An alliance with his brother-in-law Michael Asen III of Bulgaria against Stefan Uroš III Dečanski of Serbia failed to secure any gains, as the Serbians defeated the Bulgarians before the latter could join with the Byzantines in the Battle of Velbazhd ( modern Kyustendil ) in 1330.

Serbs who were opposed to Milošević and his Socialist Party of Serbia did point out, however, that the West failed to support Serbian people who demonstrated daily for three months the winter of 1996-1997, and that Milošević had been losing support long before the bombing ( in fact demonstrations against Miloševićes regime had been going on since 1991 ).

The JNA attempted and failed to prevent the secession of Croatia during the first phase of the Croatian War of Independence from 27 Jun 1991 until the truce of Jan 1992, but did successfully enable the Croatian Serb minority to establish the Republic of Serb Krajina which looked to Serbia for support.

The public opinion in Sofia thus failed to realise the crucial services Serbia rendered in the battle.

However the fact that Russia failed to protect the territorial integrity of Bulgaria made the Bulgarians uncertain of the reliability of the expected Russian arbitration of the dispute with Serbia.

The campaign finally crushed effective military resistance in Serbia but failed to destroy the Serbian army, which, though cut in half, managed to withdraw to Entente-held ports in Albania and, after recuperation and rearmament by the French, reentered fighting on the Macedonian front.

Moravian Serbia was governed by Stefan Lazarević who introduced modern military tactics and firearms to his army however the new technology failed to defeat the superior numbers of the Ottoman Empire.

Milošević had achieved such a dominant position for Serbia because, according to Bennett, the old communist authorities had failed to stand up to him.

It was the leader of the Movement for European Union of Serbia and Montenegro, which eventually failed to preserve the union with Serbia.

Although Serbia, led by Slobodan Milosevic, retained effective power in Kosovo throughout most of the 1990s, it failed to secure the full cooperation of the population.

According to the data from the Serbian web page " Istinometar ", Dinkić was pronounced having one of the biggest number of failed promises in the government of Serbia.

It failed, partially due to the opposition of the Democratic Party of Serbia.

The former President of Yugoslavia, Slobodan Milošević, claimed during his trial in the Hague, that Kinkel's policy was based on a long-standing objective of German foreign policy and the German liberal party in particular to erase Serbia from the map, citing statements by Kinkel that Germany had to accomplish in Yugoslavia what it had " failed to accomplish twice before ," and that " the Serbs should be brought to their knees ".

Still, having failed to qualify directly to the 2006 World Championship by achieving a 7th place at the 2005 FIBA Americas Championship in Santo Domingo, due to its great tradition, on November 2005, Puerto Rico received an invitation to participate in the World tournament as a wildcard, along with Italy, Serbia and Montenegro and Turkey.

The ultimatum was obsolete within 48 hours, so Tisza wrote: " it was a difficult decision to take a stand to propose war, but now I am firmly convinced of its necessity " He was, however, still opposed to the annexation of Serbia to the Monarchy, but failed.

Otpor boasted tremendous leverage in the months following Milosevic's resignation, but failed to focus it into permanent political or social structure in the new transitional and more democratic reality of Serbia.

They have qualified for two World Cups, first in Germany in 2006, losing to Argentina and the Netherlands and beating Serbia and Montenegro as they failed to progress beyond the group stage.

The Council of Albanian Political Parties in the Former Yugoslavia, an organization that represents ethnic Albanians in Kosovo, Montenegro, Central Serbia and the Republic of Macedonia, promptly decided that autonomy would only be a possibility for Albanians in the Republic of Macedonia if other democratic efforts failed to procure political and cultural rights.

* July 28: Austria-Hungary, having failed to accept Serbia's response of the 25th, declares war on Serbia.

Unfortunately, his time at the post coincided with two of the team's worst performances in recent history as S & M finished 11th ( out of 12 squads ) at the 2004 Athens Olympics and then failed to reach the quarter-finals of the 2005 European Championships held on home soil in Serbia.

The Bulgarian attempt to conquer Serbia failed completely in spite of an inroad deep into Serbian territory.

Shishman was a vassal of Nogai Khan, Khan of the Golden Horde and sought to expand his territories to the west, invading Serbia coming as far as Hvosno, the Bulgarians failed to capture Zdrelo ( near Peć ) and were pursued back to Vidin by the Serbs.

The match at Armenia a month later, which was an absolute must win, brought another poor outing as Serbia failed to break down the defensive Armenian team, resulting in a goalless draw.

Executive Supervisor of the Contest Svante Stockselius told reporters in a meeting with OGAE Serbia, that if Italy were to return to the contest in the future the country would also qualify automatically for the finals, becoming part of a " Big Five ".

Kežman led Serbia and Montenegro's scoring during the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifications with 5 goals, including the only goal in the final game against Bosnia and Herzegovina which in turn allowed Serbia and Montenegro to qualify directly, having come first in their group.

After training Spain and especially recently, has largely been chosen to train teams in difficult situation, but most times finished in relegation or failing to qualify in the objective competition: Betis, Marseille, Tenerife, Athletic Bilbao, Serbia, Murcia, Valladolid, Cameroon and Sporting de Gijón.

Lebanon were drawn against Serbia, Italy and Russia in the qualify group for the 2013 Rugby League World Cup, with the winners of the group progressing to the final tournament.

If Serbia qualify they will join Scotland and Tonga in Group C.

Ireland U18's beat Serbia U18's in preliminaries and send them to European Nation Shield semifinals, where they beat Euro Celts U18s and qualify for the Shield final.

In 2004, the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro debuted and came in 2nd and in 2007, Montenegro joined the contest but failed to qualify for the final, while Serbia won the Eurovision Song Contest the first time it entered as an independent nation.

The Defence Minister of Serbia, Dragan Šutanovac, stated in a 2011 meeting in Luanda that Serbia would negotiate with the Angolan military authorities for the construction of a new military hospital in Angola.

* 2004 – The National Assembly of Serbia unanimously adopts new state symbols for Serbia: Bože pravde becomes the new anthem and the coat of arms is adopted for the whole country.

King Alexander tried to reconcile political parties by unveiling a liberal constitution of his own initiative, introducing for the first time in the constitutional history of Serbia the system of two chambers ( skupština and senate ).

* The International Telecommunications Union showed Internet penetration ( Internet users per 100 population ) in 2009 at 27 % for Belarus, 42 % for Serbia, 37 % for Romania, 29 % for Russia, and 17 % for Ukraine.

Bosnia and Herzegovina filed a suit against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ( today Serbia ) before the International Court of Justice for aggression and genocide during the Bosnian War which was dismissed and Serbia was found innocent.

The peace settlement of the First Balkan War proved unsatisfactory for both Serbia and Bulgaria.

Until a few weeks later, the guilt for the crime had settled loosely on Serbia in general.

The political leaders preferred a more passive approach for the time being, including more peaceful relations with Austria and concentrating on strengthening Serbia for future struggle, but some of the military officers grew impatient with the more moderate radical policies.

Within two days following the assassination, Austria-Hungary and Germany advised Serbia that they should open an investigation, but Serbian Foreign Minister Gruic, speaking for Serbia replied, " Nothing had been done so far, and the matter did not concern the Serbian Government ," after which " high words " were spoken on both sides.

This alliance between Greece, Serbia, Bulgaria, and Montenegro became known as the Balkan League ; its existence was undesirable for all the Great Powers.

In the original document for the Balkans league, Serbia promised Bulgaria most of Macedonia.

With the climate of change throughout Eastern Europe during the 1980s, the communist hegemony was challenged ( at the same time, the Milošević government began to gradually concentrate Yugoslav power in Serbia and calls for free multi-party elections were becoming louder.

Key issues over the last decade have been the implementation of the Dayton Accords and the Erdut Agreement, nondiscriminatory facilitation of the return of refugees and displaced persons from the 1991-95 war including property restitution for ethnic Serbs, resolution of border disputes with Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Montenegro, and general democratization.

The Korea Republic national football team have also used the ground twice in recent years for international friendlies, first against Greece in February 2007 and then against Serbia in November 2009.