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Background
Serbia and Montenegro have asserted the formation of a joint independent state, but this entity has not been formally recognized as a state by the US. The US view is that the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY) has dissolved and that none of the successor republics represents its continuation. In 1999, massive expulsions by Serbs of ethnic Albanians living in the autonomous republic of Kosovo provoked an international response, including the bombing of Serbia and the stationing of NATO and Russian peacekeepers in Kosovo. On 17 February 2008, Kosovo declared itself independent. The Montenegrin Assembly made a formal declaration of independence on 3 June 2006, thus bringing the union between Serbia and Montenegro to an end. Serbia is a potential candidate country for EU accession.
Location
South-eastern Europe
Area
88,412 sq km
Land Boundaries
Border countries Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Romania
Natural Resources
Oil, gas, coal, antimony, copper, lead, zinc, nickel, gold, pyrite, chrome, hydro-power
Population
8 million (2011 est.)
Ethnic Groups
Serb 82.86 %, Albanian 0.82%, Montenegrin 0.92%, Yugoslav 1.08%, Hungarian 3.91%, other 9.2%, Bosniaks 1.82%, Roma 1.44%, Croats 0.94%, Albanians 0.85% (2002)
Religions
Orthodox 65%, Islam 19%, Roman Catholic 4%, Protestant 1%, other 11%, Evangelicals 0.01%
Languages
Serbian 95%, Albanian 5%
Capital
Belgrade
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
Currency
1 Yugoslav New Dinar (YD) = 100 paras
