auto-update week 13

europe/au.json

@@ -1172,7 +1172,7 @@
   },
   "Transnational Issues": {
     "Disputes - international": {
-      "text": "<p><em>Austria-Czechia:</em> None<br><br><em>Austria-Germany:</em> None<br><br><em>Austria-Hungary:</em> None<br><br><em>Austria-Italy:</em> None<br><br><em>Austria-Liechtenstein:</em> None<br><br><em>Austria-Slovenia:</em> None<br><br><em>Austria-Slovakia:</em> None<br><br><em>Austria-Switzerland:</em> None</p>"
+      "text": "<p>None</p>"
     },
     "Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
       "refugees (country of origin)": {

europe/bk.json

@@ -1152,7 +1152,7 @@
   },
   "Transnational Issues": {
     "Disputes - international": {
-      "text": "<p>Serbia delimited about half of the boundary with Bosnia and Herzegovina, but sections along the Drina River remain in dispute</p>"
+      "text": "<p><em>Bosnia and Herzegovina-Serbia:</em> Serbia delimited about half of the boundary with Bosnia and Herzegovina, but sections along the Drina River remain in dispute.</p>"
     },
     "Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
       "refugees (country of origin)": {
@@ -1164,7 +1164,7 @@
       "stateless persons": {
         "text": "149 (mid-year 2021)"
       },
-      "note": "<strong>note:</strong> 87,139 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-March 2022)"
+      "note": "<strong>note:</strong> 87,380 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-March 2022)"
     },
     "Trafficking in persons": {
       "current situation": {

europe/bo.json

@@ -1163,9 +1163,12 @@
   },
   "Transnational Issues": {
     "Disputes - international": {
-      "text": "<p>boundary demarcated with Latvia and Lithuania; as a member state that forms part of the EU's external border, Poland has implemented strict Schengen border rules to restrict illegal immigration and trade along its border with Belarus</p>"
+      "text": "<p><em>Belarus-Latvia:</em> Boundary demarcated with Latvia.<br><br><em>Belarus-Lithuania:</em> Boundary demarcated with Lithuania.<br><br><em>Belarus-Poland:</em> As a member state that forms part of the EU's external border, Poland has implemented strict Schengen border rules to restrict illegal immigration and trade along its border with Belarus.</p>"
     },
     "Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
+      "refugees (country of origin)": {
+        "text": "10,902 (Ukraine) (as of 29 March 2022)"
+      },
       "stateless persons": {
         "text": "6,104 (mid-year 2021)"
       }

europe/cy.json

@@ -1024,10 +1024,10 @@
     },
     "Internet users": {
       "total": {
-        "text": "1.04 million (2021 est.)"
+        "text": "1.11 million (2022 est.)"
       },
       "percent of population": {
-        "text": "90.8% (2020 est.)"
+        "text": "91% (2022 est.)"
       }
     },
     "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": {

europe/da.json

@@ -999,10 +999,10 @@
     },
     "Internet users": {
       "total": {
-        "text": "5.69 million (2021 est.)"
+        "text": "5.77 million (2022 est.)"
       },
       "percent of population": {
-        "text": "96.55% (2020 est.)"
+        "text": "99% (2022 est.)"
       }
     },
     "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": {

europe/ei.json

@@ -1112,20 +1112,20 @@
       "text": "Irish Defense Forces (Oglaigh na h-Eireannn): Army, Air Corps, Naval Service, Reserve Defense Forces (2021)"
     },
     "Military expenditures": {
+      "Military Expenditures 2021": {
+        "text": "0.3% of GDP (2021)"
+      },
       "Military Expenditures 2020": {
-        "text": "0.27% of GDP (2020)"
+        "text": "0.3% of GDP (2020)"
       },
       "Military Expenditures 2019": {
-        "text": "0.29% of GDP (2019)"
+        "text": "0.3% of GDP (2019)"
       },
       "Military Expenditures 2018": {
-        "text": "0.29% of GDP (2018)"
+        "text": "0.3% of GDP (2018)"
       },
       "Military Expenditures 2017": {
-        "text": "0.31% of GDP (2017)"
-      },
-      "Military Expenditures 2016": {
-        "text": "0.33% of GDP (2016)"
+        "text": "0.3% of GDP (2017)"
       }
     },
     "Military and security service personnel strengths": {

europe/ez.json

@@ -1010,10 +1010,10 @@
     },
     "Internet users": {
       "total": {
-        "text": "9.43 million (2021 est.)"
+        "text": "9.66 million (2022 est.)"
       },
       "percent of population": {
-        "text": "81.34% (2020 est.)"
+        "text": "90% (2022 est.)"
       }
     },
     "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": {

europe/gr.json

@@ -1190,7 +1190,7 @@
       "stateless persons": {
         "text": "5,552 (mid-year 2021)"
       },
-      "note": "<strong>note:</strong> 1,215,545 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-March 2022); as of the end of September 2021, Greece hosted an estimated 164,009 refugees and asylum seekers"
+      "note": "<strong>note:</strong> 1,215,592 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-March 2022); as of the end of February 2022, Greece hosted an estimated 161,419 refugees and asylum seekers"
     },
     "Illicit drugs": {
       "text": "a gateway to Europe for traffickers smuggling cannabis products and heroin from the Middle East and Southwest Asia to the West and precursor chemicals to the East; some South American cocaine transits or is consumed in Greece; money laundering related to drug trafficking and organized crime"

europe/hr.json

@@ -1041,10 +1041,10 @@
     },
     "Internet users": {
       "total": {
-        "text": "3.27 million (2021 est.)"
+        "text": "3.34 million (2022 est.)"
       },
       "percent of population": {
-        "text": "78.32% (2020 est.)"
+        "text": "82% (2022 est.)"
       }
     },
     "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": {

europe/hu.json

@@ -1200,7 +1200,7 @@
     },
     "Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
       "refugees (country of origin)": {
-        "text": "324,397 (Ukraine) (2022)"
+        "text": "364,804 (Ukraine) (as of 29 March 2022)"
       },
       "stateless persons": {
         "text": "130 (mid-year 2021)"

europe/it.json

@@ -1211,7 +1211,7 @@
       "stateless persons": {
         "text": "3,000 (mid-year 2021)"
       },
-      "note": "<strong>note:</strong> 597,116 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-March 2022)"
+      "note": "<strong>note:</strong> 597,498 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-March 2022)"
     },
     "Illicit drugs": {
       "text": "important gateway for drug trafficking; organized crime groups allied with Colombian and Spanish groups trafficking cocaine to Europe"

europe/lg.json

@@ -1166,7 +1166,7 @@
       "note": "note - as of 2019, women comprised about 16% of the military's full-time personnel"
     },
     "Military - note": {
-      "text": "Latvia officially became a member of NATO in 2004<br> <p>since 2017, Latvia has hosted a Canadian-led multi-national NATO ground force battlegroup as part of the Alliance’s Enhanced Forward Presence initiative</p> <p>NATO also has provided air protection for Latvia since 2004 through its Air Policing mission; NATO member countries that possess air combat capabilities voluntarily contribute to the mission on 4-month rotations</p>"
+      "text": "Latvia officially became a member of NATO in 2004<br> <p>since 2017, Latvia has hosted a Canadian-led multi-national NATO ground force battlegroup as part of the Alliance’s Enhanced Forward Presence initiative; in addition, Latvia hosts a NATO-led divisional headquarters (Multinational Division North; activated 2020), which coordinates training and preparation activities of its respective subordinate NATO battlegroups in Estonia and Latvia</p> <p>NATO also has provided air protection for Latvia since 2004 through its Air Policing mission; NATO member countries that possess air combat capabilities voluntarily contribute to the mission on 4-month rotations</p>"
     }
   },
   "Transnational Issues": {

europe/lo.json

@@ -1139,7 +1139,7 @@
     },
     "Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
       "refugees (country of origin)": {
-        "text": "256,838 (Ukraine) (2022)"
+        "text": "281,172 (Ukraine) (as of 29 March 2022)"
       },
       "stateless persons": {
         "text": "1,532 (mid-year 2021)"

europe/md.json

@@ -1150,7 +1150,7 @@
     },
     "Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
       "refugees (country of origin)": {
-        "text": "371,104 (Ukraine) (2022)"
+        "text": "387,151 (Ukraine) (as of 29 March 2022)"
       },
       "stateless persons": {
         "text": "3,372 (mid-year 2021)"

europe/mj.json

@@ -1176,7 +1176,7 @@
       "stateless persons": {
         "text": "458 (mid-year 2021)"
       },
-      "note": "<strong>note:</strong> 20,880 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-March 2022)"
+      "note": "<strong>note:</strong> 20,947 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-March 2022)"
     },
     "Illicit drugs": {
       "text": "<p>drug trafficking groups are major players in the procurement and transportation of large quantities of cocaine  destined for  European markets</p>"

europe/mt.json

@@ -541,10 +541,10 @@
         "text": "unicameral House of Representatives or Il-Kamra Tad-Deputati, a component of the Parliament of Malta (normally 65 seats but can include at-large members; members directly elected in 5 multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote; members serve 5-year terms); note - an additional two seats were added in 2016 by the Constitutional Court to correct for mistakes made in the 2013 vote-counting process"
       },
       "elections": {
-        "text": "last held on 3 June 2017 (next to be held on 31 July 2022); note - Prime Minister MUSCAT called for early elections amid corruption allegations"
+        "text": "last held on 26 March 2022 (next to be held in 2027)"
       },
       "election results": {
-        "text": "percent of vote by party - PL 55%, PN 43.7%, other 1.3%; seats by party - PL 37 PN 30; note - PN was awarded two additional seats for a total of 30 in accordance with the proportionality provisions specified in the constitution; PD candidates ran under the PN list; composition - men 57, women 10, percent of women 14.9%"
+        "text": "percent of vote by party - PL 55.1%, PN 41.7%, other 3.2%; seats by party - PL 38 PN 29; composition - men NA, women NA, percent of women NA%"
       }
     },
     "Judicial branch": {

europe/pl.json

@@ -1215,7 +1215,7 @@
       "note": "note: Poland contributes about 2,500 troops to the Lithuania, Poland, and Ukraine joint military brigade (LITPOLUKRBRIG), which was established in 2014; the brigade is headquartered in Poland and is comprised of an international staff, three battalions, and specialized units"
     },
     "Military - note": {
-      "text": "Poland joined NATO in 1999; Czechia, Hungary, and Poland were invited to begin accession talks at NATO's Madrid Summit in 1997, and in March 1999 they became the first former members of the Warsaw Pact to join the Alliance<br> <p>since 2017, Poland has hosted a US-led multi-national NATO ground force battlegroup as part of the Alliance’s Enhanced Forward Presence initiative</p>"
+      "text": "Poland joined NATO in 1999; Czechia, Hungary, and Poland were invited to begin accession talks at NATO's Madrid Summit in 1997, and in March 1999 they became the first former members of the Warsaw Pact to join the Alliance<br> <p>since 2017, Poland has hosted a US-led multi-national NATO ground force battlegroup as part of the Alliance’s Enhanced Forward Presence initiative; Poland also</p> <p>Poland hosts a NATO-led divisional headquarters (Multinational Division Northeast; operational in 2018), which coordinates training and preparation activities of its respective subordinate battlegroups in Poland and Lithuania; Poland also hosts a corps-level headquarters (Multinational Corps Northeast)</p> (2022)"
     }
   },
   "Terrorism": {
@@ -1230,7 +1230,7 @@
     },
     "Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
       "refugees (country of origin)": {
-        "text": "9,870 (Russia) (2019); 2,144,244 (2022)"
+        "text": "9,870 (Russia) (2019); 2,336,799 (as of 29 March 2022)"
       },
       "stateless persons": {
         "text": "1,389 (mid-year 2021)"

europe/po.json

@@ -549,13 +549,13 @@
     },
     "Legislative branch": {
       "description": {
-        "text": "unicameral Assembly of the Republic or Assembleia da Republica (230 seats; 226 members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by closed-list proportional representation vote and 4 members - 2 each in 2 constituencies representing Portuguese living abroad - directly elected by proportional representation vote; members serve 4-year terms) (e.g. 2019)"
+        "text": "unicameral Assembly of the Republic or Assembleia da Republica (230 seats; 226 members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by closed-list proportional representation vote and 4 members - 2 each in 2 constituencies representing Portuguese living abroad - directly elected by proportional representation vote; members serve 4-year terms)"
       },
       "elections": {
-        "text": "last held on 30 January 2022 (next to be held in January 2026); note - early elections were called after parliament was dissolved on 3 November 2021 because of the 27 October 2021 rejection of the government's budget (e.g. 2019)"
+        "text": "last held on 30 January 2022 (next to be held in January 2026); note - early elections were called after parliament was dissolved on 3 November 2021 because of the 27 October 2021 rejection of the government's budget"
       },
       "election results": {
-        "text": "percent of vote by party - PS 41.7%, PSD 27.8%, IL 5%, BE 4.5%, CDU 4.4%, PAN 1.5%, L 1.3%, Madeira First 0.9%, Democratic Alliance (in the Azores) 0.5%, other 12.4%; seats by party - PS 117, PSD 71,  BE 19, IL 12, CDU 12, Madeira First 3, Democratic Alliance 2, PAN 1, L 1; composition (as of October 2021) - men 138, women 92, percent of women 40% (e.g. 2019)"
+        "text": "percent of vote by party - PS 41.7%, PSD 27.8%, IL 5%, BE 4.5%, CDU 4.4%, PAN 1.5%, L 1.3%, Madeira First 0.9%, Democratic Alliance (in the Azores) 0.5%, other 12.4%; seats by party - PS 117, PSD 71,  BE 19, IL 12, CDU 12, Madeira First 3, Democratic Alliance 2, PAN 1, L 1; composition (as of October 2021) - men 138, women 92, percent of women 40%"
       }
     },
     "Judicial branch": {

europe/ri.json

@@ -1191,7 +1191,7 @@
       "stateless persons": {
         "text": "2,113 (includes stateless persons in Kosovo) (mid-year 2021)"
       },
-      "note": "<strong>note:</strong> 820,811 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-March 2022); Serbia is predominantly a transit country and hosts an estimated 4,650 migrants and asylum seekers as of February 2022"
+      "note": "<strong>note:</strong> 821,559 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-March 2022); Serbia is predominantly a transit country and hosts an estimated 4,650 migrants and asylum seekers as of February 2022"
     },
     "Illicit drugs": {
       "text": "<p>drug trafficking groups are major players in the procurement and transportation of of large quantities of cocaine  destined for  European markets</p>"

europe/ro.json

@@ -1179,7 +1179,7 @@
       "text": "up to 120 Poland (NATO) (2021)"
     },
     "Military - note": {
-      "text": "Romania officially became a member of NATO in 2004"
+      "text": "Romania officially became a member of NATO in 2004<br> <p>Romania hosts a NATO multinational divisional (Multinational Division Southeast; became operational in 2017) and a brigade-sized headquarters as part of NATO's tailored forward presence in the southeastern part of the Alliance</p>"
     }
   },
   "Terrorism": {
@@ -1194,7 +1194,7 @@
     },
     "Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
       "refugees (country of origin)": {
-        "text": "555,021 (Ukraine) (2022)"
+        "text": "608,936 (Ukraine) (as of 29 March 2022)"
       },
       "stateless persons": {
         "text": "314 (mid-year 2021)"

europe/sp.json

@@ -1220,7 +1220,7 @@
       "stateless persons": {
         "text": "6,.92 (mid-year 2021)"
       },
-      "note": "<strong>note: </strong>199,152 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-March 2022)"
+      "note": "<strong>note: </strong>256,033 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals, including Canary Islands (January 2015-March 2022)"
     },
     "Illicit drugs": {
       "text": "primary transit point in Europe for cocaine from South America and for hashish from Morocco; cocaine is shipped in raw or liquid form with mixed cargo to avoid detection; traffickers ship methamphetamine via express mail; increasing number of indoor cannabis grow operations; illegal labs cutting, mixing, and reconstituting cocaine, and heroin and methamphetamine labs; synthetic drugs, including ketamine and MDMA (ecstasy) transit from Spain to the United States"