Eastern Europe: history of an idea.

It was shaped by the Enlightenment, not the Cold War. And the mental maps that etched into our collective consciousness are still there.

Where does Eastern Europe begin? Where does it end?

According to the EuroVocabulary of the European Union, Eastern Europe comprises the countries of the European continent located east of the current borders of the Union and which were part of the Warsaw Pact, referred to as 'Central and Eastern European countries'. So far, this is the official definitio…