Italy 1996
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,…
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Israel 1996
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…
Ireland 1996
Yearbook 1996 Ireland. In January, the coalition government presented a budget that improved the conditions for long-term unemployed people. Unemployment is traditionally high and reached 17.4% in the early 1990s.…
Iraq 1996
Yearbook 1996 Iraq. President Saddam Hussein’s two grandsons and close associates, who sensationally jumped off 1995 and condemned his regime, returned equally sensationally in February. Less surprisingly, perhaps three days…
Iran 1996
Yearbook 1996 Iran. Who won the parliamentary elections in March and April? Both Iranian and foreign observers were divided in the view of which groupings dominated. Political parties in the…
Indonesia 1996
Yearbook 1996 Indonesia. In Indonesia the military-dominated regime has for decades ensured that no opposition statements disturbed the image of a people in complete harmony with the official state ideology.…
India 1996
Yearbook 1996 India. The country’s biggest corruption scandal was revealed just before the spring parliamentary elections. An investigation by the federal police CBI suggested that the businessman Surinder Jain would…
Iceland 1996
Yearbook 1996 Iceland. The year was marked politically by Vigdís Finnbogadóttir leaving her post as I president after 16 years. After an election campaign characterized by an unusual throw for…
Hungary 1996
Yearbook 1996 Hungary. The country’s finance minister Lajos Bokros resigned in February when he did not receive the support of Prime Minister Gyula Horn he wanted. Bokros wanted to lower…
Honduras 1996
Yearbook 1996 Honduras. In February, the President appointed José Luis Núñez Beneth as new Minister of Defense. The election was the president’s own and ran counter to Commander General Mario…