News from March 2019
By State Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: The Slovak Republic is a multiparty parliamentary democracy led by a prime minister and a 150-member parliament (Narodna Rada or National Council). Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini heads a three-party coalition that secured a majority of seats in parliament following free and fair parliamentary elections in 2016. In elections considered free and fair, voters elected Andrej Kiska to a five-year term as president and head of state in 2014.
By State Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
Release: The Republic of Kazakhstan’s government system and constitution concentrate power in the presidency. The presidential administration controls the government, the legislature, and judiciary as well as regional and local governments. Changes or amendments to the constitution require presidential consent.
By State Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: The Principality of Andorra is a constitutional, parliamentary democracy. Two co-princes-the president of France and the Spanish bishop of Urgell-serve with joint authority as heads of state. In 2015 the country held free and fair multiparty elections for the 28 seats in parliament (the General Council of the Valleys), which selects the head of government. Having won a majority in parliament, the Democrats for Andorra re-elected Antoni Marti Petit head of government.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The owner of a Washington, D.C.-based durable medical equipment company was sentenced to 42 months in prison today for her role in a scheme to submit $9.8 million in fraudulent claims to Medicaid.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: A North Royalton man was sentenced to seven months in prison and ordered to repay the $245,000 he fraudulently received from Social Security and Ohio Workers’ Compensation.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Warren L. Vick, Jr., 32, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa to dealing firearms without a license. The charges carry a maximum penalty of five years in prison, a fine of $250,000 or both.
By State Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
Release: France is a multiparty constitutional democracy. Voters directly elect the president of the republic to a five-year term. They elected Emmanuel Macron to that position in May 2017. An electoral college elects members of the bicameral parliament’s upper house (Senate), and voters directly elect members ...
By State Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
Release: The Cooperative Republic of Guyana is a multiparty democracy. National and regional elections took place in 2015, and the APNU+AFC coalition parties won both the presidency and a majority of representational seats. The largest APNU+AFC components were A Partnership for National Unity (APNU)-itself a...
By State Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is a nominally centralized constitutional republic. Voters popularly elect the president and the lower house of parliament (National Assembly). Under the constitution, President Joseph Kabila’s second and final term in office expired in 2016. The government,...
By State Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: Czech Republic is a multiparty parliamentary democracy. Legislative authority is vested in a bicameral parliament, consisting of a Chamber of Deputies (Poslanecka snemovna) and a Senate (Senat). The president is head of state and appoints a prime minister from the majority party or coalition. On October...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) selected ten projects totaling $6.8 million that will reduce environmental compliance costs and environmental impacts of land-based and offshore wind energy.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: OSHA cited the company - based in Coppell, Texas - for failing to maintain copies of required safety data sheets for hazardous chemicals used in the restaurant; provide information and training on the chemicals; provide appropriate eye and face protection; and lacking suitable facilities for quick drenching or flushing of the eyes for employees using hazardous chemicals. The company also failed to ensure inspections of portable ladders before each use or shift.
By State Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
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. In June 2017, the ...
By State Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
Release: Belarus is an authoritarian state. The constitution provides for a directly elected president who is head of state, and a bicameral parliament, the National Assembly. A prime minister appointed by the president is the nominal head of government, but power is concentrated in the presidency, both in fact ...
By State Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: The Sultanate of Oman is a hereditary monarchy ruled by Sultan Qaboos al-Said since 1970. The sultan has sole authority to enact laws through royal decree, although ministries and the bicameral Majlis Oman (parliament) can draft laws on nonsecurity-related matters, and citizens may provide input through...
By State Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: Ghana is a constitutional democracy with a strong presidency and a unicameral 275-seat parliament. Presidential and parliamentary elections conducted in 2016 were peaceful, and domestic and international observers assessed them to be transparent, inclusive, and credible.
By State Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
Release: The Slovak Republic is a multiparty parliamentary democracy led by a prime minister and a 150-member parliament (Narodna Rada or National Council). Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini heads a three-party coalition that secured a majority of seats in parliament following free and fair parliamentary elections in 2016. In elections considered free and fair, voters elected Andrej Kiska to a five-year term as president and head of state in 2014.
By State Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
Release: Zimbabwe is constitutionally a republic. On July 30, the country elected Emmerson Mnangagwa president in general elections. Despite incremental improvements from past elections, domestic and international observers noted serious concerns and called for further reforms necessary to meet regional and international...
By State Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: The Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe is a multiparty constitutional democracy. In 2016 voters elected President Evaristo do Espirito Santo Carvalho as head of state. In legislative elections on October 7, the Independent Democratic Action (ADI) party of Prime Minister Patrice Emery Trovoada...
By State Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: Equatorial Guinea is nominally a multiparty constitutional republic. Since a military coup in 1979, President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo has dominated all branches of government in collaboration with his clan and political party, the Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea (PDGE), which he founded in 1991. President Obiang received a claimed 93.7 percent of the vote in an election that many considered neither free nor fair in April 2016.
