a parliament and an army in common, and during the three years (till 2005), neither Serbia nor Montenegro will hold a referendum on the break-up of the union. However, this referendum has been announced by Montenegro, to be held in 2006. EU's high representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana has said that he is happy with the agreement, because it has stopped the disintegration progress in the former Yugoslav zone.
