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MID#4137
Started in February 1998. See the narrative in the 2 United States of America/345
Yugoslavia dyad dispute list.
MID#4229
Dispute Number: 4229
Date(s): August 8, 2000 to February 8, 2001
Participants: 339 Albania/345 Yugoslavia
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: Albania fortified its border for possible emergencies caused by ten-
sions between forces loyal to Slobodan Milosevic and Montenegrin President Milo
Djukanovic.
339 Albania/350 Greece
MID#2371
Dispute Number: 2371
Date(s): March 1, 1946 to May 21, 1947
Participants: 350 Greece/339 Albania
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: There were border violations and attacks between Greece and Albania as
a result of tensions over Albania’s support for leftist Greek insurgents.
Coding changes: End Date changed from April 16, 1947. Fatalities changed from
Missing.
MID#1284
Dispute Number: 1284
Date(s): July 28, 1948 to August 13, 1948
Participants: 350 Greece/339 Albania
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (Negotiated)
Fatalities: 1–25 deaths
Narrative: During the Greek civil war that lasted from 1946 to1949, the Greek gov-
ernment engaged in a dispute with Albania over the latter’s support for the Greek
Communist rebels. According to New York Times reports, cross-border fighting
started in June 1948, with attacks on the Greek army coming from across the Albanian
border throughout the summer and fall. News headlines suggest the fighting included
heavy artillery and mortars.
The Greek government appealed to the United Nations and called for an end to
Balkan support for the Communist rebels, but Greece then complained to the United