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The 5th October Overthrow (sometimes colloquialy called the Bulldozer Revolution) is a term refering to the series of events that occurred in 2000 in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, culminating in the downfall of Slobodan Milošević's regime on October 5, 2000. It is known as the "Bulldozer Revolution" after one of the most memorable episodes from the day long protest in which a bulldozer operator Ljubisav Djokic nicknamed 'Dzo' fired up his engine and used it to charge the RTS building. Its tenant, Serbian state television RTS had for a decade been a symbol and bastion of Milošević's rule. Official language Serbian written in Cyrillic alphabet1 Capital Belgrade2 President3 Svetozar Marović Area - Total - % water Ranked 105th 102,350 km² 0. ...
Slobodan Milošević Slobodan Milošević (help· info) (Serbian: , pronounced []); (20 August 1941 – 11 March 2006) was an ethnic Serb Yugoslavian leader. ...
October 5 is the 278th day of the year (279th in Leap years). ...
This article is about the year 2000. ...
Radio Television of Serbia (Radio Televizija Srbije) is official radio and television broadcaster of Serbia. ...
Prior to this, Milošević was cracking down on independent media. In the summer of 2000, as the end of his second term in office approached, Slobodan Milošević changed the Yugoslavian constitution to allow him to have two more four-year terms. Milošević also called early elections in September, although he was guaranteed to remain in power until June 2001.
Soon after the announcement, Otpor led the campaign to topple the regime and bring in a more democratic one. To have an unified opposition several opposition parties in Serbia formed the Democratic Opposition of Serbia (DOS) coalition. Otpor! (Cyrillic: ОТПОР!, in English: Resistance!) was a pro-democracy youth movement in Serbia which has been widely credited for leading the eventually successful struggle to overthrow Slobodan Milošević in 2000. ...
The Democratic Opposition of Serbia was an alliance of political parties in Serbia, formed as an alliance against the ruling Socialist Party of Serbia and its leader, Slobodan Milosevic. ...
The vote took place on September 24, 2000. The DOS coalition won over half of the votes. The regime reportedly rigged the vote to say that there were irregularities, that no candidate won over half the vote and that a second round would take place. Two examples of rigging that the opposition cited were that the pollsters at many polling stations were members of the Socialist Party of Serbia, and that there seemed to be some 100,000 phantom votes from Kosovo despite the fact that elections were not going on in the province. These irregularities led DOS to call for peaceful protest to topple the regime. The vote was largely boycotted in Montenegro. September 24 is the 267th day of the year (268th in leap years). ...
This article is about the year 2000. ...
The Socialist Party of Serbia (Serbian: SocijalistiÄka partija Srbije) is a political party in Serbia. ...
For other uses, see Kosovo (disambiguation). ...
Serbia and Montenegro – Serbia – Kosovo and Metohia (UN administration) – Vojvodina – Montenegro Official language Serbian Capital Podgorica Former Royal Capital Cetinje President Filip Vujanović Prime Minister Milo Äukanović Area – Total – % water 13,812 km² n/a Population – Total (2003) – Density 616,258 48. ...
 The age of mass-media: 5th October revolution even made news on MTV The protest initially started with strikers at the Kolubara mines, which produce most of Serbia's electricity needs. The protest reached its height on October 5, 2000. Several hundred thousand protesters from all over Serbia arrived in Belgrade to protest. Unlike previous protests, there was no large scale police crackdown. The parliament was partially burned during the protests. When the RTS studios were taken over, the station was quickly renamed "Novi RTS" ("New RTS") as a sign that the regime had lost power. Image File history File links 5_okt_na_MTV-iju. ...
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Kolubara District within Central Serbia Kolubara District (Kolubarski okrug, КолубарÑки округ) The Kolubara District occupies the central part of western Serbia. ...
Serbia and Montenegro – Serbia – Kosovo and Metohia (UN administration) – Vojvodina – Montenegro Official language Serbian1 Capital Belgrade Independence- Declared from the Ottoman Empire Gained autonomy 1817 Independence July 13, 1878 Area – Total – % water 88,361 km² n/a Population – Total (2002) (not including data for Kosovo and Metohia Province) – Density 7. ...
October 5 is the 278th day of the year (279th in Leap years). ...
This article is about the year 2000. ...
In the time between elections and the protest, Milošević said that he would gladly resign but only when his term expired in June of next year. Due to pressure caused by the protests, Milošević resigned on October 7, 2000. In the end even his ally Russia did not recognize his government. October 7 is the 280th day of the year (281st in leap years). ...
This article is about the year 2000. ...
A DOS victory was guaranteed in parliamentary elections in December, where they achieved a 2/3 majority. Milošević was turned into authorities in April 2001 and was sent on June 28, 2001 due to The Hague in order to face charges at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. (Some entries on this page have been duplicated on August 1. ...
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Arms of The Hague The Hague (with capital T; Dutch: officially s-Gravenhage, commonly Den Haag) is the third-largest city in the Netherlands after Amsterdam and Rotterdam, with a population of 472,087 (January 1, 2005) (700,000 in the larger metropolitan area) and an area of approximately 100...
The International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991, more commonly referred to as the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), is a body of the United Nations (UN) established to...
On March 11, 2006 Milošević was found dead in his cell at the UN war crimes tribunal's detention centre. Image File history File links Wikinews-logo. ...
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11 March is the 70th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (71st in Leap year). ...
2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The toppling was not intended to occur so quickly; it was initially meant to take place over a period of time like the Velvet Revolution. The Velvet Revolution (Czech: samatová revoluce, Slovak: nežná revolúcia) (November 16 - December 29, 1989) refers to a bloodless revolution in Czechoslovakia that saw the overthrow of the communist government there. ...
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