From 1995 onwards , tensions in the region escalated leading to the Kosovo War which began in 1998 , fought between the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the rebel Kosovo Liberation Army ( KLA ) . The KLA-led campaign continued into January 1999 and was brought to the attention of the world media by the Račak massacre , mass killings of Albanians by Serbian security forces . An international conference was held in Rambouillet , France later that spring and resulted in a proposed peace agreement ( the Rambouillet Agreement ) which was accepted by the ethnic Albanian side but rejected by the Yugoslav government
Račak massacre
Račak massacre
Republic of Kosova