Western Europe

Those nations in Europe that were not part of the Eastern Bloc , or more specifically, those nations allied with the United States in NATO (except Turkey ). Neutral or nonaligned nations such as Sweden , Switzerland , Austria , and Spain , though western European in terms of geography, are not usually meant when the term “Western Europe” is used as the opposite for terms such as “Eastern Europe,” “the Eastern Bloc,” or “ communist ��ܰ��Ǳ��.”

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Lithuania was formerly part of the Soviet Union and declared its independence in 1990, after which it sought closer ties with Western Europe, including joining the European Union.

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Last year, Startup Blink, a global index mapping more than 100 countries ranked Finland's start-up ecosystem the 7th best in western Europe, and 14th in the world.

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One likely reason for the dip, says Mr Pentikainen, is a decision to raise VAT from 24% to 25.5% last September, the highest rate in western Europe.

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The fall in life satisfaction cannot be explained by economic growth, at least not by average national income, as GDP per capita has been on the rise in the US and Western Europe since the mid-2000s.

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Young people in North America and Western Europe now report the lowest wellbeing among all age groups.

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