During the Yugoslav Wars, propaganda was widely used in the media of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, and, to a lesser extent, of Croatia and Bosnia.
A propaganda poster celebrating the 1999 shootdown of the NATO F-117 Nighthawk during NATO bombing of Serbia in 1999.
A Yugoslav People's Army soldier reads the propaganda of Pobjeda in which the newspaper describes Ustaše hiding behind the walls of Dubrovnik.
A flyer calling upon citizens of Dubrovnik to co-operate with the Yugoslav People's Army against the Croats' "vampired fascism and Ustašism"
The building of Radio Television of Serbia was destroyed by NATO on 24 April 1999.
Breakup of Yugoslavia
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After a period of political and economic crisis in the 1980s, the constituent republics of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia split apart in the early 1990s. Unresolved issues from the break
Propaganda during the Yugoslav Wars
…tactics were used by the Western media in covering of the wars, particularly in its negative portrayal of Serbs during the conflicts. During the Breakup of Yugoslavia, the media played a critical role in swaying public opinion on the conflict. Media controlled by state regimes helped foster an environment that made…
Serbian President Slobodan Milošević's unequivocal desire to uphold the unity of Serbs, a status which was threatened by each republic breaking away from the federation, in addition to his opposition to the Albanian authorities in Kosovo, further inflamed ethnic tensions.
Croatian President Franjo Tuđman
Bosnian Muslim leader Alija Izetbegović
Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadžić