| | Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia in 1993, while Yugoslavia splintered into several countries in the early 1990s. [[East Germany]] was reunited with [[West Germany]] to form [[Germany]]. The Soviet Union broke up in the 1990s into Russia, Georgia, Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. | | Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia in 1993, while Yugoslavia splintered into several countries in the early 1990s. [[East Germany]] was reunited with [[West Germany]] to form [[Germany]]. The Soviet Union broke up in the 1990s into Russia, Georgia, Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. |
| − | Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Germany, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia are members of the [[European Union]]. Croatia will be the first state to join it in 2013.<ref>http://europa.eu/abc/european_countries/index_en.htm</ref> | + | Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Germany, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia are members of the [[European Union]]. Croatia will join in 2013.<ref>http://europa.eu/abc/european_countries/index_en.htm</ref> |