They joined the EU in 2004 on the 1st of may. Since then they have been added to the list of EU countries.
No countries joined the EU in 2008. 10 countries joined in 2004. See the related question below.
It joined along with 9 other countries in May 2004.
No Eastern European countries were members of the European Union in 1993. The EU did not expand to the east until 2004 when nine Eastern European countries (with one Western European nation) joined the EU.
Actually, it was in 2004. The following countries joined the EU.CyprusCzech RepublicHungaryEstoniaLatviaLithuaniaMaltaPolandSloveniaSlovakia
There are 27 EU countries.
There are no Asian countries in the EU.
the following points are advantages for living in the EU * the countries in the EU work together. * there are no wars between the EU countries. * all EU countries aggred to a set of rules for shops.
the membership in the EU is increasing as the numbers of countries within the EU have gone from 1 to 27
10 countries joined the European Union in 2004, almost doubling the number of states in the EU the previous year (there were 15 in 2003). The countries were: Slovenia Slovakia Poland Malta Latvia Lithuania Hungary Estonia Czech Republic Cyprus
Malta joined the European Union on the 1st of May in 2004.
Malta, Cyprus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Hungary on the 1st May 2004, the largest single expansion of the EU.