February 8

February 8 is the 39th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 326 days remaining until the end of the year (327 in leap years).

Events

Central Europe

Central Europe lies between Eastern and Western Europe.

The concept of Central Europe is based on a common historical, social and cultural identity.

Central Europe is going through a phase of "strategic awakening", with initiatives like the CEI, Centrope or V4. While the region's economy shows high disparities with regard to income, all Central European countries are listed by the Human Development Index as very highly developed.

Historical perspective

Middle Ages

Elements of unity for Western and Central Europe were Roman Catholicism and Latin. Eastern Europe, which remained Eastern Orthodox Christian, was the area of Byzantine cultural influence; after the schism (1054), it developed cultural unity and resistance to the Western world (Catholic and Protestant) within the framework of Slavonic language and the Cyrillic alphabet.

Certain and disputed borders of Great Moravia under Svatopluk I (AD 870–894)

Certain and disputed borders of Great Moravia under Svatopluk I (AD 870–894)