French
... is under the authority of the monarch elections: the monarchy is hereditary; minister of state appointed by the monarch from a list of three French national candidates presented by the French Government
www.exxun.com/Monaco/d_gv.html
French
... offices. The state retains monopolies in a number of sectors, including tobacco, the telephone network, and the postal service. Living standards are high, roughly comparable to those in prosperous French metropolitan areas
www.exxun.com/Monaco/e_ec.html
French
general assessment: modern automatic telephone system domestic: NA international: country code - 377; no satellite earth stations; connected by cable into the French communications system
www.exxun.com/Monaco/f_cm.html
French
... settled on Montserrat in 1632; the first African slaves arrived three decades later. The British and French fought for possession of the island for most of the 18th century, but it finally ...
www.exxun.com/Montserrat/a_fg.html
French
... of trade rivalry among European powers that saw Morocco's sovereignty steadily erode; in 1912, the French imposed a protectorate over the country. A protracted independence struggle with France ended successfully in ...
www.exxun.com/Morocco/a_fg.html
French
Arabic (official), Berber dialects, French often the language of business, government, and diplomacy
www.exxun.com/Morocco/c_pp.html
French
based on Islamic law and French and Spanish civil law systems; judicial review of legislative acts in Constitutional Chamber of Supreme Court; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
www.exxun.com/Morocco/d_gv.html
French
... is one of the three great phosphate rock islands in the Pacific Ocean - the others are Banaba (Ocean Island) in Kiribati and Makatea in French Polynesia; only 53 km south of Equator
www.exxun.com/Nauru/b_mp.html
French
... leading seafaring and commercial power, with settlements and colonies around the world. After a 20-year French occupation, a Kingdom of the Netherlands was formed in 1815. In 1830 Belgium seceded and ...
www.exxun.com/Netherlands/a_fg.html
French
based on civil law system incorporating French penal theory; constitution does not permit judicial review of acts of the States General; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations
www.exxun.com/Netherlands/d_gv.html
French
... and Curacao); the island of Saint Martin is the smallest landmass in the World shared by two independent states, the French territory of Saint Martin and the Dutch territory of Sint Maarten
www.exxun.com/NetherlandsAntilles/b_mp.html
French
... Britain and France during the first half of the 19th century, the island was made a French possession in 1853. It served as a penal colony for four decades after 1864. Agitation ...
www.exxun.com/NewCaledonia/a_fg.html
French
French (official), 33 Melanesian-Polynesian dialects
www.exxun.com/NewCaledonia/c_pp.html
French
... French president elected by popular vote for a five-year term; high commissioner appointed by the French president on the advice of the French Ministry of Interior; president of the government elected ...
www.exxun.com/NewCaledonia/d_gv.html
French
no regular indigenous military forces; French Armed Forces (includes Army, Navy, Air Force, Gendarmerie); Police Force
www.exxun.com/NewCaledonia/h_ml.html
French
French (official), Hausa, Djerma
www.exxun.com/Niger/c_pp.html
French
based on French civil law system and customary law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
www.exxun.com/Niger/d_gv.html
French
US 14%, France 12.1%, China 7.8%, Nigeria 7.7%, French Polynesia 7.7%, Cote d'Ivoire 4.9% (2006)
www.exxun.com/Niger/e_ec.html
French
... Islands are surrounded by productive fishing grounds and by potential oil and gas reserves. In 1932, French Indochina annexed the islands and set up a weather station on Pattle Island; maintenance was ...
www.exxun.com/ParacelIslands/a_fg.html
French
based on Argentine codes, Roman law, and French codes; judicial review of legislative acts in Supreme Court of Justice; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
www.exxun.com/Paraguay/d_gv.html
French
Kinyarwanda (official) universal Bantu vernacular, French (official), English (official), Kiswahili (Swahili) used in commercial centers
www.exxun.com/Rwanda/c_pp.html
French
4 provinces (in French - provinces, singular - province; in Kinyarwanda - intara for singular and plural) and 1 city* (in French - ville; in Kinyarwanda - umujyi); Est (Eastern), Kigali*, Nord (Northern), Ouest (Western), Sud (Southern)
www.exxun.com/Rwanda/d_gv.html
French
... Christopher COLUMBUS who named it for his brother Bartolomeo, St. Barthelemy was first settled by the French in 1648. In 1784, the French sold the island to Sweden, who renamed the largest ...
www.exxun.com/SaintBarthelemy/a_fg.html
French
white, Creole (mulatto), black, Guadeloupe Mestizo (French-East Asia)
www.exxun.com/SaintBarthelemy/c_pp.html
