diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index de78097..6424f89 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -86,6 +86,12 @@
             <version>2.10.1</version>
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.rest-assured</groupId>
+            <artifactId>rest-assured</artifactId>
+            <version>5.5.0</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/src/test/java/hse/java/restcountries/RestCountriesTest.java b/src/test/java/hse/java/restcountries/RestCountriesTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..11d94e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/hse/java/restcountries/RestCountriesTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+package hse.java.restcountries;
+
+import io.restassured.RestAssured;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeAll;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+
+import static io.restassured.RestAssured.given;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.*;
+
+public class RestCountriesTest {
+    public static final String BASE_URL = "https://restcountries.com/v3.1";
+
+    @BeforeAll
+    public static void setUp() {
+        RestAssured.baseURI = BASE_URL;
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldReturn200WhenFetchingAllCountries() {
+        given()
+                .when()
+                .get("/all")
+                .then()
+                .statusCode(200)
+                .body("", hasSize(greaterThan(0)));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void hasCountryWithCapitalMoscow() {
+        given()
+                .when()
+                .get("/name/russia")
+                .then()
+                .statusCode(200)
+                .body("[0].capital", hasItem("Moscow"));
+
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void hasCountryWithNameGermany() {
+        given()
+                .when()
+                .get("/alpha/de")
+                .then()
+                .statusCode(200)
+                .body("[0].name.common", equalTo("Germany"));
+
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void notExistingCountry() {
+        given()
+                .when()
+                .get("/name/nonexistentcountryxyz")
+                .then()
+                .statusCode(404);
+
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void everyCountryShouldHavePositivePopulation() {
+        given()
+                .when()
+                .get("/all")
+                .then()
+                .body("population", everyItem(greaterThan(0)));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void officialLanguageInFranceFrench() {
+        given()
+                .when()
+                .get("/name/france")
+                .then()
+                .statusCode(200)
+                .body("[0].languages.values()", hasItem("French"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void CanadaShouldHaveOneNeighbour() {
+        given()
+                .when()
+                .get("/name/canada")
+                .then()
+                .statusCode(200)
+                .body("[0].borders", hasSize(1));
+    }
+}