The former countries of Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia broke apart in the 1990s through different processes. Czechoslovakia split through a legislative decision agreed upon by both countries, while Yugoslavia experienced extended fighting and ethnic conflicts among its diverse communities and weak central government. The division of Czechoslovakia was peaceful and finished within months, while the breakup of Yugoslavia involved ethnic cleansing, concentration camps, and conflict that lasted for years.
3. Break-up of the state
was tolerated
People were
regretful
Legislative decision
agreed upon by both
countries
Czechoslovakia Yugoslavia
Extended fighting
Diverse community
Weak center with
strong republics
Religious and ethnic
conflicts
Split during
the 1990s
Included a
series of
republics
5. Systematic division of
military and state
land
Finished within a
few months
Czechoslovakia Yugoslavia
Ethnic cleansing
Concentration camps
Lasted years
National-
federal
structure
Each separate
country has
applied or
already become
a member of
the EU
