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The term CEE includes the Eastern Bloc (Warsaw Pact) countries west of the post-World War II border with the former Soviet Union; the independent states in former Yugoslavia (which were not considered part of the Eastern bloc); and the three Baltic states – Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania (which chose not to join the CIS with the other 12 former republics of the USSR).
Seven Central European countries are amongst those countries with higher numbers of World Heritage Sites: Germany (position 5th, 42 sites) Poland (position 18th, 16 sites) Czech Republic (position 22nd, 12 sites) Switzerland (position 25th, 12 sites) Austria (position 27th, 10 sites) Croatia (position 29th, 10 sites) Hungary (8 sites)
Eastern Europe is a subregion of the European continent. As a largely ambiguous term, it has a wide range of geopolitical, geographical, ethnic, cultural, and socio-economic connotations. Its eastern boundary is marked by the Ural Mountains, whilst its western boundary is defined in various ways. [ 1] Most definitions include the countries of ...
Central Europe is a geographical region of Europe between Eastern, Southern, Western and Northern Europe. [ 3][ 4] Central Europe is known for its cultural diversity; [ 5][ 6] however, countries in this region also share historical and cultural similarities. [ 7][ 8] Whilst the region is variously defined, it often includes Austria, Croatia ...
This article is a list of freedom indices produced by several non-governmental organizations that publish and maintain assessments of the state of freedom in the world, according to their own various definitions of the term, and rank countries as being free, partly free, or using various measures of freedom, including civil liberties, political rights and economic rights.
Commonwealth of Independent States. The Commonwealth of Independent States ( CIS) [ a] is a regional intergovernmental organization in Eurasia. It was formed following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, and is its legal successor. It covers an area of 20,368,759 km 2 (7,864,422 sq mi) and has an estimated population of 239,796,010.
2022 [ 1] 1972. Free Partly Free Not Free Not Covered. Freedom in the World is a yearly survey and report by the U.S.-based non-governmental organization Freedom House that measures the degree of civil liberties and political rights in every nation and significant related and disputed territories around the world.
The 2023 Index of Economic Freedom, published by The Heritage Foundation and The Wall Street Journal [1]. This article includes a partial list of countries by economic freedom that shows the top 50 highest ranking countries and regions from two reports on economic freedom.