Reason I ask is that a friend of mine was asked by someone whether a radio she had came from eastern europe, and she said no it didn't.
She and the radio were from the Czech republic.
Afterwards she said to me that it is in Central Europe.
2006-12-12 12:23:30 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ Europe (Continental) ➔ Other - Europe
Yes they do .....because of it being under soviet control for so long...but it's central europe...not eastern....europe is a continent...so old russian states...which were referred to as eastern europe...have always been part of europe...eastern europe is part of the continent of europe!! so it's nothing to do with jumping on a new bandwagon and wanting to be referred to as central europe...it's purely geographical...look at a map of europe...u don't get much closer to the centre of europe than prague!!
2006-12-13 11:48:46 · answer #1 · answered by Andy H2 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Those of us who grew up during the Cold War think of "Eastern Europe" as everywhere that was then Communist. Cezechoslovakia was eastern Europe and Greece Western Europe even though Greece is further east in longitude.
The Czechs however have been among those creating and promoting the new concept "central Europe" to include themselves and other former East Bloc countries, and perhaps Austria, and make a difference in people's minds from the CIS and countries with a Black Sea coast. Central Europe is probably a phrase that young people happily use in the West as well as in Bohemia.
2006-12-12 21:23:47 · answer #2 · answered by MBK 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Czech Republic is geographically in the centre, but as a former Soviet nation it was always classed as Eastern Europe (alone with East Germany).
Since the fall of the Iron Curtain the Czech Republic should really be considered central European again - there in no political Eastern Europe any more and as such geographical terms should be adopted again.
2006-12-12 20:38:05 · answer #3 · answered by monkeymanelvis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I also agree with monkeymanelvis. Geographically the Czech Republic is in central Europe but many still think of it as Eastern Europe due to it being formerly a communist country. By the way, it is a beautiful country and I highly recommend a visit there!
2006-12-13 08:44:14 · answer #4 · answered by RJ 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I used to think of it as the East, particularly the first time I visited back in 1991. At that time, the continent had really been politically divided into East and West, whether geographically or culturally accurate or not.
More recently, when I have been working in this region, I was initially told that it is better received to refer to it as Central Europe. At first I thought this was more about distancing itself from the East of the past... But the more time I spent there, the more accurate the description seemed. It really is at the centre of Europe, and you can see more traits in common between, say, the Czech Republic and Austria, than you can between Austria and France.
So these days, no, I would say it is solidly Central Europe.
2006-12-13 03:34:09 · answer #5 · answered by hailesaladdie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I completely agree with monkeymanelvis... Where's the west and where's the east? I perceive the Czech Republic as being part of the same lot as the rest of other EU members... I'm from Spain and I consider the Netherlands to be quite culturally close... I've lived in Switzerland (non-EU, but...), France, Ireland, UK, Luxembourg,... and haven't been aware of big gaps between these countries. I am sure it's the same with countries that have joined the Union more recently... Probably, there are still economic differences, but I'm sure it's the same stuff!!! The North & the South, the East & the West... It's Europe, that's all, from Ireland to Istanbul and from Svalbard to the Canary Islands!!!
2006-12-12 20:59:54 · answer #6 · answered by Jaimichu 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If the buggers won't let you bring back more than the derisory 200 fags and a litre of voddy (which they don't in the Czech Republic) they don't deserve to be considered European at all!
But as she is a member of one of the fittest female contingents on the planet, I'd agree to anything she says.
2006-12-12 20:35:03 · answer #7 · answered by johnnycigarettes 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah i got told off for that at a trade fair. It's "central" or "southern" Europe for that whole swathe of new EU countries from Poland down. "Eastern" takes you into Ukraine and Russia.
2006-12-12 20:29:27 · answer #8 · answered by wild_eep 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would have thought so as it is part of the old eastern block
2006-12-12 21:25:38 · answer #9 · answered by raythecat 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i'd class it as central, eastern i'd class as slovakia onwards.... thats just my guess.
2006-12-12 20:30:25 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋