An ethnographic study at the end of the 19th Century established that Northern Macedonia, the former Ottoman province of Skopje was predominantly populated by Slavs while the majority of the population of central and Southern Macedonia, former Ottoman provinces of Monastiri and Thessolonika was mainly inhabited by Greeks. According to documentation, Northern Macedonia became part of the larger Greek Macedonia to form one state during the eastern Roman empire.
After the schism between east and west thought to be around 395, and the collapse of the western Roman empire; the as called eastern Roman empire continued for a further thousand years. Reported to be a powerful economic, cultural and military force, it fell to the Ottomans in 1453.
The Russian empire was said to have been established by Peter, known as the Great and his half brother Ivan in 1721, through a number of wars. Northern Macedonia, officially the Republic of Macedonia was documented to be inhabited by Bulgarians, Serbs and others. There followed centuries of contention.
Northern Macedonia became a member state of the former Yugoslavia after world war 1 under the name of the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. Formed from former territories of the Austria-Hungarian empire and reportedly the Kingdom of Serbia, Peter I reigned as the last king of Serbia and first king of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. His son and successor Alexander I was assassinated by an as described Bulgarian revolutionary in 1934. Not to be confused with Alexander I of Serbia who was assassinated along with his wife, reportedly by a group of royal Serbian army officers whose captain later assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand according to documentation, leading to the first world war.
The kingdom was said to gain international recognition during the 1920’s. The official name of the state was changed to the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, or south Slavs. A federation of six republics, reportedly Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia. Joseph Tito was President until his death in 1980. Known to be a leader of the Partisans, a resistance movement in German occupied Yugoslavia during the second world war and thought to be a founding member of the Non-Aligned movement. A group not affiliated to any power bloc. He was born in what was then Austria-Hungary. Now Croatia. He was captured by the imperial Russians during the first world war, and was reportedly sent to a work camp. According to documentation he participated in some events of the Russian revolution of 1917. He joined the communist party of Yugoslavia on his return. He was a member of Cominform, an international alliance of communist parties in europe, and reportedly the first member to defy Soviet hegemony. He was the only member to leave and begin with a socialist program for Yugoslavia.
During the 1980’s, Albanians of Kosovo started to demand their own autonomous state.
Slobodan Milośevič served as President of Serbia, thought to be from 1987, and was a member of the socialist republic of Yugoslavia. He was believed to have risen to power during efforts to reform the 1974 Yugoslav constitution, reportedly in response to alleged marginalization of Serbs by ethnic Albanians.
During the nineties socialist Yugoslavia began to lose power. The as called League of Communists of Slovenia and Croatia were reported to have walked out of the last congress of the league of communists of Yugoslavia in 1990. A documented debt crisis was an item on the agenda.
Yugoslavia was in dissolution. May have been partisan issues. Only Serbia and Montenegro remained federated but ethnic Serbs and ethnic Croats were said to be vulnerable in the former Yugoslav states. The as called K.L.A was formed in the 1990’s, reportedly by Albanians of Kosovo who launched attacks on Serbs. Yugoslav troops retaliated. There followed an aerial bombardment on Yugoslavia, according to documentation by nato. A high number of predominantly muslim Albanians are believed to have fled from Sarajevo.
In the aftermath of the war a united nations administered supreme court claimed Yugoslav troops were guilty of murders, rapes, arsons and other maltreatments. Difficult to ascertain the truth. Also insufficient evidence of a genocide as has been suggested.
As described United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 was said to authorise an international civil and military presence in Yugoslavia, establishing the as called United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo, UNMIK. Yugoslav forces withdrew from Kosovo. The then secretary general is said to have appointed a special representative whose job it is to meet with heads of state on critical human rights issues. May be seen as politicised by some who are beginning to question the u.n.’s involvement in various areas.
Operation Deliberate Force was described as a sustained air campaign, Thought to be by the u.n., directed at the army of the as called Republika Srpska or republic of Serbia, not to be confused with Serbia.
A renowned conference leading to the as called Dayton agreement took place, according to documentation, from 1st to 21st November 1995 on what is believed to have been a secure u.s. military airbase with reportedly eight hundred staff and attendants. Serbian president Slobodan Milośevič attended representing Bosnian Serbs, Franjo Tudman representing Croatians and Alija Izetbegovič representing Bosniacs. Representatives of the commonwealth and the u.k. military were present. Other delegates thought to be from the u.s., eu and Russia. No media allowed. “Getting people out of their comfort zones” and, “the carrot and stick” were reportedly used in a documented effort to pressurise the main parties. Signatories were the as described representatives of three ethnic groups; plus Bill Clinton, Jaques Chirac, John Major, Helmut Kohl and Viktor Chemomyrdin.
The as called Peace Implementation Council was said to be charged with implementing the Dayton peace agreement for Bosnia and Herzegovina. Established in London, u.k. in December 1995, the council is described as the realisation through high representatives of the thought to be international community’s governance of Bosnia & Herzegovina, believed by Serbs to be mainly representative of the Bosniac muslim population. So far, all documented high representatives have been from european union countries while, according to reports their principle deputies have been from the u.s. The as called Office of International Supervisor was reported as suspended as of 2012. Republika Srpska remains unrecognised. According to the map Srpska is divided by the Brčko District which is described as being under direct sovereignity of B&H. The area being subject to as called international supervision. Many details remain unclear.
Slobodan Milośevič, president of Serbia had promised protection for all Serbs. The European Union promised to ensure that Serbs outside of Serbia would be protected.