Countries

Although the British mountains do not impress with their height, the highest peak in the world was named after one of the British.

Albania is a candidate for membership in the European Union.

Austria is a parliamentary representative democracy (indirect democracy) with a directly elected federal president as head of state and a chancellor as head of the federal government.

Portugal has some of the most beautiful beaches in Europe.

There are approximately 380 species of frogs in Peru.

One-third of Germany is covered in forests.

The British Museum has over 80.000 exhibits. These are carefully selected, most important items.

One of the biggest attractions of Argentina is a waterfall in Iguazu National Park.

There are nine time zones in Russia.

It has the world's twentieth-largest economy in terms of nominal GDP and thirty-eighth largest in terms of purchasing power parity.