Is Serbia an EU candidate?

Serbia officially applied for European Union membership on 22 December 2009. Accession negotiations are currently ongoing. It is one of five current EU candidate countries, together with Albania, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Turkey.

Is Serbia a candidate country?

Albania, the Republic of North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Turkey are candidate countries.

Which countries are waiting to join the European Union?

Albania, Serbia, North Macedonia, and Montenegro are all candidate states, and all of them are in negotiations. Bosnia and Herzegovina has applied to join but is not yet recognised as a candidate while Kosovo, which declared independence in 2008, is not recognised by 4 EU states or by Serbia.

What does EU candidate status mean?

A country is deemed to be a candidate country when, having examined its application for EU membership, the EU Council formally recognises the country as candidate, thus granting the country candidate status.

Is Serbia Central Europe?

Usually the countries considered to be Central European are Austria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland; in the broader sense Romania and Serbia too, occasionally also Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg.

Is Serbia an European country?

Location: Serbia is a landlocked country in South East Europe which covers part of the Pannonian Plain and Central and Western Balkan Peninsula. It borders Hungary to the north, Romania and Bulgaria to the east, North Macedonia and Kosovo to the south, and Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro to the west.

Why is Norway not in the EU?

Norway has high GNP per capita, and would have to pay a high membership fee. The country has a limited amount of agriculture, and few underdeveloped areas, which means that Norway would receive little economic support from the EU.

Is Serbia considered Eastern Europe?

Eastern Europe is formed by countries with dominant Orthodox churches, like Armenia, Belarus, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Georgia, Greece, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Romania, Russia, Serbia, and Ukraine, for instance.