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The Balkans have been in flames for most of the 1990s. Not just the well publicized conflicts in the former Yugoslavia, but also in most other nations in the Region. Albania has gone through several periods of civil disorder, which in turn has sent desperate, and sometimes criminal, refugees into neighboring nations like Greece and Italy. Romania continues to simmer as the next Bosnia or Kosovo. With a large Hungarian minority, there has been more agitation and impassioned rhetoric on the subject of "Hungarian rights" in the past few years. Despite NATO's best efforts, there is only a fragile peace in Bosnia and Kosovo.