| Name a valid country that fits the 2025-related criteria: | Additional notes | Other countries that fit the criteria | Country | % Correct |
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| President re-elected for the 7th time (disputed elections included) | Just Alexander Lukashenko things | Belarus | 88%
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| Crown jewels were stolen in a shocking robbery at a national art museum | From Louvre | Also Drents Museum in Assen, the Netherlands | France | 88%
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| Following his father's abdication, Guillaume became Grand Duke | Luxembourg | 69%
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| Site of a volcanic eruption | Italy (also UK, Russia - external territories/non-European parts) | Iceland | 63%
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| Recognizes the Taliban as the legitimate government of Afghanistan | Russia | 63%
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| Qualified to the Eurovision Grand Final with Gabry Ponte's song "Tutta l'Italia" ("All Italy") | San Marino | 63%
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| The first female archbishop was named | Sarah Mullally | United Kingdom | 63%
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| Following the previous year's victory by Nemo, this country held this year's Eurovision | Switzerland | 56%
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| Its capital city had no government (since June 2024 elections) as the 14 elected parties failed to reach an agreement | Belgium | 50%
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| The highest temperature of 2025 in Europe is measured here | Portugal | 50%
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| Major blackout started here and affected most of country as well as neighbours | Portugal, Andorra, and France are among those most affected, as well | Spain | 44%
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| Captured multiple North Korean soliders | ...employed by Russia to fight in Ukraine | Ukraine | 44%
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| Leader dies aged 88, funeral is attended by delegations from 160+ countries | Vatican City | 44%
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| It withdrew from the International Criminal Court to let in Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu | Hungary | 38%
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| Holds the 2025 Special Olympics World Winter Games | Italy | 38%
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| New Schengen Area member | Romania | Bulgaria | 31%
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| It invoked article 4 of the North Atlantic Treaty | Poland, as well. Both in reaction to airspace violation by Russia. | Poland | Estonia | 31%
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| Had a top 5 best male tennis player (by ATP singles rankings) | Novak Djoković (he's fourth after Carlos Alcaraz, Spain, Jannik Sinner, Italy, Alexander Zverev, Germany and before Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime) | Spain, Italy, Germany | Serbia | 31%
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| The 2025 NATO Summit took place in its third-largest city | In The Hague | Netherlands | 25%
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| 59 people dead and 150+ injured by a fire in a nightclub in Kočani | North Macedonia | 25%
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| A revised version of the national anthem Nad Tatrou sa blýska was introduced | Slovakia | 25%
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| Had an earthquake with magnitude >6.0 | Norway (also UK, France, Russia - external territories/non-European parts) | Greece | 19%
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| Disconnected from the Russian electric grid and joined the Synchronous grid of Continental Europea instead | Latvia, Estonia | Lithuania | 19%
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| Its golden passport program was ordered to be shut down by the European Court of Justice | Malta | 19%
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| The transit Russian gas to this country is stopped by Ukraine | Slovakia | Moldova | 19%
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| New law that bans communist propaganda is approved and signed by the President | Czech Republic | 13%
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| Held the European Union presidency | For the second half of 2025 | Poland | Denmark | 13%
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| Its monument is inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage list | The Palaces of King Ludwig II of Bavaria: Neuschwanstein, Linderhof, Schachen and Herrenchiemsee | Italy, France, Greece, Russia, Denmark | Germany | 13%
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| Had presidential elections | Belarus, Bosnia, Croatia, Greece, Poland, Romania | Ireland | 13%
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| Legalized same-sex marriage | Liechtenstein | 13%
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| This country's astronaut went on a 20-day-long mission in space | Along with a Hungarian, Indian and American astronaut | Hungary | Poland | 13%
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| TikTok was officially banned (but the ban is not really enforced) | Also Russia, in a way | Albania | 6%
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| Took steps to recognize the State of Palestine | UK, Portugal, France, Monaco, Luxembourg, Malta, San Marino | Andorra | 6%
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| Emil the Moose wandered around | Also known as "Problem-Elch" because he kept blocking traffic on roads and wandering into cities. He was quickly moved to a Czech national park by authorities. | Originally probably Poland or Czechia. Later moved to Czechia. | Austria | 6%
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| President / former president was sentenced to prison | Milorad Dodik, also N. Sarkozy of France | France | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6%
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| Celebrated the 1100th anniversary of its first kingdom | Kingdom of Croatia (and Dalmatia) | Bosnia, Montenegro | Croatia | 6%
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| Announced the withdrawal from the Ottawa Treaty which prohibits the use of anti-personnel mines | Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, (Ukraine) | Finland | 6%
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| Sanctions imposed by the EU on this country in 2023 were lifted | Kosovo | 6%
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| State-owned gambling operator mistakenly informed 10,000s of people that they'd won a large prize due to an erroneous conversion from the Euro to local currency | Norway | 6%
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| Two people with leprosy reported, first cases in over 40 years | Romania | 6%
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| Received an Academy Award | "Flow" wins Best Animated Feature and many other awards around the world | France, Belgium, Norway, Netherlands, Hungary, UK | Latvia | 0%
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| The EU added it to its list of high risk jurisdictions for money laundering and terrorism financing | Monaco | 0%
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| Its Boka Bay was the finish line of The Ocean Race Europe, a sailing competition | Montenegro | 0%
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| Contained a European Capital of Culture of 2025 | Nova Gorica (along with Gorizia, Italy and Chemnitz, Germany) | Italy, Germany | Slovenia | 0%
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| A Schengen country to have temporary boders in place due to a migrant crisis | Austria, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Slovenia | Sweden | 0%
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