nt:
$2 billion pledged in 2001 to Serbia and Montenegro (disbursements
to follow over several years; some aid pledged by EU and US has been
placed on hold because of lack of cooperation by Serbia in handing
over General Ratko MLADIC to the criminal court in The Hague)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$14.22 billion (2007 est.)
Debt - external:
$26.24 billion (includes debt for Montenegro and Kosovo) (2007 est.)
Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:
$11.95 billion (2006 est.)
Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad:
$NA
Market value of publicly traded shares:
$5.409 billion (2005)
Currency (code):
Serbian dinar (RSD)
Exchange rates:
Serbian dinars (RSD) per US dollar - 54.5 (2007), 59.98 (2006)
Communications
Serbia
Telephones - main lines in use:
2.993 million (2007)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
8.453 million (2007)
Telephone system:
general assessment: modernization of the telecommunications network
has been slow as a result of damage stemming from the 1999 war and
transition to a competitive market-based system; network was only
65% digitalized in 2005
domestic: teledensity remains below the average for neighboring
states; GSM wireless service, available through multiple providers
with national coverage, is growing very rapidly; best
telecommunications service limited to urban centers
international: country code - 381
Radio broadcast stations:
153 (station types NA) (2001)
Internet country code:
.rs
Internet hosts:
NA
Internet users:
1.5 million (2007)
Transportation
Serbia
Airports:
39 (2007)
Airports - with paved runways:
total: 16
over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 4
1,524 to 2,437 m: 4
914 to 1,523 m: 2
under 914 m: 4 (2007)
Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 23
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 9
under 914 m: 12 (2007)
Heliports:
2 (2007)
Pipelines:
gas 1,921 km; oil 393 km (2007)
Railways:
total: 3,379 km
standard gauge: 3,379 km 1.435-m gauge (electrified 1,254 km) (2006)
Roadways:
total: 36,875 km
paved: 31,392 km
unpaved: 5,483 km
note: roadways in Kosovo listed separately (2006)
Waterways:
587 km (primarily on Danube and Sava rivers) (2005)
Military
Serbia
Military branches:
Serbian Armed Forces (Vojska Srbije, VS): Land Forces Command
(includes Riverine Component, consisting of a river fl
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