Serbia

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Република Србија Republika Srbija Republic of Serbia
Flag Coat of arms
Anthem: Bože pravde (English: God of Justice)
Capital (and largest city)	Belgrade 44°48′N 20°28′E
Official languages	Serbian written with the Cyrillic alphabet1
Government	Republic
- Prime Minister	Vojislav Koštunica
- President	Boris Tadić
Establishment
- Formation	814
- First Serbian Uprising	1804
- Internationally recognized	July 13, 1878
-  and  Slovenians">Kingdom of SCS created	December 1, 1918
-  and  Montenegro">SCG dissolved	June 5, 2006
and  outlying territories by area">Area
- Total	88,361 km² ( and  outlying territories by area">113th) 34,116 sq mi
- Water (%)	n/a
Population
- 2002 estimate	9,396,411 (83th)
- Density	106/km² (94th) 275/sq mi
GDP (PPP)	2006 estimate
- Total	$47,77 billion (77th)
- Per capita	$5,713 (97th)
HDI  (n/a)	n/a (not ranked) (n/a)
Currency	Serbian dinar2 (RSD)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
Internet TLD	.yu (.rs)3
Calling code	+3814
1 In Vojvodina, the following languages are  also official: Hungarian, Slovak, Romanian, Rusyn and  Croatian. In Kosovo, Albanian and  English are  also official. 2 The euro is  used in Kosovo alongside the dinar. 3 The .rs is  official domain since September 2006, but former .yu is  still in use until the current active leases expire. 4 To be shared with Montenegro until 2007.

Serbia, officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian: Република Србија or  Republika Srbija, listen (help·info)), is  a landlocked country in Central and  Southeastern Europe, covering the central part of the Balkan Peninsula and  the southern part of the Pannonian Plain. The capital is  Belgrade. Serbia borders Hungary to the north; Romania and  Bulgaria to the east; Albania and  the Republic of Macedonia to the south; and  Montenegro, Croatia and   and  Herzegovina">Bosnia and  Herzegovina to the west.

Invited by the Byzantine emperor Heraclius, Serbs settled the region by 630 A.D. [2], fully converted to Christianity by 865 A.D. [3], and  formed three distinct independent kingdoms by the 14th century- in Dioclea [4], Rascia [5] and  Bosnia [6], as well as two distinct shortlasting Empires- Serbian Empire of Stefan Dusan [7] and  Empire of Jovan Nenad[8]. The Medieval Serbian Kingdom, later Empire, rose from Byzantine, Bulgarian and  Hungarian patronage to become a threat to the very existence of Constantinople itself.

Placed under Ottoman occupation in the 15th century following the collapse of the Serbian Empire, the uprisings against Turkish occupation between 1804-1815 reestablished Serbia as a state which obtained formal independence in 1878 [9]. Victorious in Balkan wars and  both World Wars [10] [11], for nearly a century Serbia was part of various South Slavic states, including the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and  Slovenes from 1918 to 1941 (renamed to the Kingdom of Yugoslavia in 1929), the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1945 to 1992, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1992 to 2003, and  the State Union of  and  Montenegro">Serbia and  Montenegro from 2003 to 2006[12]. After Montenegro voted independence from the State Union, Serbia officially proclaimed its independence on June 5, 2006, as the successor state to the State Union of Serbia and  Montenegro.

[edit] Geography

Main article: Geography of Serbia

Serbia is  located in the Balkans and  in the Pannonian Plain (a region of central Europe). it  is placed at the crossroads between Central, Southern and  Eastern Europe. Serbian borders and  regions are  mostly determined by nature itself. Danube river (2850 km) flows through the northern third of the country in length of 588 km, forming the border with Croatia and  partially, Romania. Sava river forms the southern border of the Vojvodina province, flowing into the Danube in central Belgrade, while bypassing the hills of the Fruska Gora ("Frankish Mountains") in the west. 60 km to the northeast of Belgrade Tisa river flows into the Danube, ending its 1350 km long journey from Ukraine, with partially navigable Tamis (60 km/350 km) also flowing into the Danube near Pancevo. Begej river (254km) flows into Tisa near Titel. All five rivers are  navigable, connecting the country with Northern and  Western Europe (through Rhine-Main-Danube Canal - North Sea route); Eastern Europe (via Tisa- Tamis- Begej and  Danube- Black sea route); and  Southern Europe (Sava river - 990 km long - connects Belgrade with Zagreb and  Ljubljana)- altogether making the strategic importance of Serbia invaluable.

Serbia's geographic components

Eastern border of the country is  determined by the Carpathian Mountain range, which run through entire Central Europe, separating it  from the East. Carpathians meet the Balkan Mountains, following the course of Velika Morava, 500 km long (partially navigable) river. Midzor peak tops Eastern Serbia at 2156 m. In the southeast Balkan Mountains meet the Rhodope Mountains, connecting the country with Greece. Sar Mountains of Kosovo form the border with Albania, with one of the highest peaks in the region- Djeravica {2656 m). Dinaric Alps of Serbia follow the flow of the Drina river -(at 350 km navigable for smaller vessels only)- overlooking the Dinaric peaks on the other side of the shore in  and  Herzegovina">Bosnia and  Herzegovina.

[edit] Climate

The Serbian climate varies between a continental climate in the north, with cold winters, and  hot, humid summers with well distributed rainfall patterns, and  a more  Adriatic climate in the south with hot, dry summers and  autumns and  relatively cold winters with heavy inland snowfall. Differences in elevation, proximity to the Adriatic sea and  large river basins, as well as the exposure to the winds account for climate differences ^[1]. Vojvodina posseses typical continental climate, with airmasses from Northern and  Western Europe which shape its climatic profile. South and  Southwest Serbia is  subject to Mediterranean influences, however the Dinaric Alps and  other mountain ranges contribute cooling down the biggest part of warm air masses. Winters are  quite harsh in Sandžak due to the mountains which encircle that plateau ^[2].

Average annual air temperature for the period 1961-1990 for the area with the altitude of up to 300 m amounts to 10.9 °C. The areas with the altitudes of 300 to 500 m have  average annual temperature of around 10.0 °C, and  over 1000 m of altitude around 6.0 °C. ^[3]

[edit] Cities

Main article: Serbian cities

Map of Serbia

Major cities (over 100,000 inhabitants) - 2002 census data, for Kosovo current World Gazetteer estimates (unofficial):

• Beograd (Belgrade): 1,273,651 (inner city area); 1,576,124 (with suburbs)
• Novi Sad: 215,659 (298,139 greater metropolitan area)
• Priština: between 155,499 (1991 census) and  262,686 (2006 calculation)
• Niš: 194,790 (250,518 greater metropolitan area)
• Kragujevac: 147.473 (180.252 greater metropolitan area)
• Prizren: between 92,303 (1991 census) and  165,227 (2006 calculation)
• Subotica: 99,471 (147,758 greater metropolitan area)

[edit] National parks

Serbia has five national parks:

• Fruška Gora (250 km²)
• Kopaonik (120 km²)
• Tara (220 km²)
• Đerdap (Iron Gate) (640 km²)
• Šar-planina (390 km²)

[edit] History

Main article: History of Serbia

See also: List of Serbian monarchs and History of Yugoslavia

Golubac fortress

The roots of the Serbian state date back to the 7th century and  the House of Vlastimirović. A Serbian kingdom (centered around Duklja) was established in the 11th century. it  lasted until the end of the 12th century.

The medieval Serbian state was re-formed in the Raška region in the 12th century by the Serbian Grand Župan Stefan Nemanja. In 1220, under Stefan the First Crowned, Serbia became a kingdom, and  in 1346, Stefan Dušan established the Serbian Empire. Under a string of accomplished leaders, from Stefan Nemanja, through the Czar Stefan Dusan The Great, and  culminating with the death of Prince Lazar at Kosovo in 1389, the medieval Serbs created a political entity which today still resonates strongly in the Serbian culture. The Empire was disintegrated and  fell to the Ottoman Turks after the historic Battle of Kosovo in 1389. The northern Serbian territories (the Serbian Despotate) were conquered in 1459 following the siege of the "temporary" capital Smederevo. Bosnia fell a few years after Smederevo, and  Herzegovina in 1482. Belgrade was the last major Balkan city to endure Ottoman onslaughts, as it  joined Catholic Royal Hungary, following heavy Turkish defeat in Siege of Belgrade of 1456. it  held out for another 70 years, succumbing to the Ottomans in 1521, alongside greater part of Hungary that was soon conquered.

Following the collapse of Serbian Empire in Battle of Kosovo, between 1459 and  1804, Serbia was under the Ottoman occupation, despite three Austrian invasions and  numerous rebellions (such as the Banat Uprising). Islam was in a period of expansion during this time, especially in Raska, Kosovo and  Bosnia. Many Serbs (and Croats) converted to Islam, which eventually led to the forming of the Bosniak nation. The Ottoman period was a defining one in the history of the country; Slavic, Byzantine, Arabic and  Turkish cultures suffused. Many contemporary cultural traits can be traced back to Ottoman period. However the majority of the Serbs managed to keep their culture and  religion through the long period of Ottoman rule.

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Austrian and  Ottoman Serbia in 1849

The First Serbian Uprising of 1804-1813, led by Đorđe Petrović (also known as Karađorđe or  "Black George"), and  the Second Serbian Uprising of 1815 resulted in the establishment of the Principality of Serbia. As it  was semi-independent from the Ottoman Empire, it  is considered to be the precursor of the formation of modern Serbia.

From 1815 to 1903, the Serbian state was ruled by the House of Obrenović, except from 1842 to 1858, when Serbia was ruled by Prince Aleksandar Karađorđević. In 1903, the House of Obrenović was replaced by the House of Karađorđević, who were descendants of Đorđe Petrović.

In the northern part of present-day Serbia that was ruled by the Austrian Empire, the local Serbs created in 1848 their autonomous region known as the Serbian Vojvodina. The region was in 1849 transformed into new Austrian crownland known as the  and  Tamiš Banat">Vojvodina of Serbia and  Tamiš Banat. Although, the crownland was abolished in 1860, the Serbs from the Vojvodina region gained another opportunity to achieve their political demands in 1918.

The struggle for a modern society, human rights and  a nation-state in Serbia lasted almost three decades and  was completed with the adoption of the constitution on 15th February 1835. In 1876, Montenegro, Serbia, and   and  Herzegovina">Bosnia declared war against the Ottoman Empire and  proclaimed their unification. However, the Treaty of Berlin of 1878, which was signed at the Congress of Berlin by the Great Powers, granted complete independence only to Serbia and  Montenegro, leaving Bosnia and  Raška to Austria-Hungary, who blocked their unification until the Balkan Wars of 1912 and  1913 and  World War I.

Karađorđe Petrović, leader of the First Serbian uprising in 1804.

On 28 June 1914 the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria at Sarajevo in Austria-Hungary by Gavrilo Princip, a South Slav unionist, Austrian citizen and  member of Young Bosnia, led to Austria-Hungary declaring war on Serbia. The Russian Empire started to mobilise its troops in defence of its ally Serbia, which resulted in the German Empire declaring war on Russia in support of its ally Austria-Hungary. However, as German military planners wished to avoid a war on two fronts against both Russia and  France, they attacked France first. This eventually culminated in all the major European Powers being drawn into the war. The Serbian Army won several major victories against Austria-Hungary at the beginning of World War I, but it  was overpowered by the joint forces of the German Empire, Austria-Hungary and  Bulgaria in 1915. Most of its army and  some people went to exile to Greece and  Corfu where it  healed, regrouped and  returned to Thessaloniki front to lead a final breaktrough through enemy lines on 15 September 1918, freeing Serbia again  and ending the war on 11 November^[4]. In World War I, Serbia had 1,264,000 casualties — 28% of its total population, and  58% of its male population.^{[citation needed]}

This article is  part of the series on the History of Serbia

Medieval Serbia

Raška

Serbian Empire

Battle of Kosovo

Serbian Despotate

Ottoman Serbia

First Serbian Uprising

Second Serbian Uprising

Modern Serbia

Principality of Serbia

Kingdom of Serbia

Serbian Campaign (World War I)

Kingdom of Yugoslavia

Nedić's Serbia

SFR Yugoslavia

FR Yugoslavia

and  Montenegro">Serbia and  Montenegro

Republic of Serbia

After 1918, Serbia, along with Montenegro, was a founding member of the  and  Slovenes">Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and  Slovenes, later known as the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. During World War II, Serbia was a German-occupied puppet state that included present-day Central Serbia and  Banat, popularly called Nedić's Serbia. However, parts of the present-day territory of Serbia were occupied by Croatian, Hungarian, Bulgarian, Albanian, and  Italian armies. The occupying powers committed numerous crimes against the civilian population, especially against Serbs and  Jews.^{[citation needed]}

In 1945, Serbia was established as one of the federal units of the second Yugoslavia, the Socialist Federative Republic of Yugoslavia, led by Josip Broz Tito until his death in 1980.

After the collapse of the second Yugoslavia in 1992 until the year 2003, Serbia, together with Montenegro, was part of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Despite civil wars in neighbouring Croatia and   and  Herzegovina">Bosnia and  Herzegovina, while helping Serbs in Croatia and  Bosnia try to remain a part of Yugoslavia, Serbia remained peaceful until 1998, when clashes with the Kosovo Liberation Army started in Kosovo.

Belgrade October 5, 2000

Between 1998 and  1999, continued clashes in Kosovo between Serbian and  Yugoslav security forces and  the K.L.A. prompted a NATO aerial bombardment which lasted for 78 days. The attacks were stopped when Yugoslav president Slobodan Milošević agreed to remove all security forces, including the military and  the police, and  have them replaced by a body of international police, in return for which Kosovo would formally remain within the Yugoslav Federation (See: Kosovo War).

In September 2000, opposition parties claimed that Milošević committed fraud in routine federal elections. Street protests and  rallies throughout Serbia eventually forced Milošević to concede and  hand over power to the recently formed Democratic Opposition of Serbia (DOS), a broad coalition of anti-Milošević parties.

The fall of Milošević led to end of the international isolation Serbia suffered during the Milošević years. Serbia's new leaders announced that Serbia would seek to join the European Union and  NATO. In October 2005, the EU opened negotiations with Serbia for a Stabilization and  Association Agreement (SAA), a preliminary step towards joining the EU.

From 2003 to 2006, Serbia was part of the  and  Montenegro">State Union of Serbia and  Montenegro, into which the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia had been transformed. On May 21, 2006, Montenegro held a referendum to determine whether or  not to end the union with Serbia. The next day, state-certified results showed 55.5% of voters in favor of independence, which was just above the 55% required by the referendum. On June 3, the Parliament of Montenegro declared Montenegro independent of the State Union and  on June 5, the National Assembly of Serbia declared Serbia the successor to the State Union.

[ and  politics">edit] Government and  politics

Main article: Politics of Serbia

See also: Politics of Vojvodina, Elections in Serbia, Human rights in Serbia, and Constitutional status of Kosovo

Boris Tadić, President of Serbia

On 4 February 2003 the  and  Montenegro">parliament of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia agreed to a weaker form of cooperation between Serbia and  Montenegro within a commonwealth called  and  Montenegro">Serbia and  Montenegro. The union ceased to exist following Montenegrin and  Serbian declarations of independence in June 2006.

After the ousting of Slobodan Milošević on 5 October 2000, the country was governed by the Democratic Opposition of Serbia. Tensions gradually increased within the coalition until the Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) left the government, leaving the Democratic Party (DS) in overall control. Nevertheless, in March 2004 the DSS gathered enough support to form the new Government of Serbia, together with G17 Plus and  coalition SPO-NS, and  the support of the Socialist Party of Serbia, who do not take part in the government, but in exchange for the support hold minor government and  justice positions and  influence policies. The Prime Minister of Serbia is  Vojislav Koštunica, leader of the Democratic Party of Serbia.

The current President of Serbia is  Boris Tadić, leader of the Democratic Party (DS). He was elected with 53% of the vote in the second round of the Serbian presidential election held on 27 June 2004, following several unsuccessful elections since 2002.

Serbia held a two-day referendum on October 28-29, 2006, that ratified a new constitution replacing the Milošević-era constitution with a majority victory. As a result Serbia will hold new national elections on January 21, 2007.

[edit] Administrative subdivisions

Main article: Subdivisions of Serbia

Political map of Serbia

Serbia is  divided into 29 districts plus the City of Belgrade. The districts are  further divided into municipalities. Serbia has two autonomous provinces: Kosovo (called Kosovo i Metohija, often abbreviated to Kosmet in Serbian) in the south (5 districts, 30 municipalities), which is  presently under the administration of the United Nations Mission in Kosovo, and  Vojvodina in the north (7 districts, 46 municipalities).

The part of Serbia that is  neither in Kosovo nor in Vojvodina is  called Central Serbia. Central Serbia is  not an  administrative division, unlike the two autonomous provinces, and  it has no regional government of its own. In English this region is  often called "Serbia proper" to denote "the part of the Republic of Serbia not including the provinces of Vojvodina and  Kosovo", as the Library of Congress puts it  [13]. This usage was also employed in Serbo-Croatian during the Yugoslav era (in the form of "uža Srbija", literally: "narrow Serbia"). Its use in English is  purely geographical, without any particular political meaning being implied.

Negotiations are  currently underway to determine the final status of Kosovo. The Contact Group has postponed the completing of the status process until after Serbian parliamentary elections in January 2007.

[edit] Demographics

Main article: Demographics of Serbia

See also: Demographic history of Serbia, Demographic history of Vojvodina, Demographic history of Kosovo, and Ethnic groups of Vojvodina

Population statistics of Serbia (Estimate May 2005)

Slovaks in Serbia

• Serbia (total): 9,396,411
  • Vojvodina: 2,116,725
  • Central Serbia: 5,479,686
  • Kosovo: 1,800,000

Serbia is  populated mostly by Serbs. Significant minorities include Albanians (who are  a majority in the province of Kosovo), Hungarians, Bosniaks, Roma, Croats, Slovaks, Bulgarians, Romanians, etc. The two provinces, Vojvodina and  Kosovo, are  ethnically and  religiously diverse, as they were ruled by the Habsburg Empire and  Ottoman Empire respectively for longer time than the Central Serbia.

According to the last official census^[5] data collected in 2002, ethnic composition of Serbia is

• Total: 7,498,001
  • Serbs: 6,212,838 (82.86%)
  • Hungarians: 293,299 (3.91%)
  • Bosniaks: 136,087 (1.82%)
  • Roma: 108,193 (1.44%)
  • Yugoslavs: 80,721 (1.08%)
  • Others (each less  than 1%): 666,863 (8.89%)

Albanians in province Kosovo did not take part in official census. Their population is  estimated to around 1,8 million, bounded only to the province.

[edit] Economy

Main article: Economy of Serbia

100 Serbian dinars banknote

Serbia has an  economy based mostly on various services, industry and  agriculture. In the late 1980s, at the beginning of the process of economic transition, its position was favourable, but it  was gravely impacted by UN economic sanctions 1992-1995, the damage to infrastructure and  industry during the NATO airstrikes in 1999, as well as having problems from losing the markets of ex Yugoslavia and  the SEV. Main economic problems include high unemployment (20.0% in 2005) and  an insufficient amount of economic reforms.

After the ousting of former Federal Yugoslav President Milosevic in October 2000, the country experienced faster economic growth (the amount of economic growth in 2006 was 6.3 percent^[6]), and  has been preparing for membership in the European Union, its most important trading partner. Serbia suffers from high export deficit and  considerable debt. The country expects some major economic impulses and  high growth rates in the following years. Serbia has been occasionally called a "Balkan tiger" due to its recent high economic growth rates, a reference to the East Asian Tigers. [14] Nevertheless, Serbia's GDP is  still well below 1990 levels.

Estimated GDP of Serbia for 2006 is  $47.77 billion which is  $5,713 per capita. GDP growth rate in 2005 was 6.3%.

[edit] Culture

Main article: Serbian culture

The White Angel in Mileševa monastery

Serbia is  one of Europe's most culturally diverse countries. The borders between large empires ran through the territory of today's Serbia for long periods in history: between the Eastern and  Western halves of the Roman Empire; between Royal Hungary and  Byzantium; and  between the Ottoman Empire and  the Austrian Empire (later Austria Hungary). As a result, while the north is  culturally Central European, the south is  rather more  Oriental. Of course, both regions have  influenced each other, and  so the distinction between north and  south is  artificial to some extent.

The Byzantine Empire's influence on Serbia was perhaps the greatest. Serbs are  Orthodox Christians, not Roman Catholics, with their own national church - the Serbian Orthodox Church. They use both the Cyrillic and  Latin alphabets, as a result of both Eastern and  Western influences. The monasteries of Serbia, built largely in the Middle Ages, are  one of the most valuable and  visible traces of medieval Serbia's association with the Byzantium and  the Orthodox World, but also with the Romanic (Western) Europe that Serbia had close ties with back in middle ages. Most beloved queens in Serbian history were mostly of foreign origin: Helen d' Anjou (French), Anna Dondolo (Venetian), Catherine of Hungary, Symonide of Byzantium, Empress Milica of Rascia (Serbian), Maria Theresa (Austrian) etc.

[edit] Education

Main article: Education in Serbia

Education in Serbia is  regulated by the Serbian Ministry of Education and  Sports.

Education starts in either pre-schools or  elementary schools. Children enroll in elementary schools (Serbian: Osnovna škola) at age of 7 and  it lasts for eight years.

[edit] Tourism

Main article: Tourism in Serbia

See also: Agrotourism in Serbia

Tourism in Serbia is  mostly based in mountains and  villages. The most famous mountain resorts are  Zlatibor, Kopaonik, and  the Tara. There also are  a lot of spas in Serbia, one the biggest of which is  the Vrnjačka Banja. There is  also significant tourism in Belgrade and  Novi Sad (the capital of the Vojvodina province), as well to the Exit Festival and  the Guča trumpet festival.

[edit] Serbian holidays

[edit] Infrastructure

[edit] Communications

Main article: Communications in Serbia

[edit] Transportation

Main article: Transportation in Serbia

Serbia, in particular the valley of the Morava, is  often described as "the crossroads between East and  West", which is  one of the primary reasons for its turbulent history. The Morava valley route, which avoids mountainous regions, is  by far the easiest way of travelling overland from continental Europe to Greece and  Asia Minor.

European routes E65, E70, E75 and  E80, as well as the E662, E761, E762, E763, E771, and  E851 pass through the country. The E70 westwards from Belgrade and  most of the E75 are  modern highways of motorway / autobahn standard or  close to that.

The Danube River, central Europe's connection to the Black Sea, flows through Serbia.

There are  three international airports in Serbia: Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport, Niš Constantine the Great Airport, and  Priština International Airport (last one is  located in the Serbian province of Kosovo). Three regional airports are  being reconstruct at the moment, and  by the end of 2006, the number of international airports in Serbia will increase.

The national carrier is  Jat Airways and  the railway system is  operated by Beovoz in Belgrade and  by Serbian Railways on the national level.

[edit] Miscellaneous

• On August 17, 2004 the National Assembly of Serbia adopted Bože Pravde as the country's anthem.
• In addition, the Obrenović royal coat of arms now replaces the Coat of Arms of Serbia adopted after World War II. it  was first used in the 19th century. The arms are  those of the royal Obrenović dynasty; they are  used in two versions, the large (pictured) and  small (just the central shield with eagle and  crown surmounting). Use of these arms is  'recommended' which means that the coat of arms is  not yet official. it  will become so if adoption of the Obrenović arms is  approved by more  than 50% of the voters in a constitutional referendum.
• 1564 Srbija Asteroid is  discovered by Milorad B. Protić and  named after Serbia.
• Serbia grows about one-third of the world's raspberries.^{[citation needed]}
• Serbian industries: machine building (aircraft, trucks, and  automobiles; tanks and  weapons; electrical equipment; agricultural machinery); metallurgy (steel, aluminum, copper, lead, zinc, chromium, antimony, bismuth, cadmium); mining (coal, bauxite, nonferrous ore, iron ore, limestone); consumer goods (textiles, footwear, foodstuffs, appliances); electronics, petroleum products, chemicals, and  pharmaceuticals (CIA Fact Book 2006)
• As a newly independent state, Serbia will deal with assigment of international country codes.
• Serbia and  Montenegro were represented by  and  Montenegro national football team">a single football team in the 2006 FIFA World Cup tournament, despite having formally split just days prior to its start. Following this event, this team is  to be inherited by Serbia, while a new one is  to be organized to represent Montenegro in future international competition.

[edit] See also

Serbia Portal

• Central Serbia
• Vojvodina
• Kosovo
• Balkans
• Central Europe
• List of Serbs
• List of computer systems from Serbia
• Serbian Campaign (World War I)
• Serbian law

[edit] References

[edit] External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Serbia

[edit] Government links

(In alphabetical order of the domain name.)

• People's Office of Serbian President
• National Bank of Serbia
• International Radio Serbia
• The EU integration Office of Serbian Government
• National Tourism Organisation of Serbia
• Serbian Government
• Republic of Serbia Statistical Office
• National Assembly of Serbia

[edit] Other external links

(In alphabetical order.)

• B92 News portal
• Blic Newspaper
• CIA World Factbook profile on Serbia
• Glas Javnosti Newspaper
• Krstarica Web Portal
• Politika Newspaper
• RTS - Serbian Broadcasting Corporation
• Rastko Foundation
• Serbian Unity Congress
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Subdivisions of Serbia

v • d • e Districts of Serbia North Bačka • South Bačka • West Bačka • North Banat • Central Banat • South Banat • Bor • Braničevo • Jablanica • Kolubara • Kosovo • Kosovo-Pomoravlje • Kosovska Mitrovica • Mačva • Moravica • Nišava • Pčinja • Peć • Pirot • Podunavlje • Pomoravlje • Prizren • Raška • Rasina • Srem • Šumadija • Toplica • Zaječar • Zlatibor Municipalities and  cities of Serbia v • d • e Central Serbia City of Belgrade: Barajevo • Čukarica • Grocka • Lazarevac • Mladenovac • Novi Beograd • Obrenovac • Palilula • Rakovica • Savski Venac • Sopot • Stari Grad • Surčin • Voždovac • Vračar • Zemun • Zvezdara City of Niš: Crveni Krst • Medijana • Niška Banja • Palilula • Pantelej City of Kragujevac: Aerodrom • Pivara • Stanovo • Stara Varoš • Stragari Aleksandrovac • Aleksinac • Aranđelovac • Arilje • Babušnica • Bajina Bašta • Batočina • Bela Palanka • Blace • Bogatić • Bojnik • Boljevac • Bor • Bosilegrad • Brus • Bujanovac • Crna Trava • Čačak • Čajetina • Ćićevac • Ćuprija • Despotovac • Dimitrovgrad • Doljevac • Gadžin Han • Golubac • Gornji Milanovac • Ivanjica • Jagodina • Kladovo • Knić • Knjaževac • Koceljeva • Kosjerić • Kraljevo • Krupanj • Kruševac • Kučevo • Kuršumlija • Lajkovac • Lapovo • Lebane • Leskovac • Loznica • Lučani • Ljig • Ljubovija • Majdanpek • Mali Zvornik • Malo Crniće • Medveđa • Merošina • Mionica • Negotin • Nova Varoš • Novi Pazar • Osečina • Paraćin • Petrovac • Pirot • Požarevac • Požega • Preševo • Priboj • Prijepolje • Prokuplje • Rača • Raška • Ražanj • Rekovac • Šabac • Sjenica • Smederevo • Smederevska Palanka • Sokobanja • Surdulica • Svilajnac • Svrljig • Topola • Trgovište • Trstenik • Tutin • Ub • Užice • Valjevo • Varvarin • Velika Plana • Veliko Gradište • Vladičin Han • Vladimirci • Vlasotince • Vranje • Vrnjačka Banja • Zaječar • Žabari • Žagubica • Žitorađa v • d • e Autonomous Province of Vojvodina City of Novi Sad: Novi Sad • Petrovaradin Ada • Alibunar • Apatin • Bač • Bačka Palanka • Bačka Topola • Bački Petrovac • Bečej • Bela Crkva • Beočin • Čoka • Inđija • Irig • Kanjiža • Kikinda • Kovačica • Kovin • Kula • Mali Iđoš • Nova Crnja • Novi Bečej • Novi Kneževac • Odžaci • Opovo • Pančevo • Pećinci • Plandište • Ruma • Sečanj • Senta • Šid • Sombor • Srbobran • Sremska Mitrovica • Sremski Karlovci • Stara Pazova • Subotica • Temerin • Titel • Vrbas • Vršac • Žabalj • Žitište • Zrenjanin v • d • e UN administered Kosovo Dečani • Đakovica • Glogovac • Gnjilane • Gora • Istok • Kačanik • Klina • Kosovo Polje • Kosovska Kamenica • Kosovska Mitrovica • Leposavić • Lipljan • Mališevo • Novo Brdo • Obilić • Orahovac • Peć • Podujevo • Priština • Prizren • Srbica • Štimlje • Štrpce • Suva Reka • Uroševac • Vitina • Vučitrn • Zubin Potok • Zvečan

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European Union members and  candidates

Austria • Belgium • Cyprus • Czech Republic • Denmark • Estonia • Finland • France • Germany • Greece • Hungary • Ireland • Italy • Latvia • Lithuania • Luxembourg • Malta • Netherlands • Poland • Portugal • Slovakia • Slovenia • Spain • Sweden • United Kingdom

Countries acceding on January 1, 2007: Bulgaria • Romania

Candidate countries: Croatia • Turkey • Republic of Macedonia (referred to as the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia by the European Union)

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Francophonie

Members: Albania • Andorra • Belgium • Benin • Bulgaria • Burkina Faso • Burundi • Cambodia • Cameroon • Canada • New Brunswick • Quebec • Ontario • Cape Verde • Central African Republic • Chad • Comoros • Côte d'Ivoire • Cyprus • Democratic Republic of the Congo • Djibouti • Dominica • Egypt • Equatorial Guinea • France • French Guiana • Gabon • Ghana • Guadeloupe • Guinea • Guinea-Bissau • Haiti • Laos • Lebanon • Macedonia • Madagascar • Mali • Martinique • Mauritania • Mauritius • Morocco • Niger • Republic of the Congo • Romania • Rwanda • Saint Lucia •  and  Príncipe">São Tomé and  Príncipe • Senegal • Seychelles •  and  Miquelon">Saint-Pierre and  Miquelon • Switzerland • Togo • Tunisia • Vanuatu • Vietnam

Observers: Armenia • Austria • Croatia • Czech Republic • Georgia • Hungary • Lithuania • Mozambique • Poland • Serbia • Slovakia • Slovenia • Ukraine

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The Danube

Countries: Germany · Austria · Slovakia · Hungary · Croatia · Serbia · Romania · Bulgaria · Ukraine · Moldova

Cities: Ulm · Ingolstadt · Regensburg · Passau · Linz · Vienna · Bratislava · Győr · Esztergom · Budapest · Baja · Vukovar · Ilok · Bačka Palanka · Novi Sad · Belgrade · Smederevo · Drobeta-Turnu Severin · Vidin · Rousse · Brăila · Galaţi · Tulcea

Tributaries (list): Iller · Lech · Regen · Isar · Inn · Morava · Drava · Tisza · Sava · Timiş · Velika Morava · Jiu · Iskar · Olt · Osam · Yantra · Vedea · Argeş · Ialomiţa · Siret · Prut