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About 1.1% of the Serbian population is atheist. Religiosity was lowest in Novi Beograd, with 3.5% of population being atheists (compare to whole of Belgrade's and Novi Sad's 1.5%) and highest in rural parts of the country, where atheism in most municipalities went below 0.01%.
Many Serbs were recruited ... This shift solidified the Christian Orthodox religion in Serbia. ... Djokovic is regarded by many to be the greatest men's tennis player ...
- 96,530 (2016)
- c. 15,000 (est.)
- c. 313,198 (people with full or partial ancestry)
- c. 70,000 (2001 est.)
Serbs in the Independent State of Croatia (NDH) experienced persecution at the hands of the Croatian ultra-nationalist, fascist Ustaše, who attempted to exterminate the Serb population in death camps. More than half a million Serbs were killed in the territory of Yugoslavia during World War II.
The Serbs accepted Christianity in the eighth and ninth centuries. Since then, the Serbian Eastern Orthodox Church and the Serbian nation have remained inseparable despite attempts by diverse enemies to destroy their religion and their nation. From the time of Tsar Dusan’s Great Serbia of the 14th century to the present Tito regime, Serbian ...
For many years a steady stream of migrants left marginal parts of Serbia to settle in Belgrade and other developed areas. According to the 1948 census, only one-fifth of Serbs were urban, but by the early 21st century more than half of Serbia’s population was city-dwelling. Nevertheless, truly urban settlements in Serbia are relatively few.
The Serb minority was deeply alarmed by Croatia’s new constitution (promulgated in December 1990), which omitted Serbs as a “constituent people,” and by the actions of the new government, which purged Serbs from public administration, especially the police. Serbs’ fears also were aroused by accusations, especially….
Serbs Face the Future. 1 of 18. Right-wing nationalist Serbs march in Belgrade under the banner of Radovan Karadzic, who is charged with war crimes. Today's Serbs are torn between a wish—rooted ...
