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The Baltic states [a] or the Baltic countries is a geopolitical term encompassing Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. All three countries are members of NATO, the European Union, the Eurozone, Council of Europe, and the OECD.
Baltic states, northeastern region of Europe containing the countries of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, on the eastern shores of the Baltic Sea. They are bounded on the west and north by the Baltic Sea, on the east by Russia, on the southeast by Belarus, and on the southwest by Poland and an exclave of Russia.
Countries surrounding the Baltic Sea. The Baltic Sea Region, alternatively the Baltic Rim countries (or simply the Baltic Rim), and the Baltic Sea countries/states, refers to the general area surrounding the Baltic Sea, including parts of Northern, Central and Eastern Europe.
Baltic States, Republics of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia, situated on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. The name has sometimes been used to include Finland and Poland. They were created as independent states in 1917 from the Baltic provinces of Russia, the city of Kovno, and part of the Polish department of Wilno (later Lithuania).
Map showing the Baltic countries of Europe. The Baltic states consist of Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia. All the Baltic states were once republics of the Soviet Union. All Baltic states are now part of NATO and the European Union.
The map shows the Baltic States of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania on the east side of the Baltic Sea, south of the Gulf of Finland, with Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave between Lithuania and Poland.
The Baltic states began their independence with low levels of income and Gross Domestic Product. They were at a distinct disadvantage when compared to the countries of Western Europe. There were other, more social problems.
Baltic states - Independence, Sovereignty, Geography: After achieving independence, the Baltic countries faced the need of political and socioeconomic restructuring. Radically parliamentarian constitutions were adopted in all three; the legislatures clearly predominated over the executive.
Here are some details about the Baltic states - Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania -- and their role in NATO: The Baltics were the last states to become part of the Soviet Union, when they...
The three Baltic states—Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia—have long languished in semiobscurity, victims of their geographic remoteness vis-à-vis the rest of Europe and of the actions of powerful neighbors who have annexed these countries, invaded them, or simply marched through them with armies.