Europe 323
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: 1–25 deaths
Narrative: Two Albanian army officers were walking toward an area near the Mace-
donian border outpost of Strezimir with semiautomatic rifles. The Macedonian border
patrol then asked the officers to put the weapons down, but the Albanians began to
fire their weapons. The Macedonians returned fire, and the clash ended with one of
the Albanian officers dead.
MID#4097
Dispute Number: 4097
Date(s): March 13, 1997
Participants: 339 Albania/343 Macedonia
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: Albanian troops crossed into Macedonian territory. Macedonian border
forces fired on the troops, and the Albanian soldiers retreated.
MID#4412
Dispute Number: 4412
Date(s): July 21, 2002
Participants: 343 Macedonia/339 Albania
Outcome (and Settlement): Compromise (Negotiated)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: Six Macedonian soldiers crossed the border with Albania, attacked civil-
ians, and retreated with the Albanians’ livestock. Albania protested, and both coun-
tries agreed to investigate the incident.
339 Albania/345 Yugoslavia
MID#1262
Dispute Number: 1262
Date(s): September 15, 1918 to March 15, 1919
Participants: 220 France, 325 Italy, 345 Yugoslavia/339 Albania
Outcome (and Settlement): Yield by side B (Imposed)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: This dispute concerns the united Allied efforts of Yugoslavia, Italy, and
France during the final stretches of World War I that culminated in an occupation
of Albanian territory that stretched beyond the armistice that ended the European
conflict. On September 15, 1918, the Allies in southern Albania captured several
towns along the way in order to cement itself against German, Bulgarian, and Austro-
Hungarian troops that had already positioned themselves in the Balkans. Turkey had a
slight presence there as well. The Allied moves resulted in the ultimate collapse of the