Cyprus was granted independence in 1960 with a Constitution that set out a power-sharing system, strictly communally divided between the 'Greeks' and the 'Turks'. The Constitution recognises two 'communities', the Greeks and the Turks and three 'religious groups', the Maronites, the Armenians...

The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg is characterised by cultural diversity and the common use of several languages. Its population is quite homogeneous, with the vast majority of foreigners being European Union citizens, most of whom are Catholics by religion. The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg has one of...

Sweden was until recently a fairly homogenous country. It is also a strongly secular country, albeit within a Lutheran Church tradition. Its population is only around 9,6 million people. However, the proportion of foreign-born inhabitants has increased from 6.7% in 1970 to 19,1% in 2010 and...

Portugal has a long tradition of contact with other cultures and peoples. Due to the 16th century maritime discoveries and the experience of Portuguese emigration to Brazil and Latin America in general, as well as to other countries in Europe, such as France and Germany, in the 1960s, the...

The United Kingdom (UK) comprises England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland (NI), with the term Great Britain (GB) used to refer to England, Wales and Scotland. The UK is a parliamentary democracy, based around the core principle of parliamentary sovereignty. It has neither a written...

The Kingdom of the Netherlands has the highest population density in the European Union. People of immigrant origin predominantly come from Turkey, Morocco, the Dutch Antilles (although, admittedly, people from the Dutch Antilles cannot really be described as 'immigrants') Suriname and...