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unusual facts about former Yugoslavia



Andrija Mandić

The party led by Croatian politician Ante Marković was the predecessor of most the social-democratic and liberal political parties across the former Yugoslavia.

History of legal education in Serbia

During the 20th century, all the law schools that later emerged in Serbia (Subotica, Novi Sad, Priština, Niš, Kragujevac), Montenegro (Podgorica), and in other parts of the former Yugoslavia (Sarajevo, Skoplje) were formed from the University of Belgrade Faculty of Law as a core.

Marko Milič

Milič's father, Vladimir Milić, a Serb from Croatia based in Belgrade, was a shotputting champion in former Yugoslavia.

Nikša Bratoš

Nikša Bratoš (born on 17 August 1959 in Travnik) is a Bosnian musician who gained fame in former Yugoslavia.

SD Željezničar

They have managed to win one championship title in former Yugoslavia in 1972, and three more titles in the independent Bosnia-Herzegovina (1998, 2001, 2002).

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1021

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1021, adopted on November 22, 1995, after recalling all resolutions on the situation in the former Yugoslavia, particularly resolutions 713 (1991) and 727 (1992), the Council set a date of March 13, 1996, for the suspension of most aspects of the arms embargo on the former Yugoslavia.

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1931

Acting under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter, the Council reaffirmed the necessity of the trial of those indicted by the ICTY and called for full co-operation from all states, particularly those in the former Yugoslavia, with regard to the arrests of Ratko Mladić and Goran Hadžić.

Vladimir Radmanović

Born into the Serbian family of a JNA officer hailing from the Dalmatian coastal town of Zadar in Croatia, Radmanović was born in Trebinje, in the Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the former Yugoslavia, where his father Stevan was stationed at the time.


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Anikó Pelle

Because of water polo's increased popularity globally, the influence of international coaches like USC's Jovan Vavic (of the former Yugoslavia) and Canadian Michel Roy at Hawaii, and the perks of attending an American college, international players are attracted to the premier US colleges.

Antártica Chilena

Puerto Williams and Porvenir were established in the late 19th century, mainly by Western European immigrants (esp. from British Isles, Scandinavia and the former Yugoslavia) and navigators in cruise ships and fish boats.

Arnela Odžaković

Arnela Odžaković (born September 5, 1983 in Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina, former Yugoslavia) is a karate fighter and Bosnian sportswoman of the year 2007.

Automotive industry in Italy

Over the years Italian automobile industry has also been involved in numerous enterprises outside Italy, many of which have involved the production of Fiat based models, including Lada in Russia, Zastava and Yugo in the former Yugoslavia, FSO (Polski Fiat) in Poland and SEAT (now part of Volkswagen) in Spain.

Bosanska Krajina

Željava Air Base, situated on the border between Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina under Plješevica Mountain, near the town of Bihać in Bosnia and Herzegovina, was the largest underground airport and military airbase in the former Yugoslavia and one of the largest in Europe.

Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007

Most notably, she has achieved top results in domestic festivals and also had the chance to be the first artist from the former Yugoslavia to appear on MTV Europe.

Buša cattle

The Buša cattle (or also Busha) is a small native breed of cattle with numerous strains found throughout southern parts of former Yugoslavia (Dinaric Alps).

Crypto-Christianity

Due to the religious strife that has marked the Balkan Peninsula and Anatolia, instances of crypto-Christian behavior are reported to this day in Muslim-dominated areas of the former Yugoslavia, Albania, and Turkey.

Dejan Miladinovic

Miladinović has staged more than 160 productions (mostly operas, and then plays, operettas, musical comedies) with professional companies in former Yugoslavia and abroad (USA and Canada especially – New York, Dallas, Milwaukee, Atlanta, Seattle, Baltimore, San Diego, Vancouver etc.).

Disciplinska komisija

This group makes up the framework of Fmjam, in which Edo Maajka has a lot of influence as he is the spearhead and creator of the group, the one who released his groundbreaking first album, thus first he was popular in Tuzla, then after his first album he became popular throughout the entire region of the former Yugoslavia.

Đorđe Prudnikov

Đorđe Prudnikov (Ђорђе Прудников, Djordje Prudnikoff) (1939, Užice-) is a Russo-Serbian painter, graphic artist, and designer, championed as one of the greatest and most original contemporary artists to emerge from the former Yugoslavia.

Enis Nadarević

Born in Bihać in the former Yugoslavia, Nadarević moved to Italy as a youth in 2005.

Eva Ras

She performed in theatres throughout the former Yugoslavia and Serbia, on television in series written by Siniša Pavić and Dragoslav Lazić, and in films directed by Dušan Makavejev, Aleksandar Petrović, Živko Nikolić, Emir Kusturica, and Ferenc Kardos among others.

FK Donji Srem

With time, the location of Pećinci begins to have more and more features of an urban area contributing mostly for this the proximity to the important Belgrade-Zagreb highway by which the Serbian, and former Yugoslav, capital city of Belgrade is just 41 kilometers away.

FK Plavi Dunav

Some notable Plavi Dunavs guests were Red Star Belgrade, Dinamo from Pančevo, Radnički from Kovin, the guests from Alpar Hungary, Goce Delčev from Bulgaria, Forverc from Vienna and many other clubs from different parts of former Yugoslavia.

FK Sloboda Tuzla

This is a club with very rich history in former Yugoslavia giving many stars such as Mesud Nalić, Omer Jusić, Rizah Mešković, Mersed Kovačević, Fuad Mulahasanović, Ismet Hadžić, Dževad Šećerbegović, Mustafa Hukić, Midhat Memišević as well as young players members of U-20 national team such as Isanović, Ćulumarević, Milošević, Hajrulahović, Jogunčić.

Foreign relations of Slovenia

In addition, unlike the other successor states of the former Yugoslavia, Slovenia did not normalize relations with the "Federal Republic of Yugoslavia" (Serbia and Montenegro) until after the passing from power of Slobodan Milošević; although the Slovenes did open a representative office in Podgorica to work with Montenegrin President Milo Đukanović's government.

Frank Gorenc

Frank and his older brother, Stanley immigrated with their parents to the United States from the former Yugoslavia in 1962 when they were 8 and 4.

Jordi Raich

He has worked in more than thirty countries, including Somalia, Rwanda, Guatemala, former-Yugoslavia, Afghanistan (where he lived three years), the US Naval Base of Guantanamo Bay (Cuba), Liberia, Israel/Palestine and The Sudan, and has travelled over one hundred.

KUD Idijoti

In 1987 they won the Youth Festival prize in Subotica in competition with over 300 bands and became one of the most popular bands on the punk scene of the former Yugoslavia.

Marija Šestić

Šestić has achieved top results in domestic festivals and also had the chance to be the first artist from the former Yugoslavia to appear on MTV Europe.

Marjan Jugović

Jugović started his career in Serbia at local club FK Napredak Kruševac and in 2006 signed for FK Željezničar Sarajevo, one of the best clubs in the former Yugoslavia.

Mart Bax

He also wrote extensively about the pilgrimage center Medjugorje in the former Yugoslavia.

Matjaž Šinkovec

Between 1991 and 1992, he was the chief negotiator for independent Slovenia on the International Conference on former Yugoslavia led by lord Carrington.

Momo Kapor

The generations of people from former Yugoslavia were connected through Kapor's writings which have become best sellers in Zagreb's house of "knowledge" and its famous library "hit".

Mustafa Nadarević

In the former Yugoslavia, Nadarević played mostly roles of Communist officials, and is best known for his work in the films When Father Was Away on Business, Reflections, The Glembays, The Perfect Circle, etc.

Nataša Kojić

Her father, Dragan Kojić Keba, was a big star in the former Yugoslavia, releasing many albums since his debut in 1987.

New Zealanders

The post-WWII immigration included more persons from Greece, Italy and the former Yugoslavia.

Pantić

Zorica Pantic (born c. 1951) in the former Yugoslavia, is a college administrator and professor of electrical engineering

Pilophorus cinnamopterus

Pilophorus cinnamopterus is a species of beetle in the Miridae family that can be found everywhere in Europe (except for Albania, Azores, Canary Islands, Cyprus, Faroe Islands, Iceland, Island, Lithuania, Moldova, Madeira, Novaya Zemlya, Portugal, and in all states of former Yugoslavia (except for Slovenia and Croatia, where it can be found).

Schomburg

Wolfgang Schomburg (born 1948), the first German Judge at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia

SD Željezničar

Rukometni klub (eng. Handball club) Željezničar was the most successful Bosnian handball club in former Yugoslavia, alongside RK Borac Banja Luka.

Serbia Film Commission

The region of the former Yugoslavia, particularly Serbia’s capital Belgrade and Avala Film Studios, served as locations for a number epic American films, including Long Ships, Kelly's Heroes, The Aviator, Shatterhand, Castle Keep, Genghis Khan and The Fortunate Pilgrim starring Sophia Loren.

Štip

The first private television in Macedonia (and also in former Yugoslavia) was founded in Štip by Mr. Mile Kokotov in 1989.

Thant Myint-U

In 1994 he was the Chief Spokesman for the UN Protection Force in the former Yugoslavia, based in Sarajevo, and in 1996 was a Political Advisor in the Office of the UN's Special Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Umka

Umka was well known in former Yugoslavia for its two major factories: Zelengora, the knitted goods manufacturer and general representative for the Speedo swimsuits, and Umka cardboard factory.

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1786

The Security Council this morning decided to appoint Serge Brammertz, former head of the international investigation into the assassination of Lebanon’s former Prime Minister, as Prosecutor of the International Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, starting 1 January 2008.

Universal Channel

In Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia and some former Yugoslavian countries Serbia, Slovenia and Croatia, Hallmark Channel was re-branded to that name on September 3, 2010.

VFA-14

Once past the Rock of Gibraltar, VF-14 began flying air superiority and reconnaissance missions in the Adriatic Sea in support of UN policies in the former Yugoslavia.

During this deployment, the Tophatters also participated in several highly successful exercises with Egypt, Morocco and Turkey, while continuing to support operations off the coast of the former Yugoslavia and Operation Provide Comfort in Iraq.

VFA-37

From October 1992 to April 1993, the Bulls deployed to the Mediterranean Sea and were key participants in Operation Provide Comfort in northern Iraq and Operation Provide Promise in the airspace near the former Yugoslavia.

VFA-87

Following a hasty transit to the Adriatic, the squadron spent four months flying combat sorties over the increasingly embattled former Yugoslavia.

Volucella inflata

This fly is very local over much of Europe, being found from Sweden and northern Germany, the Pyrenees and northern Spain, Britain, eastwards through Central Europe into European Russia and the Caucasus, and the former Yugoslavia and Bulgaria.

Walter Natynczyk

In May 1994, Natynczyk embarked upon a year-long tour with the United Nations in the former Yugoslavia as Sector South-West Chief of Operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina within HQ 7 (UK) Armoured Brigade, then as the Chief of Land Operations, UNPROFOR HQ in Zagreb, Croatia.

Without Without Title

The author of this work is Slobodan Peladić, known in Serbian art (as well as in that of the former Yugoslavia art) of the late 80s as one of the protagonists of the New Informel, of the painting of "controlled gesture", as it was called after one of the exhibitions at which it was presented at the time.

Zorica Jevremović Munitić

As an advocate of a common Yugoslav cultural milieu she has undertaken research into the cultural history and theological common law in multinational and/or multiconfessional regions of Croatia, Slovenia and Kosovo within former Yugoslavia: Dubrovnik (1976-1980), Perast (1981), Dečani (1985-1989), Tacen (1982-1985), Povlja (1985), Poljica (1986-1990), Zjum (1990).