According to politicsezine, Croatia is bordered by six countries: Slovenia, Hungary, Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Albania. Slovenia is located to the north of Croatia and is known for its picturesque mountains and lakes. It is home to the Julian Alps and the Triglav National Park. To the northeast of Croatia lies Hungary with its capital city Budapest. This country is known for its thermal springs that offer visitors…
Read MoreBrac, Croatia
According to a2zgov.com, Brac is one of the most beautiful islands in Croatia. There are many pine forests, vineyards and olive groves. They make amazing rosé wine and cook extraordinary fish and seafood dishes. There are two well-known resort towns on the island with a good hotel base – Supetar and Bol. The first one is popular due to its medieval buildings and convenient communication with the mainland. How to…
Read MoreHow to Get to Marmaris, Turkey
The easiest way to get to the most “European” resort of Turkey is through Dalaman – the airport of this resort is located about 109 km from Marmaris. Buses regularly depart directly from the airport to the city, the journey takes only 1.5 hours. Those who want to plunge into the sea quickly can take a taxi: a little over an hour to go. But it is more expensive, and…
Read MoreBeaches and Treatment in Odessa, Ukraine
Beaches Odessa is full of original charm and attractiveness, but it can hardly be imagined without long sandy beaches. In total, about 30 km of a coastline equipped for swimming with a smooth entrance to the water, developed infrastructure, an abundance of cafes, restaurants and themed entertainment stretches along the city and its outskirts. Check Topschoolsintheusa to learn more about Ukraine. The beaches of Odessa are good both for sunbathing and…
Read MoreAlbania Modern History
Albania is a country located in Southern Europe. With the capital city of Tirana, Albania has a population of 2,877,808 based on a recent census from COUNTRYAAH. After World War II, Albania developed into a fierce communist and atheist dictatorship, where thousands of “class enemies” were executed in Europe’s most isolated country. Dictator Enver Hoxha died in 1985, and a cautious reform policy led to free elections in 1991. Economic…
Read MoreAndorra Modern History
Andorra is a country located in Southern Europe. With the capital city of Andorra, Andorra has a population of 77,276 based on a recent census from COUNTRYAAH. After World War II, the Principality of Andorra entered a period of strong economic growth. From 1970, women, people between the ages of 21 and 25, and second-generation Andorran were also granted the right to vote. In 1985, the voting age was lowered…
Read MoreAustria Modern History
Austria is a country located in Western Europe. With the capital city of Vienna, Austria has a population of 9,006,409 based on a recent census from COUNTRYAAH. Ten years after the end of the Second World War, the Allies agreed to cancel the occupation of Austria. Until 1966, the country was ruled by a coalition between the bourgeois People’s Party (ÖVP) and the Socialist Party (SPÖ). In the new election…
Read MoreBelarus Modern History
Belarus is a country located in Eastern Europe. With the capital city of Minsk, Belarus has a population of 9,449,334 based on a recent census from COUNTRYAAH. Belarus (Belarus) became an independent nation in connection with the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. Independence was followed by an economic downturn, which contributed to the Russian-friendly former communist pump Aleksandr Lukashenko winning the presidential elections in 1994. He quickly gathered…
Read MoreBelgium Modern History
Belgium is a country located in Western Europe. With the capital city of Brussels, Belgium has a population of 11,589,634 based on a recent census from COUNTRYAAH. After World War II, it was clear that political and economic power had shifted, from Wallonia to Flanders. Growing nationalist trends and economic crisis led to ever greater contradictions between the regions. The split made an impression by the fact that more and…
Read MoreBosnia and Herzegovina Modern History
Bosnia and Herzegovina is a country located in Southern Europe. With the capital city of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina has a population of 3,280,830 based on a recent census from COUNTRYAAH. After World War II, Bosnia became one of six sub-republics in Socialist Yugoslavia. The country was largely Tito’s construction hero, and after his death in 1980, nationalism was given new air. When Yugoslavia began to fall apart, Bosniaks and…
Read MoreBulgaria Modern History
Bulgaria is a country located in Eastern Europe. With the capital city of Sofia, Bulgaria has a population of 6,948,456 based on a recent census from COUNTRYAAH. After World War II, the monarchy was abandoned and Bulgaria became a Communist one-party state. The country cooperated closely with the Soviet Union. When Communism collapsed in Central and Eastern Europe 1989-1881, multi-party was held. A period of social and political unrest followed,…
Read MoreCroatia Modern History
Croatia is a country located in Southern Europe. With the capital city of Zagreb, Croatia has a population of 4,105,278 based on a recent census from COUNTRYAAH. After the end of World War II, Croatia became one of six sub-republics in Communist Yugoslavia. As the federation began to crack in the throes, nationalism was given new leeway. The Nationalist Party HDZ came to power in 1990 and the following year…
Read MoreCyprus Modern History
Cyprus is a country located in Western Asia. With the capital city of Nicosia, Cyprus has a population of 1,207,370 based on a recent census from COUNTRYAAH. The modern history of Cyprus has been characterized by contradictions between the island’s two major ethnic groups: Greek and Turkish Cypriots. In 1974, a Greek-initiated coup led to Turkey invading the northern part of the island, and in practice Cyprus was divided into…
Read MoreCzech Republic Modern History
Czech Republic is a country located in Eastern Europe. With the capital city of Prague, Czech Republic has a population of 10,708,992 based on a recent census from COUNTRYAAH. After World War II, the Communists took over power in Czechoslovakia and the country ended up in Moscow’s sphere of interest. When Czechoslovakia began to loosen up the hard rule in 1968, the Warsaw Pact entered the country with troops. After…
Read MoreDenmark Modern History
Denmark is a country located in Northern Europe. With the capital city of Copenhagen, Denmark has a population of 5,792,213 based on a recent census from COUNTRYAAH. Although Denmark had not contributed so much to the victory over Nazi Germany in World War II, the country was still accepted, thanks to the efforts of the resistance movement, which allied with the victorious powers. Denmark could thus join the UN from…
Read MoreEstonia Modern History
Estonia is a country located in Northern Europe. With the capital city of Tallinn, Estonia has a population of 1,326,546 based on a recent census from COUNTRYAAH. The Soviet era (1944–1991) meant severe repression and astonishment of Estonia. When the pressure from Moscow eased from the mid-1980s, an Estonian national movement arose. In 1991, Estonia became independent from the Soviet Union. The 1990s were riddled with energy crises and difficult…
Read MoreFinland Modern History
Finland is a country located in Northern Europe. With the capital city of Helsinki, Finland has a population of 5,540,731 based on a recent census from COUNTRYAAH. After World War II, a peace treaty was concluded between Finland and the Soviet Union in Paris in 1947. In it, the borders of the Winter War 1940 were restored, which meant that Finland lost about eleven percent of its area when, for…
Read MoreFrance Modern History
France is a country located in Western Europe. With the capital city of Paris, France has a population of 65,273,522 based on a recent census from COUNTRYAAH. Political instability and a disintegrating colonial rule led to the return of war hero Charles de Gaulle in 1958 as leader. The 1960s were financially successful but were characterized by social upheaval and revolt. During the 1970s, the economy was hit by a…
Read MoreGermany Modern History
Germany is a country located in Western Europe. With the capital city of Berlin, Germany has a population of 83,783,953 based on a recent census from COUNTRYAAH. After the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II in 1945, Germany and Berlin were divided into four occupation zones. Of the American, British and French zones, West Germany was formed in 1949, while the Soviet occupation zone became East Germany. West…
Read MoreGreece Modern History
Greece is a country located in Southern Europe. With the capital city of Athens, Greece has a population of 10,423,065 based on a recent census from COUNTRYAAH. The bourgeois government returned from exile after the Second World War. The contradictions to the communist resistance movement EAM were great and led to civil war. With American support for the government side, the EAM was defeated in 1949, after Yugoslavia, after its…
Read MoreVatican City Modern History
Holy See is a country located in Southern Europe. With the capital city of Vatican City, Holy See has a population of 812 based on a recent census from COUNTRYAAH. During World War II, Rome was occupied by Nazi Germany from 1943 and by the Allies from 1944, but the Vatican City was not occupied. The Pope declared the Vatican officially neutral and seemed to prevent Rome from being bombed.…
Read MoreHungary Modern History
Hungary is a country located in Eastern Europe. With the capital city of Budapest, Hungary has a population of 9,660,362 based on a recent census from COUNTRYAAH. In communist-controlled Hungary, a people revolt erupted in 1956, but it was defeated by the Soviet military and followed by a harsh and Moscow regime. Many fled the country, but gradually the demands for reform grew. Since Hungary abolished the Communist Empire in…
Read MoreIceland Modern History
Iceland is a country located in Northern Europe. With the capital city of Reykjavik, Iceland has a population of 341,254 based on a recent census from COUNTRYAAH. In 1944, when World War II was still going on, Iceland became a republic by dissolving a union with Denmark. After the end of the war, the United States had to maintain its air base at Keflavík in exchange for taking responsibility for…
Read MoreIreland Modern History
Ireland is a country located in Northern Europe. With the capital city of Dublin, Ireland has a population of 4,937,797 based on a recent census from COUNTRYAAH. From the 1920s onwards, Ireland continued its liberation from Britain. Politics was dominated by two bourgeois parties and the Catholic Church maintained its grip on society. The situation in Northern Ireland, where the British had retained power, created new tensions for Britain. The…
Read MoreItaly Modern History
Italy is a country located in Southern Europe. With the capital city of Rome, Italy has a population of 60,461,837 based on a recent census from COUNTRYAAH. After World War II ended, King Viktor Emanuel III abdicated in 1946 in favor of his son Umberto II. After a referendum given to the supporters of the republic’s majority, the king left Italy, which was proclaimed republic in June 1946. Italy chose…
Read MoreKosovo Modern History
Kosovo is a country located in Eastern Europe. With the capital city of Pristina, Kosovo has a population of 1,810,377 based on a recent census from COUNTRYAAH. Kosovo was a self-governing province within Serbia in Yugoslavia from the end of the Second World War, but self-government was abolished in the early 1990s. Kosovo Albanian guerrillas took up a fight against the Serbian regime, and in 1998 war broke out. The…
Read MoreLatvia Modern History
Latvia is a country located in Northern Europe. With the capital city of Riga, Latvia has a population of 1,886,209 based on a recent census from COUNTRYAAH. The Soviet era brought a severe political repression. When it eased in the 1980s, a people front was formed that demanded independence, multi-party systems and market economy. In 1990, the popular front won the elections and declared Latvia independently, which was recognized by…
Read MoreLiechtenstein Modern History
Liechtenstein is a country located in Western Europe. With the capital city of Vaduz, Liechtenstein has a population of 38,139 based on a recent census from COUNTRYAAH. During the post-war period, Liechtenstein has developed from an agricultural nation to a prosperous industry and an important financial center. Politics has been completely dominated by two bourgeois parties that have generally formed coalition governments. For more than four decades, the Progressive Citizens’…
Read MoreLithuania Modern History
Lithuania is a country located in Northern Europe. With the capital city of Vilnius, Lithuania has a population of 2,722,300 based on a recent census from COUNTRYAAH. The political repression during the Soviet era (1944–1990) created a strong national resistance in Lithuania. In the late 1980s, the Lithuanian Communist leaders broke with the mother party in Moscow. Lithuania became the first of the Soviet sub-republics in 1990 to declare independence…
Read MoreLuxembourg Modern History
Luxembourg is a country located in Western Europe. With the capital city of Luxembourg, Luxembourg has a population of 625,989 based on a recent census from COUNTRYAAH. In the early 1900s, Luxembourg developed from a poor agricultural nation to an industrial nation with the steel as its base. During the second half of the century, the country was transformed into one of the world’s most important financial centers with very…
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