Curated playlist
Regions of Europe with multiple official languages
- BashkortostanRussia unilaterally abolished Bashkortostan's 1994 powers agreement on the 7th of July 2005.
- ChechnyaIn 1944, the entire Chechen and Ingush peoples were deported. Over 60 percent of those deported perished.
- DagestanDagestan, Russia's southernmost republic, has 14 official languages. Its mountains keep communities apart.
- IngushetiaIngushetia is one of Russia's poorest republics, yet in 2017 it had the country's highest life expectancy.
- Galicia (Spain)Argentines and Uruguayans commonly call every Spaniard a Galician. So many emigrants came from Galicia.
- Faroe IslandsThe Faroe Islands voted for independence in 1946 by just 161 votes. Denmark annulled the result days later.
- KalmykiaKalmykia is the only place in Europe where Buddhism is the majority religion.
- Komi RepublicPrisoners planned and built all of the Komi Republic's major cities. Vorkuta began as a mine, Rudnik No. 1.
- TransnistriaIn Transnistria, saying the word Transnistria in public can bring a fine of 360 rubles or up to 15 days in jail. The region's Supreme Council passed that law on the 4th of September 2024. Local authorities prefer another name for their…
- WalesWales was united under one ruler for only about seven years. Gruffydd ap Llywelyn held it all until 1063.
- BrusselsBrussels has more ambassadors and journalists than Washington D.C. It is also the EU's de facto capital.
- Northern IrelandEven what to call Northern Ireland is disputed, and the word people choose often reveals their politics.