http://www.maghrebarabe.org/

Group of western Arabic countries with a special Co-operation Agreement with the EU since 1978. Covers Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia. ..

http://www.weu.int/

A defence agreement dating from 1948, originally signed by the UK, France and the Benelux countries. Under the Treaty of Maastricht, the WEU was envisaged as the defence component of the EU...

http://ec.europa.eu/external_relations/we/index_en.htm

Generally, the following countries are considered as Balkan countries: - Albania - Bosnia-Herzegovina - Bulgaria - Croatia - FYROM (Former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia) - Serbia-Montenegro - Romania ..

http://www.g7.utoronto.ca/

The G8 is a group of the world's richest and most powerful countries. They meet regularly to discuss currency issues and other topics. The countries are the US, Canada, Japan, the UK, Germany, France, Italy and now also Russia...

http://www.iceland.org/

Iceland has a population of approximately 280,000 and a size of 103,661 km2. It is part of the European Economic Area-agreement (EEA) and member of the European Free Trade Area (EFTA). ..

http://www.un.org/aboutun/history.htm

The international co-operation platform between states in the years between the two world wars. A forerunner of the United Nations. ..

http://ec.europa.eu/external_relations/asia/index_en.htm

Newly Industrialised Countries: for example, South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore and Hong Kong. Hong Kong is now part of China...

http://www.gibraltar.gi/

British territory in the south of Spain since 1713. ..

http://www.macedonia.org

A part of the former Yugoslavia, now named FYROM (Former Yugoslav Republic Of Macedonia). Sent application for membership of the EU in March 2004. ..

http://ec.europa.eu/external_relations/us/index_en.htm

The former US secretary of State Henry Kissinger once famously asked who he should phone when he wanted to listen to Europe. This is part of the reasoning behind the proposal to establish a European President or a Foreign Minister who can interact with the USA and other world powers. It is an example of how the EU is in the process of transforming itself into a superstate similar to the USA. ..

http://www.aachen.de/EN/index.html

A German town close to Belgium and the Netherlands. Capital of Charlemagne's empire in the 9th century. Charlemagne's tomb is located here. it inspires modern efforts towards European unity. ..

http://diplobel.fgov.be/en/default.asp

Belgium has a population of 10.51 million and an area of 30,500 km2. It was one of the original EEC member states. ..

http://www.europarl.eu.int/enl......tates_Links_en.htm#deutschland

Germany has a population of 82.44 million and has an area of 360,000 km2. It was one of the original EEC member states. ..

http://assembly.coe.int/Docume......WorkingDocs/doc02/EDOC9570.htm

Kaliningrad is a Russian territory between Poland and Lithuania, which are surrounded by EU territory after the EU enlargement in 2004...

http://www.europarl.eu.int/enl....../applicants/latvia_home_en.htm

Latvia has a population of 2.30 million and an area of 64,589 km2. ..

http://www.europarl.eu.int/enl......states_Links_en.htm#nederland/

The Netherlands have a population of 16.33 million and an area of 41,500 km2. ..

http://ec.europa.eu/developmen......ographical/cotonouintro_en.cfm

Poor countries cooperating with the EU. Mainly former colonies of EU countries in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific (ACP) that have special agreements with the EU in such matters as trade and aid. ..

http://www.europarl.eu.int/enl....../member_states_links_en.htm#uk

The United Kingdom has a population of 60.39 million and an area of 244,000 km2. It joined the EU on 1st January 1973 without holding a referendum...

http://www.mvpei.hr/ei/downloa....../08/02/SAACouncilProposal1.pdf

Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, FYROM (Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia), Serbia & Montenegro and Romania are considered Balkan countries. ..