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| 08.1990 | YU
BH |
A rally of 200 000 in Foća in Bosnia protests against attacks by Belgrade-backed forces. |
| 01.08.1990 | BG | Zhelu Zhelev becomes president of Bulgaria, named by the majority of MPs. Leaving the parliament building after the election he is asked for a comment by journalists. He hands them a piece of paper on which he had written one word: "democracy". |
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BH |
Bosnia-Hercegovina proclaims itself a sovereign state. | |
| 02.08.1990 | ||
| 03.08.1990 | HU | The writer Arpad Göncz becomes president of Hungary. |
| 19.09.1990 | DDR | The SPD leave the coalition government of the DDR, after the Liberals on 24.07. |
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BH |
Referendum on the status of the 11 Serb-dominated Croatian districts ends with am almost unanimous vote for 'independent status'. | |
| 20.08.1990 | ||
| 21.08.1990 | ||
| 22.08.1990 | DDR | Start of the final Volkskammer session, amidst wrangling over the date of unification. |
| 23.08.1990 | DDR | The Volkskammer votes with 294 votes for and 62 against the accession of the DDR to the Federal Republic of Germany. |
| 24.08.1990 | YU
BH |
Croatian Assembly removes vice-president
Stipe ©uvar from the Collective Presidency, alleging partiality to the
Serb cause during the 19.08 referendum. Polling booths had been open in
Belgrade for 4 days to enable émigré Croatian Serbs to vote.
The Serbian National Council at Knin proclaims the "Serbian Autonomous Region of Krajina." 2 JNA combat aircraft allegedly intercept a Croatian police helicopter trying to disperse a crowd near Knin. |
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| 31.08.1990 | DDR | Germany Unification Treaty concluded. |
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