Costa Rica 2013
Yearbook 2013 Costa Rica. According to Countryaah, the most serious political crisis for the government since it took office three years ago broke out in […]
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Costa Rica Attractions and Tourist
Costa Rica Attractions Tortuguero National Park Barely nine mil northwest of San Jose, north on the Caribbean coast, lies the National Park Tortuguero. This is […]
Corfu Attractions and Tourist
Attractions in Corfu Corfu offers many different types of attractions and sights. Not least, nature experiences in the form of steep cliffs that steadfastly resist […]
Copenhagen Attractions and Tourist
Attractions in Copenhagen There are numerous attractions and sights in Copenhagen. They range from cultural attractions in the form of art and music, to beautiful […]
Comoros 2013
Yearbook 2013 Comoros. According to Countryaah, about ten people were arrested in April accused of planning a coup attempt against the government. The arrests were […]
Colombia 2013
Yearbook 2013 Colombia. In January, peace talks resumed between the guerrilla movement FARC (Colombia’s revolutionary armed forces) and the Colombian government in Havana, Cuba. In […]
China 2013
Yearbook 2013 China. Two young Tibetan men died in January after setting fire to themselves in protest of China’s rule in Tibet. Self-firing took place […]
Chile 2013
Yearbook 2013 Chile. For the first time in Chile’s history, the presidential election was decided between two female candidates. The Socialist Party’s Michelle Bachelet was […]
Central African Republic 2013
Yearbook 2013 Central African Republic is a country located in Africa as defined on Abbreviationfinder. The year was marked by violence and chaos. By the […]
Canada 2013
Yearbook 2013 Canada. Thousands of people from Canada’s indigenous peoples, including Native Americans, conducted an action day on January 16 that blocked traffic in at […]
Cameroon 2013
Yearbook 2013 Cameroon. A French family of seven – three adults and four children – was kidnapped in February by the Islamist group Boko Haram […]
Cambodia 2013
Yearbook 2013 Cambodia. According to Countryaah, the tribunal set up jointly by the UN and Cambodia, which had the task of examining surviving leaders of […]
Cabo Verde 2013
Yearbook 2013 Cape Verde. According to Countryaah, Prime Minister José Maria Neves was re-elected in March as leader of the ruling Cape Verde African Independence […]
Burundi 2013
Yearbook 2013 Burundi. In June, a disputed media law was introduced, despite criticism from media organizations, the opposition and donors such as the UN. According […]
Burkina Faso 2013
Yearbook 2013 Burkina Faso. According to Countryaah, the International Court of Justice in The Hague (ICJ) decided in April an old border dispute between Burkina […]
Bulgaria 2013
In 2013, the population of Bulgaria was estimated to be 7,364,570 people. Of that population, 84.5% of the people identified as ethnic Bulgarians while 8.8% […]
Brunei 2013
Yearbook 2013 Brunei. According to Countryaah, Brunei will introduce sharia laws in 2014, Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah announced in October. The new laws can mean the […]
Brazil 2013
Yearbook 2013 Brazil. The year began with the terrible fire tragedy at the Kiss Club nightclub in Santa Maria in the southern state of Rio […]
Botswana 2013
Yearbook 2013 Botswana. According to Countryaah, Botswana’s profitable diamond industry entered a new phase during the year when the diamond cartel De Beers moved its […]
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2013
Yearbook 2013 Bosnia and Herzegovina. According to Countryaah, a Sarajevo court in March sentenced Serbian ex-commander Veselin Vlahović to 45 years in prison, the longest […]
Bolivia 2013
Yearbook 2013 Bolivia. The political conflict between President Evo Morales and the eastern provinces continued deep during the year. In some cities in the province […]
Bhutan 2013
Yearbook 2013 Bhutan. During the year, Bhutan held its second parliamentary election since democracy was introduced in 2008. In April, elections were held for the […]
Benin 2013
Yearbook 2013 Benin. President Thomas Boni Yayi announced in August a comprehensive reform of government and also abolished the Prime Minister’s post. Half of the […]
Belize 2013
Yearbook 2013 Belize. In mid-April, Belize’s Supreme Court annulled all oil drilling agreements signed by the government between 2004 and 2007. According to Countryaah, the […]
Belgium 2013
Yearbook 2013 Belgium. According to Countryaah, Finance Minister Steven Vanackere resigned in March following criticism that a union with ties to his Christian Democratic CD&V […]
Belarus 2013
Yearbook 2013 Belarus. According to Countryaah, Belarus’s relationship with the Russian Federation was complicated during the year. In the military area, cooperation was strengthened, but […]
Barbados 2013
Yearbook 2013 Barbados. The ruling left-leaning Democratic Labor Party (DLP), which has held power since 2008, was re-elected in the parliamentary elections in February by […]
Bangladesh 2013
Yearbook 2013 Bangladesh. Several prominent, current as well as former, leaders in the opposition parties Bangladesh Nationalist Party (GDP) and Jamaat-e-Islami were sentenced to death […]
Bahrain 2013
Yearbook 2013 Bahrain. In September, the country’s largest regime-critical group, al-Wefaq, interrupted the national reconciliation dialogue that had been held since February. According to Countryaah, […]
Bahamas 2013
Yearbook 2013 Bahamas. In January, the Bahamians voted against a proposal to legalize so-called online shops, online games with money, that already exist in the […]
Azerbaijan 2013
Yearbook 2013 Azerbaijan. At the beginning of the year, there were unrest which showed a resentful dissatisfaction with President Ilham Alijev’s authoritarian regime. In the […]
Austria 2013
According to the 2013 census, the population of Austria was 8,414,638. The majority of Austria’s population (80%) is made up of Austrians, but there are […]
Australia 2013
Yearbook 2013 Australia. The extreme weather was noticed in January in Australia, which was then hit by both forest fires and floods. Forest fires devoured […]
Armenia 2013
Yearbook 2013 Armenia. The run-up to the presidential election was dramatic with assassination attempts on the opposition candidate and former Soviet dissident Paruyr Hayrikyan. He […]
Argentina 2013
Yearbook 2013 Argentina. In the congressional election on October 27, the government coalition Segerfronten (FPV) retained its position as a majority party in both chambers […]
Antigua and Barbuda 2013
Yearbook 2013 Antigua and Barbuda. During the year, Antigua and Barbuda began selling citizenship in exchange for investment. In October, Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer presented […]
Angola 2013
Yearbook 2013 Angola. Despite Angola’s growing oil wealth, poverty is widespread, and the economic gaps have widened. About 70% of Angolans are estimated to live […]
Andorra 2013
Yearbook 2013 Andorra. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon visited Andorra in April, in connection with the 20th anniversary of the country becoming a sovereign state […]
Algeria 2013
Yearbook 2013 Algeria. A bloody hostage frame was played in January at the Tigantourine natural gas plant near the border with Libya. Thirty heavy-armed members […]