Northern Europe is the northern part of the European continent. This region has been defined differently from time to time, but according to Countryaah, it includes: The Nordic countries or Scandinavia, ie. Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, as well as the Åland Islands, the Faroe Islands and occasionally Greenland and Svalbard. DENMARK FINLAND GREENLAND (Denmark) ICELAND NORWAY SWEDEN The Baltic countries, ie. Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. ESTONIA LATVIA LITHUANIA…
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Ireland covers most of the island of the same name. The country borders in the northeast on Northern Ireland, which is an autonomous part of Great Britain. The country is divided into 26 counties, and a member of the EU since 1973. Ireland is often called the “green island” and is considered by many to have Europe’s most spectacular coastal landscape with lots of unspoilt nature. There are hundreds of…
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The poverty forced Irish people to emigrate for a long time, but during the financially good years of the 1990s and a bit into the new century, immigration to Ireland instead took off. Many who had previously moved abroad returned home. From 2008, however, the economic crisis has forced many, especially young Irish people, to resign in search of work. Yet, fewer people are leaving today than during the last…
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