Serbia reminds of 1999

A Decade after NATO Bombs

Tenth anniversary of NATO bombing campaign against Serbia (and former Federal Republic of Yugoslavia) was marked in Belgrade and the whole country. Exactly at 12 o'clock, air raid sirens have been turned on and the sound that became so familiar to Serbian people in 1999, has called people to stand for a minute of silence and remember all the victims... full story


By MARKO ANDREJIĆ
from Belgrade, SERBIA

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By IAN BANCROFT
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Published: 24 March 2009



Memories from 1999

Life between Air-Raid Sirens
After some time the whole situation becomes normal. It is normal to hear air raid siren, it is normal to sleep in the basement, it is normal to stay without electricity. So normal to have no freedom to walk around, not to see your friends and not to go to school. But you can't get used so easy to the fear that you feel when the sound of aircraft is coming. Fear of bomb that will fall down on your house, that pieces of shrapnel will fall into your room, that you will stay buried in a basement. Fear of death


By MILENA STOŠIĆ
from Niš, SERBIA