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| 2000, Feb. 2–13 |
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| Violence broke out between Serbs and ethnic Albanians in Mitrovica, Kosovo, greatly challenging the abilities of NATO peacekeeping forces to maintain order in the region. In a reversal of roles, it was now the minority Serb population of Kosovo that fled Albanian retaliatory attacks. | 1 |
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| June 11 |
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| Local elections in Montenegro resulted in a slight majority of municipal posts going to pro-independence leaders. | 2 |
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| Sept. 24–28 |
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| Slobodan Milosevic was defeated in the first round of a presidential election by opposition leader Vojislav Kostunica. Kostunica refused to agree to a second round of voting as national and international observers declared him the rightful winner of the referendum. Milosevic initially refused to yield power to the new government; approximately one million protestors began to bombard the capital of Belgrade in violent opposition to Milosevic. | 3 |
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| Oct. 5–6 |
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| Under a wave of violent mass demonstrations, Milosevic resigned his position and Kostunica was sworn in as president. Throughout the two-day period, various government powers had renounced their loyalty to Milosevic and called for his resignation. The U.S. and EU immediately began lifting economic sanctions from the battered nation of Yugoslavia when Kostunica took power. | 4 |
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| Oct. 28 |
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| In Kosovo elections that were monitored by the UN, moderates won decisive municipal posts, and the reformist Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) took 21 of 30 seats. | 5 |
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| Nov. 1 |
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| The United Nations General Assembly unanimously approved Yugoslavia's application for UN membership. This ended eight years of UN opposition to the Yugoslav government. | 6 |
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