Political system: Republic
Capital city: Belgrade
Size: 77 474 km²
Population: 7.4 million
Currency: Serbian dinar
Republic of Serbia is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central- and Southeastern Europe, covering the southern lowlands of the Carpathian basin and central part of the Balkans.
Serbia borders Hungary to the north; Romania, Bulgaria to the east; Republic of Macedonia to the south; and Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro to the west; its border with Albania is disputed. Serbia’s capital city, Belgrade, is among the most populous in Southeastern Europe.
Cities
Belgrade 1,119,642
Novi Sad 191,405
Niš 173,724
Serbia owns one of the world’s oldest airline carriers, Jat Airways, founded in 1927.
There are 4 international airports in Serbia:
Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport, Niš Constantine the Great Airport and Vršac international airport as well as one in Kosovo, Pristina International Airport .
Transportation
Water
There are around 2000 km of navigable rivers and canals, the largest of which are:
the Danube, Sava, Tisa, joined by the Timiş River and Begej, all of which connect Serbia with Northern and Western Europe through the Rhine-Main-Danube Canal and North Sea route
To Eastern Europe via the Tisa, Timiş, Begej and Danube Black Sea routes, and to Southern Europe via the Sava river.
The two largest Serbian cities – Belgrade and Novi Sad, as well as Smederevo – are major regional Danubian harbours.
The Danube River, central Europe’s connection to the Black Sea, flows through Serbia.
Through Danube-Rhine-Mein canal the North Sea is also accessible. Tisza river offers a connection with Eastern Europe while the Sava river connects her to western former Yugoslav republics near the Adriatic Sea.
Roads…Drive on right
The following European routes pass through the country:
E65: Rožaje, Montenegro – Tutin – Kosovska Mitrovica – Priština – Đeneral Janković – Skopje, Macedonia.
E70: Slavonski Brod, Croatia – Šid – Belgrade – Vršac – Timişoara, Romania.
section between Slavonski Brod and Belgrade is built to motorway standards.
E75: Szeged, Hungary – Subotica – Novi Sad – Beška Bridge – Belgrade – Niš – Leskovac – Grdelica – Vranje – Preševo – Kumanovo, Macedonia.
section between Beška Bridge and Grdelica is built to motorway standards.
E80: Rožaje, Montenegro – Peć – Priština – Prokuplje – Niš – Niška Banja – Pirot – Dimitrovgrad – Sofia, Bulgaria.
section between Niš and Niška Banja is built to motorway standards.
E662: Subotica – Sombor – Bezdan – Osijek, Croatia.
E761: Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina – Užice – Čačak – Kraljevo – Kruševac – Pojate – Paraćin – Zaječar.
section between Pojate and Paraćin is built to motorway standards and co-signed with E75.
E763: Belgrade – Čačak – Nova Varoš – Bijelo Polje, Montenegro.
E771: Drobeta-Turnu Severin, Romania – Zaječar – Niš.
E851: Kukës, Albania – Prizren – Priština.
