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Popović, Milentije
(Encyclopedia)Popović, Milentije pōˈpōvĭˈtyə [key], 1913–71, Yugoslav politician. Active in the Communist student movement, he became a member of the Yugoslav Communist party in 1939. He joined the partis...Prelog, Vladimir
(Encyclopedia)Prelog, Vladimir vlädyēˈmĭr prāˈlôg [key], 1906–98, Swiss chemist, b. Sarejevo, Austria-Hungary (now in Bosnia and Herzegovina). Educated in Prague, he worked in Yugoslavia until the German i...Kardelj, Edvard
(Encyclopedia)Kardelj, Edvard ĕdˈvärt kärˈdĕlyə [key], 1910–79, Yugoslavian politician. A Slovenian schoolteacher, he early joined the Yugoslav Communist party. In 1940 he became a politburo member. He was...Vujanović, Filip
(Encyclopedia)Vujanović, Filip, 1954–, Montenegran political leader, president of Montenegro (2003–), b. Belgrade, Yugoslavia (now Serbia). A lawyer by training, he worked (1978–93) in the municipal and dist...Trogir
(Encyclopedia)Trogir trōˈgēr [key], Ger. Trau, town (2011 pop. 13,192), S Croatia, partly on the Adriatic island of Čiovo and partly on the mainland, separated by a channel. A small port, it is also a seaside r...Barthou, Louis
(Encyclopedia)Barthou, Louis lwē bärto͞oˈ [key], 1862–1934, French cabinet minister and man of letters. He held portfolios in numerous cabinets after 1894 and was briefly premier in July–Aug., 1913. His gov...Šibenik
(Encyclopedia)Šibenik shēbĕˈnĭk [key], Ital. Sebenico, town (2011 pop. 46,332), S Croatia, on the Adriatic Sea. It is a seaport, naval base, and resort center on the Dalmatian coast. The city has shipbuilding,...Prishtinë
(Encyclopedia)Prishtinë, Prishtina, or Priština prēˈshtĭnä [key], city (2011 pop. 198,214), E central Kosovo, the capital and largest city of Kosovo. Prishtinë is a commercial center with diverse industries...Banja Luka
(Encyclopedia)Banja Luka bänˈyä lo͞oˈkä [key], city in NE Bosnia and Herzegovina, on the Vrbas River. The capital ...starvation
(Encyclopedia)starvation, condition in which deprivation of food has forced the body to feed on itself. Causes are famine, fasting, malnutrition, or abnormalities of the mucosal lining of the digestive system. Fami...Browse by Subject
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