30 résultats pour "yugoslavia"
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Guerra de la antigua Yugoslavia - historia.
Sarajevo sitiadoBBC Worldwide Americas, Inc. El Ejército Popular Yugoslavo, controlado por los serbios, puso entonces sitio a la ciudad de Sarajevo, capital de Bosnia, lo que originó la imposición de sanciones por partede la Organización de las Naciones Unidas (ONU) que el poder aéreo y naval de la Organización del Tratado del Atlántico Norte (OTAN) haría cumplir; además, aumentó elnúmero de fuerzas de pacificación de la ONU, principalmente británicas y francesas. En mayo de 1992, la ONU estable...
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Bosnia and Herzegovina - country.
Serb military campaigns in 1992 and 1993 and Croat campaigns in 1993 and 1995 were aimed at expelling others from areas claimed by these groups. By the end ofthe war almost all non-Serbs had been expelled from Serb-claimed lands in eastern and northern Bosnia, and non-Croats from Croat-claimed lands in southwesternBosnia. In turn, most non-Muslims had left land under Muslim control in northwestern Bosnia. The largest cities had mixed populations in 1991, but the war and its aftermath made them a...
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Wars of Yugoslav Succession.
of Yugoslav succession was over. In January 1992 members of the European Community (EC; after 1993 the European Union, EU) recognized Slovenia’s independencealong with that of Croatia. The United States and other countries did so shortly thereafter. IV THE WAR IN CROATIA As the Yugoslav army withdrew from Slovenia in July 1991, a second and far more serious conflict erupted in Croatia. But the road to war in Croatia began more than ayear earlier. In April and May 1990 the Croatian Democratic U...
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Wars of Yugoslav Succession .
of Yugoslav succession was over. In January 1992 members of the European Community (EC; after 1993 the European Union, EU) recognized Slovenia’s independencealong with that of Croatia. The United States and other countries did so shortly thereafter. IV THE WAR IN CROATIA As the Yugoslav army withdrew from Slovenia in July 1991, a second and far more serious conflict erupted in Croatia. But the road to war in Croatia began more than ayear earlier. In April and May 1990 the Croatian Democratic U...
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Europe .
D Vegetation Although much of Europe, particularly the west, was originally covered by forest, the vegetation has been transformed by human habitation and the clearing of land.Only in the most northerly mountains and in parts of north central European Russia has the forest cover been relatively unaffected by human activity. On the otherhand, a considerable amount of Europe is covered by woodland that has been planted or has reoccupied cleared lands. The largest vegetation zone in Europe, cuttin...
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Europe - Geography.
D Vegetation Although much of Europe, particularly the west, was originally covered by forest, the vegetation has been transformed by human habitation and the clearing of land.Only in the most northerly mountains and in parts of north central European Russia has the forest cover been relatively unaffected by human activity. On the otherhand, a considerable amount of Europe is covered by woodland that has been planted or has reoccupied cleared lands. The largest vegetation zone in Europe, cuttin...
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Slovenia - country.
Democratic Party of Slovenia, the Christian Democratic Party, United List, the Slovenian National Party, the Democratic Party of Slovenia, and Greens of Slovenia. Slovenia has eight trial courts, four appellate courts, and a Supreme Court. The Assembly appoints all judges, including the justices of the Supreme Court. Slovenia hasan extensive network of social service programs sponsored by the government, including low-cost medical coverage and retirement pensions. Slovenia had an army of 6,550 a...
- YUGOSLAVIA in 1996 (History and Geography)
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- YUGOSLAVIA in 1996 (History and Geography)
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Serbia - geografía.
Democrático (de vocación europeísta y próximo ideológicamente a la socialdemocracia desde posiciones de centro), el Partido Democrático de Serbia (conservador ynacionalista moderado), G17 Plus (liberal de centro), el Partido Socialista Serbio (autoritario, heredero del antiguo partido comunista), el Partido Democrático Liberal y laAlianza de los Húngaros de Voivodina. 6 HISTORIA Serbia fue una vez parte del antiguo país de Iliria, ocupado en el 44 d.C. por los romanos, que lo gobernaron como un...
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Croatia - country.
III PEOPLE OF CROATIA The total population of Croatia at the time of the 1991 census was 4,784,265; a 2008 estimate was 4,491,543. During and after the war ethnic Serbs fled Croatia whileethnic Croats moved in. Croatia’s population growth rate in 2008 was -0.04 percent, despite population gains due to immigration. Croatia’s natural population growthrate, which measures births and deaths, has been negative since 1998. Life expectancy at birth was 75 years in 2008. The population density in 2008...
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Serbia - country.
Minority groups speak their own languages, such as Albanian and Hungarian. Bosniaks generally speak Bosnian and write it with the Latin alphabet. Serbs are by tradition Orthodox Christians. The Roman Catholic and Protestant churches also have adherents in Serbia. Most of the ethnic Albanians of Kosovo areSunni Muslims ( see Sunni Islam), as are the Bosniaks of the Sandžak region. Bosniaks are descendants of Slavs who converted to Islam in the 15th and 16th centuries. B Education The leading in...
- The federation of Yugoslavia comprises Serbia and Montenegro.
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Croacia - geografía.
Un poco más de la mitad de la población vive en áreas urbanas, particularmente en las ciudades más grandes de la República: Zagreb, el primer centro industrial, con unapoblación de 688.000 habitantes en 2003; y las ciudades portuarias de Split, con 173.692 habitantes; Rijeka, con 143.395 habitantes; y Osijek, con 91.046 habitantes, queconstituye otro importante núcleo industrial. El resto vive en ciudades más pequeñas, entre las que están Zadar, Pula, Karlovac, Slavonski Brod, Dubrovnik y Sisak,...
- The break up of Yugoslavia in 1991 and Macedonia's unilateral declaration of independence brought a fierce reaction from the Greeks.
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Europa - geografía.
del Atlántico Norte (corriente del Golfo), traen precipitaciones durante casi todo el año. En la zona climática mediterránea (España, Italia y Grecia) los meses de veranosuelen ser calurosos y secos, y la mayoría de las precipitaciones se recogen en otoño y primavera. Aproximadamente a partir de Polonia central, hacia el este, se reduce elefecto moderador de los océanos y, como consecuencia, el clima es más frío y seco. Las partes septentrionales del continente también tienen este tipo de clima....
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Ex-República Yugoslava de Macedonia - geografía.
unión de la República con el exterior y provocaron la escasez de combustible. Como consecuencia, durante 1992 la producción industrial descendió un 75% debido a la falta de combustible, el desempleo alcanzó un 40% y el producto interior bruto(PIB) disminuyó un 14%. La renta per cápita cayó por debajo de 1.000 dólares a finales de año, comparados con los 1.140 dólares de 1991, que en esas fechas era untercio de la de Eslovenia, la más rica de las antiguas repúblicas yugoslavas. En abril de 1992 e...
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Bosnia-Herzegovina - geografía.
judiciales más importantes de la república. En marzo de 1992, los nacionalistas del Partido Democrático Serbio se retiraron formalmente del gobierno como medida de protesta ante la declaración de independencia. Elgobierno siguió estando respaldado por musulmanes, croatas y serbios moderados. El conflicto se agravó al mes siguiente, cuando los nacionalistas serbios crearon supropia entidad estatal, conocida como República Serbia de Bosnia, bajo el liderazgo de Radovan Karadzic. Los serbobosnios r...
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Hungary - country.
Northern Hungary lacks sufficient water, especially between July and October, when precipitation levels are typically low. Canals irrigate the Great Hungarian Plain,which is subject to drought. Because of the country’s mainly flat terrain, only limited water resources can be harnessed for hydroelectric power. F Environmental Issues Rapid industrialization in Hungary following World War II contributed significantly to a number of major environmental problems, including air, water, and soil pollu...
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United Nations.
and programs to carry out its recommendations. It elects members to serve on certain agencies and programs, and it coordinates those programs through variouscommittees. B Security Council The Security Council is the most powerful body in the UN. It is responsible for maintaining international peace, and for restoring peace when conflicts arise. Its decisionsare binding on all UN members and have the force of international law. The Security Council has the power to define what is a threat to sec...
- Basketball: Olympic Medalists.
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Montenegro - geografía.
5 GOBIERNO El 3 de junio de 2006 el Parlamento de Montenegro declaró la independencia de esta república, confirmando así formalmente los resultados del referéndum del 21 de mayode ese año. Anteriormente, en otro referéndum celebrado en marzo de 1992, el 66% de los votantes aprobó que Montenegro permaneciera unido a Serbia dentro de lanueva Yugoslavia creada en 1991, llamada República Federal de Yugoslavia. Durante ese tiempo se aprobaron dos constituciones en Montenegro, en 1992 y 2003. En 1992...
- Soccer: Olympic Medalists.
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Summer Olympics Medal Standings.
Great Britain GBR 56 51 38 145 United States of America USA 23 12 12 47 Sweden SWE 8 6 11 25 France FRA 5 5 9 19 Germany GER 3 5 6 14 Hungary HUN 3 4 2 9 Canada CAN 3 3 10 16 Norway NOR 2 3 3 8 Italy ITA 2 2 0 4 Belgium BEL 1 5 2 8 Australasia ANZ 1 2 2 5 Russia RU1 1 2 0 3 Finland FIN 1 1 3 5 South Africa RSA 1 1 0 2 Greece GRE 0 3 0 3 Denmark DEN 0 2 3 5 Bohemia BOH 0 0 2 2 Netherlands NED 0 0 2 2 Austria AUT 0 0 1 1 Source: International Olympic Committee (IOC).. Stockholm, 1912.Par...
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Summer Olympics Medal Standings.
Great Britain GBR 56 51 38 145 United States of America USA 23 12 12 47 Sweden SWE 8 6 11 25 France FRA 5 5 9 19 Germany GER 3 5 6 14 Hungary HUN 3 4 2 9 Canada CAN 3 3 10 16 Norway NOR 2 3 3 8 Italy ITA 2 2 0 4 Belgium BEL 1 5 2 8 Australasia ANZ 1 2 2 5 Russia RU1 1 2 0 3 Finland FIN 1 1 3 5 South Africa RSA 1 1 0 2 Greece GRE 0 3 0 3 Denmark DEN 0 2 3 5 Bohemia BOH 0 0 2 2 Netherlands NED 0 0 2 2 Austria AUT 0 0 1 1 Source: International Olympic Committee (IOC).. Stockholm, 1912Part...
- Soccer: Olympic Medalists C ountry Year Gold Silver Bronze 1900 United Kingdom France Belgium 1904 Canada United States United States 1906 Denmark Greece Greece 1908 United Kingdom Denmark The Netherlands 1912 United Kingdom Denmark The
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The Summer Games of 1992 - sport.
In the most ambitious undertaking of all, a stretch of rundown warehouses and abandoned factories beside the long-neglected Mediterranean waterfront wastransformed into a sparkling new district of apartments, shopping areas, and palmetto-lined promenades. During the games, the area served as the Olympic athletes'village, where, for the first time at any games, organizers offered accommodations to competitors and their coaches free of charge. After the games the apartmentswere to be sold to help...
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Communism.
In Britain, Robert Owen, a philanthropic Welsh manufacturer, strove against the social problems brought about by the Industrial Revolution and sought to improve thewelfare of workers. As manager of a cotton mill, he enhanced the environment of his workers by improving their housing, modernizing mill equipment for greater safetyand sanitation, and establishing low-priced stores for the workers and schools for their children. Owen believed that workers, rather than governments, should createthe in...
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Communism .
In Britain, Robert Owen, a philanthropic Welsh manufacturer, strove against the social problems brought about by the Industrial Revolution and sought to improve thewelfare of workers. As manager of a cotton mill, he enhanced the environment of his workers by improving their housing, modernizing mill equipment for greater safetyand sanitation, and establishing low-priced stores for the workers and schools for their children. Owen believed that workers, rather than governments, should createthe in...
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Albania - country.
Joining the international community in its concern over the degradation of the environment, Albania is party to international agreements concerning biodiversity, climatechange, and wetlands. III THE PEOPLE OF ALBANIA In 2008 Albania’s population estimate was 3,619,778, resulting in an average density of 132 persons per sq km (342 per sq mi). More and more people have left ruralareas for urban ones, particularly in the northern districts, such that in 2005 some 45 percent of the population live...