Community
... part of the UK. In 1948 Ireland withdrew from the British Commonwealth; it joined the European Community in 1973. Irish governments have sought the peaceful unification of Ireland and have cooperated with ...
www.exxun.com/Ireland/a_fg.html
community
... point for heroin and cocaine destined for Western Europe; despite recent legislation, narcotics-related money laundering - using bureaux de change, trusts, and shell companies involving the offshore financial community - remains a concern
www.exxun.com/Ireland/i_ti.html
Community
... 1946 and economic revival followed. Italy was a charter member of NATO and the European Economic Community (EEC). It has been at the forefront of European economic and political unification, joining the ...
www.exxun.com/Italy/a_fg.html
community
Roman Catholic 90% (approximately; about one-third practicing), other 10% (includes mature Protestant and Jewish communities and a growing Muslim immigrant community)
www.exxun.com/Italy/c_pp.html
community
... and biological weapons programs and massive conventional armed forces - are of major concern to the international community. In December 2002, following revelations that the DPRK was pursuing a nuclear weapons program based ...
www.exxun.com/Korea_North/a_fg.html
community
racially homogeneous; there is a small Chinese community and a few ethnic Japanese
www.exxun.com/Korea_North/c_pp.html
community
... massacres and massive expulsions of ethnic Albanians by Serbian military, police, and paramilitary forces. The international community tried to resolve the conflict peacefully, but MILOSEVIC rejected the proposed international settlement - the Rambouillet ...
www.exxun.com/Kosovo/a_fg.html
community
... in transitioning to a market-based system, but it is still highly dependent on the international community and the diaspora for financial and technical assistance. Remittances from the diaspora - located mainly in ...
www.exxun.com/Kosovo/e_ec.html
Community
... intervention by South African and Botswanan military forces under the aegis of the Southern African Development Community. Subsequent constitutional reforms restored relative political stability. Peaceful parliamentary elections were held in 2002, but ...
www.exxun.com/Lesotho/a_fg.html
Community
... NATO the following year. In 1957, Luxembourg became one of the six founding countries of the European Economic Community (later the European Union), and in 1999 it joined the euro currency area
www.exxun.com/Luxembourg/a_fg.html
community
... highest per capita incomes. Recent poor weather, declining sugar prices, and declining textile and apparel production, have slowed economic growth, leading to some protests over standards of living in the Creole community
www.exxun.com/Mauritius/a_fg.html
community
note: no business community in the usual sense; some public works; subsistence farming and fishing
www.exxun.com/PitcairnIslands/e_ec.html
Community
Portugal has become a diversified and increasingly service-based economy since joining the European Community in 1986. Over the past two decades, successive governments have privatized many state-controlled firms and liberalized ...
www.exxun.com/Portugal/e_ec.html
community
2 (1 commercial broadcast station and 1 community antenna television or CATV channel) (2003)
www.exxun.com/SaintLucia/f_cm.html
community
... Senegal undertook a bold and ambitious economic reform program with the support of the international donor community. This reform began with a 50% devaluation of Senegal's currency, the CFA franc, which ...
www.exxun.com/Senegal/e_ec.html
community
... level parliament. Widespread violence predominantly targeting ethnic Serbs in Kosovo in March 2004 caused the international community to open negotiations on the future status of Kosovo in January 2006. In May 2006 ...
www.exxun.com/Serbia/a_fg.html
community
... in the IMF in December 2000, a down-sized Yugoslavia continued to reintegrate into the international community by rejoining the World Bank (IBRD) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD ...
www.exxun.com/Serbia/e_ec.html
community
... years, although the country remains the poorest in the former Soviet sphere. Attention by the international community in the wake of the war in Afghanistan has brought increased economic development and security ...
www.exxun.com/Tajikistan/a_fg.html
community
... other African country, mainly from Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, despite the international community's efforts at repatriation; disputes with Malawi over the boundary in Lake Nyasa (Lake Malawi ...
www.exxun.com/Tanzania/i_ti.html
community
at least 21 (Timor-Leste has one national public broadcaster and 20 community and church radio stations - frequency type NA)
www.exxun.com/EastTimor/f_cm.html
community
... free and fair legislative elections in October 2007. After years of political unrest and fire from international organizations for human rights abuses, Togo is finally being re-welcomed into the international community
www.exxun.com/Togo/a_fg.html
Community
... it became a member of NATO. In 1964, Turkey became an associate member of the European Community; over the past decade, it has undertaken many reforms to strengthen its democracy and economy ...
www.exxun.com/Turkey/a_fg.html
