CIA World FactBook

France today is one of the most modern countries in the world and is a...

Finland was a province and then a grand duchy under Sweden from the 12th to...

The Faroe Islands were already populated by about A.D. 500, but whether the original settlers...

The European Union's (EU) evolution is unprecedented in history, transforming from a regional economic agreement...

After centuries of Danish, Swedish, German, and Russian rule, Estonia attained independence in 1918. Forcibly...

Once the seat of Viking raiders and later a major north European power, Denmark has...

At the close of World War I, the Czechs and Slovaks of the former Austro-Hungarian...

A former British colony, Cyprus became independent in 1960 after years of resistance to British...

The lands that today comprise Croatia were part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire until the end...

The Bulgars, a Central Asian Turkic tribe, merged with the local Slavic inhabitants in the...

After four centuries of Ottoman rule over Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria-Hungary took control in 1878...