ABSTRACT
The disruption and disintegration of the Yugoslav federation has contributed to heightening regional tensions throughout the Balkans, particularly with some of the neighboring countries. The Kosovo crisis has seriously aggravated relations between Yugoslavia and Albania, particularly between the Serbian regime and the new government in Tirana. The Serb-Albanian conflict has also entangled other Yugoslav republics. Animosities between Hungarians and the south Slavs can be traced back to the early years of Magyar penetration into Central Europe. Hungarian-Serbian relations could further deteriorate, especially if the armed conflict spreads to other republics, and if Yugoslavia breaks up into separate and mutually antagonistic states. Relations between Romanians and neighboring Serbs remained reasonably amicable over the centuries. Greek-Yugoslav animosities have focused on the Macedonian region and on the identity of the Macedonian population that Belgrade considered to be Slavic and Athens as ethnically Greek. The Yugoslav federal government has contended that about 150,000 Slav Macedonians inhabit parts of northern Greece.
