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Serbia country profile
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Yugoslav era
The end of the Union of Serbia and Montenegro marked the closing chapter in the history of the separation of the six republics of the old Socialist Republic of Yugoslavia which was proclaimed in 1945 and comprised Serbia, Montenegro, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia-Hercegovina and Macedonia.
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Kosovo
In 1998 violence flared in the autonomous province of Kosovo in Serbia. The Kosovo Liberation Army, supported by the majority ethnic Albanians, came out in open rebellion against Serbian rule. International pressure on Milosevic grew amid the escalating violence.
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Road to Europe
In late 2005, the EU began talks with Belgrade on the possibility of reaching a Stabilisation and Association Agreement. These were called off some months later because of the continuing failure of the Serbian authorities to arrest several war crimes suspects.
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Relations with Russia
Although the current Serbian government is pro-Western and sees eventual membership of the EU as being in the country's best interests
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traditionally an ally of Russia, which supported its opposition to Kosovo's independence.
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2008, Serbia-Russia ties were further strengthened by the signing of a major energy deal, and in October 2009 Russia granted Serbia a 1bn euro (£0.9bn) loan to help it cover its budget deficit after the economy was hit hard by the global downturn.
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- Monetary unit: Dinar = 100 paras
- Main exports: Manufactured goods, food and live animals, machinery and transport equipment
- GNI per capita: US $5,630 (World Bank, 2010)
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President (outgoing): Boris Tadic
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Boris Tadic: A pro-Europe reformerBoris Tadic, leader of the Democratic P
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took over as DS leader after the assassination of former premier Zoran Djindjic in 2003, backed free market, pro-European reforms and Nato membership.
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called on Serbs to turn their backs on the nationalism of the past and to embrace the European route, which he said would bring lasting improvements to their lives
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pledged full cooperation with The Hague war crimes tribunal on the former Yugoslavia.
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worked to promote reconciliation between Serbia and other former members of the Yugoslav federation
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2010 he paid landmark visits to Srebrenica in Bosnia and Vukovar in Croatia - where notorious massacres were carried out by Serb forces during the conflict of the early 1990s - to pay his respects to the victims of the atrocities.
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born in 1958 and trained as a psychologist.
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President (incoming): Tomislav Nikolic
Serb nationalist leader Tomislav, Nikolic, won the presidential election of 2012 after several previous attempts
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was too closely associated with the Milosevic era of war crimes and xenophobia.
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Progressive Party embraced plans to join the European Union and distanced itself from the pro-Russian, anti-Nato stance of the Radicals.
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ampaigned against unemployment, inflation and corruption to become the largest party at parliamentary elections in May 2012, building on this to ach
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commitment to European integration, but relations with the European
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s main challenges will lie at home - namely the poor state of the economy, and the likelihood of having to share power with a Democrat-Socialist coalition government
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1952, Mr Nikolic trained as a building engineer before going into politics as a Radical
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rose to be deputy prime minister of Serbia and Yugoslavia under the nationalist rule of Slobodan Milosevic, and later served as Radical leader Vojislav Seselj's stand-in while the latter faces war-crimes charges in the Hague.
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broke with Mr Seselj after deciding that European integration and economic issues should prevail over nationalist concerns,
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Prime minister: Mirko Cvetkovic
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Mirko Cvetkovic rejects Kosovan independenceMirko Cvetkovic was sworn in as prime minister in July 2008 after an early election in May.
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called after the coalition government led by Vojislav Kostunica fell apart over policy on Kosovo
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ic made clear his government's rejection of Kosovan independence and said he would push for Serbia's accession to the European Union.
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studied Economics in Belgrade and was formerly a finance minister.
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Media
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Television is, by far, the main source of news and information. The flagship public network, RTS1, is among a handful of outlets that dominate the market.
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"death threats, physical or verbal assaults, harassment and corruption are unfortunately still the daily lot of the press." Journalists have been the victims of reprisals for investigating the criminal underworld, RSF said.
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