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Northern Serbia’s cross-border services triangle: How Sombor, Vrbas and Subotica are becoming an EU-facing outsourcing hub with strong Hungarian & Croatian market links

Northern Serbia is often viewed through the lens of agriculture, logistics, and food processing. But beneath this traditional profile lies a rapidly evolving service economy powered by Sombor, Vrbas and Subotica — three cities located at Serbia’s doorstep to the EU. With Hungary and Croatia minutes away, a multilingual workforce (Serbian–Hungarian–Croatian), strong industrial zones, and proximity to some of the EU’s most dynamic mid-sized manufacturing cities (Szeged, Pécs, Osijek, Baja, Kecskemét), this region is becoming a cross-border outsourcing corridor that blends: This article provides…