Serbia

Serbia country in the west-central Balkans. The United States seeks to strengthen its relationship with Serbia by deepening cooperation based on mutual interest and respect.

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In 1817 the Principality of Serbia was granted de facto independence from the Ottoman Empire.

. Serbia a landlocked country located in the Balkan Peninsulas central region. However excluding Kosovo Serbia has an area of 77474 km 2 29913 sq. Serbia gained its autonomy from the Ottoman Empire in two uprisings in 1804 led by Đorđe Petrović Karađorđe and 1815 led by Miloš Obrenović although Turkish troops continued to garrison the capital Belgrade until 1867.

Serbia has made some progress towards EU membership gaining candidate status in March 2012. Република Србија Republika Srbija pronounced repǔblika sřbija is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe at the crossroads of the Pannonian Plain and the Balkans sharing land borders with Hungary to the north Romania to the. Serbia ˈ s ɜːr b i ə SUR-bee-ə.

Also it has exercised its veto power at the United Nations and prevented formal recognition of Kosovo a secession region of Serbia. For most of the 20th century it was a part of Yugoslavia. The capital of Serbia is Belgrade a cosmopolitan city at the confluence of the Danube and Sava rivers.

Serbia has made progress in trade liberalization and enterprise restructuring and privatization but many large enterprises - including the power utilities telecommunications company natural gas company and others - remain state-owned. Over many years now Russia has helped effectively control the oil and gas industry in the country. Serbia occupies a key strategic juncture in the Balkans at the social political and geographic crossroads of Eastern and Western Europe.

Including the disputed territory of Kosovo Serbias area is 88361 km 2 34116 sq mi. Србија Srbija pronounced officially the Republic of Serbia Serbian. Serbias second city Novi Sad a cultural and.

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