The European Union marked the 20th anniversary of ten countries in Eastern Europe joining the bloc on Tuesday as the third year of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine continued. Cyprus, Czechia, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia joined the EU out of a “fierce desire to become part of EU’s freedom and prosperity,” European Council President Charles Michel said on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. “Europe was more than a geography. It is an idea, a journey, a beacon of hope,” Michel said, ahead of the official anniversary on May 1. European…