Mr.Obama's popularity ratings are considerably lower in Central Europe than in Western Europe.

VOA: standard.2009.10.22

At talks Tuesday with Mr.Medvedev, Clinton failed to secure support for tougher sanctions on Iran, despite U.S.President Barack Obama's decision to scrap plans for a missile shield in central Europe a concession to Russian concerns that Washington had hoped would encourage Moscow to back its position on Iran.

VOA: standard.2009.10.14

They expressed concerns that information about risks to financial systems in central and eastern Europe is "often simplified and misleading."

VOA: special.2009.03.06

Malaria is also a threat to people living in parts of Asia, Central and South America, the Middle East, and southeastern Europe.

VOA: special.2010.04.20

Economies in central and eastern Europe have been hit hard by the worldwide credit crisis and less demand for exports in western Europe.

VOA: special.2009.03.06

The World Bank and two European development banks agreed last week to provide up to thirty-one billion dollars in aid to central and eastern Europe.

VOA: special.2009.03.06

The next largest group,twenty-one percent, were serving in Eastern Europe or Central Asia.

VOA: special.2011.03.28

Since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, and central Europe have become NATO members, almost doubling the alliance's number of countries from 15 to 28.

VOA: standard.2009.09.04

"The wonderful thing about solar energy is that it's accessible and available everywhere in the world, from the cloudiest place in northern Europe to the sunniest place in north-central Africa to the Outback of Australia to South Asia.

VOA: standard.2010.02.19