1990 Acontecimiento Época contemporánea Lituania
Independence restored
On 11 March Lithuania is the first republic to leave the USSR.
Una historia común
La construcción europea no empezó en 1950. Este hilo une la herencia antigua, la matriz judeocristiana y la Unión contemporánea.
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Un siglo por barra antes de 1500 y una década después: los archivos no se reparten por igual.
Grecia antigua
Alta Edad Media
Renacimiento
Ilustración
Concierto europeo
Construcción europea
Roma
Plena y Baja Edad Media
Reforma y guerras de religión
Era de las revoluciones
Guerras mundiales
Guerra Fría
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Construcción europea 29 acontecimientos1990 Acontecimiento Época contemporánea Alemania
German reunification
A year after the Wall fell, the five eastern Länder join the Federal Republic and the European Community.
1991 Acontecimiento Época contemporánea Croacia
Independence of Croatia
The declaration of 25 June opens four years of war on Croatian territory.
1991 Guerra Época contemporánea Eslovenia
Ten-Day War
Slovenia leaves Yugoslavia after the shortest of the decade’s conflicts.
1991 Acontecimiento Época contemporánea Letonia
Independence of Latvia restored
After the Singing Revolution, Latvia regains its sovereignty.
1991 Acontecimiento Época contemporánea Estonia
Independence of Estonia restored
On 20 August Estonia again proclaims its sovereignty.
1991 Acontecimiento Época contemporánea Ucrania
Independence of Ukraine
More than 90 % of voters approve leaving the USSR on 1 December.
1991 Acontecimiento Época contemporánea Albania
End of the communist regime
After forty-seven years of isolation, pluralism is restored.
1991 Acontecimiento Época contemporánea Macedonia del Norte
Peaceful independence
The only Yugoslav republic to separate without war.
1991 Acontecimiento Época contemporánea Moldavia
Independence of Moldova
The republic proclaims sovereignty on 27 August, days after the Moscow putsch.
1991 Acontecimiento Época contemporánea Bielorrusia
Independence of Belarus
The Belavezha Accords, signed in Belarus, formalise the dissolution of the USSR.
1992 Tratado Construcción europea
Maastricht Treaty
The European Union is created, with European citizenship and the timetable for the single currency.
1992 Guerra Época contemporánea Bosnia y Herzegovina
Bosnian War
The siege of Sarajevo lasts 1,425 days; Srebrenica is recognised as genocide.
1992 Acontecimiento Época contemporánea Moldavia
Transnistria conflict
A ceasefire freezes a de facto secession that has lasted more than thirty years.
1992 Acontecimiento Construcción europea Suiza
Rejection of the EEA
The people reject the European Economic Area; the bilateral path prevails.
1993 Texto Época contemporánea Andorra
Democratic constitution of Andorra
Andorra becomes a sovereign state under the rule of law and joins the UN the same year.
1993 Acontecimiento Época contemporánea Eslovaquia
Independence of Slovakia
On 1 January the Slovak Republic is born of a negotiated, peaceful separation.
1993 Acontecimiento Época contemporánea Bélgica
Federal Belgium
The fourth state reform enshrines in the Constitution a federal state of communities and regions.
1993 Acontecimiento Época contemporánea Chequia Eslovaquia
Velvet Divorce
Czechia and Slovakia separate peacefully on 1 January, a rare case in Europe.
1994 Acontecimiento Construcción europea Noruega
Second rejection of membership
52.2 % of Norwegians reject Union entry; the EEA takes over.
1995 Acontecimiento Época contemporánea Bosnia y Herzegovina
Dayton Accords
Peace establishes a two-entity state whose architecture still governs the country.
1995 Acontecimiento Construcción europea Suecia
Accession of Sweden to the Union
With Austria and Finland, Sweden joins the EU; it will reject the euro by referendum in 2003.
1995 Acontecimiento Construcción europea Liechtenstein
EEA accession
The principality joins the European internal market without entering the Union.
1995 Acontecimiento Construcción europea Austria
Accession of Austria to the Union
Austria joins the EU by referendum and becomes a pivot towards Central Europe.
1995 Acontecimiento Construcción europea
Nordic enlargement
Austria, Finland and Sweden bring the Union to fifteen members.
1998 Tratado Época contemporánea Irlanda
Good Friday Agreement
Thirty years of conflict end; the Irish border becomes invisible.
1999 Guerra Época contemporánea Kosovo
NATO intervention
After months of conflict, the territory passes under United Nations administration.
1999 Tratado Construcción europea Turquía
Candidate status for Türkiye
The Helsinki European Council recognises Türkiye as a candidate country.
1999 Acontecimiento Construcción europea
Birth of the euro
Eleven currencies are irrevocably fixed; the European Central Bank takes up its functions.