Kosovo 1996
In December 2014, the government was transformed. LDK chairman Isa Mustafa became new prime minister. In February 2016, Kosovo’s parliament elected Hashim Thaçi as president. His counterpart was Rafet Rama.…
In December 2014, the government was transformed. LDK chairman Isa Mustafa became new prime minister. In February 2016, Kosovo’s parliament elected Hashim Thaçi as president. His counterpart was Rafet Rama.…
After lengthy negotiations, residents received a £ 19 million sterling compensation from the UK government. In 1957, as part of its nuclear disarmament, the British government detonated 3 hydrogen bombs…
Yearbook 1996 Kenya. Kenya is the third most corrupt country in the world according to the independent German organization Transparency International. The organization has examined the prevalence of bribery in…
Yearbook 1996 Kazakhstan. In March, President Nursultan Nazarbayev approved an agreement on enhanced cooperation with three other CIS states, Kyrgyzstan, the Russian Federation and Belarus. The states formed a joint…
Yearbook 1996 Jordan. King Hussein visited Israel in January. The visit was a confirmation of the two countries’ peace treaties from 1994 and occurred at a time when American mediator…
Yearbook 1996 Japan. With the lowest turnout since World War II – below 60% – voters on October 20 gave the Liberal Democratic Party (Jiyu Minshuto, LDP) continued government confidence…
Ethnological studies show that the island was inhabited by the Arawak people, who called the island Xamayca – “the land of the sources” – because of the many sources found…
In October 1995, Bédié won the presidential election boycotted by the opposition. For the first time since independence, foreigners residing in the Ivory Coast were not allowed to participate in…
Yearbook 1996 Italy. The political crisis escalated after the right-wing coalition of the Freedom Alliance leader, former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, and the Liberal Democratic Party’s (Partito Democratico della Sinistra,…
Yearbook 1996 Israel. After rolling according to plan for several years, the peace process between Israel and Palestine seemed to stop in 1996. Militant Islamists carried out terrorist attacks in…