Serbia has a history of violence but now Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic, speaking in Brussels, said, ‘We should not engage in conflicts and exchange of hard words, but make peace in the region.’ Serbia has roots of turmoil; World War I began when a Serbian nationalist assassinated Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand, leading to Austria's declaration of war against Serbia. Within months, much of Europe was at war. In 1998 the Yugoslav army and Serbian police began fighting against the separatist Kosovo Liberation Army. An estimated 1,000 Kosovars were killed in the fighting, and hundreds of thousands forced to flee their homes without adequate food and shelter. But nationalism and ethnic violence continued . In 2003 a new state was created, called Serbia and Montenegro. Today Serbia stands alone and separate from Montenegro and this week, after a meeting with Jean-Claude Juncker on Thursday, Vucic said the EC president ‘supports Serbia on its European path.’ See http://www.infoplease.com/country/serbia.html?pageno=1