The climate of Serbia is under the influences of the landmass of Eurasia and the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. Serbia is one of the European countries with high numbers of registered national minorities. [420], The freedom of the press and the freedom of speech are guaranteed by the constitution of Serbia.

Diversity of religions in Serbia has left through the past centuries their traces as remarkable artistic and cultural masterpieces, erected in the most beautiful areas of Serbia, always impressively respecting each other in harmony. In 167 BC the Roman province of Illyricum was established; the remainder was conquered around 75 BC, forming the Roman province of Moesia Superior; the modern-day Srem region was conquered in 9 BC; and Bačka and Banat in 106 AD after the Dacian Wars. [429] Those include weekly news magazines NIN, Vreme and Nedeljnik, popular science magazine of Politikin Zabavnik, women's Lepota & Zdravlje, auto magazine SAT revija, IT magazine Svet kompjutera. [101][102][103] After one year of occupation, around 16,000 Serbian Jews were murdered in the area, or around 90% of its pre-war Jewish population during The Holocaust in Serbia. Although some Serbs converted to Islam, most continued their adherence to the Serbian Orthodox Church. The origin of the name Serbia is unclear. [333] Nevertheless, there are several areas in which Serbia still excels such as growing information technology sector, which includes software development as well as outsourcing. [200] There are 69 foreign embassies, 5 consulates and 4 liaison offices in Serbia.

Serbia has an emerging market economy in upper-middle income range. The 181 bound sheet book with miniatures and penmanship of outstanding beauty of the Miroslavljevo Jevandjelje – Miroslav Gospel belongs to a group of illuminated manuscripts of specific style and iconography resulting from the fusion of elements of the West (Italy) and the East (Byzantine). Verovanje i pripadanje u savremenoj Srbiji. Numerous monuments and cultural sites were destroyed at various stages of Serbian history, with destruuction in Kosovo being the recent example.

[404] Serbia has 38 professional theatres and 11 theatres for children,[405] the most important of which are National Theatre in Belgrade, Serbian National Theatre in Novi Sad, National Theatre in Subotica, National Theatre in Niš and Knjaževsko-srpski teatar in Kragujevac (the oldest theatre in Serbia, established in 1835).

The Serbian Orthodox Church has had an enduring status in Serbia, with the many Serbian monasteries constituting cultural monuments left from Serbia in the Middle Ages. The Belgrade International Theatre Festival – BITEF, founded in 1967, is one of the oldest theatre festivals in the world, and it has become one of the five biggest European festivals. [433], Serbian cuisine is largely heterogeneous in a way characteristic of the Balkans and, especially, the former Yugoslavia.

[170] Besides terrestrial channels there are dozens Serbian television channels available only on cable or satellite.

[224] The defence industry has seen significant growth over the years and it continues to grow on a yearly basis. [67] Likewise, Serbia was one of the first nations in the Balkans to abolish feudalism. [197] In 1718–39, the Habsburg Monarchy occupied much of Central Serbia and established the "Kingdom of Serbia" (1718–1739). Melissa Katherine Bokovoy, Jill A. Irvine, Carol S. Lilly. Since 1990, the official name of the country has been the Republic of Serbia.

Its total border length amounts to 2,027 km (Albania 115 km, Bosnia and Herzegovina 302 km, Bulgaria 318 km, Croatia 241 km, Hungary 151 km, North Macedonia 221 km, Montenegro 203 km and Romania 476 km). The government also continued to recognize the Romanian Orthodox Church solely in Vojvodina; members of the church elsewhere in the country were able to hold public services only at the discretion of individual bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church.

There are also many spas in Serbia, the biggest of which are Vrnjačka Banja, Soko Banja, and Banja Koviljača. [314] In 2019, total of over 3.6 million tourists were recorded in accommodations, of which half were foreign. As of 2011[update] census, Serbia (excluding Kosovo) has a total population of 7,186,862 and the overall population density is medium as it stands at 92.8 inhabitants per square kilometre. The declaration has sparked varied responses from the international community, some welcoming it, while others condemned the unilateral move. š Serbian comics emerged in the 1930s and the medium remains popular today. The most popular sports in Serbia are football, basketball, tennis, volleyball, water polo and handball. Routes, both domestic and international, are served by more than hundred intercity coach services, biggest of which are Lasta and Niš-Ekspres. Chinese, estimated at about 15,000, are the only significant non-European immigrant minority. ... Serbia, as a whole, is secular and does not have a national religion, but favor is often given to members of the Orthodox Church. script.setAttribute("src", "//www.npttech.com/advertising.js"); Government officials have stated these Orthodox groups could not be registered because the word �Orthodox� had already been used in the name of a previously registered church.

Restitution of properties seized by previous governments continued.

After almost a decade of strong economic growth (average of 4.45% per year), Serbia entered the recession in 2009 with negative growth of −3% and again in 2012 and 2014 with −1% and −1.8%, respectively. The Miroslav Gospels are considered to be the oldest book of Serbian medieval history and as such has entered UNESCO's Memory of the World Register. Serbia has seen influences of Republic of Venice as well, mainly though trade, literature and romanesque architecture. [8] Its capital, Belgrade, ranks among the largest and oldest citiеs in southeastern Europe. In truth, religion in Serbian can be summed up in three words, and even then you can reduce it to one. The Serbian Orthodox Church is the largest and traditional church of the country, adherents of which are overwhelmingly Serbs.

[285][286] Coal is found in two large deposits: Kolubara (4 billion tonnes of reserves) and Kostolac (1.5 billion tonnes). After the Central Powers military situation on other fronts worsened, the remains of the Serb army returned east and led a final breakthrough through enemy lines on 15 September 1918, liberating Serbia and defeating Bulgaria and Austria-Hungary.

[303][304] Coach transport is very extensive: almost every place in the country is connected by bus, from largest cities to the villages; in addition there are international routes (mainly to countries of Western Europe with large Serb diaspora).