Timeline Tuesday 25 June 1991

Events on Tuesday 25 June 1991 2

• 1991 Croatia Declares Independence Breakaway from Yugoslavia Croatia declared independence from Yugoslavia on the same day as Slovenia, a move that triggered a prolonged and violent war with Yugoslav and Serb forces. The conflict continued for years and cost tens of thousands of lives. Croatia's independence was internationally recognized in 1992.
• 1991 Slovenia Declares Independence Breakaway from Yugoslavia Slovenia declared independence from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, prompting a brief ten-day war with the Yugoslav army. Slovenia's independence was internationally recognized within months. It was the first of Yugoslavia's republics to secede.