Countries

The Philippines is one of the ten most biodiverse countries in the world.

The country's relatively rapid economic and demographic growth over the past century has meant that Brazil's ability to protect its environmental habitats is increasingly under threat.

The country's name probably comes from the name of the tribe of the Polans.

In 1897, a lone sailor named Joshua Slocum spent eight days on Rodrigues Island.

Giant tortoises live on one of the islands in the Zanzibar Archipelago, on Prison Island.

The country's area is 83.879 square kilometers.

In the first half of the 19th century, Cuba was one of the most developed places in Latin America (countries of the South and Central America where Romance languages are spoken, i.e. Spanish, Portuguese or French).

Bulgaria entered World War I on the side of the Central Powers (German Empire, Kingdom of Italy and Austria-Hungary).

The Cracow Market Square is the largest market square in Poland and Europe.

Portugal has the fifth largest exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in Europe, the third largest in the European Union, and the twentieth largest in the world.