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Euphrosyne (mythology) In Greek mythology, Euphrosyne (IPA pronunciation: ) was one of the Charites, known in English also as the "Three Graces". Her best remembered representation in English is in Milton's poem of the active, joyful life, "L'Allegro".
Euphrosyne Doukaina Kamatera Euphrosyne Doukaina Kamaterina or better Kamatera (Greek: ΕυφĎÎżĎύνη Δούκαινα ΚαματεĎίνα ή ΚαματηĎά, EuphrosynÄ“ Doukaina KamatÄ“ra) (c.1155-1211) was the wife of the Byzantine Emperor Alexios III Angelos.
Euphrosyne of Alexandria In Catholicism, Saint Euphrosyne of Alexandria (5th century) belongs to that group of legendary virgins who flee advantageous marriages and adopt male attire and pass for men, in order to lead lives of celibacy and asceticism.
Euphrosyne of Polatsk Euphrosyne (sometimes spelled EĹfrasiĹ„nia, Efrasinnia) of Polatsk (or PoĹ‚acak, Polotsk) (Belarusian: ĐўфраŃŃ–Ěньня ПоĚлацкая) (1110–) was the granddaughter of a prince of Polacak, UsiasĹ‚aĹ.
Eupione Eupione, or eupion, is a hydrocarbon of the paraffin series, probably a pentane, C5H12, discovered by Carl Reichenbach in wood tar. It is also formed in the destructive distillation of many substances, as wood, coal, caoutchouc, bones, resin and the fixed oils.
Euploea sylvester The Double-branded Crow (Euploea sylvester) is a butterfly found in South Asia, Southeast Asia and parts of Australia that belongs to the Crows and Tigers, that is, the Danaid group of the Brush-footed butterflies family.
Eupolemus Eupolemus was a Jewish historian whose work survives only in five fragments (or possibly six fragments) in the Eusebius of Caesarea's Praeparatio Evangelia (hereafter abbreviated as Praep.) embedded in quotations from the historian Alexander Polyhistor and in the Stromata (hereafter abbreviated as Strom.
Eupolemus (general) Eupolemus (in Greek Eυπόλεμoς; lived 4th century BC) was one of the generals of Cassander; he was sent by him in 314 BC to invade Caria, but was surprised and taken prisoner by Ptolemy, a general who commanded that province for Antigonus. He must have been liberated again directly, as the next year (313 BC) we find him commanding the forces left by Cassander in Greece, when he moved northward against Antigonus.
Eupomatia laurina Eupomatia laurina, known as Bolwarra or sometimes Native guava, is a shrub to small tree native to eastern Australia and New Guinea. It is a primitive flowering plant, usually growing as an understorey in rainforest or wet sclerophyll forest.
Eupompus Eupompus was the founder of the great school of painting which flourished in the 4th century at Sicyon in Greece. He was eclipsed by his successors, and is chiefly remembered for the advice which he is said to have given to Lysippus to follow nature rather than any master.
Eupraxis In Greek philosophy eupraxis, literally "right action", is a fundamental concept in ethics, which has subtle meanings, suggesting an "ethical life-stance". This is similar in meaning to eupraxsophy, a word coined in the 20th century by secular humanist philosopher Paul Kurtz.
Eupraxsophy Eupraxsophy (previously "eupraxophy" but updated) is a nonreligious] lifestance or [[World view|worldview emphasizing the importance of living an ethical and exuberant life, and relying on rational methods such as logic, observation and science (rather than faith, mysticism or revelation) toward that end. The word "eupraxsophy" was coined by Paul Kurtz, and comes from the Greek words for "good practice and wisdom.
Eurabia Eurabia denotes a dystopian scenario where Europe merges with the Islamic world, and the alleged process of political and cultural Islamisation of Europe. Like Nineteen Eighty-Four, the term is used to oppose the dystopian scenario, and is intentionally pejorative.
Eurasia Eurasia is a landmass covering about 54,000,000 km² compared with the Americas (approximately 42,000,000 km²), Africa (approximately 30,000,000 km²), Antarctica (approximately 13,000,000 km²) and Oceania (9,000,000 km²). Eurasia is composed of the traditional continents of Europe and Asia.
Eurasia (Nineteen Eighty-Four) Eurasia is one of three superstates in George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, the others being Eastasia and Oceania. Eurasia comprises all of mainland Europe, modern day Russia, and a fluctuating amount of Manchuria, Mongolia, Northern Africa, and the Middle East.
Eurasia Foundation The Eurasia Foundation is a publicly funded, privately managed grantmaker and program implementer working to strengthen civil society, advance private enterprise and promote public policy and administration in the successor states of the former Soviet Union--Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan.
Eurasia Marathon The Intercontinental Istanbul Eurasia Marathon, also known as the Eurasia Marathon, (Turkish: Avrasya Maratonu), is an international athletics event organized by the metropolitan municipality in Istanbul, Turkey every year on a Sunday in October since 1979.
Eurasia Party The Eurasia Party was registered as a political party by the Ministry of Justice of Russia on 21 June 2002, approximately one year after the Pan-Russian Eurasia Movement was established by Aleksandr Dugin. This means that the party enjoys full rights within the Russian political process.
Eurasian Badger The Eurasian or European badger, Meles meles, is a mammal indigenous to most of Europe (excluding northern Scandinavia, Iceland, Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily and Cyprus) and to many parts of Asia, from about 15° to 65° North, and from about 10° West to 135° East. It is particularly abundant in Britain and Ireland.
Eurasian Black Vulture The Eurasian Black Vulture (Aegypius monachus) is also known as the Monk Vulture, the Cinereous Vulture, or just the Black Vulture. It is a member of the family Accipitridae which also includes many other diurnal raptors such as kites, buzzards and harriers.
Eurasian Collared Dove The Eurasian Collared Dove, Streptopelia decaocto, also called the Eurasian Collared-Dove or simply the Collared Dove, is one of the great colonisers of the avian world. Its original range was warmer temperate regions from southeastern Europe to Japan.
Eurasian Jay The Eurasian Jay (Garrulus glandarius) occurs over a vast region from Western Europe and north-west Africa to the eastern seaboard of Asia and down into south-east Asia. Across its vast range, several very distinct racial forms have evolved to look very different from each other, especially when forms at the extremes of its range are compared.
Eurasian Lynx The Eurasian Lynx (Lynx lynx) is a medium-sized cat of European and Siberian forests, where it is one of the major predators. It has grey to reddish fur with black spots; the pattern of the fur is variable: lynxes with heavily spotted fur may exist close to conspecifics with plain fur.
Eurasian National Resources Corporation Eurasian National Resources Corporation (ENRC Group) is one of the world's largest private mining groups. ENRC, through other subsidiaries, owns large-scale Kazakh ferro-alloys producer Kazchrome, which produces ferrochrome Creamer Media's Mining weekly, 03/02/06.
Eurasian Oystercatcher The Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus, also known as the Common Pied Oystercatcher, or (in Europe) just Oystercatcher, is a wader in the oystercatcher bird family Haematopodidae. It is the most widespread of the oystercatchers, with three races breeding in western Europe, central Eurasia, Kamchatka, China, and Western coast of Korea.
Eurasian Plate The Eurasian Plate is a tectonic plate covering Eurasia (a landmass consisting of the continents Europe and Asia) except that it does not cover the Indian subcontinent, the Arabian subcontinent, and the area east of the Verkhoyansk Range in East Siberia. It extends westward to the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
Eurasian Singaporean Eurasian Singaporean is an umbrella term to describe a community in Singapore descended from Europeans who married local Asians. The ethnicities within the community span the length and breadth of Europe, although Eurasian migrants to Singapore in the 19th century came largely from colonies already in Asia, such as old Malaya, Goa, Chittagong, the Dutch Indies, and the French Indo-China.
Eurasian Wolf The Eurasian Wolf (Canis lupus lupus; also known as the "Common Wolf") is a subspecies of the Gray Wolf (Canis lupus). The Eurasian Wolf is almost identical in both aspect and behavior to the Great Plains Wolf of North America.
Eurasianists The Eurasianists (Russian: Евразиицы, Evraziitsy) was a political movement in the Russian emigre community in the 1920's. The movement posited that Russian civilization does not belong in the "European" category (somewhat borrowing from Slavophile ideas of Konstantin Leontyev), and that the October Revolution of the Bolsheviks was a necessary reaction to the rapid westernization of Russian society.
Eurasier The Eurasier, sometimes referred to as the Eurasian, is a spitz breed of dog that is relatively unknown in America, but in Europe it is widely known as a wonderful companion that maintains his own personality, has a dignified reserve to strangers, a strong bond to its family and that is relatively easy to train.
Euratex Euratex (The European Apparel and Textile Organisation)represents the European textile and clothing industry, its main objective is to create an environment with in the European Union which is conducive to the manufacture of textile and clothing products. It promotes the interests of its members while taking into account the European Union's institutional framework and its international obligations.
Eureka (1984 film) Eureka is a film directed by Nicolas Roeg in 1984, starring Gene Hackman, Rutger Hauer, Mickey Rourke, and Joe Pesci. The film is about the story of a Klondike prospector, Jack McCann (Hackman) who strikes it rich, only to fear that his daughter Tracy (played by Roeg's wife, Theresa Russell) and son-in-law (Hauer) are scheming not only for his wealth but his very soul.
Eureka (ferryboat) The Eureka is a side-wheel paddle steamboat built which is now preserved at the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park in San Francisco, California. Originally named the Ukiah, the boat was built by the San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad Company at their Tiburon yard in 1890.
Eureka (French automobile) The Eureka was a French automobile manufactured from 1906 until 1909. A single-cylinder voiturette with friction transmission and belt final drive, it was built at La Garenne-Colombes, and used either a 6hp De Dion or a 12hp Anzani engine.
Eureka (OPAC) Eureka is the general user interface for the Research Library Information Network (RLIN), a bibliographic resource containing records from libraries that are members of Research Libraries Group (RLG). Eureka presently has the capacity to search among approximately 45 million different titles.
Eureka Benevolent Society (San Francisco) The Eureka Benevolent Society (EBS) was one of San Francisco's earliest philanthropic organizations. With a pledge to "afford aid and relief to indigent, sick and infirm Jews; to bury the dead; and in general to relieve and aid co-religionists who might be in poverty or distress," August Helbing and twelve other men formed the Eureka Benevolent Association in 1850.
Eureka College Eureka College is liberal arts college in Eureka, Illinois related by covenant to the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and founded in 1855. It has a strong focus on history, political science, and the fine and performing arts.
Eureka Farm Eureka Farm was a band from Bellingham, Washington who described themselves as "pop to the 10th power", began in 1996 with members: Arman Bohn (songwriter/guitar), Ben Gibbard (drums), and Nicholas Harmer (bass). During this time the band went by the name "Shed".
Eureka Forbes Eureka Forbes, part of the Shapoorji Pallonji Group, operates in over 92 cities in India and employs over 6,000 individuals. Eureka Forbes were the first to introduce domestic water purifiers - the Aquaguard - model - as well as vacuum cleaners to India in the 1980s.
Eureka Models Eureka Models is a new manufacturer of high-quality model railway products based on Australian prototype railways. The company is located in Sans Souci, New South Wales, and is owned and operated by Ron Cunningham.
Eureka Prizes The Eureka Prizes are annual Australian science prizes awarded in a variety of fields including research, leadership and innovation, education (including prizes for research done in schools) and science communication. There is also a people's choice award.
Eureka Seven Eureka Seven, also known as , is a mecha anime by Bandai Entertainment and BONES. Based off the series are three video games, produced by Bandai, and a manga adaptation of both the TV series and the video game TR1: New Wave.
Eureka Stockade The Eureka Stockade was a miners' revolt in 1854 in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, against the officials supervising the gold-mining region of Ballarat. It was prompted by grievances over heavily priced mining items, the expense of a Miner's Licence, and unfair treatment.
Eureka Street Eureka Street is an Australian magazine concerned with public affairs, arts, and theology started in 1989 by Michael Kelly SJ, Morag Fraser, and Adrian Lyons SJ. It was published in paper format for 15 years and was an opinion-forming magazine for many of those years.
Eureka Valley Sand Dunes The Eureka Valley Sand Dunes are located in the southern part of Eureka Valley, in northern Inyo County in eastern California, in the southwestern United States. Although covering an area of only 3 square miles (8 km²), the dunes rise approximately 600 feet (180 m) above the surrounding valley floor, making them one of the highest dune fields in North America.
Eureka Valley, Inyo County Eureka Valley is located in Inyo County, in eastern California in the southwestern United States. It is approximately 28 miles (45 km) long and up to 10 miles (16 km) wide, with elevations varying from 2870 feet (875 m) up to 8456 feet (2575 m).
Eureka Valley, San Francisco, California Eureka Valley is a term for the greater Castro district of the city of San Francisco, California. The term Eureka Valley describes a larger area, including many residential areas, while "the Castro" denotes mainly the predominantly gay-oriented commercial district on Castro Street and 18th Street.
Eurelijus Žukauskas Eurelijus Žukauskas (, born August 22, 1973 in Klaipėda, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union) is a professional basketball player currently playing for LKL champion Lietuvos Rytas and former player for the Lithuanian national basketball team from 1995 to 2004.
Eurely alliance The Eurely alliance is a group of companies consisting of Alcatel, Finmeccanica and VINCI that were bidding to run the Galileo satellite navigation system. They are competing for the bid against iNavsat consortium.
Eureptilia Eureptilia ("true reptiles") is one of the two major clades of the Sauropsida, the other being Anapsida (or Parareptilia). Eureptilia includes not only all Diapsids, but also a number of primitive Permo-Carboniferous forms previously classified under the Anapsida, in the old (no longer recognised) order "Cotylosauria".
Eures EURES (EURopean Employment Services) brings together the European Commission and the public employment services of the countries belonging to the European Economic Area and Switzerland. Other regional and national bodies concerned with employment issues are also included, such as trade unions, employers' organisations, as well as local and regional authorities.
Eureta The European Higher Engineering and Technical Professionals AssociaÂtion (EurEta) is a non-profit, non-political organisation formed to set European qualificaÂtion standards for higher engineering and technical professionals and to keep a European Register of these profesÂsionals.
Eurhythmics Eurhythmics (also Rhythmic Gymnastics, Rhythmics) is an approach to the education of music that was devised by Emile Jaques-Dalcroze. This method utilizes the expression of physical movement and musical rhythms to reinforce the concepts which affect the student’s performance and retention of musical basics.
Euribor Euribor (Euro Interbank Offered Rate) is a daily reference rate based on the averaged interest rates at which banks offer to lend unsecured funds to other banks in the euro wholesale money market (or interbank market).
Euric Euric, also known as Evaric, Erwig, or Eurico in Spanish abd Portuguese, (c. 415–484), was the younger brother of Theodoric II and ruled as king of the Visigoths, with his capital at Toulouse, from 466 until his death.
Eurico Guterres Eurico Barros Gomes Guterres (born 1971) is a pro-Indonesian or anti-independence militia terrorist recruited by the Indonesian military. He was involved in several massacres in East Timor, and a chief militia leader during the post-independence massacre and destruction of the capital Dili.
Eurico Miranda Eurico Ângelo de Oliveira Miranda (born June 7, 1944 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), has been the president of Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama since 2001, was elected as the club's administration side candidate in 2000, succeeded Antônio Soares Calçada, and was reelected in 2002. He was also a federal deputy.
Euridice (opera) Euridice (also Erudice or Eurydice) written October 6 1600, is an opera written in Florence by Jacopo Peri, with additional music by Giulio Caccini. The libretto was written by Ottavio Rinuccini, based on Ovid's Metamorphoses.
Eurimages Eurimages is the Council of Europe fund for the co-production, distribution and exhibition of European cinematographic works. It aims to promote the European film industry by encouraging the production and distribution of films and fostering co-operation between professionals
Euripides Rubio Captain Euripides Rubio (March 1, 1938 – November 8, 1966), born in Ponce, Puerto Rico, was a United States Army captain who was posthumously awarded the United States' highest military decoration for valor — the Medal of Honor for actions on 8 November 1966 during the Vietnam War. Rubio was a member of the U.
Euripus Strait The Euripus Strait (Greek: ΕύĎιπος), is a narrow channel of water separating the Greek island of Euboea in the Aegean Sea from Boeotia in mainland Greece. It is subject to strong tidal currents which reverse direction several times a day.
Eurisol The EURISOL project is aimed at the design - and eventual construction - of a 'next-generation' European ISOL radioactive ion beam (RIB) facility capable of extending current research in atomic and nuclear physics by providing users with a wide variety of exotic ion beams at intensities far greater than those presently available. The first phase of the project, completed in 2003, set out to determine the feasibility of the project.
Euro banknotes The euro (EUR or €) is the single currency for 13 European Union member states. The euro was formally established as a unit of exchange on 1 January, 1999, and euro banknotes and coins (see euro coins) entered circulation in 12 member states on 1 January, 2002.
Euro Beach Soccer League The Euro Beach Soccer League (Euro BS League or EBSL) is an annual European competition in beach soccer. Started in 1998 as the European Pro Beach Soccer League, the competitions allows national teams to compete in beach soccer in a league format over the summer months.
Euro calculator A euro calculator is a very popular type of calculator in European countries (see eurozone) that adopted the euro as their official monetary unit. It functions like any other normal calculator, but it also includes a special function which allows one to convert a value expressed in the previously official unit (the peseta in Spain, for example) to the new value in euros, or vice versa.
Euro coins The euro (EUR or €) is the currency of 13 European Union (EU) member states (Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia, and Spain), three European microstates which have currency agreements with the EU (Monaco, San Marino and the Vatican City State), Andorra, Montenegro and the Kosovo province of Serbia.
Euro death-knot A Euro death-knot is a class of abseiling (rapelling) flat bend knots used by some modern rock and alpine climbers to join two ropes together. While some Euro Death-knots have the advantage of pulling more cleanly after a rapel and thus may avoid binding and becoming difficult to retrieve, some of these knots can also invert leading to catastrophic knot failure (capsizing), thus the tongue-in-cheek nickname for this group of flat bends.
Euro disco The term Euro disco refers to a collection of styles and genres of electronic dance music that had emerged from Europe by the early 1980s, incorporating elements of electropop and disco into new hybrids such as Hi-NRG, Italo disco, Eurohouse, British Pop and others. The term is also commonly written as Eurodisco and Euro-disco.
Euro Ice Hockey Challenge The Euro Ice Hockey Challenge is a yearly series of 4 nations tournaments. During each of the four international breaks - in September, November, December and February - tournaments are played in different locations.
Euro II EURO II (popularly referred to as Euro2 or as "EC 96") was the emission standard for cars introduced in the EU in 1995 that limits car emissions to 7 g/km of NOX and 0.15 g/km of PM (Particle Matter) when tested using the NEDC driving cycle.
Euro Photo Club Euro Photo Club is an online photographers community. It was officially launched in 2005 and thanks to the work of few enthousiast photographers is offering all needed feathers to facilitate the exchange between photographers.
Euro RSCG Euro RSCG is an advertising agency network with global operations headquartered in New York. It is the main advertising agency network of the French communications group Havas, and is ranked 5th largest network according to Advertising Age Magazine, with over 233 offices in 75 countries.
Euro Space Center Euro Space Center is a theme park located in Transinne, Belgium, near Redu, and which is devoted to space and astronautics. It is the home of the only full-scale mock-up of the US Space Shuttle existing in Europe.
Euro Space Centre The Euro Space Centre is an aerospace museum and educational facility based in Wallonia, Belgium just off the E411 highway between Brussels and Luxembourg. It is a popular tourist stop for visitors of the region.
Euro V EURO V is the most recent set in a series of mandatory European emission standards applying to new road vehicles sold in the EU. For heavy duty vehicles (lorries) the standards apply to vehicles brought on the market from October 2008.
Euro-Asian Steppe The Euro-Asian Steppe, also known as the Euroasian Steppe or the Eurasian Steppe (sometimes referred to collectively as The Steppes or The Steppe) is the terms often used to describe the vast steppe ecoregion of Eurasia stretching from the western borders of the steppes of Hungary to the eastern border of the steppes of . Most of the Euro-Asian Steppe is included within the region of Central Asia while only a small part of it is included within Eastern Europe.
Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council The Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC), a NATO organization, is a multilateral forum created to improve relations between NATO and non-NATO countries in Europe and those parts of Asia on the European periphery. The member states meet to cooperate and consult on a range of political and security issues.
Euro-English Euro-English (also Euroenglish or Euro-Englisch) terms are English translations of European concepts that are not native to English-speaking countries. Due to the United Kingdom's (and even the Republic of Ireland's) involvement in the European Union, the usage focuses on non-British concepts.
Euro-Mediterranean free trade area The Euro-Mediterranean free trade area (EU-MEFTA) is based on the Barcelona Process and European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP). The Barcelona Process, developed after the Barcelona Conference in successive annual meetings, is a set of goals designed to lead to a free trade area in the Middle East by 2010.
Euro-Mediterranean Information Society Euro-Mediterranean Information Society (EUMEDIS) is the principal financial instrument of the European Union for the implementation of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership activities. EUMEDIS was initiated in the Barcelona declaration in 1995.
Euro-Trance Euro-Trance is a hybrid of Hard Trance and Eurodance music incorporating Hardstyle bass drums and trance elements. It is made with a much more commercial sound, using lots of major chords and generally very happy sounding melodies.
Euro-VO The European Virtual Observatory or EURO-VO project aims at deploying an operational Virtual Observatory in Europe. Its objectives are technology take-up and VO compliant resource provision, building the technical infrastructure and to support its utilization by the scientific community.
Eurobarometer Eurobarometer is a series of surveys regularly performed on behalf of the European Commission since 1973. It produces reports of public opinion of certain issues relating to the European Union across the member states.
Eurobasket Eurobasket is the name commonly used to refer to the men's basketball championship contested biennially by the national teams of the European continent under the auspices of FIBA Europe, a zone of the Fédération Internationale de Basketball, every second iteration of which serves as a qualifying tournament for the FIBA World Championship. The defending champion is Greece.
Eurobasket 1935 The 1935 European Basketball Championship, commonly called Eurobasket 1935, was the first Eurobasket regional championship held by FIBA Europe as well as a test event preceding the first Olympic basketball tournament at the 1936 Summer Olympics. Ten national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) took part in the competition.
Eurobasket 1937 The 1937 European Basketball Championship, commonly called Eurobasket 1937, was the second regional championship held by FIBA Europe. Eight national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) took part in the competition.
Eurobasket 1939 The 1939 European Basketball Championship, commonly called Eurobasket 1939, was the third regional championship held by FIBA Europe. Eight national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) took part in the competition.
Eurobasket 1946 The 1946 European Basketball Championship, commonly called Eurobasket 1946, was the third Eurobasket regional championship held by FIBA Europe and the first since 1939 due to World War II. Ten national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) took part in the competition.
Eurobasket 1947 The 1947 European Basketball Championship, commonly called Eurobasket 1947, was the fourth Eurobasket regional championship held by FIBA Europe. Fourteen national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) took part in the competition.
Eurobasket 1949 The 1949 European Basketball Championship, commonly called Eurobasket 1949, was the sixth regional championship held by FIBA Europe. Seven national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) took part in the competition.
Eurobasket 1951 The 1951 European Basketball Championship, commonly called Eurobasket 1951, was the seventh regional championship held by FIBA Europe. Eighteen national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) entered the competition, a record number and more than twice the number that had competed two years earlier.
Eurobasket 1953 The 1953 European Basketball Championship, commonly called Eurobasket 1953, was the eighth regional championship held by FIBA Europe. Seventeen national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) entered the competition.
Eurobasket 1955 The 1955 European Basketball Championship, commonly called Eurobasket 1955, was the ninth regional championship held by FIBA Europe. Eighteen national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) entered the competition.
Eurobasket 1957 The 1957 European Basketball Championship, commonly called Eurobasket 1957, was the tenth regional championship held by FIBA Europe. Sixteen national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) entered the competition.
Eurobasket 1987 The 1987 European Basketball Championship, commonly called Eurobasket 1987, was the 25th regional championship held by FIBA Europe. Twelve national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) entered the competition.
Eurobasket 2003 The 2003 European Basketball Championship, commonly called Eurobasket 2003, was held in Sweden between 5 September and 14 September 2003. Lithuania won the gold medal, Spain won the silver while Italy won the bronze.
Eurobasket 2005 The 2005 European Basketball Championship, commonly called Eurobasket 2005, was held in Serbia and Montenegro between 16 September and 25 September 2005. Greece won the gold medal, Germany won the silver while France won the bronze.
Eurobasket 2005 (qualification) The 2005 European Basketball Championship, commonly called Eurobasket 2005, was held in Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro between 16 September and 25 September 2005. The FIBA European Basketball Championship is a bi-annual basketball competition between national teams organised by FIBA Europe, the sports governing body in Europe.
Eurobasket 2005 Women The 2005 European Women Basketball Championship, commonly called Eurobasket 2005 Women, was held in Turkey between 2 September and 11 September 2005. Czech Republic won the gold medal and Russia the silver medal while Spain won the bronze.
Eurobasket 2007 The 2007 European Basketball Championship, commonly called Eurobasket 2007, will be the 35th regional championship held by FIBA Europe. The competition will be hosted by Spain and will take place between September 3 2007 to September 16 2007.
Euphrosyne Doukaina Kamatera Euphrosyne Doukaina Kamaterina or better Kamatera (Greek: ΕυφĎÎżĎύνη Δούκαινα ΚαματεĎίνα ή ΚαματηĎά, EuphrosynÄ“ Doukaina KamatÄ“ra) (c.1155-1211) was the wife of the Byzantine Emperor Alexios III Angelos.
Euphrosyne of Alexandria In Catholicism, Saint Euphrosyne of Alexandria (5th century) belongs to that group of legendary virgins who flee advantageous marriages and adopt male attire and pass for men, in order to lead lives of celibacy and asceticism.
Euphrosyne of Polatsk Euphrosyne (sometimes spelled EĹfrasiĹ„nia, Efrasinnia) of Polatsk (or PoĹ‚acak, Polotsk) (Belarusian: ĐўфраŃŃ–Ěньня ПоĚлацкая) (1110–) was the granddaughter of a prince of Polacak, UsiasĹ‚aĹ.
Eupione Eupione, or eupion, is a hydrocarbon of the paraffin series, probably a pentane, C5H12, discovered by Carl Reichenbach in wood tar. It is also formed in the destructive distillation of many substances, as wood, coal, caoutchouc, bones, resin and the fixed oils.
Euploea sylvester The Double-branded Crow (Euploea sylvester) is a butterfly found in South Asia, Southeast Asia and parts of Australia that belongs to the Crows and Tigers, that is, the Danaid group of the Brush-footed butterflies family.
Eupolemus Eupolemus was a Jewish historian whose work survives only in five fragments (or possibly six fragments) in the Eusebius of Caesarea's Praeparatio Evangelia (hereafter abbreviated as Praep.) embedded in quotations from the historian Alexander Polyhistor and in the Stromata (hereafter abbreviated as Strom.
Eupolemus (general) Eupolemus (in Greek Eυπόλεμoς; lived 4th century BC) was one of the generals of Cassander; he was sent by him in 314 BC to invade Caria, but was surprised and taken prisoner by Ptolemy, a general who commanded that province for Antigonus. He must have been liberated again directly, as the next year (313 BC) we find him commanding the forces left by Cassander in Greece, when he moved northward against Antigonus.
Eupomatia laurina Eupomatia laurina, known as Bolwarra or sometimes Native guava, is a shrub to small tree native to eastern Australia and New Guinea. It is a primitive flowering plant, usually growing as an understorey in rainforest or wet sclerophyll forest.
Eupompus Eupompus was the founder of the great school of painting which flourished in the 4th century at Sicyon in Greece. He was eclipsed by his successors, and is chiefly remembered for the advice which he is said to have given to Lysippus to follow nature rather than any master.
Eupraxis In Greek philosophy eupraxis, literally "right action", is a fundamental concept in ethics, which has subtle meanings, suggesting an "ethical life-stance". This is similar in meaning to eupraxsophy, a word coined in the 20th century by secular humanist philosopher Paul Kurtz.
Eupraxsophy Eupraxsophy (previously "eupraxophy" but updated) is a nonreligious] lifestance or [[World view|worldview emphasizing the importance of living an ethical and exuberant life, and relying on rational methods such as logic, observation and science (rather than faith, mysticism or revelation) toward that end. The word "eupraxsophy" was coined by Paul Kurtz, and comes from the Greek words for "good practice and wisdom.
Eurabia Eurabia denotes a dystopian scenario where Europe merges with the Islamic world, and the alleged process of political and cultural Islamisation of Europe. Like Nineteen Eighty-Four, the term is used to oppose the dystopian scenario, and is intentionally pejorative.
Eurasia Eurasia is a landmass covering about 54,000,000 km² compared with the Americas (approximately 42,000,000 km²), Africa (approximately 30,000,000 km²), Antarctica (approximately 13,000,000 km²) and Oceania (9,000,000 km²). Eurasia is composed of the traditional continents of Europe and Asia.
Eurasia (Nineteen Eighty-Four) Eurasia is one of three superstates in George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, the others being Eastasia and Oceania. Eurasia comprises all of mainland Europe, modern day Russia, and a fluctuating amount of Manchuria, Mongolia, Northern Africa, and the Middle East.
Eurasia Foundation The Eurasia Foundation is a publicly funded, privately managed grantmaker and program implementer working to strengthen civil society, advance private enterprise and promote public policy and administration in the successor states of the former Soviet Union--Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan.
Eurasia Marathon The Intercontinental Istanbul Eurasia Marathon, also known as the Eurasia Marathon, (Turkish: Avrasya Maratonu), is an international athletics event organized by the metropolitan municipality in Istanbul, Turkey every year on a Sunday in October since 1979.
Eurasia Party The Eurasia Party was registered as a political party by the Ministry of Justice of Russia on 21 June 2002, approximately one year after the Pan-Russian Eurasia Movement was established by Aleksandr Dugin. This means that the party enjoys full rights within the Russian political process.
Eurasian Badger The Eurasian or European badger, Meles meles, is a mammal indigenous to most of Europe (excluding northern Scandinavia, Iceland, Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily and Cyprus) and to many parts of Asia, from about 15° to 65° North, and from about 10° West to 135° East. It is particularly abundant in Britain and Ireland.
Eurasian Black Vulture The Eurasian Black Vulture (Aegypius monachus) is also known as the Monk Vulture, the Cinereous Vulture, or just the Black Vulture. It is a member of the family Accipitridae which also includes many other diurnal raptors such as kites, buzzards and harriers.
Eurasian Collared Dove The Eurasian Collared Dove, Streptopelia decaocto, also called the Eurasian Collared-Dove or simply the Collared Dove, is one of the great colonisers of the avian world. Its original range was warmer temperate regions from southeastern Europe to Japan.
Eurasian Jay The Eurasian Jay (Garrulus glandarius) occurs over a vast region from Western Europe and north-west Africa to the eastern seaboard of Asia and down into south-east Asia. Across its vast range, several very distinct racial forms have evolved to look very different from each other, especially when forms at the extremes of its range are compared.
Eurasian Lynx The Eurasian Lynx (Lynx lynx) is a medium-sized cat of European and Siberian forests, where it is one of the major predators. It has grey to reddish fur with black spots; the pattern of the fur is variable: lynxes with heavily spotted fur may exist close to conspecifics with plain fur.
Eurasian National Resources Corporation Eurasian National Resources Corporation (ENRC Group) is one of the world's largest private mining groups. ENRC, through other subsidiaries, owns large-scale Kazakh ferro-alloys producer Kazchrome, which produces ferrochrome Creamer Media's Mining weekly, 03/02/06.
Eurasian Oystercatcher The Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus, also known as the Common Pied Oystercatcher, or (in Europe) just Oystercatcher, is a wader in the oystercatcher bird family Haematopodidae. It is the most widespread of the oystercatchers, with three races breeding in western Europe, central Eurasia, Kamchatka, China, and Western coast of Korea.
Eurasian Plate The Eurasian Plate is a tectonic plate covering Eurasia (a landmass consisting of the continents Europe and Asia) except that it does not cover the Indian subcontinent, the Arabian subcontinent, and the area east of the Verkhoyansk Range in East Siberia. It extends westward to the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
Eurasian Singaporean Eurasian Singaporean is an umbrella term to describe a community in Singapore descended from Europeans who married local Asians. The ethnicities within the community span the length and breadth of Europe, although Eurasian migrants to Singapore in the 19th century came largely from colonies already in Asia, such as old Malaya, Goa, Chittagong, the Dutch Indies, and the French Indo-China.
Eurasian Wolf The Eurasian Wolf (Canis lupus lupus; also known as the "Common Wolf") is a subspecies of the Gray Wolf (Canis lupus). The Eurasian Wolf is almost identical in both aspect and behavior to the Great Plains Wolf of North America.
Eurasianists The Eurasianists (Russian: Евразиицы, Evraziitsy) was a political movement in the Russian emigre community in the 1920's. The movement posited that Russian civilization does not belong in the "European" category (somewhat borrowing from Slavophile ideas of Konstantin Leontyev), and that the October Revolution of the Bolsheviks was a necessary reaction to the rapid westernization of Russian society.
Eurasier The Eurasier, sometimes referred to as the Eurasian, is a spitz breed of dog that is relatively unknown in America, but in Europe it is widely known as a wonderful companion that maintains his own personality, has a dignified reserve to strangers, a strong bond to its family and that is relatively easy to train.
Euratex Euratex (The European Apparel and Textile Organisation)represents the European textile and clothing industry, its main objective is to create an environment with in the European Union which is conducive to the manufacture of textile and clothing products. It promotes the interests of its members while taking into account the European Union's institutional framework and its international obligations.
Eureka (1984 film) Eureka is a film directed by Nicolas Roeg in 1984, starring Gene Hackman, Rutger Hauer, Mickey Rourke, and Joe Pesci. The film is about the story of a Klondike prospector, Jack McCann (Hackman) who strikes it rich, only to fear that his daughter Tracy (played by Roeg's wife, Theresa Russell) and son-in-law (Hauer) are scheming not only for his wealth but his very soul.
Eureka (ferryboat) The Eureka is a side-wheel paddle steamboat built which is now preserved at the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park in San Francisco, California. Originally named the Ukiah, the boat was built by the San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad Company at their Tiburon yard in 1890.
Eureka (French automobile) The Eureka was a French automobile manufactured from 1906 until 1909. A single-cylinder voiturette with friction transmission and belt final drive, it was built at La Garenne-Colombes, and used either a 6hp De Dion or a 12hp Anzani engine.
Eureka (OPAC) Eureka is the general user interface for the Research Library Information Network (RLIN), a bibliographic resource containing records from libraries that are members of Research Libraries Group (RLG). Eureka presently has the capacity to search among approximately 45 million different titles.
Eureka Benevolent Society (San Francisco) The Eureka Benevolent Society (EBS) was one of San Francisco's earliest philanthropic organizations. With a pledge to "afford aid and relief to indigent, sick and infirm Jews; to bury the dead; and in general to relieve and aid co-religionists who might be in poverty or distress," August Helbing and twelve other men formed the Eureka Benevolent Association in 1850.
Eureka College Eureka College is liberal arts college in Eureka, Illinois related by covenant to the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and founded in 1855. It has a strong focus on history, political science, and the fine and performing arts.
Eureka Farm Eureka Farm was a band from Bellingham, Washington who described themselves as "pop to the 10th power", began in 1996 with members: Arman Bohn (songwriter/guitar), Ben Gibbard (drums), and Nicholas Harmer (bass). During this time the band went by the name "Shed".
Eureka Forbes Eureka Forbes, part of the Shapoorji Pallonji Group, operates in over 92 cities in India and employs over 6,000 individuals. Eureka Forbes were the first to introduce domestic water purifiers - the Aquaguard - model - as well as vacuum cleaners to India in the 1980s.
Eureka Models Eureka Models is a new manufacturer of high-quality model railway products based on Australian prototype railways. The company is located in Sans Souci, New South Wales, and is owned and operated by Ron Cunningham.
Eureka Prizes The Eureka Prizes are annual Australian science prizes awarded in a variety of fields including research, leadership and innovation, education (including prizes for research done in schools) and science communication. There is also a people's choice award.
Eureka Seven Eureka Seven, also known as , is a mecha anime by Bandai Entertainment and BONES. Based off the series are three video games, produced by Bandai, and a manga adaptation of both the TV series and the video game TR1: New Wave.
Eureka Stockade The Eureka Stockade was a miners' revolt in 1854 in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, against the officials supervising the gold-mining region of Ballarat. It was prompted by grievances over heavily priced mining items, the expense of a Miner's Licence, and unfair treatment.
Eureka Street Eureka Street is an Australian magazine concerned with public affairs, arts, and theology started in 1989 by Michael Kelly SJ, Morag Fraser, and Adrian Lyons SJ. It was published in paper format for 15 years and was an opinion-forming magazine for many of those years.
Eureka Valley Sand Dunes The Eureka Valley Sand Dunes are located in the southern part of Eureka Valley, in northern Inyo County in eastern California, in the southwestern United States. Although covering an area of only 3 square miles (8 km²), the dunes rise approximately 600 feet (180 m) above the surrounding valley floor, making them one of the highest dune fields in North America.
Eureka Valley, Inyo County Eureka Valley is located in Inyo County, in eastern California in the southwestern United States. It is approximately 28 miles (45 km) long and up to 10 miles (16 km) wide, with elevations varying from 2870 feet (875 m) up to 8456 feet (2575 m).
Eureka Valley, San Francisco, California Eureka Valley is a term for the greater Castro district of the city of San Francisco, California. The term Eureka Valley describes a larger area, including many residential areas, while "the Castro" denotes mainly the predominantly gay-oriented commercial district on Castro Street and 18th Street.
Eurelijus Žukauskas Eurelijus Žukauskas (, born August 22, 1973 in Klaipėda, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union) is a professional basketball player currently playing for LKL champion Lietuvos Rytas and former player for the Lithuanian national basketball team from 1995 to 2004.
Eurely alliance The Eurely alliance is a group of companies consisting of Alcatel, Finmeccanica and VINCI that were bidding to run the Galileo satellite navigation system. They are competing for the bid against iNavsat consortium.
Eureptilia Eureptilia ("true reptiles") is one of the two major clades of the Sauropsida, the other being Anapsida (or Parareptilia). Eureptilia includes not only all Diapsids, but also a number of primitive Permo-Carboniferous forms previously classified under the Anapsida, in the old (no longer recognised) order "Cotylosauria".
Eures EURES (EURopean Employment Services) brings together the European Commission and the public employment services of the countries belonging to the European Economic Area and Switzerland. Other regional and national bodies concerned with employment issues are also included, such as trade unions, employers' organisations, as well as local and regional authorities.
Eureta The European Higher Engineering and Technical Professionals AssociaÂtion (EurEta) is a non-profit, non-political organisation formed to set European qualificaÂtion standards for higher engineering and technical professionals and to keep a European Register of these profesÂsionals.
Eurhythmics Eurhythmics (also Rhythmic Gymnastics, Rhythmics) is an approach to the education of music that was devised by Emile Jaques-Dalcroze. This method utilizes the expression of physical movement and musical rhythms to reinforce the concepts which affect the student’s performance and retention of musical basics.
Euribor Euribor (Euro Interbank Offered Rate) is a daily reference rate based on the averaged interest rates at which banks offer to lend unsecured funds to other banks in the euro wholesale money market (or interbank market).
Euric Euric, also known as Evaric, Erwig, or Eurico in Spanish abd Portuguese, (c. 415–484), was the younger brother of Theodoric II and ruled as king of the Visigoths, with his capital at Toulouse, from 466 until his death.
Eurico Guterres Eurico Barros Gomes Guterres (born 1971) is a pro-Indonesian or anti-independence militia terrorist recruited by the Indonesian military. He was involved in several massacres in East Timor, and a chief militia leader during the post-independence massacre and destruction of the capital Dili.
Eurico Miranda Eurico Ângelo de Oliveira Miranda (born June 7, 1944 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), has been the president of Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama since 2001, was elected as the club's administration side candidate in 2000, succeeded Antônio Soares Calçada, and was reelected in 2002. He was also a federal deputy.
Euridice (opera) Euridice (also Erudice or Eurydice) written October 6 1600, is an opera written in Florence by Jacopo Peri, with additional music by Giulio Caccini. The libretto was written by Ottavio Rinuccini, based on Ovid's Metamorphoses.
Eurimages Eurimages is the Council of Europe fund for the co-production, distribution and exhibition of European cinematographic works. It aims to promote the European film industry by encouraging the production and distribution of films and fostering co-operation between professionals
Euripides Rubio Captain Euripides Rubio (March 1, 1938 – November 8, 1966), born in Ponce, Puerto Rico, was a United States Army captain who was posthumously awarded the United States' highest military decoration for valor — the Medal of Honor for actions on 8 November 1966 during the Vietnam War. Rubio was a member of the U.
Euripus Strait The Euripus Strait (Greek: ΕύĎιπος), is a narrow channel of water separating the Greek island of Euboea in the Aegean Sea from Boeotia in mainland Greece. It is subject to strong tidal currents which reverse direction several times a day.
Eurisol The EURISOL project is aimed at the design - and eventual construction - of a 'next-generation' European ISOL radioactive ion beam (RIB) facility capable of extending current research in atomic and nuclear physics by providing users with a wide variety of exotic ion beams at intensities far greater than those presently available. The first phase of the project, completed in 2003, set out to determine the feasibility of the project.
Euro banknotes The euro (EUR or €) is the single currency for 13 European Union member states. The euro was formally established as a unit of exchange on 1 January, 1999, and euro banknotes and coins (see euro coins) entered circulation in 12 member states on 1 January, 2002.
Euro Beach Soccer League The Euro Beach Soccer League (Euro BS League or EBSL) is an annual European competition in beach soccer. Started in 1998 as the European Pro Beach Soccer League, the competitions allows national teams to compete in beach soccer in a league format over the summer months.
Euro calculator A euro calculator is a very popular type of calculator in European countries (see eurozone) that adopted the euro as their official monetary unit. It functions like any other normal calculator, but it also includes a special function which allows one to convert a value expressed in the previously official unit (the peseta in Spain, for example) to the new value in euros, or vice versa.
Euro coins The euro (EUR or €) is the currency of 13 European Union (EU) member states (Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia, and Spain), three European microstates which have currency agreements with the EU (Monaco, San Marino and the Vatican City State), Andorra, Montenegro and the Kosovo province of Serbia.
Euro death-knot A Euro death-knot is a class of abseiling (rapelling) flat bend knots used by some modern rock and alpine climbers to join two ropes together. While some Euro Death-knots have the advantage of pulling more cleanly after a rapel and thus may avoid binding and becoming difficult to retrieve, some of these knots can also invert leading to catastrophic knot failure (capsizing), thus the tongue-in-cheek nickname for this group of flat bends.
Euro disco The term Euro disco refers to a collection of styles and genres of electronic dance music that had emerged from Europe by the early 1980s, incorporating elements of electropop and disco into new hybrids such as Hi-NRG, Italo disco, Eurohouse, British Pop and others. The term is also commonly written as Eurodisco and Euro-disco.
Euro Ice Hockey Challenge The Euro Ice Hockey Challenge is a yearly series of 4 nations tournaments. During each of the four international breaks - in September, November, December and February - tournaments are played in different locations.
Euro II EURO II (popularly referred to as Euro2 or as "EC 96") was the emission standard for cars introduced in the EU in 1995 that limits car emissions to 7 g/km of NOX and 0.15 g/km of PM (Particle Matter) when tested using the NEDC driving cycle.
Euro Photo Club Euro Photo Club is an online photographers community. It was officially launched in 2005 and thanks to the work of few enthousiast photographers is offering all needed feathers to facilitate the exchange between photographers.
Euro RSCG Euro RSCG is an advertising agency network with global operations headquartered in New York. It is the main advertising agency network of the French communications group Havas, and is ranked 5th largest network according to Advertising Age Magazine, with over 233 offices in 75 countries.
Euro Space Center Euro Space Center is a theme park located in Transinne, Belgium, near Redu, and which is devoted to space and astronautics. It is the home of the only full-scale mock-up of the US Space Shuttle existing in Europe.
Euro Space Centre The Euro Space Centre is an aerospace museum and educational facility based in Wallonia, Belgium just off the E411 highway between Brussels and Luxembourg. It is a popular tourist stop for visitors of the region.
Euro V EURO V is the most recent set in a series of mandatory European emission standards applying to new road vehicles sold in the EU. For heavy duty vehicles (lorries) the standards apply to vehicles brought on the market from October 2008.
Euro-Asian Steppe The Euro-Asian Steppe, also known as the Euroasian Steppe or the Eurasian Steppe (sometimes referred to collectively as The Steppes or The Steppe) is the terms often used to describe the vast steppe ecoregion of Eurasia stretching from the western borders of the steppes of Hungary to the eastern border of the steppes of . Most of the Euro-Asian Steppe is included within the region of Central Asia while only a small part of it is included within Eastern Europe.
Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council The Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC), a NATO organization, is a multilateral forum created to improve relations between NATO and non-NATO countries in Europe and those parts of Asia on the European periphery. The member states meet to cooperate and consult on a range of political and security issues.
Euro-English Euro-English (also Euroenglish or Euro-Englisch) terms are English translations of European concepts that are not native to English-speaking countries. Due to the United Kingdom's (and even the Republic of Ireland's) involvement in the European Union, the usage focuses on non-British concepts.
Euro-Mediterranean free trade area The Euro-Mediterranean free trade area (EU-MEFTA) is based on the Barcelona Process and European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP). The Barcelona Process, developed after the Barcelona Conference in successive annual meetings, is a set of goals designed to lead to a free trade area in the Middle East by 2010.
Euro-Mediterranean Information Society Euro-Mediterranean Information Society (EUMEDIS) is the principal financial instrument of the European Union for the implementation of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership activities. EUMEDIS was initiated in the Barcelona declaration in 1995.
Euro-Trance Euro-Trance is a hybrid of Hard Trance and Eurodance music incorporating Hardstyle bass drums and trance elements. It is made with a much more commercial sound, using lots of major chords and generally very happy sounding melodies.
Euro-VO The European Virtual Observatory or EURO-VO project aims at deploying an operational Virtual Observatory in Europe. Its objectives are technology take-up and VO compliant resource provision, building the technical infrastructure and to support its utilization by the scientific community.
Eurobarometer Eurobarometer is a series of surveys regularly performed on behalf of the European Commission since 1973. It produces reports of public opinion of certain issues relating to the European Union across the member states.
Eurobasket Eurobasket is the name commonly used to refer to the men's basketball championship contested biennially by the national teams of the European continent under the auspices of FIBA Europe, a zone of the Fédération Internationale de Basketball, every second iteration of which serves as a qualifying tournament for the FIBA World Championship. The defending champion is Greece.
Eurobasket 1935 The 1935 European Basketball Championship, commonly called Eurobasket 1935, was the first Eurobasket regional championship held by FIBA Europe as well as a test event preceding the first Olympic basketball tournament at the 1936 Summer Olympics. Ten national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) took part in the competition.
Eurobasket 1937 The 1937 European Basketball Championship, commonly called Eurobasket 1937, was the second regional championship held by FIBA Europe. Eight national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) took part in the competition.
Eurobasket 1939 The 1939 European Basketball Championship, commonly called Eurobasket 1939, was the third regional championship held by FIBA Europe. Eight national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) took part in the competition.
Eurobasket 1946 The 1946 European Basketball Championship, commonly called Eurobasket 1946, was the third Eurobasket regional championship held by FIBA Europe and the first since 1939 due to World War II. Ten national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) took part in the competition.
Eurobasket 1947 The 1947 European Basketball Championship, commonly called Eurobasket 1947, was the fourth Eurobasket regional championship held by FIBA Europe. Fourteen national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) took part in the competition.
Eurobasket 1949 The 1949 European Basketball Championship, commonly called Eurobasket 1949, was the sixth regional championship held by FIBA Europe. Seven national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) took part in the competition.
Eurobasket 1951 The 1951 European Basketball Championship, commonly called Eurobasket 1951, was the seventh regional championship held by FIBA Europe. Eighteen national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) entered the competition, a record number and more than twice the number that had competed two years earlier.
Eurobasket 1953 The 1953 European Basketball Championship, commonly called Eurobasket 1953, was the eighth regional championship held by FIBA Europe. Seventeen national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) entered the competition.
Eurobasket 1955 The 1955 European Basketball Championship, commonly called Eurobasket 1955, was the ninth regional championship held by FIBA Europe. Eighteen national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) entered the competition.
Eurobasket 1957 The 1957 European Basketball Championship, commonly called Eurobasket 1957, was the tenth regional championship held by FIBA Europe. Sixteen national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) entered the competition.
Eurobasket 1987 The 1987 European Basketball Championship, commonly called Eurobasket 1987, was the 25th regional championship held by FIBA Europe. Twelve national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) entered the competition.
Eurobasket 2003 The 2003 European Basketball Championship, commonly called Eurobasket 2003, was held in Sweden between 5 September and 14 September 2003. Lithuania won the gold medal, Spain won the silver while Italy won the bronze.
Eurobasket 2005 The 2005 European Basketball Championship, commonly called Eurobasket 2005, was held in Serbia and Montenegro between 16 September and 25 September 2005. Greece won the gold medal, Germany won the silver while France won the bronze.
Eurobasket 2005 (qualification) The 2005 European Basketball Championship, commonly called Eurobasket 2005, was held in Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro between 16 September and 25 September 2005. The FIBA European Basketball Championship is a bi-annual basketball competition between national teams organised by FIBA Europe, the sports governing body in Europe.
Eurobasket 2005 Women The 2005 European Women Basketball Championship, commonly called Eurobasket 2005 Women, was held in Turkey between 2 September and 11 September 2005. Czech Republic won the gold medal and Russia the silver medal while Spain won the bronze.
Eurobasket 2007 The 2007 European Basketball Championship, commonly called Eurobasket 2007, will be the 35th regional championship held by FIBA Europe. The competition will be hosted by Spain and will take place between September 3 2007 to September 16 2007.
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