DENMARK

The people who live in Denmark are called Danish, they speak only the Danish which is similar to the Norwegian,
Their political system is a very efficient parliamentary democracy. The population is about 5.400.000 people

Denmark is located on the peninsula of Jutland and it only has borders with Germany



Their currency is the Danish crown.

Denmark has an area about 43.000 km2, the capital of Denmark is Copenhagen.

In the 20th century it was invaded by Nazis for four years and after the Second World War, they lost Iceland.

The most famous Danish writer is Hans Christian Andersen who wrote a lot of stories for kids.
The most popular Danish food is Smørrebrød.

           

Denmark has been a member of the EU since 1973

ESTONIA

- The capital of Estonia is Tallinn.

- Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Euro.

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- It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Lake Peipus and Russia.

- The official language, Estonian, is a Finno-Ugric language closely related to Finnish, and distantly to Hungarian.

- Estonia is a democratic parliamentary republic divided into 15 counties.

- The population is 1.29 million.

- The total area is 45,227 km2.

- Estonia ranks high in the Human Development Index, and subsequently performs favourably in measurements of press freedom, economic freedom, civil liberties and education.

- The most typical foods in Estonia are black bread, pork, potatoes, and dairy products.

- Kama  or talkkuna  is a traditional Estonian and Finnish finely milled flour mixture. The kama or talkkuna powder is a mixture of roasted barley, rye, oat and pea flour. The oat flour may be completely replaced by wheat flour, or kibbled black beans may be added to the mixture.

- Curd snack:  is a type of sweet snack made from curd, popular in the Baltic States – Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania – as well as in Russia, Belarus, Ukraine and Kazakhstan.

- Worth mentioning is especially the architectural ensemble that makes out the medieval old town of Tallinn, which is on the UNESCO World Heritage List. In addition, the country has several unique, more or less preserved hill forts dating from pre-Christian times, a large number of still intact medieval castles and churches, while the countryside is still shaped by the presence of a vast number of manor houses from earlier centuries.

In my opinion Estonia is a very beautiful country. Estonian look very nice people. I would like to live there. 
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IRELAND

                                                                              

Its inhabitants are Irish.

Politically, Ireland is divided between the Republic of Ireland, which covers just under five-sixths of the island,and Northern Ireland, a part of the United Kingdom, which covers the remainder and is located in the north-east of the island. The population of Ireland is approximately 6.4 million. Just under 4.6 million live in the Republic of Ireland and just over 1.8 million live in Northern Ireland and the capital is Dublin

Two main languages are spoken in Ireland: Irish and English. The national day is on March 17, St. Patrick's Day.The local currency in Ireland is the Euro. 

Some famous Irish people are:-Michael Gambon

He is  a famous actor who plays Dumbledore in Harry Potter films

-Oscar Wilde

Irish poet and playwright famous for The Picture of Dorian Gra

-Paul Bono Hewson the leader singer of U2

-Niall Horan One of the five members of the British boy band, One Direction, and he is the only member of the band from Ireland.

This is the Irish Coffee, it is a typical drink in Ireland,and it's made with black coffe,whiskey,sugar and cream.  It is delicious!!!!

MALTA

Malta is an island country. It is  member of the European Union. It is densely populated and consists of an archipelago situated in the centre of the Mediterranean, south of Italy, east of Tunisia and north of Libya. Because of its strategic location, it has been ruled by various powers and has fought over independence for centuries. Since 1964 Malta is an independent state and in 2004 it joined the European Union.

The Maltese archipelago lies on the edge of the African Plate, Eurasian very close. It is composed of the inhabited islands of Malta Gozo and Comino. On its shores there are a lot of bays provide good harbors.    It also has other smaller islands among which the islets of Filfla and Cominotto, or the Islands of St. Paul.

Maltese cuisine was born of the long relationship between the Maltese and Spanish that  ruled the islands.The fusion of flavours has given their kitchen a distinctive flavour in the Mediterranean.

The culture of Malta reflects the various influences of the countries that have ruled it until 1964, particularly from Italy and the UK.The Maltese customs, legends and folklore are studied and categorized slowly, like any other European tradition.

Switzerland

The name of my country is Switzerland, so I'm Swiss.
Switzerland is situated in central Europe and shares borders with France, Germany, Austria and Italy. The capital is Berne and other important cities are: Lucerne, Lausanne and Lake Leman.

There are four official languages: German, French, Italian and Rumantsch (Romansch Rhaeto-Romanic) depending on the canton you live in.
Switzerland has an area of 41,300 square miles with 7,5 million inhabitants.
The political system is the Swiss Confederation and the currency is the Swiss franc. Switzerland is not a member of European Union.

There are special typical Swiss dishes like Cabernet platte, fondue, rosti ... and especially chocolate and cheese.
The most important historical facts of Switzerland are the first meeting of the League of Nations, and when Napoleon invaded Switzerland.
Famous Swiss people are Jean Jacques Rousseau (a writer and musician), Roger Federrer (a tennis player), Claude Nicollier ( an astronaut)

Finally I would add that I would like to live in Switzerland because I love chocolate and this country is the best place for this!

CROATIA

Croatia is a country in Central Europe which is geographically surrounded by the Pannonian Plain, South-east Europe and the Mediterranean.
The capital of Croatia is Zagreb, with one million inhabitants in its metropolitan area. Croatia borders Slovenia and Hungary to the north, Serbia to the north-east, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the east, and Montenegro to the south. To the south west, Croatia borders the Adriatic Sea and also shares a sea border with Italy in the Trieste Gulf .

The official and common language is Croatian, a Slavic language family of South Slavic languages ​​that use the Latin alphabet. The nationality of its inhabitants is Croatian. After a referendum by Croatian citizens, , the country became part of the European Union on July 1, 2013 as the 28th state to do so.
Croatia is a democratic republic. Between 1990 and 2000 had a semi-presidential system, and since 2000 has a parliamentary system.
Its population is 4,381,352. The official currency is the Kuna is divided in Lipa. 1 Kuna = 100 Lipa.
Its surface is about 56,542 km2 and is divided in 21 counties, including:
1. Bjelovar - Bilogora

2. County Brod - Posavina

3. County of Dubrovnik - Neretva

4. Istria County

In the ninth century, Croatia became one of the most powerful kingdoms in the region, successfully fighting Avars, Bulgars and Magyars or Hungarians. In 1102, following a nuptial union, the Kingdom of Croatia became part of the Kingdom of Hungary, under the sovereignty of the king.

 Luka Modric is a football player who plays for Real Madrid and the Croatian selection.

The beautiful Sylva Koscina was an Italian actress born in Zagreb, then within Yugoslavia and now the capital of Croatia. Her most famous works were Peplum as heroine opposite Steve Reeves in his first appearances as Hercules, but she also got to work with stars like Paul Newman and Kirk Douglas.

Goulash

This is a dish of Austro-Hungarian origin which was eaten by the farmers. It is also popular in neighboring countries of Central Europe and the Balkans (Croatia and Serbia). It takes time but the result is a meat that is cut with a fork and the flavor is concentrated, exquisite.

SOUTH AFRICA

South Africa

The nationality of its inhabitants is South Africans.

South Africa is a multi cultural country because eleven languages are spoken although

English and Afrikaans are the most used. Other languages are Ndebele, Sesotho, Sotho

Septentrional, Tswana, Swazi,Tsonga, Venda, Xhosa and Zulu.

South African´s political system is Republic of South Africa where the Government of South

Africa act under a parliamentary system, inspired by the British of Westminster. The

President of South Africa is the head of State and head of Government. It is selected by the 

bicameral Parliament, which consists of the national Assembly and the National Council of

provinces, the President is the leader of the majority party in the National Assembly, which

has 400 members elected through an electoral system. The National Council of provinces

consists of 90 members representing each of the nine provinces of South Africa.

The population of South Africa is around 49 320 000 people

South Africa is situated in the south of Africa and bordered by Namibia to the north-west,

Botswana by the north, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Swaziland by north-east. The country

is surrounded by the Atlantic and Indian oceans.

The currency is the South African Rand(1 EUR = 11,05

ZAR)

The total area of South Africa is about  1.219.080 km².

South Africa has got three capitals, they are Pretoria, where we find the headquarters of

the executive power ;Bloemfontein where we find the headquarters of the  judiciary power

and Cape Town, where we find the headquarters of the legislative power.

An important historical fact is the Second Boer War where British fought with

Boers for the gold and diamonds of South Africa. Another historical fact important is when this

country finally achieved independence in 1961.

Some famous people of South Africa are:

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was a famous politician and he was awarded the "Nobel Peace Prize" in 1993

Samuel Eto'o Fils is a famous footballer that received the "African Golden Ball"

Sasha Pieterse is an actress that now you can see in "Pretty Little Liars"

   Koeksister is a typical dish of South Africa; it  is a sweet syrup coated South Africa and has a dough very similar to a doughnut in shaped like a braid.

  South Africa isn't a member of the European Union.

   South Africa is a beautiful country to live as you can see, but I think that I wouldn't  live there because I don´t like the food of South Africa very much.

                       

MALTA

The nationality of the inhabitants is Maltese. They have some lenguage like maltese ,ingles,italiano and the official lenguage of europe.
The political system of this country is republic.
 in this country the population is 1.276.0 people in 2011.
The situation of malta is in the mediterranan near of italia.

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This country haven`t borders because its surrounded by the mediterranean sea.
The currency  of malta is euro.
Malta have got a total area of :

320  km2

 the capital city is la valeta and other important cities are :  Gozo and Comino (they are other isles).

The important historic facts: Malta had a lot of settlements like: Fenicios,Griegos,Cartagineses,Griegos and the most important conqueror was Napoleon until today.

One person famous of Malta is Joseph Calleja (singer) 

The food of this country is tipycal because have got a influency of Sicilia,some dishes typical are:

 -pastizzi

-Soppa tal-Armla

-figolla

Malta is member of the european union.

 

 

New Zealand

New Zealand

The Nacionality of its inhabitants is neozelandeses.

In this country spoke New Zealand English, Maori and sign language of New Zealand. The most widely used is the New Zealand English.

The political system of this country is an independent parliamentary democracy.

The number of population of New Zealand is about 4.327.944 people,

is located in the South Pacific near the American Southwest and east of australia

This country doesn't have borders is surrounded by the South Pacific Ocean.

Its currency is the New Zealand dollar.

The total land area amounts to 268,021 km ².

The capital city is Wellington, other important cities, other important cities are Island  Stewart and the island Chatham.

New Zealand and Polynesian settlements had had a treaty of Waitangi.

A famous New Zealand is the Melanie Lynskey

A typical breakfast consists of New Zealand cereal and toast with a cup of tea, lunch is usually something light because the main meal is dinner consisting of meat with vegetables and potatoes.

This country isn't a member of the European Union.

The USA

UNITED STATED

Hello, I’m going to talk to you about my country, The United States of America (also called the USA). It’s a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district.

American people, like me, speak English; it’s the official language here.

The population in The U.S.A. is about 313,025,000 inhabitants.

My country is situated mostly in central North America, where its states and Washington, D.C., the capital district, lie between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, bordered by Canada to the north and Mexico to the south. The state of Alaska is in the northwest of the continent, with Canada to the east and Russia to the west, across the Bering.

The capital city in my country is Washington, but there are some other very important cities : New York, Los Angeles.

The currency in my country is United Stated dollar.

Slow-cooked pork and beef barbecue, crab cakes, potato chips, and chocolate chip cookies are distinctively American foods. Characteristic dishes such as apple pie, fried chicken, pizza, hamburgers, and hot dogs derive from the recipes of various immigrants.

My country, is one of the most important countries in the world, a lot of important people live there: singers like Elvis Presley, Madonna, and Michael Jackson; actors like Will Smith, Matt Damon or Morgan Freeman.The American presidents are very popular too, for example George Bush or Barack Obama.’m really proud about my country, it is one of the most important countries in the world.