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On 5 February the fiercest fighting in the Preševo valley happened since the end of the 1999 Kosovo conflict. The Yugoslav army exchanged artillery fire for several hours across the internationally imposed buffer zone next to the border with Kosovo.
- 12 June 1999 – 31 August 2001, (1 year, 11 months, 2 weeks and 6 days), (main phase: 21 November 2000—31 August 2001)
- FR Yugoslavia regains control of demilitarized Ground Safety Zone, including around 580 square kilometres (220 sq mi) previously held by the UÇPMB
Oct 16, 2007 · Executive Summary. Southern Serbia’s Albanian-majority Presevo Valley is one of the rare conflict resolution success stories in the former Yugoslavia. Outwardly, it is increasingly normal, with no major incidents in over three years. Yet, tensions linger: massive unemployment is still the single largest problem but the shadow of Kosovo’s ...
May 23, 2001 · The NATO-sanctioned deployment comes after leaders of the Liberation Army of Presevo, Medvedja and Bujanovac, UCPMB - named after the three main towns in the predominantly Albanian region - unexpectedly agreed to lay down their arms on Monday.
The Battle of Dobrosin was a conflict between police of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and Albanian militant group Liberation Army of Preševo, Medveđa and Bujanovac (UÇPMB) during the 2000-2001 insurgency in the Preševo Valley. On 4 March, the UÇPMB numbering 500 insurgents attacked and captured the strategic village of Dobrosin.
- 4 March 2000
- LAPMB victory
Jun 8, 2022 · Twitter. The matter of the mass removal of ethnic Albanians from voting lists in the southern-Serbian Presevo Valley will be discussed by the United Nations following a meeting between Albanian...
Dec 14, 2001 · December 14, 2001 00:00 GMT. By Jolyon Naegele. Print. The year 2001 saw the return of ethnic violence to the Balkans -- this time in Macedonia and the Presevo Valley of southern Serbia. Ethnic...
