Central Europe

From Hobson's Choice

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Region of Europe with distinctive history, cultural milieu, and geostrategic position.

The nations of Central Europe largely belonged to the Warsaw Pact during the Cold War (1947-1989); during this period, all of them (including Albania and Yugoslavia) had nominally Communist governments and were at one time or another members of Comecon.

Contents 1 Nations of Central Europe 2 See Also 3 External Links 3.1 Government 3.2 Multilateral 3.3 News & Media 3.4 NGO/University: Current Info 3.5 NGO/University: History

Nations of Central Europe

Albania Bulgaria Czechoslovakia

Hungary Poland Romania

Yugoslavia

In addition, there were three nations subsumed into the USSR:

Estonia

Latvia

Lithuania

These are all independent nations today.

See Also

CMEA
History of Central Europe
Warsaw Pact

External Links

Government

• Country Studies, US Library of Congress

Multilateral

• Council of Europe
• Labor Statistics, International Labor Organization
• European Page | OECD Publications
• Datafinder, courtesy Population Reference Bureau
• Organization for Cooperation & Security in Europe
• United Nations agencies & bureaux
  • Social & Economic Data (ECOSOC)
  • Econ. Commission-Europe (ECE)
  • World Health Organization

News & Media

• Deutsche Welle (EN-Germany)
• Transitions Online (EN-Cz Rep)

NGO/University: Current Info

• Amnesty International (Europe & Central Asia)
• Bond University | Europe (lecture index)
• Human Rights Watch

NGO/University: History

• Nationalism and Communism in East Central Europe, Prof. Anna M. Cienciala, U. of Kansas
• Monographs on European History, Strategic Studies Institute
• Repositories of Primary Sources, University of Idaho
• Cold War International History Project, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, D.C