Balkan+Pennisula+(1990's-2000's)

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__BOSNIA__ In 1918, Serbia became part of the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes. The kingdom was later renamed Yugoslavia. In 1946, Yugoslavia became a Communist federal state made up of six republics, the largest of which was Serbia. In 1991 and 1992, four of the republics declared their independence. Fighting broke out between Serbs and other ethnic groups in Croatia and in Bosnia- Herzegovina. A cease-fire ended most of the fighting in Croatia in January 1992, but some fighting continued. In April 1992, Serbia and Montenegro formed a new, smaller Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. In March 1992, a majority of Bosniaks and ethnic Croats in Bosnia-Herzegovina voted for independence from Yugoslavia in a referendum. The Serbs boycotted the referendum. Fighting then broke out between the Serbs, the Bosniaks and Croats. Serbs soon gained control of about two-thirds of the republic. In 1995, the government of Croatia and the leaders of the Croatian Serbs agreed to end the war in Croatia. Also in 1995, leaders of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, and Serbia signed a peace treaty. A number of countries then recognized the new Yugoslavia. In 1998, Yugoslavia received international criticism after Serbian police attacked villages in the province of Kosovo, killing dozens of people and burning many homes. Milosevic(Bosnia's president) said the police attack was a crackdown on the rebel Kosovo Liberation Army, which demanded independence for the province. Fighting began between the Serbian and rebel forces. Serbian forces destroyed villages in the province and drove many of Kosovo’s Albanians from their homes.