Europe

Arpitania or Harpitanya (french: Arpitanie) refers to the lands where the Arpitanian language is spoken. ...more on Wikipedia about "Arpitania"

:This article deals with the history of the word Britain. For clarification of terminology and an overview of articles about Britain and Ireland see British Isles (terminology). ...more on Wikipedia about "Britain"

Central Eurasia is a geographic term. ...more on Wikipedia about "Central Eurasia"

Chorabie was a location for the German concentration camp that was a subcamp of the concentration camp Stutthof. ...more on Wikipedia about "Chorabie"

Continental Europe, also referred to as mainland Europe or simply the continent, refers to the continent of Europe, explicitly excluding European islands and peninsulae. Notably, in British English and Hiberno-English usage, the term means Europe excluding the British Isles. ...more on Wikipedia about "Continental Europe"

The Culture of Europe might better be described as a series of overlapping cultures of Europe. Whether it be a question of West as opposed to East; Catholicism and Protestantism as opposed to Eastern Orthodoxy; Christianity as opposed to Islam; many have claimed to identify cultural faultlines across the continent. ...more on Wikipedia about "Culture of Europe"

The economy of Europe is comprised of more than 665 million people in 48 different states. Like other continents, the wealth of Europe's states varies, although the poorest are well above the poorest states of other continents in terms of GDP and living standards. The difference in wealth across Europe can be seen in a rough East-West divide. Whilst Western European states all have high GDPs and living standards, many of Eastern Europe's economies are emerging from the collapse of the USSR and the former Yugoslavia. ...more on Wikipedia about "Economy of Europe"

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English-speaking Europe consists of the constituent nations of the United Kingdom ( England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland), a former part of the UK (the Republic of Ireland), two former British colonies ( Cyprus, Malta) and a current British colony Gibraltar, plus the Crown dependencies. There are also pockets of native English speakers to be found throughout Europe, such as in southern Spain, the Netherlands, numerous U.S. and British military bases in Germany. There are communities of native English speakers in all the main European cities, e.g. Amsterdam, Berlin, Brussels, Barcelona, Paris and Milan. ...more on Wikipedia about "English-speaking Europe"

Eurabia is a term coined by Bat Ye'or to describe an alleged process of political and cultural incorporation of Europe into the Islamic world, accompanied by a demographic change from a predominantly Caucasian Christian population embodying Western Civilization to a predominantly Semitic Islamic population. The term has come into popular use, and has been used by major media outlets such as FOX to describe the future of a Europe with a young, rapidly growing Muslim population, unwilling to assimillate into European countries. ...more on Wikipedia about "Eurabia"

Eurocadres is the Council of European Professional and Managerial Staff. It is an organisation associated to the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC). ...more on Wikipedia about "Eurocadres"

EUROCONTROL is the European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation , an international organisation whose primary objective is the development of a seamless, pan- European Air Traffic Management (ATM) system. This civil and military organisation currently has 34 member states; its headquarters are in Brussels. ...more on Wikipedia about "EUROCONTROL"

EUROPAGES is a European business directory. Content is available in three formats: ...more on Wikipedia about "EUROPAGES"

Europe is conventionally considered one of the seven continents which, in this case, is more a cultural and political distinction than a physiogeographic one. Physically and geologically, Europe is a subcontinent or large peninsula, forming the westernmost part of Eurasia. Europe is bounded to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the west by the Atlantic Ocean and to the south by the Mediterranean and the Caucasus. Europe's boundary to the east is vague, but has traditionally been given as the Ural Mountains and Caspian Sea to the southeast: the Urals are considered by most to be a geographical and tectonic landmark separating Asia from Europe. ...more on Wikipedia about "Europe"

European Bat Night is the name of a popular, annual event hosted by ecologists to draw public awareness to menaced bat populations in Europe. It is always held on a late summer weekend; in 2004, it was held on the 28/29th of August for the 8th year in a row. ...more on Wikipedia about "European Bat Night"

The European Biomass Association (AEBIOM, from the official French name Association Européenne pour la Biomasse) is a group of national biomass associations with membership open to representatives of the European Union and Central and Eastern Europe. It was founded in 1990 and aims to promote biomass production and application throughout Europe. ...more on Wikipedia about "European Biomass Association"

The European Free Trade Association (EFTA) was established on May 3, 1960 as an alternative for European states that were not allowed or did not wish to join the European Community (now the European Union). ...more on Wikipedia about "European Free Trade Association"

A European industry federation (EIF) is a trade union organisation operating at European sectoral level, comparable to and sometimes part of the global union federations. They are the social partners recognised by the European Commission as acting on behalf of employees in their sectors for the purposes of European social dialogue. ...more on Wikipedia about "European industry federation"

The European Macroseismic Scale, most recently updated in 1998, is the basis for evaluation of seismic intensity in European countries. Unlike earthquake magnitude, which indicates the energy a quake expends, EMS98 intensity denotes how strongly an earthquake affects a specific place. The European Macroseismic Scale has 12 divisions, as follows: ...more on Wikipedia about "European Macroseismic Scale"

The European microstates are microstates (independent states of a very small area) in Europe. One, the Vatican City, is the smallest state in the world. While "microstate" is sometimes confused with " micronation", the former are recognized as sovereign states whereas the latter are not. ...more on Wikipedia about "European microstates"

European Monetary System (EMS) was an arrangement established in 1979 where most nations of the European Economic Community (EEC) linked their currencies to prevent large fluctuations relative to one another. ...more on Wikipedia about "European Monetary System"

European Summer Time is the daylight saving time practised in Europe, the period during which clocks are advanced by one hour in relation to the official time observed during the rest of the year. ...more on Wikipedia about "European Summer Time"

The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) was established in 1973 to provide a trade union counterbalance to the economic forces of European integration. Following the changes in Central and Eastern Europe, a large number of new trade unions have joined its ranks. ...more on Wikipedia about "European Trade Union Confederation"

The European Young Conservatives is a grouping of youth wings of right of center political parties, usually with a Eurosceptic bias. ...more on Wikipedia about "European Young Conservatives"

Europeanisation (or Europeanization) refers to a number of related phenomena and patterns of change. ...more on Wikipedia about "Europeanisation"

In European politics, a Euroregion is a form of transnational co-operation structure between two (or more) territories located in different European countries. Euroregions usually do not correspond to any legislative or governmental institution, do not have political power and their work is limited to the competences of the local and regional authorities which constitute them. They are usually arranged to promote common interests across the border and cooperate for the common good of the border populations. Although ...more on Wikipedia about "Euroregion"

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