1. Republic of Serbia

2.  Crossroads of Central and  Landlocked Country
South-East Europe

3. Population
• Total population: 7 120 666 (census 2011)
• Area: 88 361 km2
• Capital: Belgrade
• Official language : Serbian

4. Important history facts
- Serbian Empire in 1346
- 16th century, the entire territory of modern-
day Serbia was annexed by the Ottoman Empire
-19th century the Serbian revolution re-
established the country (freedom from Turks)
-Kingdom of Serbia in 1918
-After World War II, together with other south
Slavic nations Yugoslavia is formed

6.  Belgrade (Beograd): 1,75 mil
 Novi Sad : 335,000  Niš : 257,000

7.  82.9 % Serbs  1.4 % Roma
 3.9 % Hungarians  10 % Others
 1.8 % Bosniaks

8.  84.1 % Orthodoxy  3.42 % Islam
 6.24 % Catholicism  1.44 % Protestantism

10.  estimated GDP in 2012  GDP per capita is 35%  upper-middle
of $82.274 billion or of EU average income economy
$11.079 per capita

11.  2003: the world‘s largest  most important energy
cigarette maker Phillip Morris center in South-East
buys DIN and DIV for €605 Europe
million

12. Bulgarian Empire
Byzantium
Ottoman Empire
 Over centuries Serbia was straddeling  Result: distinct characters and
the boundaries between West and sharp contrast between
East East and West

13.  Leaning towards Balkans
 Tied to Western Europe
and Mediterranean character
 people mostly use Roman  people mostly use Cyrillic
letters letters

14. Many cultural
differences gave
many traditions
and national
costumes

16. Serbian cousine
• heterogeneous cuisine, sharing characteristics
of the Balkans (especially former Yugoslavia),
the Mediterranean (especially Greek), Turkish,
and Central European (especially Austrian and
Hungarian) cuisines.
Cevapcici (grilled minced meat) Sarma (cabage filled with meat )

17. Krofne (donuts)
Sljivovica (Plum brandey)
Riblja corba (fish soup)

18. Sport
• Team sports are more popular then individual
sports.
• Among the most popular sports are football,
basketball, water polo, volleyball, handball and
tennis.
• Tennis started to be popular recently because of
Novak Djokovic (current number 2 on ATP
ranking)

19. Serbian national footbal team

20. Novak Djokovic Serbian national basketball team

21. Tourism in Serbia
• cultural and historical monuments
• Felix Romuliana, late Roman palace, UNESCO
heritage site in eastern part of country
Skadarlija, the city's old bohemian
• Skadarlija, the city's old bohemian
neighbourhood
neighbourhood in Belgrade
• Monastiries in Cosovo
• Danube river

23. Felix Romuliana

24. Tourism in capital
• The historic areas and buildings of Belgrade
are among the city's premier attractions. They
include Skadarlija, the National Museum and
• National Theatre, Zemun, Nikola Pašić
Square, Terazije, the Kalemegdan Fortress,
Knez Mihailova Street,
• the Parliament, the Church of Saint Sava, and
the Old Palace.
• Nightlife in Belgrade

25. Victory monument

26. Kalemegdan Fortress from Turkish period

27. National theatre in Belgrade

28. Belgrade at night