EU eastern enlargement
2004 · Event
Ten states — eight of them former communist — join the European Union in its biggest single expansion; Romania and Bulgaria follow in 2007, Croatia in 2013.
On these timelines: Eastern Europe & the Balkans, Master
More from Eastern Europe & the Balkans
- Revolutions of 1989 (1989)
- Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (1569)
- Union of Lublin (1569)
- Hungarian Revolution (1956)
- Poland regains independence (1918)
- Ottoman Balkans (1354)
- Cyril and Methodius mission to the Slavs (863)
- Euromaidan (2013)
Around 2004
- War on Terror (2001)
- Arab Spring (2010)
- One More Night (Maroon 5) (2012)
- September 11 attacks (2001)
- Pop music: the 2000s (2000)
- Pop music: the 2010s (2010)
- Crazy in Love (Beyoncé featuring Jay-Z) (2003)
- Boom Boom Pow (The Black Eyed Peas) (2009)
- Burn (Usher) (2004)
- Fantasy (Mariah Carey) (1995)