.ORG.RS Domain Name - Serbia Domain Name .ORG.RS

Serbia Location
44°48'N, 20°28'E

Serbia Geography
The Republic of Serbia is a landlocked country in Central and Southeastern Europe, covering the southern part of the Pannonian Plain and the central part of the Balkan Peninsula. It borders Hungary on the north; Romania and Bulgaria on the east; Albania and Republic of Macedonia on the south; and Montenegro, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina on the west. Its capital is Belgrade.

Serbia History
The modern state of Serbia emerged in 1817 following the Second Serbian Uprising. Later, it expanded its territory further south to include Kosovo and Metohija and the regions of Raska and Vardar Macedonia (in 1912). Finally, Vojvodina (formerly an autonomous Habsburg crownland named Voivodship of Serbia and Tamis Banat) proclaimed its secession from Austria-Hungary, and united with Serbia in November 25, 1918, preceded by the Syrmia region a day before. The current borders of the country were established following the end of World War II, when Serbia became a federal unit within the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Serbia became an independent state again in 2006, after Montenegro left the union which was formed after the dissolution of Yugoslavia in 1990s.

Serbia Government
Parliamentary republic
- President Boris Tadic 3
- Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica

Serbia Population
- 2007 estimate 10,350,265 (80th) - 2002 census 7,498,0005 - Density 115/km^2 (94th) 297/sq mi

Serbia Economy With a GDP for 2007 estimated at $54.547 billion, which is $7,265 per capita Purchasing Power Parity (PPP), ($5,397 nominal), Republic of Serbia is considered an upper-middle income economy by the World Bank[38]. Growth in 2007 is estimated at 7.5%. The GDP growth rate in 2006 was 5.8%.[39] Growth in 2005 was 6.3%[40] FDI (Foreign Direct Investment) in 2006 was $5.85 billion or e4.5 billion. FDI for 2007 reached $4.2 Billion, while real GDP per capita figures are estimated to have reached $5 600 (October 2007).
The Serbian economy is based mostly on services, industry and agriculture. In the late 1980s, at the beginning of the process of economic transition, its position compared to other communist countries was favorable. However, its economy was gravely impacted by the UN economic sanctions of 1992-95, as well as the sizable infrastructure and industry damage, suffered during the NATO air strikes in 1999. Its problems were only augmented by losing the ex-Yugoslavia and Comecon markets. Although, seeing a robust recovery the economy still faces many problems, among which high unemployment and the slow pace of structural reforms are most prominent.