Separatisms in the Balkans

The aim of the article is to analyze the separatist tendencies in the Balkans, which occurred after the end of the war in Yugoslavia, and reaching the Dayton Peace Agreement, in the light of international law. The article will present the most important antagonisms of ethnic character, which constitute examples of new generation of contemporary separatism: Serbian separatism in Bosnia and Herzegovina, a conflict with Albanian minority in Macedonia, Albanian-Serbian conflict in Kosovo. Separatisms in the Balkans pose a threat to the security and stability of the relations in Europe. While solving the research issue, the following research methods have been adopted: analysis, synthesis and case studies. The inquiry of the literature has enabled the confrontation of the author’s own reflections with present research findings. The structure of the article consists of 7 parts: “Introduction”, “The Balkan War”, “Bosnia and Herzegovina after Dayton”, “Macedonia (North Macedonia)”, “Montenegro”, “Kosovo”, and “Conclusions”.