 Parí gbólóhùn yìí: Láàárín ọdún kan lẹyìn ikú Tito, àwọn àlàfo àkọkọ bẹrẹ sí fara hàn nígbà tó di ìgbà ìrúwé ọdún 1981 nígbà tí àwọn tó wà nídìí òpópónà : 11 March, 26 March, ati 31 March to 2 April a escalating series of increasingly large protests spread from the campus of the University of Pristina to the streets of several cities in Kosovo demanding the upgrading of the Autonomous Region to the status of full Republic  awọn iwọde yii ni awọn ọlọpa fi ipa mu pẹlu ọpọlọpọ awọn iku, ati pe a kede ipo pajawiri. Awọn ibakcdun Serbian nipa itọju ti awọn Serb minorities ni awọn ilu olominira miiran ati ni pataki ni Kosovo ni a mu pọ si nipasẹ SANU Memorandum, ti a ṣe nipasẹ Ile-ẹkọ giga ti Imọ ati Arts ti Serbia ati ti a tẹjade ni Oṣu Kẹsan ọdun 1986 nipasẹ Večernje novosti, eyiti o sọ pe awọn ara ilu Serbia n jiya ipaniyan ni ọwọ ti ọpọlọpọ Kosovo Albanian. Slobodan Milošević olori ti League of Communists of Serbia lati May 1986, di olori ti awọn Nationalists Serbian nigbati o ni 24 Apr 1987 o ṣabẹwo si Kosovo Polje ati, lẹhin ti awọn Serbs agbegbe ti dojuko pẹlu awọn ọlọpa ti polongo, Ko si ẹnikan ti o ni ẹtọ lati lu ọ. 