Editing Eastern Europe (section)

====Baltic states====
{{Main|Baltic states}}
[[UNESCO]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://unstats.un.org/unsd/methodology/m49/|title=UNSD — Methodology|first=United Nations Statistics|last=Division|website=unstats.un.org|access-date=2017-08-04|archive-date=2017-08-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170830170949/https://unstats.un.org/unsd/methodology/m49/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[EuroVoc]], [[National Geographic Society]], [[Committee for International Cooperation in National Research in Demography]], and the STW Thesaurus for Economics place the Baltic states in [[Northern Europe]], whereas the CIA World Factbook places the region in Eastern Europe with a strong assimilation to [[Northern Europe]]. Lithuania may alternatively be included in definitions of [[Central Europe]] because of its historical ties to [[Poland]] and the [[Catholic Church]].<ref>{{Cite book |title=The Columbia encyclopedia |date=2000 |publisher=Columbia University Press |isbn=978-0-7876-5015-5 |editor-last=Lagassé |editor-first=Paul |edition=6th |location=New York, NY |editor-last2=Columbia University}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Central Europe {{!}} Institute of International Relations Prague - Expertise to impact |url=https://www.iir.cz/en/central-europe |access-date=2025-02-08 |website=www.iir.cz |language=en}}</ref> Occasionally, Estonia and Latvia are also included. However, these countries are members of the [[Nordic-Baltic Eight]] regional cooperation forum whereas Central European countries formed their own alliance called the [[Visegrád Group]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.visegradgroup.eu/about |title=About the Visegrad Group |website=Visgradgroup.eu |date=15 August 2006 |access-date=30 July 2021 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110925164958/http://www.visegradgroup.eu:80/about |archive-date=2011-09-25 }}</ref> The [[Northern Future Forum]], the [[Nordic Investment Bank]], the [[Nordic Battlegroup]], the [[Nordic-Baltic Eight]] and the [[New Hanseatic League]] are other examples of [[Northern Europe]]an cooperation that includes the three countries collectively referred to as the Baltic states.
* [[Estonia]]
* [[Latvia]]
* [[Lithuania]]