FLIGHTS, ACCOMMODATION AND MOVEMENT IN VIENNA Stephansplatz is the heart of Vienna’s city center, with some of the city’s best shopping. By direct flight from Helsinki Finnair flies directly from Helsinki to Vienna in two and a half hours. Non-stop flights are offered by Air Berlin, KLM and Lufthansa, among others. Flight prices vary between…
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ATTRACTIONS OF GENEVA
A tour of Lake Geneva is a good idea for a car holiday destination. The lake can be reached at its fastest in just a few hours, but it can be used for a whole week, as there is plenty to see from the wine slopes to the mountains and medieval towns. Tour the beautiful…
Vatican City 2008
Yearbook 2008 Vatican City. The Vatican’s intentions to sanctify the disputed Pope Pius XII were met by criticism from several quarters, including from Israel. Pius, who was pope in 1939–58, has been criticized for not openly renouncing Nazi Germany’s genocide of six million Jews. In 2007, a decree came from the Vatican acknowledging Pius’ “heroic…
United Kingdom 2008
Yearbook 2008 UK. The revelations in 2007 that several leading Labor politicians did not report money they received for their election campaigns led in January to Peter Hain, minister responsible for pensions and Wales, being forced to resign. Hain was reported to have received over £ 100,000 in conjunction with his candidacy for the post…
Ukraine 2008
Yearbook 2008 Ukraine. Ukraine was back in gas conflict with Russia in the midst of a cold winter, when Russian state Gazprom threatened to halt deliveries unless Ukraine paid its large debts. The crisis seemed to be resolved as Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko traveled to Moscow and settled with President Vladimir Putin. But when the…
Switzerland 2008
Yearbook 2008 Switzerland. The Swiss people in a referendum in June said no to a proposal to allow citizens in closed polls to grant or reject citizenship applications. The proposal was an initiative of the anti-immigrant right-wing party SVP (Swiss People’s Party). A dispute with Libya arose after Libyan leader Muammar al-Khadaffi’s son Hannibal and…
Sweden Engineering Industry
In 2018, the engineering industry accounted for half of the manufacturing industry’s production and just over 45 percent of Sweden’s total exports. Imports and exports of workshop products are almost the same, which characterizes countries with highly developed industries. The most important part of the Swedish engineering industry, in terms of both production and export,…
Spain 2008
Yearbook 2008 Spain. Before the March parliamentary elections, immigration and the economic downturn with increasing unemployment were the focus. In the election, as expected, the ruling Socialist Party PSOE won with 44 percent of the vote. The Conservative PP got 40 percent. Both increased their mandate slightly; losers became regional small parties. In April, Parliament…
Slovenia 2008
Yearbook 2008 Slovenia. During the first six months of the year, Slovenia was first among the EU’s new members in Eastern Europe to hold the presidency. The government’s main concern was the continued rapprochement between the EU and the Western Balkan countries. The September parliamentary elections led to Slovenia again being left-wing, after four years…
Slovakia 2008
Yearbook 2008 Slovakia. When Kosovo declared independence at the beginning of the year, Slovakia did not follow the EU majority but refused to recognize the new state. On the one hand there were historical causes, Slovakia remembers its own heavy losses of land to Hungary and Germany in 1938-39, and on the other, a dangerous…