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Serbia 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 .
Continuously inhabited since the Paleolithic Age, the territory of modern-day Serbia faced Slavic migrations in the 6th century. Several regional states were founded in the early Middle Ages and were at times recognised as tributaries to the Byzantine , Frankish and Hungarian kingdoms. The Serbian Kingdom obtained recognition by the Holy See and Constantinople in 1217, reaching its territorial apex in 1346 as the Serbian Empire . By the mid-16th century, the Ottomans annexed the entirety of modern-day Serbia; their rule was at times interrupted by the Habsburg Empire , which began expanding towards Central Serbia from the end of the 17th century while maintaining a foothold in Vojvodina . In the early 19th century, the Serbian Revolution established the nation-state as the region's first constitutional monarchy , which subsequently expanded its territory. In 1918, in the aftermath of World War I , the Kingdom of Serbia united with the former Habsburg crownland of Vojvodina ; later in the same year it joined with other South Slavic nations in the foundation of Yugoslavia , which existed in various political formations until the Yugoslav Wars of the 1990s. During the breakup of Yugoslavia , Serbia formed a union with Montenegro , which was peacefully dissolved in 2006, restoring Serbia's independence as a sovereign state for the first time since 1918. In 2008, representatives of the Assembly of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence , with mixed responses from the international community while Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory .
Serbia is an upper-middle income economy , ranked "very high" in the Human Development Index domain. It is a unitary parliamentary constitutional republic , member of the UN CoE , OSCE , PfP , BSEC , CEFTA , and is acceding to the WTO . Since 2014, the country has been negotiating its EU accession , with the possibility of joining the European Union by 2030. Serbia formally adheres to the policy of military neutrality . The country provides universal health care and free primary and secondary education to its citizens. (Full article...
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The Golubac Fortress Serbian : Голубачки град or Golubački grad ) was a medieval fortified town on the south side of the Danube River, 4 km (2.5 mi) downstream from the modern-day town of Golubac , Serbia . According to recent discoveries, the fortress, which was built during the 14th century by Medieval Serbian state, is split into three compounds which were built in stages. It has ten towers, most of which started square, and several of which received many-sided reinforcements with the advent of firearms. Towers were not connected for easier defense. Serbian Medieval frescos were recently found inside the fortress.
Golubac Fortress has had a tumultuous history. Prior to its construction it was the site of a Roman settlement. During the Middle Ages , it became the object of many battles, especially between the Ottoman Empire and the Kingdom of Hungary . It changed hands repeatedly, passing between Turks , Bulgarians , Hungarians , Serbs , and Austrians , until 1867, when it was turned over to the Serbian Knez , Mihailo Obrenović III . In the 21st century it is a popular tourist attraction in the region and a sightseeing point on Danube boat tours. (Full article...
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The European Union and Serbia sign a deal to develop a lithium mining project and production chains for batteries for electric vehicles . (DW )
29 June 2024 – Violent incidents in reaction to the Israel–Hamas war
A man attacks a police officer guarding the Israeli embassy in Belgrade , Serbia , with a crossbow before being shot and killed. Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić calls the incident a terrorist attack against Serbia. (Reuters)
28 June 2024 – Jadar mining project
Thousands of Serbians protest in Loznica , Serbia , against the Rio Tinto mining company and its plans to develop a lithium mining project in Jadar . (Reuters)
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