Denmark–Serbia relations are foreign relations between

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and

Serbia Serbia (, ; Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia ( Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin and the Balkans. It shares land borders with Hu ...

. Denmark has an embassy in

Belgrade Belgrade ( , ;, ; names in other languages) is the capital and largest city in Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers and the crossroads of the Pannonian Plain and the Balkan Peninsula. Nearly 1,166,763 mi ...

, and Serbia has an embassy in

Copenhagen Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan a ...

. In November 2010, speaker for the Danish parliament

Thor Pedersen Thor Pedersen (born 14 June 1945) is former member of Folketinget. He was representing the Liberal party, Venstre. He was Finance Minister from 27 November 2001 to 23 November 2007 as part of the Cabinets of Anders Fogh Rasmussen I and II. H ...

said that Denmark fully supported Serbia's efforts to join the EU, and that he was satisfied with Serbia's progress to that end. Both countries are members of the

Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) is the world's largest regional security-oriented intergovernmental organization with observer status at the United Nations. Its mandate includes issues such as arms control, pro ...

. In March 2016 Head of Embassy of Denmark in Serbia, Morten Skovgaard Hansen, said that ”Denmark very openly supports the progress and reforms made by Serbia.”

Trade and agreements

In 2004, trade turnover between Denmark and Serbia amounted $37 million. Carlsberg Srbija is a beer brewery in Serbia, owned by Danish

Carlsberg Group Carlsberg A/S (; ) is a Danish multinational brewer. Founded in 1847 by J. C. Jacobsen, the company's headquarters is in Copenhagen, Denmark. Since Jacobsen's death in 1887, the majority owner of the company has been the Carlsberg Foundation. T ...

since 2003. It is known by its signature brand

Lav pivo Lav pivo ( sr-cyr, Лав пиво) is a Serbian beer brand. Produced and bottled by Carlsberg Srbija in the town of Čelarevo (Bačka Palanka municipality), it has the second-biggest market share among the beer brands in Serbia, behind their riva ...

. On February 11, 2012, Denmark & Serbia signed a 9-million-euro agreement for the production of fruit. Also, according to a Danish ambassador, Serbia is already an important producer of berries. A rising number of Danish companies such as Grundfos and Ergomade have set up production facilities in Serbia to take advantage of the cheap salaries and shutting down the more expensive Danish domestic production. The Danish Embassy actively supports this outsourcing on the terms "that it is good for job creation in Serbia".

Cooperation

Danish cooperation assists Serbia with biomass,

biogas Biogas is a mixture of gases, primarily consisting of methane, carbon dioxide and hydrogen sulphide, produced from raw materials such as agricultural waste, manure, municipal waste, plant material, sewage, green waste and food waste. It is a ...

, wind energy and agro industry. Serbia is Denmark's biggest military cooperation partner. The Embassy of Denmark, which since October 2015 has been directed by Head of Mission, Morten Skovgaard Hansen, also facilitated the visit of Serbian journalists to Denmark using public funds. Serbia ranks as having a "partly free" press.

Serbs in Denmark

Many Serbs are currently living in Denmark. Of the more famous ones can be mentioned Andrija Pavlovic and Aleksandar Jovanovic, both footballers at FC Copenhagen and Aarhus GF. Others cover the actors Dejan Curcic and Danica Curcic. As the financial situation is worsening for regular citizens in Serbia, more and more Serbs are leaving their homeland in search of better possibilities, including in Denmark. Despite these declining terms of living, the head of the Danish mission in Serbia, Morten Skovgaard Hansen, concluded, in a Newsweek interview in March 2016, that " e opening of the first chapters in December was an important step and a clear sign that Serbia is on the right track." When Danish police in September 2016 encountered the body parts of a deceased gang-member, a Serbian national was charged with murder. He still awaits his trial. Other Serbs under Danish police custody count Miodrag Jokic, Ranko Cesic and Radoslav Brdjanin, all of whom are serving sentences for war crimes committed during the breakup of Yugoslavia. Radovan Karadzic, Republika Srpska leader, who is now serving a 40-year sentence issued by the ICTY in Hague, studied psychiatry in Denmark in 1970.

Resident diplomatic missions

* Denmark has an embassy in

. * Serbia has an embassy in

. File:Svanevænget.jpg, Embassy of Serbia in Copenhagen

References

External links

Official Website of The Danish House in Serbia

Danish-Serbian.dk

Danish Cooperation with Serbia

Agreement between Denmark and Serbia on the facilitation of issuance of visas
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Bilateral relations of Serbia