Ukraine 2014
Ukraine is a large country located in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east and northeast, Belarus to the northwest, Poland, Slovakia and Hungary to the west, Romania and Moldova to...
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Turkey 2014
Turkey is a transcontinental country located in both Europe and Asia. It has a population of 82 million people and its official language is Turkish. Turkey has a rich and varied history, with influences...
Switzerland 2014
Yearbook 2014 Switzerland. Switzerland population in 2020 is estimated at 8,654,633. Two referendums on immigration were held during the year with conflicting results. In February, the issue concerned the reintroduction of quotas to prevent...
Sweden Automotive Industry
The automotive industry is an essential part of the engineering industry. By the middle of the 20th century, most types of transport equipment could be manufactured inland. The models were designed here, most components...
Spain 2014
Spain is a sovereign state located on the Iberian Peninsula in southwestern Europe. It is bordered by Portugal to the west, France and Andorra to the north, and Morocco to the south. Spain covers...
Slovenia 2014
Yearbook 2014 Slovenia. At a party congress in the largest government party in Positive Slovenia in April, the leader, Prime Minister Alenka Bratušek, was dismissed from the party leader post. As a result, the...
Slovakia 2014
Yearbook 2014 Slovakia. Slovakia population in 2020 is estimated at 5,459,653. Prime Minister Robert Fico decided to stand in this year’s presidential election and first looked like a winner in public opinion. But he...
Serbia 2014
Yearbook 2014 Serbia. Negotiations between the EU and Serbia on Serbian membership in the Union began formally in January. It was a symbolically important step towards integration in Europe, although it was expected to...
San Marino 2014
Yearbook 2014 San Marino. San Marino population in 2020 is estimated at 33,942. A former head of state and government, the doctor Pietro Berti, was sentenced in September to four years in prison for...
Russia 2014
Russia is a vast Eurasian country stretching from Eastern Europe to Northern Asia. It has the largest landmass of any country in the world, spanning 17 million square kilometers and 11 time zones. Russia...
Portugal 2014
Yearbook 2014 Portugal. Portugal population in 2020 is estimated at 10,196,720. Portuguese football legend Eusébio da Silva Ferreira died in January at the age of 71. Eusébio was one of the biggest football stars...
Poland 2014
Poland is a country located in Central Europe, bordered by Germany to the west, the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south, Ukraine and Belarus to the east, and Lithuania, Russia and Kaliningrad Oblast...
Norway 2014
Norway is a Nordic country located in Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden, Finland, and Russia to the east and the North Sea to the west. Norway has a total area of 385,252...
Northern Macedonia 2014
Yearbook 2014 Northern Macedonia (until 2019 Macedonia). Before the presidential election in April, disagreement within the government arose. North Macedonia population in 2020 is estimated at 2,083,385. The dominant right-wing party VMRO-DPMNE wanted incumbent...
Netherlands 2014
Yearbook 2014 Netherlands. Netherlands population in 2020 is estimated at 17,134,883. The Dutch UN intervention in Bosnia’s civil war in the 1990s continued to be dealt with in court. Relatives of three Muslims murdered...
Montenegro 2014
Yearbook 2014 Montenegro. During the year, the government received criticism from international lending institutions who considered that the country’s economy was threatened by plans to borrow just over a billion dollars. Montenegro population in...
Monaco 2014
Yearbook 2014 Monaco. In May, Prince Albert and his wife Charlene announced that they were expecting children. In December, twins Gabriella and Jacques were born. Monaco population in 2020 is estimated at 39,253. According...
Moldova 2014
Yearbook 2014 Moldova. Moldova population in 2020 is estimated at 4,033,974. The Ukraine crisis with the Russian annexation of the Crimean Peninsula put security policy pressure on Moldova from Moscow. The Transnistrian breakaway republic,...
Malta 2014
Yearbook 2014 Malta. Malta population in 2020 is estimated at 441,554. Malta was planning to start offering a limited number of Maltese passports to people unrelated to Malta who were willing to pay. However,...
Luxembourg 2014
Yearbook 2014 Luxembourg. A five-year deadlock in the EU was broken in March, when Prime Minister Xavier Bettel announced that Luxembourg and Austria were now prepared to join the EU savings directive aimed at...
Lithuania 2014
Lithuania is a small country located in Northern Europe. It borders the Baltic Sea, Latvia, Belarus, and Poland. It has a population of 2.9 million people and is the largest of the three Baltic...
Liechtenstein 2014
Yearbook 2014 Liechtenstein. Liechtenstein population in 2020 is estimated at 38,139. The government decided to shut down the principality’s only BB department since all gynecologists resigned at the same time. The doctors doubted the...
Latvia 2014
Yearbook 2014 Latvia. At the New Year, the government reached its major economic target as Latvia became the eighth member of the euro zone. But after cuts required for the euro entry, and in...
Kosovo 2014
Yearbook 2014 Kosovo. Kosovo population in 2020 is estimated at 1.8 million. political contradictions led to the formation of a new party in March by President Jakup Krasniqi and former Prime Minister Fatmir Limaj,...
Italy 2014
Yearbook 2014 Italy. In Italy, the year was completely marked by the country’s new prime minister, Matteo Renzi, who, with his 39 years, became Italy’s youngest head of government of all time – i.e....
Ireland 2014
Yearbook 2014 Ireland. Much indicated that Ireland’s economy was recovering. Among other things, the credit rating agency raised Moody’s Ireland’s credit rating at the beginning of the year, making it easier to borrow money...
Iceland 2014
Yearbook 2014 Iceland. The conflict around EU membership has grown since negotiations with the EU were canceled last year. In February, Prime Minister Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson declared that the coalition with the Independence Party...
Hungary 2014
Hungary is a landlocked nation located in Central Europe. It has a population of nearly 10 million people, and its capital and largest city is Budapest. Hungary’s official language is Hungarian, and other languages...
Greece 2014
Yearbook 2014 Greece. A weak recovery began after the six-year-long and very deep decline in Greece. A turning point came in April when, for the first time in four years, the government was able...
Germany 2014
Germany is a country located in Central Europe, bordered by nine other nations. It has a population of over 82 million and is the largest economy in Europe. Germany is a federal parliamentary republic,...
France 2014
France is a country located in Western Europe, and is the largest in the region. It borders Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Monaco, Andorra and Spain. It has a population of 66.99 million people...
Finland 2014
Yearbook 2014 Finland. Finland population in 2020 is estimated at 5,540,731. The Russian attack on Ukraine had repercussions in Finland, partly through a lively debate on NATO. However, Prime Minister Jyrki Katainen and President...
Faroe Islands 2014
Yearbook 2014 Faroe Islands. Faeroe Islands population in 2020 is estimated at 48,874. Negotiations for mackerel quotas in the North East Atlantic for 2014 broke down in March. The Faroe Islands and Iceland had...
Estonia 2014
Yearbook 2014 Estonia. The war between the Russian Federation and Ukraine cast its shadow over Estonia during the year. Otherwise, relations with the Kremlin started off well when Estonia’s foreign minister visited Moscow in...
Denmark 2014
Denmark is a Scandinavian country located in Northern Europe. It is bordered by Germany to the south, the Baltic Sea and Sweden to the east, and the North Sea to the west. The capital...
Czech Republic 2014
Yearbook 2014 Czech Republic. In January, three parties agreed to form a new government. The Social Democrats, the populist movement ANO (Disgruntled citizens’ action) and the Christian Democrats had then negotiated for over two...
Croatia 2014
Croatia is a country located in the Balkans region of Central and Southeastern Europe. It has a population of around 4.2 million people and covers an area of 56,594 square kilometres (21,851 square miles)....
Bulgaria 2014
Bulgaria is a small nation located in the southeastern part of Europe, bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, and the Black...
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2014
Yearbook 2014 Bosnia and Herzegovina. The worst unrest since the 1992-95 war shook Bosnia and Herzegovina in February. The unrest began in Tuzla, where workers protested against the privatization of state-owned enterprises. Concerns about...
Bordeaux Attractions and Tourist
Attractions in Bordeaux Bordeaux is a treasure trove of architecture. Spend time visiting the magnificent buildings and churches. Also remember that the nature around Bordeaux is an experience and attraction in itself, and a...