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Andorra

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Andorra la Vella ( Southwestern Europe, Pyrenees mountains, on the border between France and Spain )

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Albania

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Tirana (Southeastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic and Ionian Seas, between Greece in the south and Montenegro and Kosovo to the north)

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Armenia

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Yerevan ( Southwestern Asia, between Turkey (to the west) and Azerbaijan )

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Austria

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Vienna ( Central Europe, north of Italy and Slovenia )

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Belarus

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Minsk ( east of Poland )

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Belgium

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Brussels ( Western Europe, bordering the North Sea, between France and the Netherlands )

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Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Sarajevo ( Southeastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic Sea and Croatia )

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Bulgaria

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Sofia ( Southeastern Europe, bordering the Black Sea, between Romania and Turkey )

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Croatia

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Zagreb ( Southeastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic Sea, between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slovenia )

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Denmark

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Copenhagen (Northern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, on a peninsula north of Germany (Jutland); also includes several major islands )

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Estonia

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Tallinn ( Eastern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea and Gulf of Finland, between Latvia and Russia )

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European Union **

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Brussels, Belgium ; Strasbourg, France ; Luxembourg (Europe between the North Atlantic Ocean in the west and Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine to the east)

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Faroe Islands *

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Torshavn ( Northern Europe, island group between the Norwegian Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, about half way between Iceland and Norway )

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Finland

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Helsinki ( Northern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia, and Gulf of Finland, between Sweden and Russia )

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France

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Paris ( Western Europe, bordering the Bay of Biscay and English Channel, between Belgium and Spain, southeast of the UK; bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Italy and Spain )

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Germany

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Berlin ( Central Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea and North Sea, between the Netherlands and Poland, south of Denmark )

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Gibraltar *

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Gibraltar ( Southwestern Europe, bordering the Strait of Gibraltar, which links the Mediterranean Sea and North Atlantic Ocean, on the southern coast of Spain )

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Greece

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Athens ( Southern Europe, bordering the Aegean Sea, Ionian Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea, between Albania and Turkey )

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Guernsey *

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Saint Peter Port ( Western Europe, islands in the English Channel, northwest of France )

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Hungary

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Budapest ( Central Europe, northwest of Romania )

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Iceland

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Reykjavik ( Northern Europe, island between the Greenland Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, northwest of the United Kingdom )

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Ireland

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Dublin ( Western Europe, occupying 5/6 of the island of Ireland in the North Atlantic Ocean, west of Great Britain )

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Isle of Man

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Douglas ( Western Europe, island in the Irish Sea, between Great Britain and Ireland )

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Italy

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Rome ( Southern Europe, a peninsula extending into central Mediterranean Sea, northeast of Tunisia )

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Jam Mayen *

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Not a Country

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Jersey *

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Saint Helier ( Western Europe, island in the English Channel, northwest of France )

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Kosovo

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Pristina ( Southeast Europe, between Serbia and Macedonia )

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Latvia

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Riga ( Eastern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, between Estonia and Lithuania )

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Liechtenstein

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Vaduz ( Central Europe, between Austria and Switzerland )

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Lithuania

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Vilnius ( Eastern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, between Latvia and Russia )

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Luxembourg

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Luxembourg ( Western Europe, between France and Germany )

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Macedonia

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Skopje ( Southeastern Europe, north of Greece )

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Malta

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Valletta ( Southern Europe, islands in the Mediterranean Sea, south of Sicily (Italy) )

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Moldova

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Chisinau in Romania ( Kishinev in Russian ) ( Eastern Europe, northeast of Romania )

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Monaco

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Monaco ( Western Europe, bordering the Mediterranean Sea on the Southern coast of France, near the border of Italy )

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Montenegro

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Podgorica; note- the Old Royal Capital is Cetinje mentioned in the constitution ( Southeastern Europe, between the Adriatic Sea and Serbia )

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Netherlands

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Amsterdam ( Western Europe, bordering the North Sea, between Belgium and Germany )

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Norway

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Oslo ( Northern Europe, bordering the North Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, west of Sweden )

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Poland

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Warsaw ( Central Europe, east of Germany )

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Portugal

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Lisbon ( Southwestern Europe, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, west of Spain )

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Romania

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Bucharest ( Southern Europe, bordering the Black Sea, between Bulgaria and Ukraine )

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San Marino

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San Marino ( Southern Europe, an enclave in Central Italy )

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Serbia

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Belgrade ( Southeastern Europe, between Macedonia and Hungary )

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Slovakia

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Bratislava ( Central Europe, south of Poland )

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Slovenia

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Ljubljana ( south Central Europe, Julian Alps between Austria and Croatia )

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Spain

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Madrid ( Southwestern Europe, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, North Atlantic Ocean, Bay of Biscay, and Pyrenees Mountains; southwest of France )

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Svalbard *

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Longyearbyen ( Northern Europe, islands between the Arctic Ocean, Barents Sea, Greenland Sea, and Norwegian Sea, north of Norway )

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Sweden

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Stockholm ( Northern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia, Kattegat, and Skagerrak, between Finland and Norway )

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Switzerland

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Bern ( Central Europe, east of France, north of Italy )

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Turkey

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Ankara ( Southeastern Europe Southwestern Asia (that portion of Turkey west of the Bosporus is geographically part of Europe), bordering the Black Sea, between Bulgaria and Georgia, and bordering the Aegean Sea and the Mediterranean Sea, between Greece and Syria )

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Ukraine

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Kyiv (pronoun. KAY-yiv)

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United Kingdom

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London ( Western Europe, islands-including the northern 1/6 of the island of Ireland- between the North Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea; northwest of France )

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Vatican City ( Holy See )

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Vatican City ( Southern Europe, an enclave of Rome (Italy) )