CIA World FactBook

The use of the name Crna Gora or Black Mountain (Montenegro) began in the 13th...

The Genoese built a fortress on the site of present-day Monaco in 1215. The current...

A large portion of present-day Moldovan territory became a province of the Russian Empire in...

With a civilization that dates back thousands of years, Malta boasts some of the oldest...

Founded in 963, Luxembourg became a grand duchy in 1815 and a constituent part of...

Lithuanian lands were united under MINDAUGAS in 1236; over the next century, Lithuania extended its...

The Principality of Liechtenstein was established within the Holy Roman Empire in 1719. Occupied by...

Several eastern Baltic tribes merged in medieval times to form the ethnic core of the...

The Ottoman Empire took control of Kosovo in 1389 after defeating Serbian forces. Large numbers...

Jersey and the other Channel Islands represent the last remnants of the medieval Duchy of...

This desolate, mountainous island in the Arctic Ocean was named after a Dutch whaling captain...