Serbia and Montenegro was a country in southeastern Europe, formed from two former republics of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY): Serbia and Montenegro. Following the breakup of Yugoslavia, it was established in 1992 as a federation called the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY; Serbian: Савезна Република Југославија, СРЈ; Savezna Republika Jugoslavija, SRJ). In 2003, it was reconstituted as a political union called the State ...
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Serbia and Montenegro was a country in southeastern Europe, formed from two former republics of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY): Serbia and Montenegro. Following the breakup of Yugoslavia, it was established in 1992 as a federation called the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY; Serbian: Савезна Република Југославија, СРЈ; Savezna Republika Jugoslavija, SRJ). In 2003, it was reconstituted as a political union called the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro (Serbian: Државна Заједница Србија и Црна Гора, СЦГ; Državna Zajednica Srbija i Crna Gora, SCG).
The FRY aspired to be a sole legal successor to the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, but those claims were opposed by other former republics. The United Nations also denied its request to automatically continue the membership of the former state. Eventually, after the overthrow of Slobodan Milošević from power as president of the federation in 2000, the country rescinded those aspirations and accepted the...
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