Extreme cold and heavy snow buried parts of Europe over the past few days, claiming the lives of hundreds of people, straining utilities in France, snarling transportation in Britain and leaving people in cities like Rome stymied. Eastern Europe was particularly hard hit. Ukraine's Ministry of Emergencies reported that at least 131 people had died...
LJUBLJANA, SLOVENIA -- Borut Vogelnik had long been looking forward to the opening last week of the Muzej Sodobne Umetnosti Metelkova (Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova) in Ljubljana. ''I would say that for Slovenia, this museum is going to be very important and of major value,'' said Mr. Vogelnik, who with four colleagues is part of IRWIN, a...
It was a subtle swap: a cheesy advertisement for a vacation timeshare atop the home page of ESPN.com, in a spot that might have been claimed by a well-known brand like Dr Pepper. Those who saw swapped advertisements, federal prosecutors say, might never have known that their computer had been drawn into a complex Internet advertising scam that they...
Østeuropa er den østlige del af Europa.
I lang tid har definitionen været de lande, der var underlagt Warszawapagten, men grænsen har med Sovjetunionens kollaps og EU's udvidelse flyttet sig længere østpå. I dag vil man typisk karakterisere Rusland, Polen, Hviderusland, Ukraine og Moldavien som østeuropæiske lande.
Østeuropas østgrænse er ved Uralbjergene, og sydgrænsen er ved Kaukasus.