THE ELECTION BATTLES IN SERBIA

November 24, 1988 "Solidarity", a citizens' association for Kosovo, is founded in Novi Sad

December 1989 The League of Communists of Serbia defends the concept of "non-party pluralism"

January 23, 1990 Slovenes walk out of the 19th Congress of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia

February 3, 1990 Democratic Party is founded

June 13, 1990 First big opposition rally

June 14, 1990 Multi-party elections are demanded

June 26, 1990 The referendum "Constitution First, Elections Second" is scheduled

Cosic supports referendum

July 1-2, 1990 The referendum "Constitution First, Elections Second" (also known as "114 Percent") is held

July 16-17, 1990 The League of Communists and the Socialist Alliance of Workers unite into the Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS)

July 31, 1990 Serbian Parliament passes Law on Political Organizations

September 28, 1990 The Constitution of the Republic of Serbia is proclaimed

November 1990 The Serbian Renewal Movement (SPO) holds a pan-Serbian gathering in Belgrade's SAVA Center

November 28, 1990 Round table of the regime and the opposition

December 9, 1990 First round of first multi-party elections

December 23, 1990 Second round of elections. Milosevic demands that the streets be cleaned of election posters

January 1991 Serbian Parliament is constituted

January-March 1991 Workers demonstrate in front of Serbian Parliament

March 9, 1991 Large-scale demonstrations in Belgrade, tanks on the streets of Belgrade

March 10-14, 1991 Student demonstrations, Interior Minister Radmilo Bogdanovic resigns

March 12, 1991 Cosic writes Milosevic a letter asking him to find a compromise

July 1991 Milosevic rejects the idea of a government of national salvation

October 5, 1991 Aleksandar Karadjordjevic arrives in the country for the first time

December 1991 Serbian Premier Dragutin Zelenovic discovers that he has submitted his resignation

January 1992 Radoman Bozovic is elected Premier

February 1992 800,000 signatures for Slobodan Milosevic's resignation. Appeal by a group of Academy members

March 9, 1992 Opposition rally in Vracar, Belgrade, demands resignations and a change of regime

March 10-14, 1992 High School students on strike

May 1992 Memorandum of the Serbian Orthodox Church

May 31, 1992 Elections for Yugoslav Parliament

June 9, 1992 DEPOS (Democratic Movement of Serbia) is formed

June 10-July 17, 1992 Student Protest '92

June 15, 1992 Dobrica Cosic is elected President of the new Yugoslavia

June 16, 1992 Belgrade University delegation demands Milosevic's resignation

June 28-July 3, 1992 St. Vitus' Day Rally in Belgrade, Aleksandar Karadjordjevic among the Serbs for the second time

June 29, 1992 DEPOS delegation demands Milosevic's resignation

July 14, 1992 Milan Panic takes over as Federal Prime Minister

July 26, 1992 Serbian Parliament reaches political agreement on organizing early elections

August-September 1992 Federal Government's round table on the elections

September 1992 Serbian Parliament adopts amendment to the republic's Constitution