The Yugoslav Wars were ethnic conflicts fought from 1991 to 1999 on the territory of former Yugoslavia. The wars accompanied the breakup of the country, where its constituent republics declared independence, but the issues of ethnic minorities in the new countries (chiefly Serbs in central parts and Albanians in the southeast) were left unresolved after those republics were recognized internationally. The wars are generally considered to be a series of largely separate but related military conflicts occurring and affecting most of the former Yugoslav republics:

War in Slovenia (1991)

Croatian War of Independence (1991–1995)

Bosnian War (1992–1995)

Kosovo War (1998–1999), with NATO bombing of Yugoslavia

The wars mostly resulted in peace accords, involving full international recognition of new states, but with massive economic damage in the region.