Balkan region: facts and figures

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Series Details Vol 6, No.27, 6.7.00, p13
Publication Date 06/07/2000
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Date: 06/07/2000

Bosnia-Herzegovina
Capital: Sarajevo
Three-man presidency: Alija Izetbegovic (Moslem); Ante Jelavic (Croat); Zivko Radisic (Serb)
Central government chairman: Spasoje Tusevljak
Population: 4.2 million
Gross domestic product: €4.297 billion
Bosnian Serb Republic
Capital: Sarajevo
President: Nikola Poplasen sacked March 1999; Vice-president took over presidency on 26 January 2000
Prime Minister: Milorad Dodik resigned March 1999, currently serving in caretaker capacity
Population: 1.7 million
Gross domestic product: €1.098 billion
Moslem-Croat Federation
Capital: Sarajevo
President: Ejup Ganic (Moslem)
Prime Minister: Edhem Bikakcic (Moslem)
Population: 2.5 million
Gross domestic product: €3.2 billion
Croatia
Capital: Zagreb
President: Stipe Mesic
Prime Minister: Ivica Racan
Government: Social Democratic Party (SDP), Croatian Social Liberal Party (HSLS)
Population: 4.6 million (mid-1998)
Gross domestic product: €21.8 billion
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Capital: Belgrade
President: Slobodan Milosevic
Prime Minister: Momir Bulatovic
Government: Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS);
Serbian Radical Party (SRS); Socialist People's Party (SPP); Serbian People's Party (XND)
Population: 10.7 million
Gross domestic product: €17.4 billion
Serbia
Capital: Belgrade
President: Milan Milutinovic
Prime Minister: Mirko Marjanovic
Government: Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS);
Serbian Radical Party (SRS); Yugoslav Left (JUL); non-partisan
Population: 8 million
Gross domestic product: €16.5 billion
Montenegro
Capital: Podgorica
President: Milo Djukanovic
Prime Minister: Filip Vujanovic
Population: 760,000
Gross domestic product: €0.876 billion
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Capital: Skopje
President: Boris Trajkovski
Prime Minister: Ljubco Georgievski
Government: Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organisation (VMRO-DPMNE); Democratic Alliance (DA); Democratic Party of Albania (DPA)
Population: 2 million (1998)
Gross domestic product: €3.7 billion
Albania
Capital: Tirana
President: Rexhep Meidani
Prime Minister: Ilir Meta
Government: Socialist Party (SP); Social Democratic Party (SDP); Democratic Alliance Party (DAP); Human Rights Union Party (HRUP); Agrarian Party (AP); Independent
Population: 3.4 million (mid-1998)
Gross domestic product: €3.2 billion
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