| Republic of Serbia Република Србија Republika Srbija | |
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| Capital and largest city | Belgrade |
| Official languages | Serbian |
| Area | |
• Total | 77,474 km²(without Kosovo) 88,361 km² (with Kosovo) |
| Population | |
• 2022 estimate | 6,797,105 (without Kosovo) |
Serbia, officially the Republic of Serbia, is a country in the Balkans.
History[edit | edit source]
Kingdom of Serbia[edit | edit source]
Serbia sided with the Entente during WW1 and as such, Yugoslavia was created.
Yugoslavia[edit | edit source]
See: Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1945–1992) and Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1992–2006)
Post-Yugoslavia[edit | edit source]
NATO-backed separatists in Kosovo led by the Kosovo Liberation Army declared independence from Serbia in 2008.[1]
Communist nostalgia[edit | edit source]
In 2010, 81% of Serbians said that life was better under Tito in Yugoslavia than it is now.[2]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Ben Becker, Mazda Majidi (2018-07-27). "The unipolar era of imperialism and its potential undoing" Liberation School. Archived from the original on 2022-04-02. Retrieved 2022-08-28.
- ↑ "Serbia Poll: Life Was Better Under Tito" (2010-12-24). Balkan Insight. Archived from the original on 2022-05-09. Retrieved 2022-10-08.