1990 Ereignis Zeitgeschichte Litauen
Independence restored
On 11 March Lithuania is the first republic to leave the USSR.
Der europäische Aufbau begann nicht 1950. Dieser Faden verbindet das antike Erbe, die jüdisch-christliche Matrix und die heutige Union.
29 Ereignisse
1990 Ereignis Zeitgeschichte Litauen
On 11 March Lithuania is the first republic to leave the USSR.
1990 Ereignis Zeitgeschichte Deutschland
A year after the Wall fell, the five eastern Länder join the Federal Republic and the European Community.
1991 Ereignis Zeitgeschichte Kroatien
The declaration of 25 June opens four years of war on Croatian territory.
1991 Krieg Zeitgeschichte Slowenien
Slovenia leaves Yugoslavia after the shortest of the decade’s conflicts.
1991 Ereignis Zeitgeschichte Lettland
After the Singing Revolution, Latvia regains its sovereignty.
1991 Ereignis Zeitgeschichte Estland
On 20 August Estonia again proclaims its sovereignty.
1991 Ereignis Zeitgeschichte Ukraine
More than 90 % of voters approve leaving the USSR on 1 December.
1991 Ereignis Zeitgeschichte Albanien
After forty-seven years of isolation, pluralism is restored.
1991 Ereignis Zeitgeschichte Nordmazedonien
The only Yugoslav republic to separate without war.
1991 Ereignis Zeitgeschichte Moldau
The republic proclaims sovereignty on 27 August, days after the Moscow putsch.
1991 Ereignis Zeitgeschichte Belarus
The Belavezha Accords, signed in Belarus, formalise the dissolution of the USSR.
1992 Vertrag Europäischer Aufbau
The European Union is created, with European citizenship and the timetable for the single currency.
1992 Krieg Zeitgeschichte Bosnien und Herzegowina
The siege of Sarajevo lasts 1,425 days; Srebrenica is recognised as genocide.
1992 Ereignis Zeitgeschichte Moldau
A ceasefire freezes a de facto secession that has lasted more than thirty years.
1992 Ereignis Europäischer Aufbau Schweiz
The people reject the European Economic Area; the bilateral path prevails.
1993 Text Zeitgeschichte Andorra
Andorra becomes a sovereign state under the rule of law and joins the UN the same year.
1993 Ereignis Zeitgeschichte Slowakei
On 1 January the Slovak Republic is born of a negotiated, peaceful separation.
1993 Ereignis Zeitgeschichte Belgien
The fourth state reform enshrines in the Constitution a federal state of communities and regions.
1993 Ereignis Zeitgeschichte Tschechien Slowakei
Czechia and Slovakia separate peacefully on 1 January, a rare case in Europe.
1994 Ereignis Europäischer Aufbau Norwegen
52.2 % of Norwegians reject Union entry; the EEA takes over.
1995 Ereignis Zeitgeschichte Bosnien und Herzegowina
Peace establishes a two-entity state whose architecture still governs the country.
1995 Ereignis Europäischer Aufbau Schweden
With Austria and Finland, Sweden joins the EU; it will reject the euro by referendum in 2003.
1995 Ereignis Europäischer Aufbau Liechtenstein
The principality joins the European internal market without entering the Union.
1995 Ereignis Europäischer Aufbau Österreich
Austria joins the EU by referendum and becomes a pivot towards Central Europe.
1995 Ereignis Europäischer Aufbau
Austria, Finland and Sweden bring the Union to fifteen members.
1998 Vertrag Zeitgeschichte Irland
Thirty years of conflict end; the Irish border becomes invisible.
1999 Krieg Zeitgeschichte Kosovo
After months of conflict, the territory passes under United Nations administration.
1999 Vertrag Europäischer Aufbau Türkei
The Helsinki European Council recognises Türkiye as a candidate country.
1999 Ereignis Europäischer Aufbau
Eleven currencies are irrevocably fixed; the European Central Bank takes up its functions.