Serbia and Montenegro gets international abbreviation
Agence France Presse - July 24, 2003

BELGRADE, July 24 - The International Standardization Organization has decided that SCG will be the new international abbreviation for Europe's newest state of Serbia and Montenegro, Tanjug news agency reported Thursday.

The abbreviation will officially be used for cars, currency and by sports teams at international competitions, Ljiljana Pavkovic-Bugarski of the National Standardization Bureau told the agency.

Instead of the acronym YU, used until now as the Internet abbreviation for Yugoslavia, the new one will be CS, coming from Crna Gora which is Montenegrin for 'Black Mountain', she added.

The numerical code 891 that is being used in electronic business will remain the same, Pavkovic-Bugarski said.

Serbia and Montenegro were the last two republics in the Yugoslav federation and they decided to stay in a loose union when Yugoslavia was officially disbanded earlier this year.

July 24, 2003 Thursday 11:57 AM Eastern Time

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