News from March 2017
By State Newswire | Mar 3, 2017
News Release: The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan is a constitutional monarchy ruled by King Abdullah II bin Hussein. The constitution concentrates executive and legislative authority in the king. The multiparty parliament consists of the 65-member House of Notables (Majlis al-Ayan) appointed by the king and a 130-member...
By State Newswire | Mar 3, 2017
Release: Mali is a constitutional democracy. In 2013 President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita won the presidential election, deemed free and fair by international observers. The inauguration of President Keita and the subsequent establishment of a new National Assembly through free and fair elections ended a 16-month...
By State Newswire | Mar 3, 2017
Release: The Cooperative Republic of Guyana is a multiparty democracy. National and regional elections were held in May 2015, and a coalition of parties named APNU+AFC won. The largest components of that coalition were the Alliance for Change (AFC) and the People’s National Congress/Reform, which constituted...
By State Newswire | Mar 3, 2017
Release: Iceland is a constitutional parliamentary republic. The president is the head of state, and a prime minister, usually the leader of the largest party, is head of government. There is a unicameral parliament (Althingi). On June 25, voters elected Gudni Thorlacius Johannesson president in a free and fair election. Free and fair parliamentary elections took place on October 29. Negotiations to form a new government continued at year’s end.
By State Newswire | Mar 3, 2017
News Release: Jamaica is a constitutional parliamentary democracy. In national elections on Feb. 25, the Jamaica Labor Party (JLP) led by Prime Minister Andrew Michael Holness won a majority 32 of the 63 seats in the House of Representatives needed to form the government. International election observers from the Organization of American States deemed the elections transparent, free, and fair but noted isolated incidents of violence prior to and on election day.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2017
News Release: FBI Seeks Information on Missing Fairfax County Juvenile.
By State Newswire | Mar 3, 2017
News Release: Portugal, which includes the archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira, is a constitutional semi-presidential representative democracy with a president, prime minister, and parliament elected in multiparty elections. National legislative elections, held in October 2015, and presidential elections held on January 24 were free and fair.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2017
News Release: FBI Announces Rewards/Update on Armored Car Robbers.
By State Newswire | Mar 3, 2017
News Release: Guatemala is a multiparty constitutional republic. On Jan. 14, Jimmy Morales of the National Convergence Front (FCN) party was sworn into office for a four-year term as president. International observers considered the presidential election held in 2015 as generally free and fair.
By State Newswire | Mar 3, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) announced the following upcoming committee events...
By State Newswire | Mar 3, 2017
Release: The Federal Government of Somalia (FGS), formed in 2012, was led by President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud. Clan elders nominated the members of the House of the People of the Federal Parliament in 2012, and parliament elected Hassan Sheikh Mohamud as president later that year. Former Transitional Federal Government...
By State Newswire | Mar 3, 2017
News Release: The Republic of Albania is a parliamentary democracy. The constitution vests legislative authority in the unicameral parliament (the Assembly), which elects both the prime minister and the president. The prime minister heads the government, while the president has limited executive power. In June 2015...
By State Newswire | Mar 3, 2017
Release: Kosovo is a parliamentary democracy. The constitution and laws provide for an elected unicameral parliament, which in turn elects a president, whose choice of prime minister the parliament must approve. The country last held parliamentary elections in June 2014, which international observers considered ...
By State Newswire | Mar 3, 2017
News Release: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is a federation of seven semiautonomous emirates with a resident population of approximately 9.2 million, of whom an estimated 11 percent are citizens. The rulers of the seven emirates constitute the Federal Supreme Council, the country’s highest legislative and executive...
By State Newswire | Mar 3, 2017
News Release: The Republic of Croatia is a constitutional parliamentary democracy. Legislative authority is vested in the unicameral parliament (Sabor). The president serves as head of state and nominates the prime minister, who leads the government. Domestic and international observers stated presidential and parliamentary elections held on September 11 were free and fair.
By State Newswire | Mar 3, 2017
News Release: The Republic of Burundi is a constitutional, multiparty republic with an elected government. The 2005 constitution provides for an executive branch that reports to the president, a bicameral parliament, and an independent judiciary. In June, July, and August 2015 voters re-elected President Pierre Nkurunziza...
By State Newswire | Mar 3, 2017
News Release: Gabon is a republic with a presidential form of government dominated by the Gabonese Democratic Party (PDG), which has held power since 1968. On Aug. 31, the National Electoral Commission announced incumbent president Ali Bongo Ondimba defeated opponent Jean Ping in the August 27 election by a margin...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 3, 2017
News Release: Women’s History Scavenger Hunt. Daily, March 1-31. Visit the Old Courthouse’s exhibit galleries and complete the Women’s History scavenger hunt, a fun way to connect with famous women in St. Louis’ history. All ages are welcome. Virginia Minor Portrait Painting. Saturdays, March 11, 18 and 25; 1 pm-3...
By State Newswire | Mar 3, 2017
Release: Guinea is a constitutional democratic republic in the early stages of a transition from decades of authoritarian rule. On Oct. 11, 2015, the country held its second democratic presidential election, and incumbent President Alpha Conde won with 58 percent of the vote. The political campaign was more peaceful than the 2010 presidential and 2013 legislative elections, but a few deaths occurred during skirmishes between demonstrators and security forces.
By State Newswire | Mar 3, 2017
News Release: Note: Except where otherwise noted, references in this report do not include areas controlled by Russian-backed separatist forces in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine or Russian-occupied Crimea. At the end of this report is a section listing human rights abuses in Russian-occupied Crimea.
