Austria–Serbia relations

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Austrian-Serbian relations
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Foreign relations exist between Austria and Serbia and their predecessor states. Austria has an embassy in Belgrade. Serbia has an embassy in Vienna and a general consulate in Salzburg. Austria is a European Union member and Serbia is a European Union candidate.

History

The history of relations between the two countries goes back to the

Habsburg-occupied Serbia (1788–92)
.

Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie were assassinated by Gavrilo Princip ( Domenica del Corriere, 12 July 1914)

Foreign relations, as such, date from the proclamation of the Austrian Empire in 1804 and the formation in 1817 of the Principality of Serbia, an autonomous state within the Ottoman Empire. The Habsburg recognized the independence of Serbia and established diplomatic relations in 1874, supported by the Treaty of Berlin (1878).

Hungarian suppression of Serbian revolts during the

Assassination of the Austrian Archduke, by a young Bosnian Serb, an opportunity for the Austro-Hungarian government to solve Slav nationalism.[2]

Following the July Crisis, Austro-Hungary launched three unsuccessful offensives to punish Serbia for allegedly supporting the assassins. In October 1915 with the help of German and Bulgarian forces, Serbia was finally conquered and divided into separate occupation zones. The northern three-quarters of Serbia was placed under a harsh Austro-Hungarian occupational regime until its liberation by allied forces in 1918.[3]

The First World War eventually destroyed the Austro-Hungarian Empire, leaving a shrunken

Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, later the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. Austria was eventually annexed by Germany in 1938, ending its separate foreign relations. During World War II, Serbian prisoners of war were among Allied POWs held in the Stalag XVII-A, Stalag XVII-B, Stalag XVIII-A, Stalag XVIII-B, Stalag 317/XVIII-C and Stalag 398 German POW camps and forced labour subcamps in German-annexed Austria.[4]

A number of Serb medical doctors and veterinarians got educated in Austria during the interwar period and earlier as well.[5]

Aleksandar Vučić, President of Serbia and Sebastian Kurz, Chancellor of Austria, in 2018.

Population

There are between 200,000 and 300,000 people of Serbian descent living in Austria.[6] There are also 3,000 Austrian expats in Serbia, making it home to the largest Austrian population in the Eastern European region (besides Romania).

Diplomacy

  • Serbia has an embassy in Vienna and a consulate-general in Salzburg
  • Austria has an embassy in Belgrade and a consulate-general in Niš
  • Austrian Embassy in Belgrade
    Austrian Embassy in Belgrade
  • Serbian embassy in Vienna
    Serbian embassy in Vienna

See also

References

  1. ISBN 978-1-317-03217-5
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  2. ISBN 978-1-134-85703-6
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  3. ISBN 978-1-55753-838-3
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  4. ISBN 978-0-253-06089-1
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  5. ISBN 86-7403-085-8
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  6. ^ 20 Minuten Online: Serben-Demo eskaliert in Wien

Further reading

  • Trivanovitch, Vaso. "Serbia, Russia, and Austria during the Rule of Milan Obrenovich, 1868-78" Journal of Modern History (1931) 3#3 pp. 414-440 online

External links

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