The guns fell silent in 2001, but North Macedonia is still grappling with the legacy of its ethnic conflict.
Twenty-five years after the Ohrid Framework Agreement ended the fighting, ethnic Macedonians and Albanians live in peace, yet analysts say genuine reconciliation remains unattained.
The six-month conflict that erupted in February 2001 is often described as the final chapter of former Yugoslavia's violent breakup.
But unlike the wars in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo, it was contained before it could spiral into a larger tragedy, thanks in large part to a political compromise brokered by NATO, the United States and leading EU countries.
Agreement enters a new phase
