Serbia
Serbia, officially the Republic of Serbia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Southeast and Central Europe, located in the Balkans and the Pannonian Plain. It borders Hungary to the north, Romania to the northeast, Bulgaria to the southeast, North Macedonia to the south, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina to the west, and Montenegro to the southwest. Serbia claims a border with Albania through the disputed territory of Kosovo. Serbia has about 6.6 million inhabitants, excluding Kosovo. Its capital Belgrade is also the largest city.
Some of the key events about Serbia
- 1389Serbian forces suffered a devastating defeat at the Battle of Kosovo against the Ottoman Empire.
- 1459The Serbian Despotate fell to Ottoman conquest, marking the end of medieval Serbian statehood.
- 1804The First Serbian Uprising against Ottoman rule was brutally suppressed.
- 1813The Ottoman Empire crushed the First Serbian Uprising, leading to reprisals against the rebels.
- 1867Serbia gained full independence from the Ottoman Empire
- 1914Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, triggering World War I.
- 1918Serbia became part of the newly formed Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
- 1941Nazi Germany invaded and occupied Serbia during World War II.
- 1945The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was established, with Serbia as one of its six constituent republics
- 1961Belgrade hosted the first conference of the Non-Aligned Movement
- 1991Yugoslavia began to break apart, leading to a series of wars and conflicts involving Serbia.
- 1992The United Nations imposed sanctions on Serbia due to its role in the Bosnian War.
- 1999The reconstruction of Serbia began following the end of the Kosovo War
- 1999NATO conducted a 78-day bombing campaign against Serbia during the Kosovo War.
- 2000Democratic changes occurred in Serbia, leading to political reforms
- 2003Serbia and Montenegro formed a loose state union
- 2006Serbia became an independent state following Montenegro's secession
- 2008Kosovo unilaterally declared independence from Serbia, which Serbia refused to recognize.
- 2009Serbia officially applied for European Union membership
- 2012Serbia was granted EU candidate status, marking a significant step towards European integration
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