Slovenia 1996
Yearbook 1996 Slovenia. Slovenia, the most prosperous of the former Yugoslav republics, stood last summer in the long queue of countries wanting to join the EU. Prime Minister Janez Drnovšek…
Yearbook 1996 Slovenia. Slovenia, the most prosperous of the former Yugoslav republics, stood last summer in the long queue of countries wanting to join the EU. Prime Minister Janez Drnovšek…
Yearbook 1996 Slovakia. At the end of August, Prime Minister Vladimír Mečiar carried out a minor reform. He himself explained the change with “personal problems, health reasons or other difficulties”.…
Yearbook 1996 Singapore. In February, the government presented its budget for 1996-97. As it showed a surplus of the order of seven billion Singaporean dollars, according to Finance Minister Richard…
Yearbook 1996 Sierra Leone. The year began with a military coup, an internal settlement within the governing junta. President Valentine Strasser was deposed by his closest husband, Brigadier General Julius…
Yearbook 1996 Seychelles. The Government’s Economic Development Act (EDA) adopted in November 1995 was met in February by protests from the UK, France and the US. Under the EDA, every…
1945 People’s Republic In the provisional government that Tito formed in 1945, there were only a few non-communist government members. Before the election, all parties other than LCY were outmaneuvered.…
Yearbook 1996 Senegal. The country’s president, Abdou Diouf, announced in January that a Senate would be set up as a special chamber for legislative matters. It was intended to give…
Yearbook 1996 Saudi Arabia. Low oil prices continued during the year to erode the welfare of Saudi Arabia and provide the breeding ground for a growing militant Islamism. A power…
Yearbook 1996 São Tomé and Príncipe. The presidential election originally announced in March was delayed until June 30. As no candidate at that time got the necessary 50 percent of…
In 1990, the Communist Party changed its name to the Progressive Democratic Party and entered into a government coalition with the Christian Democrats. In 92 the Christians exchanged with the…