With its tormented recent history – the Milošović years, the bloody break-up of Yugoslavia, violence in Kosovo, UN sanctions, the 1999 NATO bombing campaign, the assassination of its prime minister, the ongoing search for indicted war criminals – Serbia has been cut off from the European mainstream for many years.
Asiņainā Dienvidslāvijas sašķelšanās, vardarbība Kosovā, ANO sankcijas, 1999. gada NATO bombardēšana, premjerministra noslepkavošana, kara noziegumu izmeklēšana — visi šie notikumi ilgus gadus nošķīra Serbiju no pārējās Eiropas.