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The German Confederation was also led by Austria from 1815 to 1866. In 1866 Austria was firstly separated from Germany and German Confederation was dissolved. In 1867, the multi-ethnic Austro-Hungarian Empire was established and led by Austria; it was rivaled by the North German Confederation from 1866 to 1871 and German Empire led by the Kingdom of Prussia rivaled Austria.
Austria and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) have a close relationship. Austria with Ireland, Cyprus and Malta are the only members of the European Union that are not members of NATO. Austria has had formal relations with NATO since 1995, when it joined the Partnership for Peace programme.
Additionally, NATO experienced territorial expansion during this period without adding new member states when Zone A of the Free Territory of Trieste was annexed by Italy in 1954, and the territory of the former East Germany was added with the reunification of Germany in 1990. NATO further expanded after the Cold War, adding the Czech Republic ...
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Collage of German (left) and Austrian (right) flag indicating the two most important countries where German is the main language. Source: Own work; based on the flags in commons: Author: Painter: Original GIF created by Richie, SVG created by ThrashedParanoid; Other versions
This flag uses the RGB color for the Pantone 280 blue used in the flag of NATO and presented on page 14 of the 2016 Visual Identity Guidelines published by NATO: 0/73/144 = #004990.. The flag is presented in a 3:5 ratio instead of 3:4. The particular color for blue is is also found on page 6 of the Visual Identity Guidelines document used in ...
See Austria–United States relations. Austria has an embassy in Washington, D.C., and consulates-general in Los Angeles and New York City. United States has an embassy in Vienna. Uruguay: See Austria–Uruguay relations. Austria is accredited to Uruguay from its embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Uruguay has an embassy in Vienna.
Cyprus is the only EU member state that is neither a NATO member state nor a member of the PfP program. The Parliament of Cyprus voted in February 2011 to apply for membership in the program, but President Demetris Christofias vetoed the decision, arguing that it would hamper his attempts to negotiate an end to the Cyprus dispute and demilitarize the island.