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CYPRUS

Population : 1 300 000 people ,80%Greeks and 20% Turk.Density : 140,53 people/km2.Religions: Greek people are orthodoxies ,Turk people are Muslim and catholic .Languages: Greek and Turk and English .Something or someone famous : In the capital Nicosia there is a green line which separates thetown like in Berlin.Climate: Near Nicosia it is dry and Mediterranean everywhere in the island and the temperatureis between 18° and 30°, generally very hot and a little rainy .Money : Euro

Localization: Cyprus is an island in Mediterranean sea .At south of Turk and west of Syria.

Political system: Cyprus is a Republic with a President since 1960.The name of the President isMister Khristofias . In 1983 there was a claim of the Turk Republic for North Cyprus ,but othercountries of the world didn't accept .There are lots of warsbetween north and south because everybody wants the island.

Capital city: The capital city is Nicosia .Main cities: The main cities are Nicosia, Limas sol, Larnaka and Famagusta. There are not many big towns because it's a small country.

European union: Cyprus belongs to the European Union. Its date of entry in the European union is2004.Money : Euro

area: 9 251 km2Geography: Two mountains ranges near Nicosie, Troodos and Olympus 1953m .This island is between tectonics plates Africa and Eurasia and these mountains are of volcano origin .EconomyThere are lots of big ports .Around island Paphos ,Limassol and Larnaka.There are 19% with trees near mountains, but there are not many wild animals like wild sheep but now lots of migratory birds.The principal cultures are potatoes, grapes, lemons and cereals. The Cyprus people make breeding of pigs, donkeys, horses, sheep and they make cheese and yogurts. They fish sponges.

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Among Serbian celebrities, we know Nikola Karabatic a handball player, Bojan Krki is afootball player, Novak Đokovi is a tennis player, and Ana Koki is a singer and model.

A famous dish of Serbia : moussaka.

Political system: Democratic republicName of head: Boris TadicCapital city: Belgrad (« The white city »)Principal cities: Belgrad,Novi Sad and Niš

Population: - Numbers: 10 200 000 inhabitants- Language: The Serbian- Composition: Serbes: (89.48%) Bosniaques: (2.48%) Roms:(1.45%) Albanians: (1.10%) Valaques: (0.73%) Montenegrins: (0.61%) Yugoslavs: (0.56%)

Bulgarians: (0.34%) Macedonians: (0.26%) Croats: (0.26%)Religions: Orthodox majority, Muslim and Catholic minorities.

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European union: not yetCurrency: The Dinar

area: 88 621 square kilometersGeography: -Mountain: Djerovica Midzor Bratkov Peak -rivers: Danube, Sava and Tis -frontiers: Bulgaria, Macedonia, Montenegro, Bosnia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania

Malta

Localisation: Cyprus is an island in Mediterranean sea .At south of Turk and west of Syria.

Political system: republicHead of state: Mr Eddie Fenech Adami

Capital city: The capital city ValettaPopulation : 391 400 Languages: Maltese, English

European union: Cyprus belongs to the European Union. Its date of entry in the European union is2004.Money : Euro

area: 316 km2Climate: a hot and dry climate. Malta is located in the middle of la Mediterranean Sea and is constituted by two islands (Malta and Gozo).Economy:Agriculture and tourism.

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National holiday: June 7th - June 29th

Cultural interbreeding which meets in music. Local gastronomy influenced by the Sicilian kitchen and the pastries of Maghreb.

Culture and traditions: Cultural Interbreeding which meets in music. Local gastronomyinfluenced by the Sicilian kitchen and the pastries of Maghreb.

HYMNE NATIONAL MALTAISLil din l-Art helwa, l-Omm li tatna isimha, Hares Mulej, kif dejjem Int harist; Ftakar li lilha bl-ohla dawl libbist. Aghti kbir Alla, id-deh’n lil min jahkimha; Rodd il-hniena lis-sid, sahha ’l-haddiem; Seddaq il-ghaqda fil-Maltin u s-sliem.

À cette douce terre, la mère qui nous a donné son nom, Protège-la, seigneur, comme tu as toujours fait ;

Rappelle-toi que tu l'as embellie avec la plus haute grâce.

Accorde, mon Dieu, de la sagesse à ceux qui la gouvernent ;

Rends l'indulgence aux maîtres, et la force aux travailleurs ;

Assure l'unité entre les Maltais et la paix.

Denmark

Population : 5 432 335 inhabitants language: DanishComposition: Danish

Localization: Cyprus is an island in Mediterranean sea .At south of Turk and west of Syria.

Political system: Parliamentary monarchyName of head : Margrethe 2

Capital city: CopenhagenMain cities : Copenhagen, Arhus, Odense, Aalborg, Frederiksberg.

European union: Denmark is in the European UnionCurrency : Euro

area: .Total: 43 094 km 2 .Water: 1,6 %Geography: Danemark hasn’t got any mountains and it has got 39 rivers..Economy

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Something or someone famous: Hans Christian Andersen is famous for his tales.National anthem: Der er et yndigt landNational celebrations: 5th June

Sweden

Political system• Constitutional Monarchy• Name of Head:Charles XVI

Geographic dataSurface: 441 369 km2landscape: mountains Akka, Scandinavian Alpes, helagsfjället, Kebnekaise,Tunturirivers: vindel, lais

Capital city :Stockholm• Main cities: Malmö, Göteborg

European Union:Yes ; date of entry:1995Currency :Crown

Population-number: 9 223 766-language: Swedish-religions: Catholicism, Islam

Austria

Austria is a Republic. The name of the head is Heinz Fischer.The capital of Austria is Vienna and the main cities of Austria are Vienne, Graz, Linz... Austria has been in the European Union since 1986.The currency in Austria is the euro.The surface in Austria is 83 858 km2. Austria is a country full ofmountains, Its longest river is the Danube.The population in Austria is 8 292 322 inhabitants.In Austria they speak German. The religion in Austria is Catholicism.

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ESTONIA

Capital city: Tallinn. The main cities are: Tallinn (400 378 inhabitants), Tartu (101 169 inhabitants), Narva (74 572 inhabitants), Pärnu (51 927 inhabitants).

Estonian crowns: Estonian euro

Political system: Estonia has been a parliamentary democracy since the reestablishment of independence in 1991. The mandate of the president de laRepublic is of 5 years. He is elected in the first turn of polls by Riigikogu(Parliament) if he acquires the majority of the two thirds, and in the second turn, ifnecessary by an electoral secondary school composed of the 101 deputies of theRiigikogu and a number of local elected representatives defined on every newelection. His main principal task is to name the Prime minister who must acquirethe trust of Riigikogu.

area, geography and borders: with an area (45 227 km ²) Estonia is the most northern of Baltic countries, broadly opened on the West onthe Baltic Sea, in the north on the gulf of Finland (3 794 km of coasts), edged at the end of Russia (294 km border) and in the south la Latvia (frontier of 339 km). Estonia is a country of marshy low lands.Inundations regularly take place in spring. The country does not count permanentagrarian cultures .

48 % of the country are constituted of wood and forests, the taiga and 13 % of marshes with peat. Estonia counts also more than 1400 lakes.

Estonia has a big number of lakes and about 150 rivers. Climax is Suur Munamagi, located in the Southeast ofthe country.

European Union: Yes, The date of entry is on 1 may in 2004.

Currency: The national currency is the Estonian crown (eesti kroon; internationalabbreviation EEK), introduced in June, 1992 with fixed parity against the Germanmark (1 DEM = 8 EEK), linked to the euro since 1999.

Population in 2004 1 351 000 inhabitants. Demography is marked by a sensitive loss of population since the end of 1990s with the departure of a party of the Soviet population, as in the other Baltic countries, but especially because of a very weak fecundity (1,37 child/woman in 2000).

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Someone or something famousThe cyclist Jaan Kirsipuu won a lot of stages of the Tour de France.

In winter sports the Estonian athletes are very productive (1 gold medal, 1 of silver and 1 in bronze at Salt Lake City Olympic games in 2002 and 3 gold medals at the Olympic Games of Turin in 2006.)

languages are part of the finno-ugric family which includes the same languages (linguistic Lapland). Estonia is wrongly called a Baltic country while the Estonians do not speak a Balt language and are not of Baltic culture.

Religion: Estonia is a fennique country, as Finland or Karelia (Russia).

Portugal

The area of Portugal is 35,645 square miles (92,345 km2).

There are three importants rivers in Portugal: Mondego, Sado and Mira. The Atlantic Ocean borders the west coast of Portugal.

There are 10 627 250 inhabitants in Portugal.

The Portuguese practice the catholic religion.

The national anthem of Portugal is “A Portuguesa”.

Portugal is a country in the south-west of Europe and west of Spain.The capital city of Portugal is Lisbon and the official language is Portuguese.

The inhabitants of Portugal have a president (Anîbal cavaco silva). Portugal entered the European Union in 1986 and its currency is the EURO.

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BELGIUM

Its area is 30 528 km². In the North West there is Sea of North. There is the Ardennes too.

There are 10, 5 millions inhabitants. The inhabitants are Flemish, Walloon, German and other so they speak Dutch, French and German.

They practise the following religions : Catholicism, the Jewish religion and Protestantism.

The flag of Belgium is black, yellow and red

Belgium has a King so it’s a monarchy. The name of the King is Albert II. Albert II was born in 1934 and he has been a King since 1993.

The capital of the Belgium is Brussels but there are the mains cities too:Antwerpen, Gent, Charleroi, Luik, Bruge, Namen.

Belgium entered the European Union in 1957.

Ireland 

Capital city: Dublin - Mains Cities: Oxford, Cork and Galway

-Geography: sea and plain

Date of entry in E.U: 1937Currency: Euro (€)

Political system parliamentary democracy

-Name of head: Mary McAleese

Superficy: 70 200 km2

Population *number: 4 150 000 *Composition:

*Languages: English, Gaelic *religion: ChristianitySomething or someone famous: St Patrick

ICELAND

Sport is an important part of the Icelandic culture. The main traditional sport in Iceland is Glíma, a form of wrestling thought to have originated in medieval times.Popular sports are football, track and field, handball and basketball. Handball is often referred to as a national sport, Iceland's team is one of the top-ranked teams in the world and Icelandic women are surprisingly good at football relative to the size of the country, the national team ranked 19th by FIFA. Iceland has excellent conditions for ice and rock climbing, although mountain climbing and hiking is preferred by the general public. Iceland is also a world class destination for alpine ski touring and Telemark skiing with the Troll Peninsula in Northern Iceland being the center of activity. Iceland also has the most Strongman competition wins.

Iceland is a representative democracy and a parliamentary republic.

The current president is Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, but the head is the prime minister Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir.

There are 319,442 inhabitants in Iceland. Iceland's official written and spoken language is icelandic, but English and Danish are widely spoken.

The icelandic religions are divised as :80.7% members of the National Church of Iceland. 6.2% members of unregistered religious organisations or with no specified religious affiliation. 4.9% members of the Free Lutheran Churches of Reykjavík and Hafnarfjörður. 2.8% not members of any religious group. 2.5% members of the Roman Catholic Church, which has a Diocese of Reykjavík

The capital of Iceland is Reykjavík.

The national currency is the Icelandic króna (ISK).

The area of Iceland 101,826km². 62.7% is tundra. Lakes and glaciers cover 14.3%; only 23% is vegetated.

The political system of the United Kingdom

The UK is a parliamentary monarchy, so there is a king or a queen. But the head of the country is a prime minister. The current prime minister is Gordon Brown.

He has the support of the House Of Commons. The House Of Commons is equal to our Parliament.List of UK’s kings and queens since 1901:Edouard VII : 1901-1910George V : 1910-1936Edouard VIII : 1936George VI : 1936-1952Elisabeth II : 1952-...Nowadays, the Queen can give her opinion on some subjects, but she has no political power. She has mostly a historical role.

Population * 59 616 290 inhabitants * Language : Italian * Composition : ?

Religions : crystianity

ItalyPolitical system : Republic

Name of head : Giorgio Napolitano

Capital city : Rome

Main cities : 1: Rome, 2: Milan, 3: Naples

European Union ? yes, date of entry : 25 March 1957 Currency : Euro

Borders : France, Austria, Switzerland and Slovenia

area : 301 230 km²Geography (mountains, rivers, …) : Mountains at middle (2500 m) and trays

Something or someone famous : Pasta, Georgio Armani, Vatican, Ferrari (Enzo Ferrari)

SUISSELangues officielles :allemand, français, italien, romanche. Capitale :BernePlus grandes villes :Zurich, Genève, Bâle, Lausanne, BerneSuperficie :Totale : 41 285 km²/France : 675 417km²Population - Totale (2009) : 7,739,100hab/France : 65 073 482hab. - Densité : 181,87 hab/km/France : 96,3hab./km²Monnaie :Franc suisse.Personne célèbre :Roger Federer,Alexander freiLa Suisse est connu pour ses banques et ses montres(Rolex)La Suisse a un climat continental(grosse différence de climat en hiver et en été) car elle est en altitude.La Suisse est formée de 23 cantons(département)Pendant la 1er et 2ème guerre mondial la Suisse est réstée neutre.

La Croatie

I ) Political system : Name of head : Presidential RepublicCapital city : Zagreb Main cities : Split, Rijeka, Zadar, Osijek, Karlovac.European Union ? NoCurrency : KunaII) Geografie :Superficy : 56 538 km 2Border : Bosnia, Slovénia, Hugray, Serbia.Relief : Of plains, hills and lakes in the North of the country. Some monagneuses zones and the Adriatic Sea.III) Population :Number : 4 464 000Composition : Croats (78 %), Serbs (12 %), Bosnians (0,90 %), Italians (0,44 %), Hungarian (0,37 %), Albanian (0,34 %), Slovenes (0,30 %).Religions : Catholics, Orthodoxes, Muslims, Greco-orthodox, Protestant.Language : Croat.IV) Somethings or someone famous :Famous personnality : Blanka Vlasic (She is champoinne of the world 2009 of the high jump) She borned on November 8th, 1983 in Split.

Blanka Vlasic

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FINLAND

1 ) His political system is republic .Her capital is HELSINKI.The name of the president is Tarja HALONEN, she is a woman.Mains cities, there are Oulu and Rovaniemi and Turku. She enter’s in the EU in 1995.The currency is Euro.2) Her superficy is of 338 145 km2.She has got lots of mountains(the Mont Halti of 1328 metre )and lots of rivers(Saimaa).3) Her population is of 5 279 228 peoples .The religion is protestant.The language is Finnish and the Swedish.4) People famous : - Matti VANHANEN the first minister:- Renny HARLIN the director and productor-Jean SIBELIUS is a musician.

The Czech Republic

système politique : république parlementaireprésident : Václav Klauscapitale : Praguevilles importantes : Prague, Plzen, Brno, Olomouc, Ostravadate d’entrée dans l’UE : 2004monnaie : Couronne Tchèquesuperficie : 78 864 km2géographie : montagnesnombre d’habitants : 10 260 000 habitants (2008)composition : Tchèques 90,4% ; Moraves 3,7% ; Slovaques 1,9% ; Autres 4%langues : Tchèque et langues Slavesreligions : Catholiques Romains 25% ; Catholiques Orthodoxes et Protestants 15% ; aucune religion 60%personnages célèbres : Franz Kafka (écrivain), Vaclav Havel (homme politique), Antonin Dvorak (compositeur)

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UKRAINE

population : - number : 46 200 000 residents - composition : Ukrainian, Russian - language : Ukrainian

religions : Ukrainian Orthodox 50,4% Ukrainian Catholic 8% Protestant 2,2% Other 3,2% famous people : - Ivan Hryhorovych is a Ukrainian architect in the XVIII century. - Andriy Shevchenko is a Ukrainian footballer. - Andy Warhol is a Ukrainian artist.

borders : Romania, Russian, Belorussia, Poland, Moldavia

area 603 700 km2

geography : Black Sea, Carpathian mountains, Danube

European union : no

political system : democracy

name of head : Viktor Yushchenko

capital city : Kiev

-main cities : Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Odessa

• The capital city is Riga. There is a president, His name is

Valdis Zatlers.

•The main cities are Riga ( capital city ), Cesis and

Daugavpils.

• The area is 64 000 km². There are lots of lakes and

beaches. The longest river in Lettonia is the Daugava.

• There are 2 245 423 million people, There are Russians

and Latvians. They speak usually the Lettvian. People are

Christians and muslims.

• It's a «  Freedom Monument ». It's in Riga ( capital city ).

Letonia

The Flag of Lettonia.Lettonie is in the European Union, it joined it in

2004. Their currency is the last

Political system : federal republic

Chancelor's name : Angela Merkel. Capital city : Berlinmain cities : Hambourg, Munich, Francfort…Date of entry in the EU: 19511.Superficy : 347 046 km²Population : 82 046 000 d’habitantslandscape : Le Nord est occupé par une plaine aux paysages monotones, le centre par des montagnes d'altitudes peu élevées, le sud par un bassin et par le massif alpin. Le pays est bordé au Nord-ouest par la mer du Nord et au Nord-est par la mer Baltique.Langues : Allemand, Anglais, Suédois, Néerlandais.2.Célébrités : Karl Lagerfield, Albert Einsten, Ayo, Mickaël ShumacherJuliette Lucas. 4ème F

Germany

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*political system : parliamentary republic

*name of head : Václav Klaus

*capital city : Prague

*main cities : Prague, Plzen, Brno, Olomouc, Ostrava

*date of entry in European Union : 2004

*currency : Czech Crown

*area : 78 864 km2

*geography : mountains

*number of inhabitants : 10 260 000 inhabitants (2008)

*composition : Czechs 90,4% ; Moraves 3,7% ; Slovaques

1,9% ; Other 4%

*languages : Czech and Slavs languages

*religions : Romans Catholics 25% ; Orthodox Catholics and

Protestants 15% ; no religion 60%

*famous people : Franz Kafka (writer), Vaclav Havel (politician),

Antonin Dvorak (composer)

The Czech Republic

Montenegro In blue, they is the borders of Montenegro(map)The President is Filip Vujanović. The currency is the euro.The capital is PodgoricaThe surface of the country is of thirteen miles eight hundreds and twelve kilometers.The population (in 2008) with total is six hundred seventy-eight miles hundred seventy-seven people.There is forty-four people square kilometer.This country doesn't in European union.The spoken language in Montenegro is the alternative iékavienne the Serbie one. The freedom fighters Montenegrins insist to call it Montenegrin.There are not many big cities.There are three all the same city which is rather important:Kotor and Niksic and Cetinje.Montenegro is independent since June three of 2006.There are several kinds of people in Montenegro, there is lesmonténégrin, the Serb ones, Albanian, the Bosnians and Croatian.There is a wall of mountain ,Montenegro has some natural cavities and there are plains.There are three religions important: there are orthodoxe Christians, the catholic Christians And Moslems.Montenegro is a parliamentary republic, where the First Minister is the President of the country.Here two famous people of Montenegro: there are Mirko Vucinic, football player and there is Michel of Montenegro, he announce the new Royaume of Montenegro.

Here it is Mirko Vucinic

Political system : République parlementaire

Name of head : Lech Kaczynski

Capital city : Varsovie

Main cities : Cracovie, Wroclaw, Poznan, Gdansk.

Currendy : Zloty

Superficy : 312 685 km²

Geographie (mountains, rivers ) : Plus de 10 000 lacs de plus d’un hectare. 21

montagnes de plus de 2000 mètres. Et 1 désert de 32 km².

Population : 38,12 millions

Language : Polonais

Densité : 123,5 hab. par km²

Religions : Christianisme

Something or someone famous : Wojcioch Kilar, compositeur. Skolimowska Kamila,

championne olympique du lancer de marteau. Agnieszka Rylik, championne de boxe.

PolandEuropean Union : Entry in E.U. in 2004

Political system : /

Name of head :José Luis Rodriguez Zapatero.

Capital city: Madrid.

Main cities: Madrid, Barcelone, Valence, Seville, Malaga.

European Union :1986

Currency : Euro

Superficy : 505 997 Km²

Geography : Spain occupies the greater part of the Iberian peninsula it shares with Portugal. major

mountain system is the mountain chain elongated and narrow; Several rivers across Spain,there are

and there are many reliefs.

Population : -45.85 millions hab

-92.43 hab/km²

- Spanish

Religions : 80% Catholic, 17% Atheists , 3% other religions.

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