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The end of the Union marked the closing chapter in the separation of the six republics of the old Socialist Republic of Yugoslavia, which was proclaimed in 1945 and comprised Serbia, Montenegro, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Macedonia. Yugoslavia's communist leader, Josip Broz Tito, kept the lid on ethnic tensions. The federation lasted for over 10 years after his death in 1980, but under Serbian nationalist leader Slobodan Milosevic it fell apart through the 1990s. The secession of Slovenia and Macedonia came relatively peacefully, but there were devastating wars in Croatia and Bosnia. Serbia and Montenegro together formed the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia between 1992 and 2003 before forming a looser union. FACTS Republic of Serbia Capital: Belgrade Population 9.8 million (UN, 2012, includes Kosovo; UN mission estimates Kosovo population as circa 2 million) Area 88,361 sq km (34,116 sq miles) (includes Kosovo) Major language Serbian Major religion Christianity Life expectancy 72 years (men), 77 years (women) Currency Dinar LEADERS President: Aleksandar Vucic Aleksandar Vucic became prime minister after his pro-EU nationalist Progressive Party won a landslide victory in early parliamentary elections in March 2014. On coming to power, Mr Vucic pledged a radical overhaul of Serbia's ailing economy and an accelerated drive towards EU membership. The reforms would include squeezing the public sector, reforming the budget, privatising state-owned companies and expanding the private sector. He announced his candidacy for the largely-ceremonial presidency in February 2017, and won a comfortable victory in the first round in April, taking office the following month. Prime minister: Ana Brnabic Ana Brnabic made history as the first female and first openly gay prime minister of Serbia when she took office in June 2017. She succeeded Aleksandar Vucic after he assumed the presidency, having served in his government as minister of public administration and local self-government. Ms Brnabic is non-party, and has a background in local government development. She has continued the policies of Aleksandar Vucic's pro-EU administration. MEDIA Television is, by far, the main source of news and information. The flagship public network, RTS1, is among a handful of outlets that dominate the market. There are more than 90 TV channels and the average viewer spends more than five hours a day watching television, the highest figure in Europe. Six TV stations are licensed to broadcast nationally; 30 have regional licences. The national TV broadcasters attract around 70 per cent of the audience. RTS1 is the most popular channel in Serbia, attracting up to a quarter of the audience and providing strong competition for commercial stations, including leading commercial network TV Pink. TIMELINE Some key dates in Serbia's history: 1389 - Serb nobility decimated in battle of Kosovo Polje as Ottoman Empire expands. 15th - 18th centuries - Serbia absorbed by Ottoman Empire. 1817 - Serbia becomes autonomous principality. 1878 - Serbian independence recognised by international treaties. 1918 - Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes - later Yugoslavia - formed after World War I. 1945 - Together with Slovenia, Macedonia, Croatia, Bosnia and Montenegro, Serbia becomes one of republics in new Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia under Josip Broz Tito. 1980 - Tito dies. 1989 - Slobodan Milosevic becomes President of Serbia. 1991 - Slovenia, Macedonia, Croatia and Bosnia break away from Yugoslavia. 1992 - Montenegro and Serbia form Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Rising nationalist and independence aspirations bring bloody conflict with Croats and Bosnian Muslims. UN imposes sanctions. 1995 - Dayton accords bring end to Bosnian war. Sanctions lifted. 1997 - Milosevic becomes Yugoslav president. 1998-99 - Kosovo crisis. Serb crackdown on separatists in Kosovo prompts thousands of ethnic Albanians to flee and Nato to intervene militarily. President Milosevic agrees to withdraw forces from Kosovo, which becomes UN protectorate but remains de jure part of Serbia. 2002 - Trial of Slobodan Milosevic on charges of genocide and war crimes begins in The Hague. 2006 - Milosevic found dead in his cell in The Hague. 2006 - Montenegro votes in a referendum to separate from Serbia and declares independence. 2013 - Serbia and Kosovo sign landmark agreement on normalising relations. 2014 - EU membership talks begin.
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Jason Merritt, from Leeds, was cutting up firewood in his back garden with a circular saw when he caught his hand in the blade. He now has feeling back in some of his fingers after he underwent eight hours of surgery at Leeds General Infirmary. Mr Merritt said the accident on Friday 13 November happened in a "matter of seconds". "I've just had me arm a bit too close to the blade as it was spinning and it's caught my jumper and took me in," he said. "Before I knew it my hand was hanging to one side." Mr Merritt, who was alone at home, started shouting for help. His neighbour Kevin Dransfield climbed over the fence to assist him. Mr Dransfield described the scene as "pretty horrific". "There was another chap there who was on the phone to the emergency services at the time and he was reassuring Jason that help was on the way," he said. An air ambulance was sent and a doctor from the helicopter treated him before he was rushed to hospital with a police escort. He now faces 18 months of physiotherapy to try and regain the full use of his left hand. Follow BBC Yorkshire on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk or send video here.
Leeds man's hand reattached after firewood accident

By Roland HughesBBC News The ship was the only one to save anyone from the sea - 28 people were taken on board. It was not the first time it had carried out a rescue - earlier in the week, it took 480 migrants to Sicily. Reports in the Italian press said the Portuguese ship had carried out rescues on at least two other occasions. The International Maritime Organization (IMO) estimates that merchant ships rescued 40,000 people from the Mediterranean in 2014. It expects that number to increase substantially this year. But shipping companies feel they are being made to play too large a role in bringing people to safety - and say governments should pay for better surveillance of the seas. No compensation Merchant ships are legally bound to rescue those in need, under the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. Stopping to help those in distress is also seen, as the IMO says, as "a longstanding maritime tradition" as well as a moral obligation on the ship's master. However, ships are not compensated for helping in rescues or if they are fined for arriving late at port with any deliveries. One vehicle carrier that helped the search for survivors on Sunday, the Maltese-registered City of Lutece, saw its delivery to Pasajes, in Spain, delayed by more than 36 hours. Ships are also at risk of being in breach of their safety certificates by taking on board more passengers than have been legally agreed upon. Andrew Linington, a spokesman for Nautilus, a maritime trade union, said: "These days, a merchant ship operates with an average crew of 20. "So if you go to the rescue of sometimes several hundred people, it can compromise the safety of the entire ship. There is no accommodation for them, the ships are sailing with a minimum amount of food and there are not enough life-saving appliances." Designed to deter A further issue, Mr Linington said, is the design of the ships. "Most ships are designed to pick up only a limited number of people in distress," he said. "A lot of the ships that go to the Mediterranean have been in the Middle East and have been through problem areas like Somalia, so they are actually equipped with stuff to deter people from coming on board." A spokesman for the Allianz insurance firm, that specialises in insuring ships, said vessels were covered under the 1982 UN Convention, and that companies would be recompensed if the ships were damaged during a rescue. But the issue of whether merchant ships are insured to carry migrants is a grey area. Maritime insurance companies told the BBC that it depends on ships' individual insurance agreements. Also unclear, they said, is where liability would fall should migrants die or be injured while being rescued by a merchant ship's crew. Michael Kingston, a maritime lawyer and partner at the DWF law firm in London, said the law was clear about merchant ships' duty to rescue. But he said there was a need for a wider enforcement programme. He said: "The Italian government have to be commended for what they are trying to do, but I find it staggering that other countries from the EU can't immediately meet to discuss the loss of over 1,000 lives in a week. "From a funding point of view, there's an obligation on everyone. These migrants are no different to migrants in the past, who were forced to leave their country." In the mid -1970s, while working on a merchant ship in Asia, Allan Graveson helped rescue a group of boat people fleeing Vietnam. He sees parallels between now and then - when almost 800,000 Vietnamese nationals were resettled after fleeing the Communist victory at the end of the Vietnam War. "I looked down into the boat and all they wanted to do was hug me," he said. "There were five of them - four hadn't made it and they'd put them overboard. It was the children who were the first to die. "We picked them up. It's what you did, there were no questions." Mr Graveson says a similar response is needed now. "Back then, the UN High Commission for Refugees had camps in Singapore - people landed there, they were given money and sent to new countries. That can work today. "It took a while to get camps going then. There was prevarication, like now. A lot of what's being said now was being said then. But it worked."

Migrant crisis: Should ships help those in need?

