Starts to learn after travelling through European country (6)
I believe the answer is:
latvia
'european country' is the definition.
(country in Europe)
'starts to learn after travelling through' is the wordplay.
'starts to' says to take the initial letters.
'through' becomes 'via' (via means going through).
The initial letters of 'learn after travelling' is 'lat'.
'lat'+'via'='LATVIA'
(Other definitions for latvia that I've seen before include "Riga's country" , "Baltic republic" , "Baltic country" , "European republic, capital Riga" , "Baltic state, capital Riga." .)