Serbia
Република Србија, Republika Srbija
Europe's Mexican Stand-Off
Charles Crawford, The Commentator
Half-Truths of History Hang over Balkans
Draginja Nadazdin, Gazeta
Running Out of Time in the Balkans
World Policy Institute
Why Serbia Still Can't Condemn Racism
Slobodan Georgiev, Observer
In Defense of the Serbs
Michael Dobbs, Foreign Policy
A magnificent diplomatic triumph for European diplomacy in general, and for EU High Representative Baroness Ashton in particular! Serbia and Kosovo have (it is said) reached an hi...(full article)
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It will be a hard sell. But it's important for Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to squeeze in a visit to the tiny Balkans the week before the U.S. presidential election. Her tr...(full article)
The scenes at the match against England last week shocked the rest of the football world. But the reaction in Serbia lays bare the contradictions at the nation's very heart....(full article)
The off-and-on war crimes trial of Ratko Mladic got underway again this week in The Hague after a month-long summer break. As the prosecution outlines its case, I am planning a se...(full article)
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About Serbia
- Republic of Serbia
- Population: 7,379,339 (95th)
- Area Size: 34,116 sq mi (116th)
- GDP: $79.77 billion (75th)
- Currency: Serbian dinar (RSD)
- Official Language: Serbian
- Capital City: Belgrade
- Largest City: Belgrade