SERBIA
Total area > 88,361 sq km
Population > 10,150,265 (July 2007 est.)
Population growth rate > 0.03% (2004 est.)
Main cities > Belgrade (capital) 1,576,000 | Novi Sad 299,000 | Nis 251,000 | Kragujevac 176,000
Ethnic groups > Serbian 82.9% | Hungarian 3.9% | Bosnian 2% | Roma 1.4% | Albanian 1% | Montenegrin 1% | Other 8%  (2002 est., not including Kosovo)
Language > Serbian, Albanian, Hungarian, others
Literacy > 96.4% (2003 est.)
Labor force > 2.961 million (including Kosovo) (2002 est.)

 

   POLITICAL DATA
Legal system > Based on civil law. Current constitution was put in effect on 10 November 2006. This constitution declares that Kosovo is an integral part of Serbia.
Government type > Republic
National legislature > Unicameral National Assembly (250 deputies elected by direct vote for a four-year term.)  Elections last held January 2007; next to be held in 2011.
Parties > Seats >
Serbian Radical Party (SRS) 81
Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) 64
Democratic Party of Serbia- New Serbia (DSS-NS) 47
G17 Plus 19
Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) 16
Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Coalition 15
Others 8
Electoral system > Universal suffrage from 18 years of age.
National elections >

Last presidential election took place on June 27, 2004 (next to be held in June 2009.) The current government was formed on 7 July 2008. The last national elections in the Serbian Assembly took place on 21 January 2007; next to be held in 2011.
Head of state >

President Boris Tadic since July 11, 2004 (reelected February 2008.) Elected by direct vote for a five-year term. 
Cabinet > As of October 20, 2008
President Boris Tadic
Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic
First Deputy Prime Minister Ivica Dacic
Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration Mladjan Dinkic
Deputy Prime Minister Jovan Krkobabic
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry & Water Management Sasa Dragin
Minister of Culture Nebojsa Bradic
Minister of Defence Dragan Sutanovac
Minister of Diaspora Srdjan Sreckovic
Minister of Economy & Regional Development Mladjan Dinkic
Minister of Education Zarko Obradovic
Minister of Energy & Mining Petar Skundric
Minister of Environment & Spatial Planning Oliver Dulic
Minister of Finance Diana Dragutinovic
Minister of Foreign Affairs Vuk Jeremic
Minister of Health Tomica Milosavljevic
Minister of Human & Minority Rights Svetozar Ciplic
Minister of Infrastructure Milutin Mrkonjic
Minister of Interior Ivica Dacic
Minister of Justice Snezana Malovic
Minister for Kosovo-Metohija Goran Bogdanovic
Minister of Labor & Social Policy Rasim Ljajic
Minister for National Investment Plan Verica Kalanovic
Minister of Public Administration & Local Self-Government Milan Markovic
Minister of Religion Bogoljub Sijakovic
Minister of Telecommunications & Information Technology Jasna Matic
Minister of Trade & Services Slobodan Milosavljevic
Minister of Youth & Sports Snezana Markovic-Samardzic
Minister without Portfolio Sulejman Ugljanin
Governor, National Bank of Serbia Radovan Jelasic
Ambassador to the US Ivan Vujacic
Permanent Representative to the UN, New York Pavle Jevremovic
                                                       MACROECONOMICS
  2006  
Nominal GDP (USD bn) > 19.19  
Real GDP growth (%) > 5.9  
Consumer price inflation (%) > 15.5  
Exports of goods fob (USD bn ) > 4.553  
Imports of goods fob (USD bn) > 10.58  
Trade balance (USD bn) > -6.027  
Foreign exchange reserves (USD m) > N/A  
Total external debt (USD bn) > 14.3  
Unemployment rate (% of labor force) > 31.6  
Exchange rate vs. USD > 58.7  
Currency > Serbian dinar (RSD)  
  ONLINE RESOURCES
Government

 

  The Serbian Government
  The Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  National Bank of Serbia
  Embassy of Serbia
  United Nations Development Program: Serbia
Think Tanks, NGO's and International Organizations  
  Association for Social History
  Belgrade Center for Human Rights
  The Belgrade Circle
  Center for Peace and Democracy Development
  Center for Development of Non-Profit Sector
  Center for Free Election and Democracy
  Center for Political Studies and Public Opinion Research
  Center For Strategic Studies
  Danube-River of Cooperation
  Group17 Plus
Educational Institutions

 

  Alternative Academic Educational Network
  Institutes and Universities
  Open University Subotica
  Serbian Academy of Arts and Sciences
  University of Belgrade
Media
  Alternative Information Network
  Association of Independent Electronic Media
 

BETA News Agency
  Free Serbia
  Media Center Belgrade
News and Media Links on Slavophilia.com
General
  CIA - The World Factbook -- Serbia
  U.S. Department of State - Serbia
BBC News - Country Profile -- Serbia
 

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last update: October 20, 2008
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