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  Serbia - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Serbia and Yugoslavia were among the countries that had the greatest losses in the war: 1,700,000 (10.8% of the population) people were killed and national damages were estimated at 9.1 billion dollars according to the prices of that period.
Serbia's terrain ranges from the rich, fertile plains of the northern Vojvodina region, limestone ranges and basins in the east, and, in the southeast, ancient mountains and hills.
Serbia, and in particular the valley of the Morava, is often described as "the crossroads between East and West", which is one of the primary reasons for its turbulent history.
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Serbia   (5369 words)

  
 World InfoZone - Serbia and Montenegro Information - Page 1
Serbia and Montenegro, the Republic of Serbia and the Republic of Montenegro (the former Federal Republic of Yugoslavia), is in South East Europe.
Provinces in Serbia are the province of Vojvodina (with Novi Sad its administrative centre) and the province of Kosovo and Metohia.
The population of Serbia and Montenegro was estimated at 10,829,175 in 2005.
www.worldinfozone.com /country.php?country=SerbiaMontenegro   (555 words)

  
 About Serbia and Yugoslavia
Serbia is mostly mountainous,being ringed by the Dinaric Alps on the west, the Sar Mountains and the North Albanian Alps (Prokletije) on the south, and the Balkan and Carpathian mountains on the east.
In central Serbia are the hills of the Sumadija ("forested area"), and in the north are the low-lying plains of Vojvodina, where the Danube River is joined by two of its major tributaries, the Sava and Tisa rivers.
Serbia proper and Vojvodina are the most developed regions of Serbia, whereas Kosovo is one of the poorest regions in Europe.
www.galbeno.co.yu /musicschool/srbija/geography.html   (497 words)

  
 Serbia and Montenegro - Balkans   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Serbia and Montenegro (Serbian: Србија и Црна Гора, often abbreviated as "SCG") is the name of the union of Serbia and Montenegro, two former Yugoslav republics united since 2003 in a loose confederation.
Upon the breakup of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, the remaining confederation of Serbia and Montenegro was reconstituted in 1992 as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY).
Serbia, and in particular the valley of the Morava is often described as "the crossroads between the East and the West" - one of the primary reasons for its turbulent history.
www.balkans.eu.com /wiki/index.php?title=Serbia_and_Montenegro   (1146 words)

  
 YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> Serbia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Serbia borders Hungary to the north; Romania and Bulgaria to the east; the Republic of Macedonia and Albania to the south; and Montenegro, Croatia, and Bosnia-Herzegovina to the west.
Serbia is located in the Balkans (a historically and geographically distinct region of southeastern Europe) and in the Pannonian Plain (a region of central Europe).
Serbia is divided into 29 districts (5 of which are in Kosovo, outside of central government administration) and the city of Belgrade.
www.yourart.com /research/encyclopedia.cgi?subject=/Serbia   (2317 words)

  
 Geography of Serbia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Serbia is located in the Balkans (a historical and geographical region of southeastern Europe) and in the Pannonian Plain (a region of central Europe).
Serbia's terrain ranges from rich, fertile plains of the northern Vojvodina region (save the Deliblatska Peščara, also called the last desert in Europe), limestone ranges and basins in the east, and in the southeast ancient mountains and hills.
The Serbian climate varies between a northern continental climate with cold winters and hot, humid summers with well distributed rainfall patterns, and a more Adriatic climate in the south with hot, dry summers and autumns and relatively cold winters with heavy snowfall inland.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Geography_of_Serbia   (275 words)

  
 Serbia and Montenegro -
Court of Serbia and Montenegro is in Podgorica.
Serbia and Montenegro (Serbian: Србија и Црна Гора, Srbija i Crna Gora, abbreviated as "SCG") is the name of the state union of Serbia and Montenegro, two former Yugoslav republics.
The large Albanian population is chiefly concentrated in Kosovo, with smaller populations in the Preševo and Bujanovac municipalities in Central Serbia, and in the south-east of Montenegro (Ulcinj municipality).
psychcentral.com /psypsych/Serbia_and_Montenegro   (1399 words)

  
 Serbia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Serbia is bounded by Croatia (northwest), Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro (west), Albania (southwest), Macedonia (south), Bulgaria and Romania (east), and Hungary (north).
Serbia is mostly mountainous, being ringed by the Dinaric Alps on the west, the Sar Mountains and the North Albanian Alps (Prokletije) on the south, and the Balkan and Carpathian mountains on the east.
Under communist rule, Serbia was transformed from an agrarian to an industrial society, but, as the economy began to fail in the 1980s, Albanians in Kosovo agitated for separation from the republic, and Croatia, Slovenia, Macedonia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina moved toward secession from Yugoslavia.
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 Serbia and Montenegro
Vojislav Kostunica, Serbia (2004); Milo Djukanovic, Montenegro (2002)
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Serbia and Montenegro: Land - Land Inland from the Adriatic coast of Montenegro, where Kotor, the one seaport of the nation, is...
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 License Plates of Serbia and Montenegro   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Serbia and Montenegro is a confederation in South East Europe.
In 2003, Yugoslavia was reconstituted as Serbia and Montenegro.
The country is a confederal parliamentary democratic republic with two constituent states: the Republic of Serbia (Republika Srbije) and the Republic of Montenegro (Republika Crna Gora), hence the international Oval SCG (Srbija i Crna Gora).
www.worldlicenseplates.com /world/EU_SERB.html   (116 words)

  
 International Congress 2003 - Aiesec in Yugoslavia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Serbia and Montenegro is a State of pluralistic, parliamentary democracy committed to the rule of law, free market economy, freedom of public activities, social justice, human rights, equality and welfare of all citizens.
Serbia and Montenegro is located on the Balkan Peninsula of East Europe and is bound by the Adriatic Sea and Albania to the southwest, Bosnia-Herzegovina to the west, Croatia to the northwest, Hungary to the north, Romania and Bulgaria to the east and Macedonia to the southeast.
The northern region of Serbia lies on the southern extremity of the Central Danubian Plain while the area south of the Sava River and east to west of the Danube River comprises the ranges and massifs of the Serbian Highlands and East Serbian Mountains.
www.aiesecbk.com /aboutsm.htm   (404 words)

  
 Serbia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Boundaries: Serbia's autonomous province of Vojvodina on the north, Romania and Bulgaria on the east, Macedonia and Serbia's autonomous province of Kosovo on the south, Montenegro and Croatia on the west.
Serbia almost doubled in size, adding to its territory a substantial portion of Macedonia (which it felt entitled to by virtue of the fact that Serbia had briefly ruled there in the 14th c.) and also Kosovo, by then predominantly Albanian.
In recognition of Serbia's struggle on behalf of the Allies in World War I and the numerical superiority of the Serbs (about 40% of the new nation's population), the regent for Serbia's king was asked to become ruler of the new Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, known after 1929 as Kingdom of Yugoslavia.
www.forgottendelights.com /essays/Serbia.htm   (9109 words)

  
 Serbia Geography
Serbia is located in Southeastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic Sea, between Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The terrain of Serbia is extremely varied; to the north, rich fertile plains; to the east, limestone ranges and basins; to the southeast, ancient mountains and hills; to the southwest, extremely high shoreline with no islands off the coast.
In in the north, continental climate (cold winter and hot, humid summers with well distributed rainfall); central portion, continental and Mediterranean climate; to the south, Adriatic climate along the coast, hot, dry summers and autumns and relatively cold winters with heavy snowfall inland
www.nationbynation.com /Serbia/Geo.html   (98 words)

  
 Meteoroloo.com :: Serbia and Montenegro - historic sites/tourist attractions for serbia and montenegro
Serbia is entirely landlocked, with the coastline belonging to Montenegro, which also f.a.
An agreement rescheduling the country's $4.5 billion Paris Club government debts was concluded serbia and montenegro celebrations in November 2001; it will write off 66% of the debt; a similar debt relief agreement on its $2.8 billion London Club commercial debt has been reached in July 2004; 62% of the debt have been written off.
Until the outbreak of the Yugoslav wars, the ironically-named serbia and montenegro physical features Highway of Brotherhood and Unity running through Croatia, Serbia and Macedonia was one of the Europe's most important transport arteries.
www.meteoroloo.com /Met-countries-s-z/Serbia-and-Montenegro.html   (1279 words)

  
 JAKWEB.COM World Guide > Serbia and Montenegro   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Serbia and Montenegro have asserted the formation of a joint independent state, but this entity has not been formally recognized as a state by the US.
One singular factor in the economic situation of Serbia is the continuation in office of a government that is primarily interested in political and military mastery, not economic reform.
Government mismanagement of the economy is largely to blame, but the damage to Serbia's infrastructure and industry by the NATO bombing during the war in Kosovo have added to problems.
www.jakweb.com /world/sb/main.htm   (1716 words)

  
 Travel to Serbia and Montenegro - Serbia and Montenegro Tourism
Serbia and Montenegro is a country that was part of Yugoslavia.
The remaining republics of Serbia and Montenegro declared a new "Federal Republic of Yugoslavia" (FRY) in 1992 and, under President Slobodan MILOSEVIC, Serbia led various military intervention efforts to unite Serbs in neighboring republics into a "Greater Serbia." All of these efforts were ultimately unsuccessful.
The complexity of Serbia and Montenegro political relationships, slow progress in privatization, and stagnation in the European economy are holding back the economy; nonetheless, growth may be 4.5% in 2003.
www.atraveldirectory.com /S/Serbia_and_Montenegro.html   (1514 words)

  
 Serbia and Montenegro (former Yugoslavia) - Srbija-Crna Gora
Serbia's religious foundation came several years later when Stefan's son, canonized as St. Sava, became the first archbishop of a newly autocephalous Serbian Orthodox Church (1219).
The remaining republics of Serbia and Montenegro declared a new "Federal Republic of Yugoslavia" in 1992 and, under President Slobodan MILOSEVIC, Serbia led various military intervention efforts to unite Serbs in neighboring republics into a "Greater Serbia." All of these efforts were ultimately unsuccessful.
On February 4, 2003 the Yugoslav parliament adopted the Constitutional Charter of the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro, marking the beginning of a new reformed state, replacing the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
www.nationsonline.org /oneworld/serbia_montenegro.htm   (813 words)

  
 Maps
Serbia and Montenegro cover 102,350 square kilometers combined, with terrain ranging from mountainous in the southeast, to plains in the north.
The capital of Serbia and Montenegro is Belgrade, which doubles as the capital of Serbia, while Podgorica is the capital of Montenegro.
The major religions of Serbia and Montenegro are Orthodox (65%), Muslim (19%), Roman Catholic (4%), and Protestant (1%).
www.unc.edu /~kgrim/SerbiaGroupSite/maps.html   (153 words)

  
 Serbia and Montenegro Geography - Flags, Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, ...
land: 102,136 sq km (Serbia 88,412 sq km; Montenegro 13,724 sq km)
Coastline: 199 km (Montenegro 199 km, Serbia 0 km)
Climate: in the north, continental climate (cold winter and hot, humid summers with well distributed rainfall); central portion, continental and Mediterranean climate; to the south, Adriatic climate along the coast, hot, dry summers and autumns and relatively cold winters with heavy snowfall inland
www.photius.com /wfb/wfb1999/serbia_and_montenegro/serbia_and_montenegro_geography.html   (296 words)

  
 Partner Country Overview: Serbia and Montenegro   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The remaining republics of Serbia and Montenegro formed a new “Federal Republic of Yugoslavia” in 1992.
Military actions by Serbia to unite Serbs in neighbouring republics into a “Greater Serbia” led to a period of massive inter-ethnic conflict, resulting in the intervention by NATO and other international military forces.
In 2002 the Serbian and Montenegrin components of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) began negotiations to form a looser relationship, and in February 2003 the country was restructured into a loose federation of two republics, the Republic of Serbia and the Republic of Montenegro.
www.oecd.org /document/4/0,2340,en_33873108_33844437_35012740_1_1_1_1,00.html   (347 words)

  
 Serbia and Montenegro :: Maps :: Information :: Statistics
The remaining republics of Serbia and Montenegro declared a new "Federal Republic of Yugoslavia" (FRY) in April 1992 and, under President Slobodan MILOSEVIC, Serbia led various military intervention efforts to unite ethnic Serbs in neighboring republics into a "Greater Serbia." All of these efforts were ultimately unsuccessful.
MILOSEVIC-era mismanagement of the economy, an extended period of economic sanctions, and the damage to Yugoslavia's infrastructure and industry during the NATO airstrikes in 1999 have left the economy only half the size it was in 1990.
The complexity of Serbia and Montenegro political relationships, slow progress in privatization, legal uncertainty over property rights, and scarcity of foreign-investment are holding back Serbia and Montenegro's economy.
www.maps4free.com /map-of-serbia-montenegro.shtml   (1650 words)

  
 Serbia and Montenegro - Atlapedia Online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The northern region of Greater Serbia lies on the southern extremity of the Central Danubian Plain while the area south of the Sava River and east to west of the Danube River comprises the ranges and massifs of the Serbian Highlands and East Serbian Mountains.
Rainfall increases with distance from the coast, which has an average annual precipitation of 1,000 mm to 1,500 mm (20 to 39 inches) while the mountain slopes receive 1,500 to 3,800 mm (59 to 150 inches) to a maximum of 5,000 mm (197 inches) on the higher peaks further inland.
On April 27, 1992 the two remaining republics of Serbia and Montenegro reformed a new Yugoslavia.
www.atlapedia.com /online/countries/serbia.htm   (1416 words)

  
 Books: Greater Serbia - Selected Statements
He had a great knowledge not only of the geography of Serbia and the surrounding regions but also of the history and current events of those areas.
He was also interested in Serbia's political advancement and because of this he often lost his scientific impartiality when writing about Serbia or the Balkans in a geographic context.
All of these statements reflect the assertions of present Greater Serbian ideologists, and it can be seen that Cvijic's work, since he was a reputable geographer, is used as 'scientific proof' of their territorial claims.
www.hic.hr /books/greatserbia/cvijic.htm   (934 words)

  
 Fodor's Travel Guides | Forums Messages
In one of my guidebooks Montenegro is outlined and labeled as a country separate from Serbia but in another map, and on the Lonely Planet Destinatin guide on lonelyplanet.com they are labeled as one country.
After the rest of the former Yugoslav republics broke away in the 1990s, Serbia and Montenegro were the only ones left and continued to use the name Yugoslavia.
On April 30 2006 there is to an election as to the separating of Serbia and Montenegro into 2 countries.
www.fodors.com /forums/pgMessages.jsp?fid=2&tid=34752317&numresponses=6&start=0   (768 words)

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