"In Europe, there are approximately seventy independent states."

Translation: Στην Ευρώπη υπάρχουν περίπου εβδομήντα ανεξάρτητα κράτη.

[Meowe3]

Υπάρχουν μόνο 44

[optisamit]

Κράτη is plural?

[mizinamo]

That's right. τα κράτη is the plural of το κράτος.

[D_..]

Κράτη is plural?

Correct. The singular is κράτος (το).

[venatio]

Στην Ευρώπη έχει περίπου εβδομήντα ανεξάρτητα κράτη.

[G.Georgopoulos]

That would be "Η Ευρώπη έχει περίπου εβδομήντα ανεξάρτητα κράτη". That, however, can be said in English as well and is a different sentence.

[Vivliothykarios]

So when can έχει substitute for υπάρχει, exactly? I thought venatio's version sounded right; I know I've encountered έχει meaning "there is" before, and more than once.... Sentences like, "έχει πολλα αστέρια στον ουρανό απόψε."

[jaye16]

What "venatio" did was substitute "έχει" for ΄"υπάρχει" but that's not correct word order as you can see from the correction by G.Georpoulos.

[Theofa]

"Κατά προσέγγιση" instead of "περίπου" Did not accept.

[jaye16]

Thank you, it has been added.

[Vivliothykarios]

The "correction" given by the system read κρήτη instead of κράτη.

[mizinamo]

So it did, whoops. Should be fixed now, thanks!

[Vivliothykarios]

Shouldn't "... εβδομήντα ανεξάρτητες πολιτείες" also work here? (It was red-screened here.)

[jaye16]

Yes, thank you it has been added.