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[[Image:Europe Region (World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts).png|thumb|Badge of the WAGGGS-Europe Region]] | [[Image:Europe Region (World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts).png|thumb|Badge of the WAGGGS-Europe Region]] | ||
The '''WAGGGS Europe Region''' is the regional office of the [[World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts]], which supports [[Girl Guiding and Girl Scouting]] in Europe, including the former Soviet Republics of [[Armenia]], [[Azerbaijan]], Belarus, [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]], Moldova, | The '''WAGGGS Europe Region''' is the regional office of the [[World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts]], which supports [[Girl Guiding and Girl Scouting]] in Europe, including the former Soviet Republics of [[Armenia]], [[Azerbaijan]], Belarus, [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]], Moldova, Russia, and Ukraine, but inclusive of Cyprus, though technically not part of Europe for cultural reasons, and [[Israel]] for political ones. | ||
All the formerly communist states of Central and [[Eastern Europe]] and the Soviet Union have developed or are developing Guiding in the wake of the renaissance in the region. These include Albania, Bulgaria, [[East Germany]], Hungary, Poland, Romania, and the successor states to [[Czechoslovakia]], Yugoslavia and the [[Baltic countries|Baltic nations]] independent of the former Soviet Union. Of these, Poland, the [[Czech Republic]] and Hungary have been most successful in regrowing their Guide movements and are very well-developed, thanks in part to the existence of [[Scouts-in-Exile|Guides-in-Exile]] movements for the diaspora of each nation. | All the formerly communist states of Central and [[Eastern Europe]] and the Soviet Union have developed or are developing Guiding in the wake of the renaissance in the region. These include Albania, Bulgaria, [[East Germany]], Hungary, Poland, Romania, and the successor states to [[Czechoslovakia]], Yugoslavia and the [[Baltic countries|Baltic nations]] independent of the former Soviet Union. Of these, Poland, the [[Czech Republic]] and Hungary have been most successful in regrowing their Guide movements and are very well-developed, thanks in part to the existence of [[Scouts-in-Exile|Guides-in-Exile]] movements for the diaspora of each nation. | ||
