European Union’s New Nations Mark Entry
Sphere: Related ContentThe EU swelled from 15 nations to 25 by taking in the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia, along with the Mediterranean nations of Cyprus and Malta. Together, they boost the EU’s population to 450 million.
Ireland, which holds the EU’s rotating presidency, kicked off a “Day of Welcomes” with festivities ranging from Slovak folk dancing in Cork to a Hungarian poetry reading in Sligo to a banquet of eastern European delicacies in the streets of Dublin.
Spirits were high across most of the region, where hundreds of thousands were celebrating their countries’ return to the European mainstream 15 years after shaking off communism.
Is it just me, (and my VERY active imagination) or is it odd that on the day (1 May)the EU expands its boarders, it is also the day after (plus 59 years)the death of someone that almost succeeded in “uniting” the same area by using other methods. Hitler’s suicide was on 30 April 1945.
But thats just me….
Comment by Cranial — Saturday, May 1, 2026 @ 4:27 pm