The Yugoslav Wars

October ’96: the Milošević–Izetbegović agreement on relations between Belgrade and Sarajevo | The Bosnian Serb boycott of the Tripartite Presidency | Inter-ethnic collaboration in organised crime | The Arizona Market

September 1996: the first elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina since the end of the war | The triumph of ethnic nationalism | Uncertainty over the future of the international peacekeeping force

August 1996: tensions in Mostar following the local elections | Tuđman’s intervention and the end of the Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia | The Geneva Agreement establishing the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina | The historic agreement between Zagreb and Belgrade

July 1996: pressure from the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia | Karadžić’s resignation | Biljana Plavšić takes over | The credibility of the UN at stake

June '96: the OSCE's "minimum conditions" for elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina | The discouraging example of Mostar | International pressure on Radovan Karadžić

May '96: Radovan Karadžić' provocations | Mostar out of control | the first trial of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia

April '96: the first investigations in Srebrenica | The international donors’ conference in Brussels | A mirror of the forced peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina

March '96: the difficult reunification of Sarajevo | The work of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia | The missing persons of Srebrenica

February '96: the end of the siege of Sarajevo | The rage of Kosovo | The birth of the Kosovo Liberation Army, the UÇK

January '96: the attack in Sarajevo | The new international peacekeeping force | The final step towards peace

December '95: the Mirage crisis | The Paris Protocol | The legacy of war in Bosnia and Herzegovina

November '95: a complicated start to the peace negotiations | The three agreements on Bosnia and Croatia | The Dayton Agreement

October '95: the last battles in Bosnia and Herzegovina | Bill Clinton's 60-day ceasefire | Towards Dayton, with the uncertainty of Croatia-Slavonia

September '95: the ultimatum to Mladić and the resumption of Operation Deliberate Force | The adoption of the Common Principles of Agreement | The Croat/Bosniak advance on Banja Luka | The “Kissinger of the Balkans”

August '95: Operation Storm | The exodus from Krajina | Markale Market massacre | The consequences of Operation Deliberate Force

July '95: the Srebrenica massacre | The surrender of Žepa | The resistance of Bihać

June '95: the new Rapid Reaction Force | Sarajevo on its knees | The prelude to extermination

May '95: Operation Flash in Croatia | Operation Revenge in Bosnia and Herzegovina | The UNPROFOR hostage crisis

April '95: the difficulties of the Bosnian Serb army | The Hague issues genocide indictments | Winds of war in the Republic of Serbian Krajina

March '95: Tuđman’s offensive on the Blue Helmets | The initiative by Boutros-Ghali | The tripartite division of UNPROFOR

February '95: the Serbo-Croatian opposition to the Z-4 Plan | A "Plan B" for Bosnia and Herzegovina | The collapse of the truce from Bihać to Sarajevo

January '95: the forgotten war front in Croatia | Franjo Tuđman's offensive against the Republic of Serbian Krajina | The Z-4 Plan for peace in Croatia

December '94: Sarajevo, the longest siege in contemporary history | The 'Brussels option' of the peace plan | The Christmas truce siege | Jimmy Carter's ambiguous mediation

November '94: the Serbian counteroffensive and the disaster of the Bosnian Army | The confrontation between NATO and UNPROFOR | The siege and bombing of Bihać

October '94: six more months of arms embargo on Bosnia and Herzegovina | The rearmament of Sarajevo | The offensive against the Bosnian Serb army