Searching for our European roots

» Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία
• Kıbrıs Cumhuriyeti
• Republic of Cyprus

• Anthem: Ὕμνος εἰς τὴν Ἐλευθερίαν

Capital: Nikosia (Lefkosia)
• Official languages: Greek, Turkish
• Government:
– Presidential republic
– - President:Tassos Papadopoulos
– - President-elect: Dimitris Christofias
Location of
Independence: From the United Kingdom
Cyprus (dark green)
16 August 1960 – on the European
Population: 2007 census->788,457 continent (light green
Density: 90/km² 233/sq mi & dark grey)
– in the European
Union (light green)
Ýmnos eis tīn
Eleutherían
Hymn to Liberty
• ·Capital: Lisbon (and the largest city)
• Official languages:
– Portuguese
– Recognised regional languages :Mirandese
Government:
- Parliamentary republic
- PresidentAníbal Cavaco Silva
- Prime MinisterJosé Sócrates
Population: 10,148,259
Density: 114/km² (87th) 295/sq mi
Location of Portugal:
On the European continent
In the European Union
• Capital: (and largest city)Vilnius
• Official languages: Lithuanian
• Government:
• Parliamentary republic
• PresidentValdas Adamkus
• Prime MinisterGediminas Kirkilas
• Population: 2007 estimate3,369,600 (130th)
• Density: 52/km² (120th)
134/sq mi

Location of Lithuania (orange)

– on the European continent (camel
& white)
– in the European Union (cam
• Capital: (and largest city)Belfast
• Official languages:
– English (de facto),
– Irish and Ulster Scots
Government:
– Constitutional monarchy consociationalism
– Monarch Queen Elizabeth II
– Prime Minister (of the United Kingdom)Gordon Brown MP
– First MinisterIan Paisley MLA
– Deputy First MinisterMartin McGuinness MLA Location of Northern Ireland (orange)
– on the European continent (camel & white)
– Secretary of StateShaun Woodward MP
– in the United Kingdom (camel)

Population: 2004 estimate1,710,300

Density: 122/km²
315/sq mi