Country Profiles

Western Europe

Andorra

Principality of Andorra -- Principat d'Andorra  read full article »

Austria

Republic of Austria -- Republik Österreich  read full article »

Belgium

Kingdom of Belgium -- Royaume de Belgique/Koninkrijk Belgie  read full article »

Denmark

Kingdom of Denmark -- Kongeriget Danmark  read full article »

Finland

Republic of Finland -- Suomen Tasavalta / Republiken Finland   read full article »

France

French Republic -- Republique Française  read full article »

Germany

Federal Republic of Germany -- Bundesrepublik Deutschland  read full article »

Greece

Hellenic Republic -- Elliniki Dimokratia   read full article »

Iceland

The Republic of Iceland is a borderless country in the northern Atlantic Ocean, located between Greenland, Scotland and Norway.  read full article »

Ireland

Ireland is the third-largest island in Europe. It lies on the west side of the Irish Sea, close to the island of Great Britain. It is composed of the Republic of Ireland which covers five sixths of the island and Northern Ireland, a part of the United Kingdom, which covers the northeastern sixth of the island. The population of the island is approximately 5.7 million people, most of whom live on the east coast.  read full article »

Italy

The Italian Republic or Italy is a southern European country, comprising a boot-shaped peninsula and two large islands in the Mediterranean Sea: Sicily and Sardinia. It shares its nothern alpine boundary with France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia.   read full article »

Liechtenstein

The Principality of Liechtenstein is a small landlocked country in Central Europe bordered by Switzerland to its west and by Austria to its east.  read full article »

Luxembourg

The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg is a small landlocked state in the north-west of the continental European Union, bordered by France, Germany and Belgium.  read full article »

Netherlands

The Netherlands is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The Netherlands is a parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarch, located in northwestern Europe. It borders the North Sea to the northeast, the English Channel to the northwest, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east.  read full article »

Norway

The Kingdom of Norway is a Nordic country on the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, bordering Sweden, Finland and Russia, with territorial waters bordering Danish and British waters.  read full article »

Portugal

The Republic of Portugal is a democratic republic located on the west and southwest parts of the Iberian Peninsula in southwestern Europe; it is the westernmost country in continental Europe. Portugal is bordered by Spain to the north and east and by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south.  read full article »

Spain

The Kingdom of Spain or Spain is a country located in the southwest of Europe. It shares the Iberian Peninsula with Portugal, Gibraltar and Andorra. To the northeast, along the Pyrenees mountain range, it borders France and the tiny principality of Andorra.  read full article »

Sweden

The Kingdom of Sweden is a Nordic country in Scandinavia, in Northern Europe. It is bordered by Norway on the west, Finland on the northeast, the Skagerrak Strait and the Kattegat Strait on the southwest, and the Baltic Sea and the Gulf of Bothnia on the east.  read full article »

Switzerland

he Swiss Confederation or Switzerland is a landlocked federal state in Europe, with neighbours Germany, France, Italy, Austria and Liechtenstein. The country has a strong tradition of political and military neutrality, but also of international co-operation, and is home to many international organisations.  read full article »

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a country in western Europe, and a member of the European Union. Usually known simply as the United Kingdom, UK or, inaccurately, as Great Britain or Britain.  read full article »