FACTS ABOUT EUROPEAN UNION

1. Total member countries - 28

2. Total official languages - 24

3. Total countries using euro currency - 17+1

4. 28th member of EU - CROATIA.

5. Latvia become the 18th country to use euro.

6. Latvia is expected to replace its currency, the Lat, with the Euro by January 1, 2014

7. The de facto Capital of EU is - Brussels

8. Anthem of EU - Ode to Joy

9. Winner of 2012 nobel prize for peace.

10. The 18 countries which are using Euro are - Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain