Yugoslavia

//ˌjuː.ɡəˈslɑː.vɪ.ə//

"Yugoslavia" in a Sentence (12 examples)

Yugoslavia says it's not responsible for the actions of Serbian militias in Bosnia which have killed thousands, ruined cities, and turned 1.3 million people into refugees over the last three months.

Mother Teresa was born in Yugoslavia in 1910.

In the late 20th century, Yugoslavia was considered a rogue state by the United States.

Josip Broz Tito was the President of Yugoslavia from 1953 to 1980.

I feel nostalgia for Yugoslavia.

Macedonia gained its independence peacefully from Yugoslavia in 1991.

The movie was made in Yugoslavia.

Yugoslavia no longer exists.

With the breakup of Yugoslavia, an armed conflict ensued.

Some diplomats criticized the debate, saying it was intended to disparage the Hague-based International Criminal Tribunal on the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and, by association, all other international tribunals.

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This all relates to what happened in the 1990s, in the bloody aftermath of Yugoslavia splintering into separate nations.

Yugoslavia’s President, Slobodan Milosevic, has rejected all efforts at meaningful diplomacy and, in violation of his own previous commitments, has ratcheted up his military campaign against the innocent civilians of Kosovo.

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