Serbia
Kyle Schwery
http://www.infoplease.com/country/serbia.html
Serbia is a mountainous country and also has fertile plains. Landlocked, Serbia is bordered by Croatia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Albania, Montenegro, Bosnia, and Herzegovina. Serbia used to be part of Yugoslavia, a country that broke up into seven different countries.
The first Serbian uprising happened in 1804, modern Serbia was earned by the fighting of the Ottoman Empire, the second uprising happened in 1815 and lasted until 1867. These uprisings revived Serbian pride and gave them more hope. In 1829 Serbia was given its liberation and was semi-independent from Turkey.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Serbia_%281804%E2%80%931918%29
The President of Serbia, Tomislav Nikolić and was elected in 2012. Tomislav closest winning opponent, Boris Tadić, who only lost by a tiny percentage of only about 2-3%. Tomislav had ran 4 previous times losing twice and winning the other 2 becoming the newest leader of Serbia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serbian_presidential_election,_2012
In 2012 Serbia’s GDP was 37.49 billion US dollars. Serbia only has a population of 7.6 million, but their unemployment rate is around 23.1% which means around 1.5 million Serbian people are unemployed. The CPI inflation in Serbia is around 7%. Overall the Serbian economy is not very well off.
http://www.heritage.org/index/country/serbia
http://www.tradingeconomics.com/serbia/gdp
Serbia has its own language, Serbian. Serbia is mainly Christian Orthodox. The capital of Serbia is Belgrade. Belgrade is one of the oldest cities in Europe. Serbia is the largest exporter of raspberries. 95% of the top quality raspberries come from Serbia. Serbia and America have a Bilateral relationship. In 2012 the US leadership approval by Serbian is only 20% and around 57% disapproving of America’s leadership and leaving the rest uncertain.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serbia%E2%80%93United_States_relations
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