Greece joined what was then known as the European Economic Community in 1981. It is now known as the European Union.

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The European Union is an organisation that countries apply to join. It is not a place and is not a continent. Bosnia is a European country, but is not yet a member of the European Union. Before it can become a member a lot of things have to be done for it to meet the conditions for membership. Bosnia wants to join but it will be a while before this happens.

The EU has increased cooperation among members in the areas of trade, lawmaking, and social issues. The EU also introduced a common currency, the euro. Most, but not all, EU countries adopted the euro in 2002.

As a reminder, the EU stands for European Union. It as a whole, dominates the economies of Europe. Also, it has been selective concerning membership. For example, Romania took a long time to be accepted based on their human rights policies.

Malta is only a member of EU; any special role.

Kyrgyzstan in located in Central Asia.

Georgia is not a member of the European Union.

Nobody. What is now known as the European Union was not founded until 1957. The name European Union was not actually given to this organisation until 1992.

Ireland has held the presidency on 6 occasions, each for 6 month terms.

January to June 1975.
July to December 1979.
July to December 1984.
January to June 1990.
July to December 1996.
January to June 2004.

They all suck, but the worst of the worst are the Eastern European countries such as Ukraine, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Slovakia and so on.

The capital of Belgium of course is Brussels. To be more precise, it is actually called "Brussel" in its Flemish name, which is its rightful name. Note that the French derivative name "Bruxelles" reflects its origin : Bruxelles was derived from the Dutch name "Broekzele". "Broek" in Dutch means, loosely, "swamp". This is because the oldest part of Brussel originally was built on a swamp.

Spain, Switzerland, Scotland.

San Marino, its tiny country inside of Italy that borders lightly on the AdriatIC Sea.

GDP among European Union countries has been anemic, which is one significant problem. Other problems include unemployment, and the possibility of England quitting the EU.

Eastern Europe is 'poorer' than western europe, during the war they were helpless and were taken over by Germany or the Soviets, with the fall of both empires countries taken by Hitler and Stalin suffered and were left to fend for themselves. The countries in the East have started to pick themselves up in the recent decades and they each support their neighbours,places like Azerbaijan are not as poor any more and it fact some of the more developed cities can be found in Eastern Europe.

Belgium, The Netherlands and Luxembourg.

Belgium, The Netherlands and Luxembourg.

Belgium, The Netherlands and Luxembourg.

Belgium, The Netherlands and Luxembourg.

Belgium, The Netherlands and Luxembourg.

Belgium, The Netherlands and Luxembourg.

Belgium, The Netherlands and Luxembourg.

Belgium, The Netherlands and Luxembourg.

Belgium, The Netherlands and Luxembourg.

Belgium, The Netherlands and Luxembourg.

Belgium, The Netherlands and Luxembourg.

Romania and Bulgaria border one another and are separated by the Danube. There is no country 'in the middle'.

As of 2012, the EU currently has 27 members:

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and United Kingdom

The 28th member, Croatia, due to join on 1st July 2013.

All other countries in the world are not members of the EU.

Good luck!

Finland (Just) folowed by Sweden

No.

The smallest country in Europe - and the world - is the Vatican State, a tiny enclave within the city of Rome, Italy. It is a fraction of a square mile in area.

Albania comes way up the list of countries in Europe. The next smallest is Monaco, a principality on the south coast of France.

Among the other countries that are smaller than Albania are Leichtenstein, Andorra, San Marino, Malta, Luxembourg and several others.

Becoming a member of the EU involves the adoption of the Copenhagen criteria. The criteria demands the inclusion of a free market economy, a stable democracy, and the acceptance of all the EU legislation including adoption of the Euro as currency.

Today's borders may not correspond to the ancient regions... so there are some differences. But in general, Greece is very old... former world-ruler-nation. Macedonia has an old and very known name, too. The "region" Italy is even mentioned in the Bible. And the old Romans called the "region" of today's Spain Hispania... but it belonged de facto to the roman empire. It might also be confusing that the English language calls the population of Germany Germans... there were a lot of German tribes in ancient times... but this does not (always) directly correspond to Germany. Germany is one of those countries which were formed relatively late... leading to territorial clashes in the last century, because other big-player-nations already occupied a lot of colonies around the world.

To give an average idea, Greece and the Roman Empire existed already in the years B.C. But these regions are only the roots of today's nations. Other European countries grew up later, sometimes in form of regional unions.

That's as a whole correct. But I admit it's somewhat abstract, too. Look at a map of Europe... most of the big nations have very old roots.

On the 1st of July 2013.