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Western Europe

BERLIN, GERMANY - MAY 29: An actor in period costume waits with an umbrella for his event to begin on Bebelplatz on May 29, 2013 in Berlin, Germany. Weather forecasters have predicted that there is a large chance of most of the summer continuing to be cold and wet across Western Europe, possibly the worst weather on record for the season in the region since 1816, known by meteorologists as 'the year without a summer.'

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  • Honored World War II veteran remembers D-Day

    But the all-out assault on 50 miles of the heavily fortified French coastline began the liberation of German-occupied Western Europe.Agoglia, who lives in Deer Park, was one of six Agoglia brothers who served during World War II. Miraculously, all of them   Read more »

  • Denmark's de Forest wins Eurovision song contest

    kiss that some interpreted as a stance promoting gay marriage. While it did not raise eyebrows in most parts of Western Europe -- where Eurovision has long been a bastion of gay culture -- the act jarred sensitivities in parts of eastern and southern Europe.   Read more »

  • Merkel and Pope talk about a 'strong' Europe

    religious enthusiasm on a continent with Christian roots, including dwindling number of churchgoers in much of Western Europe .The Vatican also uses papal visits with major leaders to seek allies in its lobbying on behalf of Christians who face discrimination   Read more »

  • Snow ties up European planes, trains, roads

    Channel, and the French army was ordered to help clear roads -- all because of a sudden dump of oddly late snowfall on Western Europe .Less prepared for the kind of heavy snow that regularly hits northern and eastern neighbors, France, Germany, Britain and   Read more »

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About Western Europe

Western Europe is mainly a socio-political concept coined, forged and used during the Cold War. It largely means the European countries of the First World. It was, and still is to a lesser extent, distinguished from Eastern Europe by differences of economics, politics, and religion rather than by clear geography. These boundaries are subject to considerable overlap and – most importantly – historical fluctuation, which makes an easy understanding somewhat difficult.

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