Yearbook 2008 Faroe Islands. The January election did not result in any major changes in the Lagting. But the left-leaning opposition party Republicans came forward with a mandate and demanded a seat in the self-government. Negotiations led to the bourgeois Union Party and the People’s Party in opposition, while the Social Democrats instead formed a…
Author: payhelpcenter
Faro Attractions and Tourist
Attractions in Faro Faro and the Algarve are attracting the most people first and foremost because of their good climate and long coastal area with bathing beaches. This is where the sun worshipers come when they have decided to vacation in Portugal. But in Faro there are also attractions and sights for those who want…
Ethiopia 2008
Yearbook 2008 Ethiopia. The Supreme Court sentenced former ex-dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam to death in May. Thus, HD tore up the life sentence that was announced in 2007 in a lower instance. Another 18 lifetime sentenced employees at Mengistu had their sentences converted to death sentences. Two of them were reported to be living in…
Eswatini 2008
Yearbook 2008 Swaziland. New figures during the year showed that Swaziland’s population decreased by about one-fifth to one million since the last census in 1997. The cause was the severe HIV epidemic. Swaziland has the world’s highest proportion of HIV-infected among the entire population, 26 percent. The prediction is that two-thirds of the country’s 15-year-olds…
Estonia 2008
Yearbook 2008 Estonia. The battle over the so-called Bronze Soldier in Tallinn last year cast its shadow over Estonia. Four Estonian Russians were charged with prosecution for organizing the violent riots in connection with the relocation of the Soviet war monument. The prosecutors declared themselves innocent and the trial was extended. Surveys have shown strangers…
Eritrea 2008
Yearbook 2008 Eritrea. In July, the UN Security Council decided not to extend the mandate of the UN force of 1,700 to monitor the Eritrea-Ethiopia border. As a reason, both countries’ failure to cooperate was indicated. Ethiopia has refused to accept the UN-appointed Border Commission’s decision to grant Eritrea the right to the disputed border…
Equatorial Guinea 2008
Yearbook 2008 Equatorial Guinea. Parliamentary elections were held in May, a year earlier than planned, to be coordinated with local elections for cost reasons. The ruling party Partido Democrático de Guinea Ecuatorial (PDGE, Equatorial Guinea’s Democratic Party) received 99 of Parliament’s 100 seats, an increase with a mandate. PDGE has won all the elections and…
El Salvador 2008
Yearbook 2008 El Salvador. Ahead of the presidential election in early 2009, El Salvador’s bleak past became an issue again in the fall. The presidential candidate for the Left Opposition Alliance FMLN (Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional), Mauricio Funes, is believed to want to tear down the amnesty that still protects militants who…
Eindhoven Attractions and Tourist
Attractions and sights in Eindhoven Attractions and Tourist There are plenty of sights in Eindhoven. And although the city is not far from among the most beautiful in Europe, there are neighborhoods with charming architecture and pleasant atmosphere. First and foremost, Eindhoven is probably the site of spectacular futuristic buildings and monuments. And exciting museums….
Egypt 2008
Yearbook 2008 Egypt. The country was shaken during the year by protests aimed at high food prices, low wages, privatizations and layoffs. Industrial workers and lower officials, but also doctors and university teachers, were reported to have carried out wild strikes. Several of the protests took center stage in the textile industrial city of al-Mahalla…