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Albania
People: Albanians, with Greek, Vlach, Macedonian and Gypsy minorities
Languages:- Albanian

Andorra
People: Spanish (61%), Andorran (30%), French (6%)
Language: Catalan, Spanish, French

Austria
People: 97% Germanic origin, 2% Slovene & Croat and 1% Turkish
Language: 97% German, plus some Turkish, Slovene and Croat

Belarus
People: Belarusian (78%), Russian (13%), Ukrainian (4%), Polish (4%)
Language: Belarusian, Russian

Belgium
People: 55% Flemish (of Teutonic origin), 33% Walloons (French Latin) and about 10% foreigners.
Language: Flemish, French and German. Most Belgians also speak English.

Bosnia-Herzegovina
People: Serb (40%), Muslim (38%), Croat (22%)
Languages: Serbo-Croatian (often called Bosnian)

Bulgaria
People: 85% Bulgarian, 8.5% Turkish, 2.6% Roma, 2.5% Macedonian
Language: Bulgarian. Turkish and Romany are spoken by minorities.

Croatia
People: Croats (78%), Serbs (12%), Slavic Muslims, Hungarians, Slovenes
Languages: Croatian, Serbian, Italian, Slovene

Czech Republic
People: Czech with minorities of Slovaks, Poles, Germans, Romanies (also known as Gypsies)and Hungarians
Language: Czech

Denmark
People: 95% Danish; 5% foreign nationals
Language: Danish; English & German are widely spoken

Estonia
People: Estonian (65%), Russian (28%), Ukrainian (2.5%)
Language: Estonian

Finland
People: 98% Finns, 0.7% Samis, Gypsies
Language: Finnish & Swedish (English is widely spoken in tourist establishments)

France
People: 92% French, 3% North African, 2% German, 1% Breton, 2% Other (including Provençal, Catalan & Basque)
Language: French (also Flemish, Alsacian, Breton, Basque, Catalan, Provençal & Corsican)

Germany
People: Predominantly white European, with significant Turkish minority. Germany has absorbed most of the refugees from the former Yugoslavia.
Language: German

Greece
People: 98% Greek with minorities of Albanians, Turks and Slavic-Macedonians
Language: Greek

Hungary
People:89.9% Hungarian, 4% Gypsy, 2.6% German, 0.8% Slovak & 0.7% Romanian
Language: Hungarian

Iceland
People: 97% Icelanders
Language: Icelandic

Ireland
People: Irish
Language: English, Irish (around 83,000 native speakers)

Italy
People: Italian
Languages: standard Italian and numerous dialects, German, French, Slovene

Latvia
People: Latvian 57%, Russian 30%, Belarusian 4%, Ukrainian 3%, Polish 3%, other 3%
Language: Latvian, Russian, ethnic languages

Liechtenstein
People: Germanic 87.5%, Italian, Turkish, other 12.5%
Language: German

Lithuania
People: Lithuanian 80.6%, Russian 8.7%, Polish 7%, Byelorussian 1.6%
Languages: Lithuanian, Polish, Russian

Luxembourg
People: 70% nationals (Celtic stock, with French and German), 30% resident foreigners (mostly Belgian, French, German, Italian and Portuguese)
Language: Luxembourgish (Letzeburgesch), French, German

Macedonia
People: Macedonian 66%, Albanian 23%, Turkish 4%, Gypsies 3%, Serb 2%
Languages: Macedonian, Albanian, Turkish, Serbo-Croatian

Malta
People: Maltese
Language: Maltese, English and Italian

Moldova
People: Moldavian-Romanian 64.5%, Ukrainian 13.8%, Russian 13%, Gagauz 3.5%, Belarusian 3%, Jewish 1.5%, Bulgarian 2%
Language: Moldovan (virtually the same as Romanian), Russian, Gagauzi (a Turkish dialect)

Monaco
People: French 47%, Monégasque 16%, Italian 16%, other 21%
Language: French, Monégasque, Italian, English

Netherlands
People: Over 95% of the population are Dutch (Germanic and Gallo-Celtic stock), most of the rest are Indonesian, Surinamese or Moroccan
Languages: Netherlandic (Dutch & Flemish), Frisian

Norway
People: 97% Nordic, Alpine & Baltic, with a Sami minority
Language: Bokmål & Nynorsk

Poland
People: 98% Polish, plus Ukrainian and Belorussian minorities
Language: Polish

Portugal
People: 99% Portuguese, 1% African
Language: Portuguese, Leonese, Galician

Romania
People: Romanians (90%), Hungarians (7%), Roma (Gypsies) (2%), Germans, Ukrainians
Language: Romanian, Hungarian (in Transylvania)

Russia
People: 81% Russian, 4% Tatar, 3% Ukrainian and numerous ethnic minorities
Language: Russian

Slovakia
People: Slovak (85.6%), Hungarian (10.7%), Romany (1.5%), Czech (1%)
Language: Slovak, Czech & Hungarian, German

Slovenia
People: Slovenian 88%, Serbo-Croatian 7%
Language: Slovene, Croatian, Serbian, German, English, Italian

Spain
People: Spaniards (though Catalans and Basques display a fierce independent spirit)
Language: Castilian Spanish (also Catalan, Galician & Basque)

Sweden
People: 90% Swedes, 3% Finns, 0.15% Sami (indigenous Lapp inhabitants)
Language: Swedish, but English is widely spoken. Five Samish dialects are still spoken.

Switzerland
People: 74% German, 20% French, 4% Italian & 1% Romansch
Language: German, French, Italian & Romansch

Ukraine
People: Ukrainian 73%, Russian 22%, Jewish 1%
Languages: Ukrainian, Russian, Romanian, Polish, Hungarian

United Kingdom
People: Anglo-Saxons, Scots, Welsh, Irish, West Indians, Pakistanis, Indians
Language: English

Yugoslavia
People: Serb 63%, Albanian 14%, Montenegran 6% , Hungarian, Croatian, Gypsy, Magyar
Language: Serbian (Latin & Cyrillic alphabets)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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