Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2013
Yearbook 2013 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. According to Countryaah, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, together with other countries in the Caribbean, CARICOM, are planning […]
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Saint Lucia 2013
Yearbook 2013 Saint Lucia. In the spring, the Government of Saint Lucia began preparations to leave the Privy Council in London as the country’s highest […]
Saint Kitts and Nevis 2013
Yearbook 2013 Saint Christopher and Nevis. On the island of Nevis, elections to the legislative assembly were held in January. According to Countryaah, the Opposition […]
Rwanda 2013
Yearbook 2013 Rwanda. In September, President Paul Kagame’s party won Rwanda’s Patriotic Front (RPF) a major victory in the parliamentary elections. The party received 76% […]
Russia 2013
According to a 2013 census, the total population of Russia was 142,905,200 people. The population was spread across 83 federal subjects and consisted of 81.5% […]
Romania 2013
Yearbook 2013 Romania. According to Countryaah, Romania’s economy was under severe pressure at the beginning of the year. The EU’s second poorest country struggled with […]
Republic of the Congo 2013
Yearbook 2013 Congo. According to Countryaah, four independent newspapers were temporarily forced to suspend their publication on June 1 following a decision by the authorities […]
Qatar 2013
Qatar is a small country located in the Middle East, with a total population of 2.2 million people as of 2013. The majority of Qatar’s […]
Portugal 2013
Yearbook 2013 Portugal. “It has been a very terrible year,” noted Portuguese Prime Minister Pedro Passus Coelho without a whim when his party gathered late […]
Poland 2013
In 2013, the population of Poland was estimated to be 38.53 million people, making it the sixth most populous country in Europe. The population density […]
Philippines 2013
The 1,800-kilometer-long and 1,000-kilometer-wide archipelago of the Philippines includes more than 7,000 islands, atolls and islets. A thousand years ago, a lively trade flow began […]
Paraguay 2013
Yearbook 2013 Paraguay. According to Countryaah, the most notable event during the year was the retirement of retired general Lino Oviedo at the age of […]
Papua New Guinea 2013
Yearbook 2013 Papua New Guinea. After a few chaotic years in politics, Parliament voted twice during the year to extend the ban on declaring mistrust […]
Panama 2013
Yearbook 2013 Panama. The upcoming 2014 presidential election cast its shadow over political life this year. In May, former housing minister José Domingo Arias was […]
Palau 2013
Yearbook 2013 Palau. According to Countryaah, the typhoon Haiyan devastated the northern atoll Kayangel on November 7, located about 85 kilometers north of Palau’s capital […]
Pakistan 2013
Yearbook 2013 Pakistan. The May elections led to a change of government, from the PPP-led coalition government under Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf to a […]
Norway 2013
In 2013, the population of Norway was estimated to be 5,096,300 people. The majority of the population was concentrated in the southern part of the […]
Northern Macedonia 2013
Yearbook 2013 Northern Macedonia (until 2019 Macedonia). An infected conflict between the ruling center-right party VMRO-DPMNE and the Social Democratic opposition party SDSM intensified at […]
North Korea 2013
Yearbook 2013 North Korea. In February, North Korea conducted its third nuclear test of nuclear weapons. This was despite clear warnings in advance from the […]
Nigeria 2013
Yearbook 2013 Nigeria. The violence spiral continued during the year, mainly in northeastern Nigeria. The extremist Muslim sect Boko Haram is suspected to be behind […]
Niger 2013
Yearbook 2013 Niger. In 2013, Niger was the last of all 186 countries in the UN Index on Human Development. According to Countryaah, the country’s […]
Nicaragua 2013
Yearbook 2013 Nicaragua. According to Countryaah, new tensions with neighboring Costa Rica, with which there is an old conflict over the San Juan border, arose […]
New Zealand 2013
Yearbook 2013 New Zealand. According to Countryaah, New Zealand signed an agreement in February with Australia to receive 150 of the many boat refugees who […]
Netherlands 2013
Yearbook 2013 Netherlands. According to Countryaah, Queen Beatrix announced at the beginning of the year that she planned to abdicate. The change of throne happened […]
Nepal 2013
Yearbook 2013 Nepal. In March, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Khil Raj Regmi was installed as Prime Minister for a transitional government made up […]
Nauru 2013
Yearbook 2013 Nauru. According to Countryaah, the political turmoil that characterized Nauru further continued in early 2013. In February, both the Foreign Minister and the […]
Namibia 2013
Yearbook 2013 Namibia. This year’s rainy season was the driest in 30 years and led to major problems for residents, especially in the northernmost parts […]
Myanmar 2013
Yearbook 2013 Burma. According to Countryaah, the government’s attempt to end the decades-long armed conflicts with ethnic groups’ rebel movements in the north and northeast […]
Mozambique 2013
Yearbook 2013 Mozambique. During the year, the contradictions were sharpened between the country’s socialist government party FRELIMO and the largest opposition party RENAMO, which refers […]
Morocco 2013
Yearbook 2013 Morocco. During the year, Morocco felt increasingly trapped between migrants from other African countries who wanted to move on to Europe and, on […]
Montenegro 2013
Yearbook 2013 Montenegro. Before the April presidential election, the opposition claimed that Filip Vujanovíc was not entitled to stand for re-election, as a president may […]
Mongolia 2013
Yearbook 2013 Mongolia. According to Countryaah, Mongolia entered 2013 with one of the world’s fastest growing economies, with some predictions of GDP growth of 18-20%. […]
Monaco 2013
Yearbook 2013 Monaco. In the National Council elections held in February, the Alliance, Horizon Monaco, won a major victory with just over half of the […]
Moldova 2013
Yearbook 2013 Moldova. The year was marked by both domestic and foreign power struggles, where the government fell and Moldova’s path to the EU was […]
Micronesia 2013
Yearbook 2013 Micronesia Federation. According to Countryaah, elections were held March 5 to ten of the 14 seats in the one-chamber parliament congress, where members, […]
Mexico 2013
Yearbook 2013 Mexico. The July 7 regional elections resulted in a largely unchanged position for Mexico’s largest political parties. This meant that the ruling Institutional […]
Mauritius 2013
Yearbook 2013 Mauritius. At least eleven people died in floods caused by sudden and heavy rains in Mauritius capital Port Louis on March 30. According […]
Mauritania 2013
Yearbook 2013 Mauritania. In January, the government banned the manufacture and use of plastic bags. Over 70% of the deaths of cattle and sheep in […]