Encyclopedia - Economy Of Europe: Encyclopedia Ii - Economy Of Europe - Economic Sectors
Economy of Europe - Agriculture and fishing. Europe's agricultural sector is in general highly developed, especially in Western Europe....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Economy Of Europe: Encyclopedia Ii - Economy Of Europe - Economic Development
Economic history of Europe Economy of Europe - Pre-1945. Prior to World War II, Europe's major financial and industrial states were the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Economy Of Europe: Encyclopedia Ii - Economy Of Europe - Economic Development
Economy of Europe - Pre-1945. Prior to World War II, Europe's major financial and industrial states were the United Kingdom, France and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Europe: Encyclopedia - Europe
Europe is conventionally considered one of the seven continents which, in this case, is more a cultural and political distinction than a ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crete: Encyclopedia - Crete
Crete (Greek Κρήτη / Kriti) is the largest of the Greek islands and the fifth largest in the Mediterranean Sea. It is located at app...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Baltic Sea: Encyclopedia - Baltic Sea
The Baltic Sea is located in Northern Europe, from 53 deg. to 66 deg. north latitude and from 20 deg. to 26 deg. east longitude. It is bo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Austria-hungary: Encyclopedia - Austria-hungary
Austria-Hungary Die im Reichsrat vertretenen Königreiche und Länder und die Länder der heiligen ungarischen Stephanskrone (German) A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Galicia Central Europe: Encyclopedia Ii - Galicia Central Europe - Economy
Despite being one of the most populous regions in Europe, Galicia was also one of the least developed economically. The first detailed de...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Galicia Central Europe: Encyclopedia Ii - Galicia Central Europe - Economy
Despite being one of the most populous regions in Europe, Galicia was also one of the least developed economically. The first detailed de...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Economy Of Moldova: Encyclopedia Ii - Economy Of Moldova - Overview
Moldova is the second smallest of the former Soviet republics and the most densely populated. Industry accounts for only 20% of its labor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Europe: Encyclopedia Ii - Europe - Territories And Divisions
Europe - Political divisions.    Europe    Extension over ... See also:Europe, Europe - Etymology, Europe - History...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Regions Of Europe: Encyclopedia Ii - Regions Of Europe - Linguistic-cultural Regions In Europe
The sub-division in several linguistic-cultural regions is much less subjective than the geographical sub-division, since they corespond ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Economy Of Serbia: Encyclopedia Ii - Economy Of Serbia - Economy
Main article: Serbia Real GDP: $25.98 Billion (2004), $28.37 Billion (2005) GDP Per Capita: $3200 (Expected for 2005) GDP growth rat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Economy Of Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - Economy Of Albania - Statistics
GDP Purchasing power parity - $16.13 billion (2003 est.) Real growth rate: 7% (2003 est.) Per capita: purchasing power parity - $4,500 (...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Economy Of Latvia: Encyclopedia Ii - Economy Of Latvia - Statistics
GDP: purchasing power parity - $26.53 billion (2004 est.) GDP - real growth rate: 7.6% (2004 est.) GDP - per capita: purchasing power par...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Economy Of Switzerland: Encyclopedia Ii - Economy Of Switzerland - History
For much of the 20th century Switzerland was the wealthiest country in Europe by a considerable margin. However since the 1990s it has su...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Economy Of Armenia: Encyclopedia Ii - Economy Of Armenia - Other Statistics
Investment (gross fixed): 19.8% of GDP (2004) Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 2.3% highest 10%: 46.2% (1...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Economy Of Azerbaijan: Encyclopedia Ii - Economy Of Azerbaijan - Other Statistics
Investment (gross fixed): 65.1% of GDP (2004 est.)) Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 2.8% highest 10%: 27...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Economy Of Estonia: Encyclopedia Ii - Economy Of Estonia - Foreign Trade
Estonia's liberal foreign trade regime, which contains few tariff or nontariff barriers, is nearly unique in Europe. Estonia also boasts ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Economy Of Ukraine: Encyclopedia Ii - Economy Of Ukraine - Overview
Ukraine has many of the components of a major European economy -- rich farmlands, a well-developed industrial base, highly trained labour...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Economy Of The Netherlands: Encyclopedia Ii - Economy Of The Netherlands - Environmental Policy
The Netherlands is a small and densely populated country. Its economy depends on industry, particularly chemicals and metal processing, i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Economy Of Georgia: Encyclopedia Ii - Economy Of Georgia - In Greater Depth
Georgia's economic recovery has been hampered by the separatist disputes in Abkhazia and South Ossetia, a persistently weak economic infr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Economy Of France: Encyclopedia Ii - Economy Of France - Trade
France is the second-largest trading nation in western Europe (after Germany). Its foreign trade balance for goods had been in surplus fr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Economy Of Moldova: Encyclopedia Ii - Economy Of Moldova - Currently
One of Europe's poorest nations, the Republic of Moldova has resisted pursuing the types of reforms that have vastly improved the econom...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Economy Of Lithuania: Encyclopedia Ii - Economy Of Lithuania - In Greater Depth
The Soviet era brought Lithuania intensive industrialization and economic integration into the U.S.S.R., although the level of technology...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Economy Of Poland: Encyclopedia Ii - Economy Of Poland - Economic Reform Program
The economic reforms of the Balcerowicz plan introduced in 1990 removed price controls, eliminated most subsidies to industry, opened mar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Economy Of Andorra: Encyclopedia Ii - Economy Of Andorra - Statistics
GDP: purchasing power parity - $1.3 billion (2000 est.) GDP - real growth rate: 3.8% (2000 est.) GDP - per capita: purchasing power parit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Economy Of Belarus: Encyclopedia Ii - Economy Of Belarus - In Greater Depth
As part of the former Soviet Union, Belarus had a relatively well-developed industrial base; it retained this industrial base following t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Economy Of England: Encyclopedia Ii - Economy Of England - Economic History
See main articles Economic history of England and Economic history of the United Kingdom In medieval times (c. 11th Century-15th Century)...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Economy Of Austria: Encyclopedia Ii - Economy Of Austria - Trade Position
Trade with other EU countries accounts for almost 66% of Austrian imports and exports. Expanding trade and investment in the emerging mar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Economy Of Romania: Encyclopedia Ii - Economy Of Romania - Historical Overview
After the collapse of the Soviet Bloc in 1989-91, Romania was left with an obsolete industrial base and a pattern of industrial capacity ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Politics Of Europe: Encyclopedia Ii - Politics Of Europe - Independence Movements
Politics of Europe - Belgium. One of Belgium’s parties, the Vlaams Belang, a Flemish equivalent of the French National Front, wants F...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Economy Of Estonia: Encyclopedia Ii - Economy Of Estonia - Economic Overview
For centuries until 1920, Estonian agriculture consisted of native peasants working large feudal-type estates held by ethnic German landl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Economy Of Croatia: Encyclopedia Ii - Economy Of Croatia - History
In an economy traditionally based on agriculture and livestock, peasants comprised more than half of the Croatian population until after ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Economy Of Bosnia And Herzegovina: Encyclopedia Ii - Economy Of Bosnia And Herzegovina - Overview
For the most part, agriculture has been in private hands, but farms have been small and inefficient, and food has traditionally been a ne...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Economy Of Bulgaria: Encyclopedia Ii - Economy Of Bulgaria - Statistics
GDP: purchasing power parity - $61.63 billion (2004 est.) GDP - real growth rate: 5.6% (2004 est.) GDP - per capita: purchasing power par...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Europe: Encyclopedia Ii - Europe - Etymology
In Greek mythology, Europa was a Phoenician princess who was abducted by Zeus in bull form and taken to the island of Crete, where she ga...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Economy Of The Czech Republic: Encyclopedia Ii - Economy Of The Czech Republic - Other Statistics
Household income or consumption by percentage share: (1996) lowest 10%: 4.3% highest 10%: 22.4% Industrial production growth rate: 11% ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Europe: Encyclopedia Ii - Europe - Geography And Extent
Geographically Europe is a part of the larger landmass known as Eurasia. The continent begins at the Ural Mountains in Russia, which defi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Europe: Encyclopedia Ii - Europe - Biodiversity
Having lived side-by-side with agricultural peoples for millennia, Europe's animals and plants have been profoundly affected by the prese...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Economy Of Romania: Encyclopedia Ii - Economy Of Romania - Regional Variation
The strength of the Romanian economy varies from region to region. GDP, and GDP per capita is highest in Bucharest. The following table s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Europe: Encyclopedia Ii - Europe - Demographics
Almost all of Europe was possibly settled before or during the last ice age ca. 10,000 years ago. Neanderthal man and modern man coexiste...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Europe: Encyclopedia Ii - Europe - History
Europe has a long history of cultural and economic achievement, starting as far back as the Palaeolithic, although this is true for the r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Regions Of Europe: Encyclopedia Ii - Regions Of Europe - Directional Divisions
Groupings by compass directions are the hardest to define in Europe, since (among other issues) the pure geographical criteria of "east" ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Economy Of Romania: Encyclopedia Ii - Economy Of Romania - Statistical Indicators
Romania's GDP over 2005-2007 will go up by 10 billion euros per year, and will stand in 2007 at 96.138 billion euros. Main indicators of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Economy Of Latvia: Encyclopedia Ii - Economy Of Latvia - Privatisation
Privatisation in Latvia is almost complete. Virtually all of the previously state-owned small and medium companies have been successfully...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Economy Of Romania: Encyclopedia Ii - Economy Of Romania - Romania's Economic Strength
Romania's economic strength is in the processing and the manufacturing of goods, primarily in small and medium-sized family-owned firms. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Economy Of Latvia: Encyclopedia Ii - Economy Of Latvia - Economic History
For centuries under Hanseatic and German influence and then during its inter-war independence, Latvia used its geographic location as an ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Galicia Central Europe: Encyclopedia Ii - Galicia Central Europe - The Great Economic Emigration
Beginning in the 1880s, a mass emigration of the Galician peasantry occurred. The emigration started as a seasonal one to Germany (newly ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Economy Of Ukraine: Encyclopedia Ii - Economy Of Ukraine - Miscellaneous Data
Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 3.7% highest 10%: 23.2% (1999) Industrial production growth rate: 15.8...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Galicia Central Europe: Encyclopedia Ii - Galicia Central Europe - History
Galicia Central Europe - Prior to partitions of Poland. Main articles: Red Ruthenia and Halych-Volhynia The region of what later beca...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Galicia Central Europe: Encyclopedia Ii - Galicia Central Europe - The Great Economic Emigration
Beginning in the 1880s, a mass emigration of the Galician peasantry occurred. The emigration started as a seasonal one to Germany (newly ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Economy Of Ukraine: Encyclopedia Ii - Economy Of Ukraine - Environmental Issues
Ukraine is interested in cooperating on regional environmental issues. Conservation of natural resources is a stated high priority, altho...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Galicia Central Europe: Encyclopedia Ii - Galicia Central Europe - Origin And Variations Of The Name
The name Galicia et Lodomeria was first used in the 13th century by King Andrew II of Hungary. It was a Latinized version of the Slavic n...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Galicia Central Europe: Encyclopedia Ii - Galicia Central Europe - Constitutional Experiments
In 1859, following Austrian military defeat in Italy, the Empire entered a period of constitutional experiments. In 1860, the Vienna Gove...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Galicia Central Europe: Encyclopedia Ii - Galicia Central Europe - History
Galicia Central Europe - Prior to partitions of Poland. Main articles: Red Ruthenia and Halych-Volhynia The region of what later beca...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Galicia Central Europe: Encyclopedia Ii - Galicia Central Europe - Origin And Variations Of The Name
The name Galicia et Lodomeria was first used in the 13th century by King Andrew II of Hungary. It was a Latinized version of the Slavic n...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Galicia Central Europe: Encyclopedia Ii - Galicia Central Europe - Constitutional Experiments
In 1859, following Austrian military defeat in Italy, the Empire entered a period of constitutional experiments. In 1860, the Vienna Gove...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Economy Of Georgia: Encyclopedia Ii - Economy Of Georgia - Other Statistics
Investment (gross fixed): 18.5% of GDP (2004 est.) Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 2.3% highest 10%: 27...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Economy Of Lithuania: Encyclopedia Ii - Economy Of Lithuania - Overview
Lithuania, the Baltic state that has conducted the most trade with Russia, faced its own economic and financial crisis in 1999 as a resul...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Economy Of Lithuania: Encyclopedia Ii - Economy Of Lithuania - Statistics
GDP: purchasing power parity - $45.23 billion (2004 est.) GDP - real growth rate: 6.6% (2004 est.) GDP - per capita: purchasing power par...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Economy Of Belarus: Encyclopedia Ii - Economy Of Belarus - Overview
Belarus has seen little structural reform since 1995, when President Alexander Lukashenko launched the country on the path of "market soc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Coquelles: Encyclopedia Ii - Coquelles - Economy
Coquelles - Cité Europe. This is a large shopping centre popular with day trippers or "booze cruisers" (British slang) due to the chea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Economy Of Belarus: Encyclopedia Ii - Economy Of Belarus - Other Statistics
Investment (gross fixed): 21.8% of GDP (2004 est.) Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 5.1% highest 10%: 20...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Politics Of Europe: Encyclopedia Ii - Politics Of Europe - Modern Political Climate
Several issues dominate modern European politics. Despite vastly improved relations between Russia and the Western European states since ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Politics Of Europe: Encyclopedia Ii - Politics Of Europe - International Alliances
European states are members of a large number of international organisations, mainly economical, although several are political, or both....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Socialist Economics: Encyclopedia Ii - Socialist Economics - Socialist Economies In Practice
Economists identify three economic models which socialist governments tend to adopt: A planned economy in which all property is owned by...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Socialist Economics: Encyclopedia Ii - Socialist Economics - Relation To Other Economic Theories
In many senses socialist economics is the polar opposite of classical economics. While classical theories are about free markets producin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Socialist Economics: Encyclopedia Ii - Socialist Economics - Introduction
The word "socialist" is highly charged politically. Everything from Keynesian economics and post-Keynesian economic theories to Stalinism...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Socialist Economics: Encyclopedia Ii - Socialist Economics - Development Of Socialist Economic Thought
Main article: History of socialism Socialism, as with capitalism and communism, has deep roots in Western history, from religious commune...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Economy Of Croatia: Encyclopedia Ii - Economy Of Croatia - Economic Indicators
From the CIA World Factbook 2005. GDP: purchasing power parity - $50.33 billion (2004 est.) GDP - real growth rate: 3.7% (2004 est.) GDP ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - European Union: Encyclopedia Ii - European Union - Origins And History
Attempts to unite the disparate nations of Europe precede the modern nation states; they have occurred repeatedly throughout the history ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Latin America: Encyclopedia Ii - Latin America - Etymology
Napoleon III brought the term latin-America over the Spanish, French and Portuguese speaking parts of the Americas, making it an equivale...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Latin America: Encyclopedia Ii - Latin America - Etymology
Napoleon III brought the term Latin-America over the Spanish, French and Portuguese speaking parts of the Americas, making it an expressi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Economy Of Bosnia And Herzegovina: Encyclopedia Ii - Economy Of Bosnia And Herzegovina - Statistical Indicators
From the CIA World Factbook 2004 GDP: purchasing power parity - $24.39 billion (24.39 G$) (2003 est.) GDP - real growth rate: 3.8% (2003 ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Economic History Of Japan: Encyclopedia Ii - Economic History Of Japan - Militarism
Before World War II, Japan built an extensive empire that included Taiwan, Korea, Manchuria, and parts of northern China. The Japanese re...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Economic History Of Japan: Encyclopedia Ii - Economic History Of Japan - Oil Crisis
Japan faced a severe economic challenge in the mid-1970s. The world oil crisis in 1973 shocked an economy that had become virtually depen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Economy Of Iceland: Encyclopedia Ii - Economy Of Iceland - Imports And Exports
Marine products account for more than 60% of Iceland's total export earnings. Other important exports include aluminium, ferro-silicon, e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Economy Of Iceland: Encyclopedia Ii - Economy Of Iceland - Resources And Energy
Iceland has few proven mineral resources, although deposits of diatomite (skeletal algae) are being developed. The only natural resource ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Economic History Of Japan: Encyclopedia Ii - Economic History Of Japan - 1980s
Throughout the 1970's, Japan had the world's second largest gross national product (GNP)—just behind the United States— and ranked fi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fall Of The Ottoman Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Fall Of The Ottoman Empire - Economy
Fall of the Ottoman Empire - Technology. The Industrial Revolution saw even greater changes. The Ottoman Empire did not have a social s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Byzantine Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Byzantine Empire - Legacy And Importance
Byzantium was arguably the only stable state in Europe during the Middle Ages. Its expert military and diplomatic power ensured inadverte...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - European Union: Encyclopedia Ii - European Union - Origins And History
Attempts to unite the disparate nations of Europe precede the modern nation states; they have occurred repeatedly throughout the history ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The World In 2004: Encyclopedia Ii - The World In 2004 - Political Overview By Region
The world in 2004 - Europe. 2004 saw a massive expansion of the European Union, with the admission of 10 new countries: (Czech Republic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Baltic Sea: Encyclopedia Ii - Baltic Sea - Name
The first one to name it the Baltic Sea was Adam of Bremen and he seems to have based it on a large island, Baltia, mentioned by Xenophon...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Baltic Sea: Encyclopedia Ii - Baltic Sea - History
At the time of the Roman Empire, the Baltic Sea was known as the Mare Suebicum or Mare Sarmaticum. Tacitus in his AD 98 Agricola and Germ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The World In 2004: Encyclopedia Ii - The World In 2004 - Political
The world in 2004 - World. The war and subsequent occupation of Iraq continued to be divisive in 2004. The US also found itself isolate...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The World In 2004: Encyclopedia Ii - The World In 2004 - Military
The world in 2004 - Warfare. 2004 saw armed conflicts take place in the following regions: Haiti Iraq Côte d'Ivoire Sudan Congo-Kinsh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Education Reform: Encyclopedia Ii - Education Reform - Progressive Reforms In Europe And America
The term progressive in education has been used somewhat indiscriminately; there are a number of kinds of educational progressivism, most...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Education Reform: Encyclopedia Ii - Education Reform - Alternatives To Public Education
Home education is favored by some parents who directly take responsibility for their children's education, eliminating accountability by ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Education Reform: Encyclopedia Ii - Education Reform - History
Education reform - Classical times. Plato believed that children would never learn unless they wanted to learn. In The Republic, he sai...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Education Reform: Encyclopedia Ii - Education Reform - Educational Economies In The 1800s
Prior to the advent of government-funded public schools, the primary mode of education for those of the lower classes was the charity sch...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Education Reform: Encyclopedia Ii - Education Reform - Motivations
Education reform has been pursued for a variety of specific reasons, but generally most reforms aim at redressing some societal ills, suc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Education Reform: Encyclopedia Ii - Education Reform - School Choice
Libertarian theorists such as Milton Friedman advocate School choice to eliminate any need for formal accountability. Public educational ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Education Reform: Encyclopedia Ii - Education Reform - Notable Reforms
The current student voice effort echoes past school reform initiatives focusing on parent involvement, community involvement, and other f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Education Reform: Encyclopedia Ii - Education Reform - Internationally
Education reform - Taiwan. In other parts of the world, educational reform has had a number of different meanings. In Taiwan in the 199...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Economy Of Europe: Encyclopedia Ii - Economy Of Europe - Trade Blocs
In general European nations are members of larger and more powerful trade blocs than anywhere in the world. Many credit this with Europe'...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Economy Of Europe: Encyclopedia Ii - Economy Of Europe - Regional Variation
West Europe, with a long history of trade, a free market system, and a high level of development in the previous century, has been wealth...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Economy Of Europe: Encyclopedia Ii - Economy Of Europe - Currency And Central Banks
The most common currency within Europe is the Euro, the currency of the European Union. To join, each new EU member must meet certain cri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Economy Of Europe: Encyclopedia Ii - Economy Of Europe - Global Trade Relations
The EU is the world's biggest trading bloc, surpassing even NAFTA. The bulk of the EU's external trade is done with the United States of ...   » Read the article