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Mostly the people, when you are in the Czech Republic you can feel that this is not western. I've been in almost every Estern European country and I had the same feeling there. Also how the cities are, how grey/brown and old is everything.
Again, it depends on the type of classification that is used. If Europe is simply divided into "West" and "East", then the Baltic states would indeed be considered East-European. However, if you'd use more specific categories (North, South, West, East) then the Baltic states are typically considered "North-European" along with the Nordic countries. This isn't just due to geographical location but due to the cultural connection (mainly to Finland) as well. I didn't say it was wrong to classify the Baltics as East-European, I just said I could understand why they would choose North-European instead. It makes sense if you look into it. Read Erasure's post on the previous page as well, he seems to agree with me that the Baltics are more Northern than Eastern (and he is Russian so he should know ).
I know thats what you consider it, since thats what you wrote, I'm just informing you that its absolutely wrong, considering their history, culture or pretty much any other aspect.
Greece was on the "right" side during the Cold War, is member of NATO since 1952 and a member of the EU since 1981 (that's longer than Spain, Portugal, Sweden, Austria, ...). Since it has been part of these "western" organisations for that long, it's considered "western".
It's relatively tiresome to argue otherwise.
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