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Member states of the Three Seas Initiative
- LatviaThe name Latvia derives from the ancient Latgalians, one of four Indo-European Baltic tribes that formed the ethnic core of modern Latvians.
- LithuaniaThe name Lithuania first appeared in written history on the 7th of May 1009, recorded in the Annals of Quedlinburg. A Latinized form called Litua described a…
- EstoniaThe Pulli settlement dates to around 9000 BC, marking the earliest known human habitation in Estonia. Glaciers of the last ice age melted between 13,000 and…
- PolandIn 966, the ruler of the West Slavic tribe known as the Polans accepted Western Christianity under the auspices of the Roman Catholic Church.
- RomaniaRomania sits at the intersection of Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe. Its borders touch Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to…
- CroatiaThe name Croatia emerges from a linguistic puzzle spanning centuries. Medieval Latin records show the term Croatorum on an 8th-century church inscription…
- Czech RepublicArchaeologists uncovered the Venus of Dolní Věstonice in 1925, a ceramic figurine dating to approximately 29,000, 25,000 BCE.
- SloveniaIn the Divje Babe cave near Cerkno, archaeologists uncovered a pierced cave bear bone in 1995. This artifact dates back to approximately 43,100 years before…
- AustriaThe Venus of Willendorf, a 28,000-year-old limestone figurine, stands today in the Museum of Natural History Vienna. This artifact proves that human life…