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Georgia
Georgia is a country in the Caucasus, at the meeting point of Eastern Europe and Western Asia, on the shores of the Black Sea between Russia and…
Cyprus
Cyprus is an island nation in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, the third largest island in that sea, lying south of Turkey and west of the Middle East.…
Malta
Malta is a tiny island nation in the heart of the Mediterranean Sea, lying just south of Sicily, one of the smallest and most densely populated…
Luxembourg
Luxembourg is a tiny landlocked country in western Europe, wedged between Belgium, France, and Germany, and one of the smallest and wealthiest…
Montenegro
Montenegro is a small country in the western Balkans of southeastern Europe, on the Adriatic Sea, whose name means Black Mountain. A land of dramatic…
North Macedonia
North Macedonia is a small, landlocked country in the central Balkans of southeastern Europe, a mountainous land of valleys, ancient lakes, and…
Albania
Albania is a country in the western Balkans of southeastern Europe, on the Adriatic and Ionian Seas across from the heel of Italy. A rugged,…
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina is a country in the western Balkans of southeastern Europe, a rugged, mountainous land at the meeting point of cultures and…
Moldova
Moldova is a small, landlocked country in Eastern Europe, set between Romania and Ukraine on the gentle, fertile plains between the Prut and Dniester…
Belarus
Belarus is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, a flat, forested land of marshes, rivers, and lakes lying between Russia and the European Union.…
Latvia
Latvia is the central of the three Baltic states, a country on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea, a flat, green, and heavily forested land of…
Estonia
Estonia is the northernmost of the three Baltic states, a small country on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea, just across the water from Finland. A…
Slovenia
Slovenia is a small country in Central Europe, set where the Alps, the Mediterranean, and the plains of the Danube basin meet. Despite its modest…
Lithuania
Lithuania is a country on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea, the largest and southernmost of the three Baltic states. A flat, forested land of…
Bulgaria
Bulgaria is a country in southeastern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula, stretching from mountains and river valleys to a coastline on the Black Sea.…
Slovakia
Slovakia is a landlocked country in Central Europe, a mountainous land of the Carpathians, dense forests, and hundreds of castles. For most of its…
Serbia
Serbia is a landlocked country in the central Balkans of southeastern Europe, where the great river Danube crosses the heart of the continent. A…
Croatia
Croatia is a country in southeastern Europe, curving around its neighbours in a crescent shape from the plains of the interior to a long, indented…
Iceland
Iceland is an island nation in the North Atlantic, near the Arctic Circle, a land of volcanoes, glaciers, geysers, and waterfalls perched on the…
Denmark
Denmark is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, a small kingdom made up of the Jutland peninsula reaching up from continental Europe and…
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