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Tuesday, 2 December 2025

Slovakia is a small landlocked country that was established in its present form after the division of Czechoslovakia in 1993. It is one of the countri ...

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Cuba

Cuban citizens could only operate sole proprietorships in 127 industries listed in the National Classifier of Economic Activities until 2021.

Now, this list has been expanded to 2,100 industries, with only 124 activities reserved for the state and cooperative sectors.

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Panama

Panama’s largest peninsula is Azuero Peninsula, which lies in the Pacific Ocean.

Azuero Peninsula - Peninsula de Azuero - is flanked to the west and south by the waters of the Pacif ...

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Zanzibar

Zanzibar's history began 2000 years ago.

The first inhabitants were Africans from the continent. They traded with India, Arabia, and Persia, whose peoples partially settled the island and enriched its Swahili culture.

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Republic of South Africa

There are over 800 species of birds in South Africa.

Among them, there is the largest - the ostrich, and the heaviest flying - the great bustard. Small b ...

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Nigeria

There are about 75.000 registered doctors in the Nigerian health service, but more than 33.000 of them have left the country.

Nigeria’s health care system is facing a shortage of doctors due to the emigration of qualified prof ...

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Panama

Panama is a republic with a constitution enacted in 1972.

The head of state and head of government is the president, elected by popular vote for a five-year t ...

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Portugal

Portugal has 13 UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

Nine of them are architectural monuments and two are wine-growing regions.

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New Zealand

A physicist from New Zealand, Ernest Rutherford, discovered the proton in 1920.

Rutherford is referred to as the father of nuclear physics.

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Peru

Peru is a country with a centuries-old, rich history.

The earliest traces of human presence in this country date back to around 12.500 BC in the settlemen ...

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Argentina

The name Argentina derives from the Latin word argentum, meaning silver.

Its origin is related to the legend of Sierra de la Plata concerning Spanish and Portuguese conquist ...

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34 facts about Republic of South Africa

A country with three cities as its capital

South Africa is the southernmost country in Africa. It is inhabited by a multi-ethnic society encompassing many different cultures, languages, and rel ...

34 facts about Bulgaria

One of the oldest European countries

Bulgaria is a small country in southeastern Europe, not much larger than Iceland or the American state of Tennessee. Its surface is very diversified t ...

45 facts about Switzerland

One of the smallest countries in Europe

Switzerland is one of the most interesting countries. It is a small landlocked country at the junction of Western, Central, and Southern Europe, assoc ...

15 facts about South Korea

To benefit all people

The motto of this country is very altruistic but reflects the spirit of the South Korean nation. Although in the 1970s it lagged behind North Korea's ...

43 facts about Peru

The third largest country in South America

Peru is an Andean country in South America whose territory has a rich, centuries-old history. There were several significant Native American civilizat ...

37 facts about Portugal

The westernmost country in Europe

Portugal is a relatively small country on the western edge of Europe. For years, this country has been attracting tourists from all over the world wit ...

39 facts about Ireland

Emerald Isle

Ireland is a Western European country located on the island of the same name. It occupies most of the island, which it shares with Northern Ireland an ...

31 facts about Austria

A landlocked country in the Eastern Alps

Austria is a small country located in Central Europe. It is a mountainous country, with two-thirds of the area covered by the Alps. Due to its mountai ...

27 facts about Czech Republic

Land of religious tolerance and fabolous Knödels

The Czech Republic is a small, upland, and mountainous country in Central Europe, whose area is nearly 79.000 square kilometers. Just over 10.5 millio ...

31 facts about Thailand

A country on the Indochinese Peninsula

Thailand is an Asian country located in its south-eastern part, famous for its interesting culture and religious architecture. This exotic country, wh ...

25 facts about Albania

Land of Eagles

Albania is a small country located on the Balkan Peninsula. This small and economically underdeveloped country is characterized by a mountainous lands ...

32 facts about Uganda

One of the highest situated African countries

Uganda is a landlocked African country located on Africa's largest lake and the Nile basin. It is a country of young people - over two-thirds of its i ...

15 facts about Egypt

The home of the calendar, door lock, toothpaste and make-up

More than five thousand years have passed since the first unification and formation of a larger statehood, but Egypt was inhabited by various tribes a ...

31 facts about Brazil

South America's largest country

Brazil is the largest and most populous country in South America and one of the largest and most populous countries in the world. A former Portuguese ...

24 facts about Zanzibar

A paradise island in the Indian Ocean

Zanzibar is the largest island of the archipelago of the same name located in the Indian Ocean. It is a destination for many tourists looking for both ...