| − | '''Central Europe''' is the region of [[Europe]] consisting of [[Austria]], [[Czech Republic]], [[Estonia]], [[Germany]], [[Latvia]], [[Liechtenstein]], [[Lithuania]], [[Luxembourg]], [[Poland]], [[Slovenia]], [[Slovakia]] and [[Switzerland]]. | + | '''Central Europe''' is the region of [[Europe]] consisting of [[Austria]], [[Czech Republic]], [[Estonia]], [[Germany]], [[Latvia]], [[Liechtenstein]], [[Lithuania]], [[Poland]], [[Slovenia]], [[Slovakia]] and [[Switzerland]]. |
| | Countries (or regions) occasionally included in Central Europe for geographical and/or cultural reasons are also: Croatia, Romania (including geographical regions of Transylvania and Bukovina), Serbia (Northern and Central Serbia), western Ukraine, western Belarus, Russia (Kaliningrad Oblast), eastern France and north-eastern Italy. | | Countries (or regions) occasionally included in Central Europe for geographical and/or cultural reasons are also: Croatia, Romania (including geographical regions of Transylvania and Bukovina), Serbia (Northern and Central Serbia), western Ukraine, western Belarus, Russia (Kaliningrad Oblast), eastern France and north-eastern Italy. |