Like for other countries of Central-Eastern Europe, the disintegration of the Soviet block became a turning point in Slovakia's history, which gave it a chance to return to Europe. At this the most important for the country was the peaceful disintegration of Czechoslovakia, which, unlike the disintegrations...
Republic of Poland is now an example of a country where effective economic and social-political reforms have led to a considerable economic growth and political stability, actual escaping the sequences of the world finance-economic crisis, and a non-stop increase of the state's authority and political weight in the world
Ukraine has always been referred to as a part of the European world, that is as an inseparable component of the western civilization. To this testify the historic relations between Ukraine and Europe which helped to form the Ukrainian nation with its culture and values. Similar relations with Europe have other western Slavs, considering themselves European nations.