• Serbia is a landlocked country in Southeastern and Central Europe.
• Borders include Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, and disputed Kosovo.
• Capital is Belgrade, with a population of around 6.5 million.

• Inhabited since the Paleolithic age, significant Slavic migrations occurred in the 6th century.
• Recognized as a kingdom in 1217; peaked as a Serbian Empire by 1346.
• Ottoman rule began in the mid-16th century, interrupted by the Habsburg Empire.
• Serbian Revolution in the early 19th century led to a constitutional monarchy.

• United with Vojvodina post World War I; part of Yugoslavia until the 1990s.
• Independence restored in 2006 after union with Montenegro dissolved.
• Claims Kosovo despite its unilateral declaration of independence in 2008.
• Economy is upper-middle income; offers universal health care and education.
• Military neutrality with intentions to join the EU by 2030.

List of Newspapers published in Serbia.