Serbia is a European country.
Serbia ( [ ˈsɜrbiə ] , Србија / Srbija , [ sř̩bija ] ) , officially the Republic of Serbia ( Република Србија / Republika Srbija ) , is a landlocked sovereign state situated at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe , covering the southern part of the Pannonian Plain and the central Balkans . Serbia numbers around 7 million residents ; its capital , Belgrade , ranks among the oldest and largest cities in Southeast Europe . Serbia is a member of numerous organizations such as the UN , CoE , OSCE , PfP , BSEC , and CEFTA . An EU membership candidate since 2012 , Serbia has been negotiating its EU accession since January 2014 .