Editing Belgrade (section)

===Breakup of Yugoslavia===
[[File:Beograd - Zgrade Generalštaba Vojske Srbije i Crne Gore i Ministarstva odbrane (43221947840).jpg|alt=|right|thumb|Former [[Yugoslav Ministry of Defence building|Ministry of Defence building]] damaged in the [[NATO bombing of Yugoslavia|1999 NATO bombing]]]]
On 9 March 1991, [[March 9, 1991 protest|massive demonstrations]] led by [[Vuk Drašković]] were held in the city against [[Slobodan Milošević]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mc.rs/prvi-udarac-milosevicevom-rezimu.6.html?eventId=24600 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190814193726/http://www.mc.rs/prvi-udarac-milosevicevom-rezimu.6.html%3FeventId%3D24600 |url-status=dead |archive-date=14 August 2019 |title=Prvi udarac Miloševićevom režimu |work=[[Danas (newspaper)|Danas]] |date=9 March 2006 |language=sr |access-date=10 July 2007}}</ref> According to various media outlets, there were between 100,000 and 150,000 people on the streets.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Graff |first=James L. |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,972607-1,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930073731/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,972607-1,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=30 September 2007 |title=Yugoslavia: Mass bedlam in Belgrade |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=25 March 1991 |access-date=10 July 2007}}</ref> Two people were killed, 203 were injured and 108 were arrested during the protests, and later that day tanks were deployed onto the streets to restore order.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vreme.com/arhiva_html/450/2.html |title=Srbija na mitinzima (1990–1999) |work=[[Vreme]] |date=21 August 1999 |language=sr |access-date=10 July 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070619005413/http://www.vreme.com/arhiva_html/450/2.html |archive-date=19 June 2007 |url-status=live}}</ref> Many [[1991–1992 anti-war protests in Belgrade|anti-war protests]] were held in Belgrade, with the largest protests being dedicated to solidarity with the victims from the [[Siege of Sarajevo|besieged Sarajevo]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Burn This House: The Making and Unmaking of Yugoslavia |url=https://archive.org/details/burnthishousemak00udov |url-access=limited |first1=Jasminka |last1=Udovicki |first2=James |last2=Ridgeway |publisher=[[Duke University Press]] |year=2000 |isbn=9781136764820 |location=Durham, North Carolina |pages=[https://archive.org/details/burnthishousemak00udov/page/n265 255]-266}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Fridman |first1=Orli |title='It was like fighting a war with our own people': anti-war activism in Serbia during the 1990s |journal=The Journal of Nationalism and Ethnicity |year=2010 |volume=39 |issue=4 |pages=507–522 |doi=10.1080/00905992.2011.579953 |s2cid=153467930}}</ref> [[1996–1997 protests in Serbia|Further anti-government protests]] were held in Belgrade from November 1996 to February 1997 against the same government after alleged electoral fraud in local elections.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.beograd.rs/cms/view.php?id=201267 |title=History (Disintegration Years 1988–2000) |publisher=Beograd.rs |access-date=10 July 2007 |archive-date=24 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140924063500/http://www.beograd.rs/cms/view.php?id=201267 |url-status=live }}</ref> These protests brought [[Zoran Đinđić]] to power, the first [[mayor of Belgrade]] since World War II who did not belong to the [[League of Communists of Yugoslavia]] or its later offshoot, the [[Socialist Party of Serbia]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Perlez |first=Jane |url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F40616F83B5A0C708EDDAB0894DF494D81 |title=New Mayor of Belgrade: A Serbian Chameleon |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=23 February 1997 |access-date=17 May 2007}}</ref>

In 1999, during the [[Kosovo War]], the [[NATO bombing of Yugoslavia|NATO bombing]] campaign targeted a number a buildings in Belgrade. Among the sites bombed were some ministry buildings, the [[Radio Television of Serbia|RTS]] building, hospitals, [[Hotel Jugoslavija]], the [[Ušće Tower|Central Committee building]], [[Avala Tower]], and the [[NATO Bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade|Chinese embassy]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.beograd.rs/cms/view.php?id=201271 |title=NATO bombing |publisher=Beograd.rs |access-date=17 May 2007 |archive-date=16 August 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150816025147/http://www.beograd.rs/cms/view.php?id=201271 |url-status=live }}</ref> Between 500<ref>{{Cite news| newspaper=Washington Post| url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPcap/2000-02/07/000r-020700-idx.html| date=February 7, 2000| title=Report Says NATO Bombing Killed 500 Civilians in Yugoslavia |author=Bradley Graham| page=A02}}</ref> and 2,000 civilians<ref>{{Cite web |title=220. Bombing to Bring Peace {{!}} Wilson Center |url=https://www.wilsoncenter.org/publication/220-bombing-to-bring-peace |access-date=2023-01-29 |website=www.wilsoncenter.org |date=7 July 2011 |language=en}}</ref> were killed in Serbia and Montenegro as a result of the NATO bombings, of which 47 were killed in Belgrade.<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.hlc-rdc.org/db/nato/index.html| work=[[Humanitarian Law Center]]| title=Ljudski gubici u NATO bombardovanju (Srbija, Kosovo i Crna Gora)| date=March 23, 2018}}</ref> After the [[Yugoslav Wars]], Serbia became home to the highest number of [[refugee]]s and [[internally displaced person]]s in Europe, with more than a third of these refugees having settled in Belgrade.<ref>{{cite web |title=Serbia: Europe's largest proctracted refugee situation |url=http://www.osce.org/serbia/24323?download=true |publisher=[[Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe|OSCE]] |access-date=5 May 2020 |archive-date=26 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170326082139/http://www.osce.org/serbia/24323?download=true |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author1=S. Cross|author2=S. Kentera|author3=R. Vukadinovic|author4=R. Nation |title=Shaping South East Europe's Security Community for the Twenty-First Century: Trust, Partnership, Integration |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=el-YZHB8hzYC&pg=PP1 |access-date=5 May 2020 |date=7 May 2013 |publisher=[[Springer Science+Business Media|Springer]] |page=169 |isbn=9781137010209 |archive-date=26 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170326082403/https://books.google.rs/books?id=el-YZHB8hzYC&lpg=PP1&pg=PP1 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6a8b92c.html |title=U.S. Committee for Refugees World Refugee Survey 1998 – Yugoslavia |publisher=[[U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants]] |access-date=5 May 2020 |archive-date=2 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210302142950/https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6a8b92c.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Housing and Property Rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia, and Montenegro |first1=Veljko |last1=Mikelić |publisher=[[United Nations Human Settlements Programme]] |year=2005 |isbn=9789211317848 |page=120}}</ref>

After the [[2000 Yugoslavian general election|2000 presidential elections]], Belgrade was the site of major public protests, with over half a million people taking part. These demonstrations resulted in the [[Overthrow of Slobodan Milošević|ousting of president Milošević]] as a part of the [[Otpor]] movement.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.b92.net/eng/news/politics-article.php?yyyy=2007&mm=10&dd=05&nav_category=90&nav_id=44315 |title=Parties, citizens mark October 5 |publisher=B92 |date=5 October 2007 |access-date=7 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090418190114/http://www.b92.net/eng/news/politics-article.php?yyyy=2007&mm=10&dd=05&nav_category=90&nav_id=44315 |archive-date=18 April 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.beograd.rs/cms/view.php?id=201275 |title=October 5, 2000 |publisher=City of Belgrade |access-date=7 May 2009 |archive-date=24 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140924062458/http://www.beograd.rs/cms/view.php?id=201275 |url-status=live }}</ref>