News from April 2018
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: Norway is a parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy. The government consists of a prime minister, a cabinet, and a 169-seat parliament (Storting), which is elected every four years and may not be dissolved. The monarch generally appoints the leader of the majority party or majority coalition as prime minister with the approval of parliament. Observers considered the multiparty parliamentary elections on September 11 to be free and fair.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that Jorge Cardenas, a/k/a George Castineda, 42, a Mexican national residing in Girdwood, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Sharon L. Gleason, to serve 11 years in prison, followed by a five-year term of supervised release. Cardenas previously pleaded guilty on July 21, 2017, to conspiracy to possess and distribute methamphetamine.
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
Release: The Republic of Albania is a parliamentary democracy. The constitution vests legislative authority in the unicameral parliament (Assembly), which elects both the prime minister and the president. The prime minister heads the government, while the president has limited executive power. On June 25, the ...
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK or North Korea) is an authoritarian state led by the Kim family for more than 60 years. Shortly after Kim Jong Il’s death in late 2011, his son Kim Jong Un was named marshal of the DPRK and supreme commander of the Korean People’s Army. Kim Jong Un’s grandfather, the late Kim Il Sung, remains “eternal president." The most recent national elections, held in 2014, were neither free nor fair.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: In San Antonio today, Senior United States District Judge David A. Ezra sentenced 61-year-old Louisville, KY, truck driver James Matthew Bradley, Jr., to life in federal prison without parole for his role in an illegal alien smuggling operation that resulted in ten deaths, announced Attorney General...
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: Dominica is a multiparty, parliamentary democracy. In the 2014 general election, Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit’s Dominica Labor Party prevailed over the opposition United Workers Party by a margin of 15 seats to six. Organization of American States election observers noted some irregularities but found the elections generally free and fair.
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: The Union of the Comoros is a constitutional, multiparty republic. The country consists of three islands-Grande Comore (also called Ngazidja), Anjouan (Ndzuani), and Moheli (Mwali)-and claims a fourth, Mayotte (Maore), that France administers. In 2015 successful legislative elections were held. In April...
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: The Republic of Lithuania is a constitutional, multiparty, parliamentary democracy. Legislative authority resides in a unicameral parliament (Seimas), and executive authority resides in the Office of the President. Observers evaluated the 2014 presidential elections and the parliamentary elections in October 2016 as generally free and fair.
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
Release: Zimbabwe is constitutionally a republic. In November a military intervention, public demonstrations calling for President Robert Mugabe’s removal, the ruling party’s vote of no confidence, and impeachment proceedings led to Mugabe’s resignation after ruling the country since independence in 1980. The...
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
Release: Kenya is a republic with three branches of government: an executive branch, led by a directly elected president; a bicameral parliament consisting of the Senate and the National Assembly; and a judiciary. On August 8, the country held its second general election under the 2010 constitution. Citizens...
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
Release: Suriname is a constitutional democracy with a president elected by the unicameral National Assembly. Elections for the National Assembly took place in May 2015, and in July 2015 the assembly elected Desire Delano Bouterse to a second consecutive term as president. International observers considered legislative elections to be free and fair.
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: The Islamic Republic of Iran is a theocratic republic with a Shia Islamic political system based on “velayat-e faqih" (“guardianship of the jurist" or “rule by the jurisprudent"). Shia clergy, most notably the “Rahbar" (“supreme jurisprudent" or “supreme leader"), and political leaders vetted by the clergy dominate key power structures.
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
Release: The Republic of Lithuania is a constitutional, multiparty, parliamentary democracy. Legislative authority resides in a unicameral parliament (Seimas), and executive authority resides in the Office of the President. Observers evaluated the 2014 presidential elections and the parliamentary elections in October 2016 as generally free and fair.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that Jorge Cardenas, a/k/a George Castineda, 42, a Mexican national residing in Girdwood, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Sharon L. Gleason, to serve 11 years in prison, followed by a five-year term of supervised release.
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
Release: The Republic of Finland is a constitutional republic with a directly elected president and a unicameral parliament (Eduskunta). The prime minister heads a three-party coalition government approved by parliament and appointed by the president in 2015. Parliamentary elections in 2015 were considered free and fair.
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
Release: Slovenia is a parliamentary democracy and constitutional republic. Power is shared among a directly elected president (head of state), a prime minister (head of government), and a bicameral parliament composed of the National Assembly (lower house) and the National Council (upper house). The country held parliamentary elections in 2014 and presidential elections on Oct. 22, with a runoff election on November 12. Observers considered the elections free and fair.
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
Release: Armenia’s constitution provides for a republic with an elected head of state and a unicameral legislature, the National Assembly. According to a constitutional referendum conducted in 2015, the country is on track to transition to a parliamentary republic by the end of the existing presidential term ...
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) issued the following statement on the release of the State Department’s 2017 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices...
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON-Technology start-ups will learn about opportunities to collaborate with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science & Technology Directorate’s (S&T) and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) at a joint Homeland Security Industry Day on May 4th in Menlo Park, California.
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
Release: The Republic of Austria is a parliamentary democracy with constitutional power shared between a popularly elected president and a bicameral parliament (federal assembly). The multiparty parliament and the coalition government it elects exercise most day-to-day governmental powers. National parliamentary elections during the year and presidential elections in 2016 were considered free and fair.
