The Czech Republic became a separate state in 1993 after Czechoslovakia split into two countries. It is located in Central Europe. As of 2012, the most important sectors of the Czech Republic’s…
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Slovakia
Slovakia is located in eastern central Europe. It borders to the Czech Republic, Austria, Poland, Ukraine and Hungary. The northern half of the country includes the Carpathian Mountains and the High Tatras….
Ireland
Ireland is comprised of five-sixths of the island of Ireland. It is not to be mixed with or seen as the same country as Northern Ireland, which is a part of the…
Cyprus
Cyprus is the largest island in the eastern Mediterranean. However, it is the third smallest country in the EU. Cyprus joined the EU as a de facto divided island, nevertheless the whole…
Romania
Romania is dominated by the Carpathian mountains in the north and center of the country. Romania is located in southeast Europe, and in the south is the Danube valley pointing toward the…
Hungary
Hungary borders to seven countries: Slovakia, Romania, Croatia, Ukraine, Serbia, Slovenia and Austria. Hungary is mostly flat and with low mountains. As of 2012, the most important parts of Hungary’s economy were…
Croatia
Croatia has been an independent country since 1991. It borders to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia. It also has a coastline with the Adriatic Sea, where they have 1…
Portugal
On the western side of the Iberian Peninsula, we find Portugal. It is the country in Europe that is most to the west. Portugal has only one land border to the north…
Greece
Greece is located at the northeastern corner of the Mediterranean Sea. Its territory includes hundreds of islands in the Aegean, Ionian and Mediterranean seas, whereas only 227 of these islands are inhabited….
Germany
The country in EU with the largest population is Germany. It borders to many countries, such as Denmark to the north, Poland and the Czech Republic to the east, Austria and Switzerland…