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Montana is a state in the Western region of the United States . The state ' s name is derived from the Spanish word ( mountain ). Montana has several nicknames , although none official , including " Big Sky Country " and " The Treasure State ", and slogans that include " Land of the Shining Mountains " and more recently " The Last Best Place ". Montana has a border with three Canadian provinces : British Columbia , Alberta , and Saskatchewan , the only state to do so . It also borders North Dakota and South Dakota to the east , Wyoming to the south , and Idaho to the west and southwest . Montana is ranked 4th in size , but 44th in population and 48th in population density of the 50 United States . The western third of Montana contains numerous mountain ranges . Smaller island ranges are found throughout the state . In total , 77 named ranges are part of the Rocky Mountains . The eastern half of Montana is characterized by western prairie terrain and badlands . Greece (' ), officially the Hellenic ___MASK27___ ( Greek : ' ), historically also known as Hellas ("" ), is a country in southeastern Europe . Greece ' s population is approximately 10 . 955 million as of 2015 . Athens is the nation ' s capital and largest city , followed by Thessaloniki . Serbia , officially the ___MASK27___ of Serbia , is a sovereign state situated at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe , covering the southern part of the Pannonian Plain and the central Balkans . Relative to its small territory , it is a diverse country distinguished by a " transitional " character , situated along cultural , geographic , climatic and other boundaries . Serbia is landlocked and borders Hungary to the north ; Romania and Bulgaria to the east ; Macedonia to the south ; and Croatia , Bosnia - Herzegovina , and Montenegro to the southwest ; it also claims a border with Albania through the disputed territory of Kosovo . Serbia numbers around 7 million residents , and its capital , Belgrade , ranks among the largest cities in Southeast Europe . The European ___MASK14___ ( EU ) is a political and economic ___MASK14___ of member states that are located primarily in Europe . It has an area of , and an estimated population of over 510 million . The EU has developed an internal single market through a standardised system of laws that apply in all member states . EU policies aim to ensure the free movement of people , goods , services , and capital within the internal market , enact legislation in justice and home affairs , and maintain common policies on trade , agriculture , fisheries , and regional development . Within the Schengen Area , passport controls have been abolished . A monetary ___MASK14___ was established in 1999 and came into full force in 2002 , and is composed of 19 EU member states which use the euro currency . Sergei Dmitrievich Stanishev ( born May 5 , 1966 ) is a Bulgarian politician who was the leader of the ___MASK61___ ( BSP ) from 2001 until 2014 . He is the President of the Party of European Socialists , the second - largest party in the European Parliament since 2011 . He was Prime Minister of Bulgaria from 2005 to 2009 . Badlands are a type of dry terrain where softer sedimentary rocks and clay - rich soils have been extensively eroded by wind and water . They are characterized by steep slopes , minimal vegetation , lack of a substantial regolith , and high drainage density . They can resemble malpaís , a terrain of volcanic rock . Canyons , ravines , gullies , buttes , mesas , hoodoos and other such geological forms are common in badlands . They are often difficult to navigate by foot . Badlands often have a spectacular color display that alternates from dark black / blue coal stria to bright clays to ___MASK46___ scoria . The ___MASK61___ (  ; " Bulgarska sotsialisticheska partiya ", BSP ), known as the Centenarian (  , " Stoletnitsata "), is a social - democratic political party in Bulgaria and successor to the Bulgarian Communist Party . The BSP is a member of the Party of European Socialists and Socialist International . It is the leading component of the Coalition for Bulgaria centre - left coalition . Prof . Marusya Ivanova Luybcheva ( Bulgarian :   ; born 20 July 1949 , in Mitrovci , Montana district ) is a Bulgarian politician and a Member of the European Parliament of the Coalition for Bulgaria , part of the Party of European Socialists . She became a MEP on 1 January 2007 with the accession of Bulgaria to the European ___MASK14___ . She sits on the European Parliament ' s Committee on International Trade , and its Committee on Budgetary Control . She is a substitute for the Committee on Budgets and for the Committee on Women ' s Rights and Gender Equality . Prof . Lyubcheva is a member of the Delegation to the EU - Kazakhstan , EU - Kyrgyzstan and EU - Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees , and for relations with Tajikistan , Turkmenistan and Mongolia . She is also a substitute member of the Delegation to the EU - Ukraine Parliamentary Cooperation Committee . The European Council "( French : Conseil européen )", charged with defining the EU ' s overall political direction and priorities , is the institution of the European ___MASK14___ ( EU ) that comprises the heads of state or government of the member states , along with the President of the European Council and the President of the European Commission . The High Representative of the ___MASK14___ for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy also takes part in its meetings . Established as an informal summit in 1975 , the European Council was formalised as an institution in 2009 upon the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon . Its current President is Donald Tusk . The Coalition for Bulgaria (" Koalitsiya za Bulgaria ", KB , or BSP - Left Bulgaria in 2014 ) is a leftist electoral ___MASK47___ in Bulgaria , led by the ___MASK61___ . Bulgaria ( tr . '), officially the ___MASK27___ of Bulgaria ( tr . '), is a country in southeastern Europe . It is bordered by Romania to the north , Serbia and Macedonia to the west , Greece and Turkey to the south , and the Black Sea to the east . With a territory of , Bulgaria is Europe ' s 16th - largest country . The Party of European Socialists ( PES ) is a social - democratic European political party . The PES comprises national - level political parties primarily from member states of the European ___MASK14___ ( EU ) and other nations of the European continent . The PES member parties are themselves mostly members of the Progressive Alliance or Socialist International . The political group in the European Parliament of the PES is the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and ___MASK84___ ( S & D ). The PES also operates in the Committee of the Regions ( in the PES Group in the Committee of the Regions ) and the European Council . The PES is currently led by Sergei Stanishev , former Prime Minister of Bulgaria . Turkey , officially the ___MASK27___ of Turkey ( Turkish : ), is a transcontinental country in Eurasia , mainly in Anatolia in Western Asia , with a smaller portion on the Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe . Turkey is a democratic , secular , unitary , parliamentary ___MASK27___ with a diverse cultural ___MASK20___ . Turkey is bordered by eight countries : Greece to the west ; Bulgaria to the northwest ; Georgia to the northeast ; Armenia , the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhchivan and Iran to the east ; and Iraq and Syria to the south . The Aegean Sea is to the west , the Black Sea to the north , and the Mediterranean Sea to the south . The Bosphorus , the Sea of Marmara , and the Dardanelles , which together form the Turkish Straits , divide Thrace and Anatolia ; they also separate Europe and Asia . Turkey ' s location has given it geopolitical and strategic importance throughout history . Romania is a sovereign state located in Southeastern Europe . It borders the Black Sea , Bulgaria , Ukraine , Hungary , Serbia , and Moldova . It has an area of and a temperate - continental climate . With 19 . 94 million inhabitants , the country is the seventh - most - populous member state of the European ___MASK14___ . The capital and largest city , Bucharest , with its 1 , 883 , 425 inhabitants is the sixth - largest city in the EU . A European political party ( formally , a political party at European level ; informally a Europarty ) is a type of political party organisation operating transnationally in Europe and in the institutions of the European ___MASK14___ . They are regulated and funded by the European ___MASK14___ and are usually made up of national parties , not individuals . Europarties have the exclusive right to campaign during the European elections and express themselves within the European Parliament by their affiliated political groups and their MEPs . Europarties , through coordination meetings with their affiliated heads of state and government , influence the decision - making process of the European Council . Europarties also work closely and co - ordinate with their affiliated members of the European Commission and , according to the Lisbon Treaty the Europarty that wins the European elections has ___MASK1___ to nominate to the European Council its candidate for President of the European Commission . North Dakota ( locally ) is the 39th state of the United States , having been admitted to the ___MASK14___ on November 2 , 1889 . The European Parliament ( EP ) is the directly elected parliamentary institution of the European ___MASK14___ ( EU ). Together with the Council of the European ___MASK14___ ( the Council ) and the European Commission , it exercises the legislative function of the EU . The Parliament is composed of 751 ( previously 766 ) members , who represent the second largest democratic electorate in the world ( after the Parliament of India ) and the largest trans - national democratic electorate in the world ( 375 million eligible voters in 2009 ).