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In terms of whether Poland is Eastern or Central depends on what European map you use and what generation you belong to, as Poland was always behind the Eastern Iron Curtain and part of the Warsaw Pact.
However more modern maps now divide Europe in to different regions than the old Cold War maps and Eastern Europe now consists of Western Russia, Belarus and Ukraine.
Eastern Lithuania (Vilnyus) could be partly Central European, but not the rest of the Baltics. In fact the direction, both economical and cultural the three countries have been taking for the past 30 years are firmly with Scandinavia and the Nordics. Thus Northern Europe. Although for the next 50 years they would remain to me as North-eastern European and that includes Finland. If you look at the GDP figure you will notice that Lithuania has caught up not only with the Czech and Slovenia, but also with Greece, Portugal, Spain and Italy. What makes them still unattractive is their massive use of white silica bricks and asbestos roof covers that are not replaced fast enough with more modern materials. That does not mean they are economically not with the Western Europe and are already outpacing some of the Western European countries.
Eastern Lithuania could be partly Central European, but not the rest of the Baltics. In fact the direction, both economical and cultural the three countries have been taking for the past 30 years are firmly with Scandinavia and the Nordics. Thus Northern Europe. Although for the next 50 years they would remain to me as North-eastern European and that includes Finland. If you look at the GDP figure you will notice that Lithuania has caught up not only with the Czech and Slovenia, but also with Greece, Portugal, Spain and Italy. What makes them still unattractive is their massive use of white silica bricks and asbestos roof covers that are not replaced fast enough with more modern materials. That does not mean they are economically not with the Western Europe and are outpacing some of the Western European countries already.
There are all kinds of classifications, which include the Baltics into the Northern Europe, Eastern Europe and even Southern Europe (Lithuania with its italianate architecture). Yet their direction is Northern Europe, but you can include them into Central or Eastern Europe, if you wish. Even classifying them as Former Soviet Union would be fine to those who like that kind of term. Eurasia? Definitely Baltic Europe or Eastern Baltic States (4).
seems like Singapore / China / South Korea / United Arab Emirates / Qatar are catching up to traditionally developed countries of those in Europe / Japan / United States !
Donald Trump: “Our airports are like from a third world country,” he said. “You land at LaGuardia, you land at Kennedy, you land at LAX, you land at Newark, and you come in from Dubai and Qatar and you see these incredible—you come in from China, you see these incredible airports, and you land—we've become a third world country.”
Just to add that the Netherlands made the world's first 3d printed bridge recently which is a huge achievement knowing how stability and material properties are a big issue with 3d printers (+ I think they have bitcoin teller machines everywhere...). No surprise about the rest - maybe only the fact that Spain is so high up...I guess when you're chased by bulls you work harder lol.
seems like Singapore / China / South Korea / United Arab Emirates / Qatar are catching up to traditionally developed countries of those in Europe / Japan / United States !
Donald Trump: “Our airports are like from a third world country,” he said. “You land at LaGuardia, you land at Kennedy, you land at LAX, you land at Newark, and you come in from Dubai and Qatar and you see these incredible—you come in from China, you see these incredible airports, and you land—we've become a third world country.”
Estonia is consisting of basically one city - Tallinn.
And it is wrong. About 30% of the population lives in Tallinn. I wonder where your information comes from. By the way, Estonia consists of two historical parts, the southern part and the northern part, where even different, though mutually understandable languages were spoken. About 60 towns, 107 historical (church) parishes, each with its own dialect and its own folk costumes, 15 counties, the capital is the center of one of them.
There is even something like a concept like 'relative primacy of a capital city', and according to what I found while googling, the primacy of the capital in Estonia is even smaller than the European average. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primate_city
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So, yes, development is not what you see outside, such as infrastructure, but also services and even the mentality.
Italy is the world's ninth largest economy, 100% first world. That is unless only 8 countries quality as first world status?
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