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| Abkhazia |
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| Claimants: Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia |
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| Claims independence, but Georgia also claims sovereignty of Abkhazia as an autonomous region. The Russian-backed Abkhaz state, which governs the territory, is currently recognised by just a handful of other nations |
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| Faroe Islands |
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| Claimants: Denmark, Faroese Nationalists |
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| This North Atlantic island group has been an autonomous province of Denmark since 1948, but a local Faroese government currently controls most aspects of their own lives, except security and foreign affairs |
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| Gibraltar |
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| Claimants: Spain, United Kingdom |
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| Currently a self-governing British Overseas Territory, this small island off the coast of North Africa was historically part of Spain, but was ceded to the British in the 1713 Treaty of Utrecht |
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| Kosovo |
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| Claimants: Republic of Kosovo, Serbia |
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| The partially recognised Republic of Kosovo, a self-declared independent state, has de facto control over most of the territory - the part which is under UN control - whilst an area to the north is Serbian-controlled |
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| Nagorno-Karabakh |
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| Claimants: Azerbaijan, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic |
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| The region, and several other Azerbaijani regions around it, are currently under the joint control of the Azerbaijan and Nagorno-Karabakh military's with a stalemate in place. No states currently recognise the republic |
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| Northern (Turkish) Cyprus |
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| Claimants: Republic of Cyprus, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus |
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| Claims independence, but only Turkey recognises Northern Cyprus, whilst the rest of the World currently recognises the de jure sovereignty of the Republic of Cyprus, over the entire island of Cyprus |
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| Northern Ireland |
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| Claimants: Irish Republicans/Nationalists, Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom |
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| 6 of Ireland's 32 counties are governed as an autonomous region of the United Kingdom, and whilst the Republic of Ireland has relinquished a claim to this part of the island, many Irish still want a united Ireland |
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| Olivenza & Táliga |
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| Claimants: Portugal, Spain |
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| Both Portugal and Spain claim sovereignty over this part of Iberia, but Olivenza and Táliga are currently administered by Spain as part their autonomous community of Extremadura |
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| Rockall |
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| Claimants: Denmark, Faroe Islands, Iceland, Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom |
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| Iceland, Ireland and the UK have submitted claims, and Denmark will do so in 2014 on behalf of the Faroe Islands. Nobody lives on this small remote rock, but it may have rich oil and gas deposits nearby |
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| South Ossetia |
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| Claimants: Georgia, Republic of South Ossetia |
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| Claims independence from Georgia since 1990, but Georgia also claims full sovereignty over the region, and attempted to take it back by force many times. Currently a Russian-backed defacto independent state |
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| Transnistria |
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| Claimants: Moldova, Pridnestrovian Moldovan Republic |
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| This breakaway region of Moldova has been run as an independent state since 1992, but Moldova continues to claim sovereignty. A ceasefire is currently in place, but so is a Moldovan/Ukrainian trade blockade |
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| Turkish Kurdistan (Northern Kurdistan) |
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| Claimants: The Kurds, Turkey, Turkish Kurds |
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| Northern Kurdistan covers about a third of modern-day Turkey, with around 18% of Turkey's population considered Kurds - which accounts for roughly half of all Kurds |
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