Groupings like "Nordic countries", "Baltic countries", "Benelux", etc.

[alfieb]

Does your country have neighboring countries that it should be grouped with for cultural, economic, linguistic, or whatever other reasons?

For Italy, we're usually thrown in with Greece, Spain, and Portugal as "Southern Europe" proper.

Although I think most Sicilians and Southern Italians would certainly say that they feel more kinship with Albanians than with the Portuguese.

As for the USA, it's the Anglosphere. Canada and Australia, especially. Not as much association with New Zealand or South Africa, though.

[baraSYR]

Levantine Countries ( Syria, Jordan, Palastine and Lebanon )

[BlastFromDaPast]

Although I think most Sicilians and Southern Italians would certainly say that they feel more kinship with Albanians than with the Portuguese.

Isn't Albania viewed as a third world country by the mainstream Italian? I'm not saying it should, just wondering.

[Anglojew]

Levantine Countries ( Syria, Jordan, Palastine and Lebanon )

You seem to have forgotten a country? Maybe you need a map;

http://www.glaphyridae.com/Biogeografia/img/Lev/Levantpolitical.gif

[baraSYR]

Isrealis that come from Europe are not levantine.

[Anglojew]

Australasia or Oceania;

http://www.fatbirder.com/images/map_australasia.gif

[alfieb]

Isn't Albania viewed as a third world country by the mainstream Italian? I'm not saying it should, just wondering.
Yes and no.

Libya is certainly a third world country, but it's been one of our strongest allies and trading partners since they were given their independence. Likewise, Greece and Albania were both countries that fascist Italy conquered as well, but the insulting, degrading view Italians had of them in the past has given way to the present where more or less Italy sees them as little brothers.

Albanians make up the second-largest immigrant group in Italy, and the largest outside of the EU. That's not even including Italians of partial Albanian descent, which probably numbers in the millions.

[baraSYR]

You seem to have forgotten a country? Maybe you need a map;

http://www.glaphyridae.com/Biogeografia/img/Lev/Levantpolitical.gif

I do recognize levantine Jews as Levantine, but I don't recognize the European Jews who formed Isreal as levantine.

[Baldur]

Scandinavia (Danmark, Norway & Sweden).

[baraSYR]

I forget Southern Turkey and North-west parts of Iraq and Cyprus.

[Vasconcelos]

Obviously Iberia.

[BlastFromDaPast]

Yes and no.

Libya is certainly a third world country, but it's been one of our strongest allies and trading partners since they were given their independence. Likewise, Greece and Albania were both countries that fascist Italy conquered as well, but the insulting, degrading view Italians had of them in the past has given way to the present where more or less Italy sees them as little brothers.

Albanians make up the second-largest immigrant group in Italy, and the largest outside of the EU. That's not even including Italians of partial Albanian descent, which probably numbers in the millions.

How is Bulgaria viewed in Italy? So far it is the only western country I've visited and from my experience Bulgarians are viewed neutral to slightly positive.

[alfieb]

How is Bulgaria viewed in Italy? So far it is the only western country I've visited and from my experience Bulgarians are viewed neutral to slightly positive.
I haven't met or spoken about Bulgarians in Italy, only Romanians.

I'd imagine that most Italians do not hold negative views about Bulgarians, but if you asked the average Italian, they'd probably think that Bulgaria had been part of Yugoslavia. :shrug:

[baraSYR]

What do Italians think of Syrian people ?

[Peyrol]

Isn't Albania viewed as a third world country by the mainstream Italian? I'm not saying it should, just wondering.

Honestly, it is.

(This isn't my opinion, but the average opinion here)

[Peyrol]

What do Italians think of Syrian people ?

We think of you as related with Giordanian, Egyptians, Lebanese and Palestinians mainly.

[Anglojew]

I do recognize levantine Jews as Levantine, but I don't recognize the European Jews who formed Isreal as levantine.

Ok fair enough. Half of Israeli Jews are not from Europe.

[Virtuous]

Sicilia, Malta, Pantelleria, Lampedusa, Gozo, Comino, Filfla.

[baraSYR]

Ok fair enough. Half of Israeli Jews are not from Europe.
Most the Syrians are levantine.

[alfieb]

Sicilia, Malta, Pantelleria, Lampedusa, Gozo, Comino, Filfla.

Also Marettimo, Levanzo, Favignana, Linosa, Lampione, Stromboli, Lipari, among others.

[baraSYR]

Ok fair enough. Half of Israeli Jews are not from Europe.

Syrian jews are originated in history from outside Syria. the Half Jews you are talking about are mainly from Morocco and Yemen and Iraq and other Area which are not levantine..so. they are Aliens to the region.

[Peyrol]

Most of the italian jews are chassidians and sephardits, and not askhenazi, for example.

[Virtuous]

Also Marettimo, Levanzo, Favignana, Linosa, Lampione, Stromboli, Lipari, among others.

Together we'd make a strong chain of island fortresses!

[alfieb]

Together we'd make a strong chain of island fortresses!

Semu stati.

...francisi cazzi, castigghiani strunzi.

[RussiaPrussia]

cis.


Germany is complicated you can say central europe with slavic countries, you can say its Carolingian country with france, benelux and italy like the empire of Charlemagne or you can see it belongs to the german sphere with austria and switzerland together.

[Virtuous]

Semu stati.

...francisi cazzi, castigghiani strunzi.

Ma con mezza Italia inclusa :laugh:

...hai notato qualcosa?











































SU DIVENTATU LAZIALE!

[alfieb]

Ma con mezza Italia inclusa :laugh:

Sulu primu vespiri siciliani rô 1282. :thumb001:

[Jackson]

I think 'British Isles' is an accurate grouping, English is the lingua franca here, we are culturally quite similar and ethnically quite similar.

[Peyrol]

cis.


Germany is complicated you can say central europe with slavic countries, you can say its Carolingian country with france, benelux and italy like the empire of Charlemagne or you can see it belongs to the german sphere with austria and switzerland together.


Only the north:

http://www.knowledgequestmaps.com/images/CharlemagneTsm.jpg