- guardian.co.uk, Friday June 29 2001 02.59 BST
June 25 1991 Slovenia and Croatia declare independence from Yugoslavia. Fighting begins in Croatia between Croats and ethnic Serbs
Aug 12 1991 As independence movements flourish in other republics, Milosevic plans a Greater Serbia to include Serb minorities in Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina
1992-95 Bosnian war. About 250,000 people died and 1m made homeless
April 1992 Bosnian Serbs, backed by Milosevic's government, lay siege to Bosnian capital Sarajevo
July 1995 Serb forces slaughter 6,000 Muslims in the UN "safe area" of Srebrenica, prompting Nato bombing campaign
December 1995 Leaders of Bosnia, Croatia and Serbia sign Dayton peace accord; 60,000 Nato troops deploy in Bosnia
July 15 1997 Milosevic elected president of Yugoslavia
1998-9 Mass killings of suspected Albanian terrorists and their families by paramilitary police sparks an Albanian uprising, which the police counter with reprisals against civilians - the fourth Balkan war begins
March 24 1999 Nato launches air campaign against Serb targets in Kosovo and Serbia
May 24 1999 UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague indicts Milosevic on charges of crimes against humanity
June 10 1999 Serb forces begin withdrawing from Kosovo and Nato halts air war
Oct 5 Huge opposition rally topples Milosevic
June 28 2001 Milosevic handed over to investigators from the United Nations war crimes tribunal
What happens next
• When Milosevic arrives at The Hague he will be taken to the nearby seaside town of Scheveningen, where the UN has its own unit in the prison.
• He will be taken to a cell fitted with a shower, toilet, washbasin and desk. He will also have access to television
• He will probably make his first appearance in court within a week. At that hearing he will be read the charges against him and asked how he pleads.
• The eventual trial will probably take more than a year to prepare. It is expected to last at least nine months.
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