Russia 2000
Yearbook 2000 Russian Federation. Vladimir Putin became New Year’s Eve 1999 President, when Boris Yeltsin suddenly resigned. One of Putin’s first steps was to dismiss […]
Yearbook 2000 Russian Federation. Vladimir Putin became New Year’s Eve 1999 President, when Boris Yeltsin suddenly resigned. One of Putin’s first steps was to dismiss […]
Yearbook 2000 Romania. In January, newly-appointed Prime Minister Mugur Isarescu presented a comprehensive reform package to tackle the difficult economic situation. These included cuts in […]
Yearbook 2000 Congo. A standstill agreement concluded at the turn of the year seemed to have put an end to the civil war that broke […]
Yearbook 2000 Qatar. In January, Qatar and Bahrain agreed to jointly investigate how to resolve the dispute over control of the Hawaiian Islands. Nevertheless, in […]
Yearbook 2000 Portugal. Portugal began the year of taking over the presidency of the EU for the first time, despite the fact that the Portuguese […]
Yearbook 2000 Poland. The coalition government between the liberal Freedom Union UW and the Solidarity-led right alliance AWS had a hard time keeping together. AWS […]
Attractions in Gdansk We take the chance to list a street as an attraction in itself. For centuries, Ulitsa Mariacka, or Mariagaten, has attracted artists, […]
Yearbook 2000 Philippines. In February, 18,000 people were forced to flee their homes when the Mayon volcano in the eastern Philippines suffered an eruption. The […]
Yearbook 2000 Paraguay. Political events in Paraguay during the year revolved around the double vacancy that arose from the assassination of Vice President Luis MarĂa […]