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"text": "+1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October"
},
"etymology": {
"text": "the origin of the name is disputed but may derive from early Celtic settlements of the area; a possible reconstructed Celtic name from several centuries B.C. is *Vedunia (meaning \"forest stream\"); under Roman settlement, beginning around 15 B.C., the name became Vindobona (likely from the Celtic \"windo,\" meaning \"white, fair, or bright\" and \"bona\" meaning \"base, fortification, or settlement\" to give a connotation of \"white settlement\" or \"white fort\"); archeological remains of the latter survive at many sites in the center of Vienna"
"text": "the origin of the name is disputed but may derive from early Celtic settlements of the area; a possible reconstructed Celtic name from several centuries B.C. is *Vedunia (meaning \"forest stream\"); under Roman settlement, beginning around 15 B.C., the name became Vindobona (likely from the Celtic <em>windo</em>, meaning \"white, fair, or bright\" and <em>bona</em> meaning \"base, fortification, or settlement\" to give a connotation of \"white settlement\" or \"white fort\"); archeological remains of the latter survive at many sites in the center of Vienna"
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
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},
"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
"refugees (country of origin)": {
"text": "57,887 (Syria), 41,037 (Afghanistan), 9,661 (Iraq), 8,212 (Somalia), 7,046 (Iran), 7,003 (Russia) (mid-year 2021); 81,850 (Ukraine) (as of 20 September 2022)"
"text": "57,887 (Syria), 41,037 (Afghanistan), 9,661 (Iraq), 8,212 (Somalia), 7,046 (Iran), 7,003 (Russia) (mid-year 2021); 82,446 (Ukraine) (as of 27 September 2022)"
},
"stateless persons": {
"text": "3,229 (mid-year 2021)"

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"text": "+1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October"
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"etymology": {
"text": "may derive from the Old Dutch \"bruoc/broek,\" meaning \"marsh\" and \"sella/zele/sel\" signifying \"home\" to express the meaning \"home in the marsh\""
"text": "may derive from the Old Dutch <em>bruoc/broek</em>, meaning \"marsh\" and <em>sella/zele/sel</em> signifying \"home\" to express the meaning \"home in the marsh\""
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
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},
"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
"refugees (country of origin)": {
"text": "18,493 (Syria), 5,094 (Iraq) (2020); 56,013 (Ukraine) (as of 20 September 2022)"
"text": "18,493 (Syria), 5,094 (Iraq) (2020); 56,464 (Ukraine) (as of 26 September 2022)"
},
"stateless persons": {
"text": "1,159 (mid-year 2021)"

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"text": "+1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October"
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"etymology": {
"text": "the name derives from the Turkish noun \"saray,\" meaning \"palace\" or \"mansion,\" and the term \"ova,\" signifying \"plain(s),\" to give a meaning of \"palace plains\" or \"the plains about the palace\""
"text": "the name derives from the Turkish noun <em>saray</em>, meaning \"palace\" or \"mansion,\" and the term <em>ova</em>, signifying \"plain(s),\" to give a meaning of \"palace plains\" or \"the plains about the palace\""
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
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"text": "\"Drzavna himna Bosne i Hercegovine\" (The National Anthem of Bosnia and Herzegovina)"
},
"lyrics/music": {
"text": "none officially; Dusan SESTIC and Benjamin ISOVIC/Dusan SESTIC"
"text": "none officially/Dusan SESTIC"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> music adopted 1999; lyrics proposed in 2009 and others in 2016 were not approved; a parliamentary committee launched a new initiative for lyrics in February 2018"
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> music adopted 1999; lyrics proposed in 2008 and others in 2016 were not approved"
},
"National heritage": {
"total World Heritage Sites": {
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"stateless persons": {
"text": "149 (mid-year 2021)"
},
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>100,046 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-September 2022)"
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>100,895 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-September 2022)"
},
"Trafficking in persons": {
"current situation": {

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},
"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
"refugees (country of origin)": {
"text": "13,803 (Ukraine) (as of 20 September 2022)"
"text": "14,219 (Ukraine) (as of 26 September 2022)"
},
"stateless persons": {
"text": "6,104 (mid-year 2021)"

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"text": "unicameral National Assembly or Narodno Sabranie (240 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote to serve 4-year terms)"
},
"elections": {
"text": "last held on 14 November 2021 (next election to be held on 2 October 2022)"
"text": "last held on 2 October 2022 (next election to be held in 2026)"
},
"election results": {
"text": "percent of vote by party/coalition - PP 25.3%, GERB-SDS 22.4%, DPS 12.8%, BSP for Bulgaria 10.1%, ITN 9.4%, DB 6.3%, Revival 4.8%, other 8.9%; seats by party/coalition - PP 67, GERB-SDS 59, DPS 34, BSP for Bulgaria 26, ITN 25, DB 16, Revival 13; composition as of March 2022 - men 186, women 54, percent of women 22.5%"
"text": "percent of vote by party/coalition - GERB-SDS 24.5%, PP 19.5%, DPS 13.3%, Revival 9.8%, BSP for Bulgaria 9%, DB 7.2%, BV 4.5%, other 12.2%; seats by party/coalition GERB-SDS 67, PP 53, DPS 36, Revival 27, BSP for Bulgaria 25, DB 20, BV 12; composition - men NA, women NA, percent of women NA%"
}
},
"Judicial branch": {
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}
},
"Political parties and leaders": {
"text": "Agrarian People's Union or ZNS [Roumen YONCHEV]<br>Bulgaria of the Citizens or DBG [Dimitar DELCHEV]<br>Bulgarian Agrarian People’s Union or BZNS [Nikolay NENCHEV]<br>Bulgarian Socialist Party or BSP [Korneliya NINOVA] (alliance of BSP, PKT, New Dawn, Ecoglasnost)<br>Citizens for the European Development of Bulgaria or GERB [Boyko BORISOV] (alliance with SDS) <br>Democratic Bulgaria or DB (alliance of Yes! Bulgaria, DSB, and The Greens) [Atanas ATANASOV, Hristo IVANOV]<br>Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria or DSB [Atanas ATANASOV]<br>Ecoglasnost [Emil GEORGIEV]<br>Green Movement or The Greens [Borislav SANDOV, Vladislav PENEV]<br>Middle European Class or SEC [Konstantin BACHIISKI]<br>Movement for Rights and Freedoms or DPS [Mustafa KARADAYI]<br>Movement 21 or D21 [Tatyana DONCHEVA]<br>New Dawn [Mincho MINCHEV]<br>Political Club Thrace or PKT [Stefan NACHEZ]<br>Political Movement \"Social Democrats\" or PDS  [Elena NONEVA]<br>Revival [Kostadin KOSTADINOV]<br>Stand Up.BG or IS.BG [Maya MONOLOVA]<br>Stand Up.BG, We Are Coming! or IBG-NI [Maya MONOLOVA, Nikolay HADZHIGENOV] (coalition of IS.BG, D21, DBG, ENP, and ZNS)<br>There is Such a People or ITN [Slavi TRIFONOV]<br>United People's Party or ENP [Valentina VASILEVA-FILADELFEVS]<br>Union of Democratic Forces or SDS [Rumen HRISTOV] (alliance with GERB) <br>Yes! Bulgaria [Hristo IVANOV]<br>Volt Bulgaria or Volt [Nastimir ANANIEV]<br>We Continue the Change of PP [Kiril PETKOV and Asen VASILEV] (electoral alliance of PP, PDS, SEC, and Volt)"
"text": "Agrarian People's Union or ZNS [Roumen YONCHEV]<br>BSP for Bulgaria [Korneliya NINOVA] (alliance of BSP, PKT, New Dawn, Ecoglasnost)<br>Bulgaria of the Citizens or DBG [Dimitar DELCHEV]<br>Bulgarian Agrarian People’s Union or BZNS [Nikolay NENCHEV]<br>Bulgarian Rise or BV [Stefan YANEV]<br>Bulgarian Socialist Party or BSP [Korneliya NINOVA]<br>Citizens for the European Development of Bulgaria or GERB [Boyko BORISOV] (alliance with SDS) <br>Democratic Bulgaria or DB (alliance of Yes! Bulgaria, DSB, and The Greens) [Atanas ATANASOV, Hristo IVANOV]<br>Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria or DSB [Atanas ATANASOV]<br>Ecoglasnost [Emil GEORGIEV]<br>Green Movement or The Greens [Borislav SANDOV, Vladislav PENEV]<br>Middle European Class or SEC [Konstantin BACHIISKI]<br>Movement for Rights and Freedoms or DPS [Mustafa KARADAYI]<br>Movement 21 or D21 [Tatyana DONCHEVA]<br>New Dawn [Mincho MINCHEV]<br>Political Club Thrace or PKT [Stefan NACHEZ]<br>Political Movement \"Social Democrats\" or PDS  [Elena NONEVA]<br>Revival [Kostadin KOSTADINOV]<br>Stand Up.BG or IS.BG [Maya MONOLOVA]<br>Stand Up.BG, We Are Coming! or IBG-NI [Maya MONOLOVA, Nikolay HADZHIGENOV] (coalition of IS.BG, D21, DBG, ENP, and ZNS)<br>There is Such a People or ITN [Slavi TRIFONOV]<br>United People's Party or ENP [Valentina VASILEVA-FILADELFEVS]<br>Union of Democratic Forces or SDS [Rumen HRISTOV] (alliance with GERB) <br>Yes! Bulgaria [Hristo IVANOV]<br>Volt Bulgaria or Volt [Nastimir ANANIEV]<br>We Continue the Change of PP [Kiril PETKOV and Asen VASILEV] (electoral alliance of PP, PDS, SEC, and Volt)"
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "Australia Group, BIS, BSEC, CD, CE, CEI, CERN, EAPC, EBRD, ECB, EIB, EU, FAO, G- 9, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFC, IFRCS, IHO (pending member), ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NATO, NSG, OAS (observer), OIF, OPCW, OSCE, PCA, SELEC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNMIL, UNWTO, UPU, Wassenaar Arrangement, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC"
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},
"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
"refugees (country of origin)": {
"text": "19,014 (Syria) (mid-year 2021); 61,070 (Ukraine) (as of 20 September 2022)"
"text": "19,014 (Syria) (mid-year 2021); 56,734 (Ukraine) (as of 27 September 2022)"
},
"stateless persons": {
"text": "1,143 (mid-year 2021)"

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},
"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
"refugees (country of origin)": {
"text": "9,820 (Syria) (mid-year 2021); 13,580 (Ukraine) (as of 20 September 2022)"
"text": "9,820 (Syria) (mid-year 2021); 13,852 (Ukraine) (as of 25 September 2022)"
},
"IDPs": {
"text": "242,000 (both Turkish and Greek Cypriots; many displaced since 1974) (2021)"
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"stateless persons": {
"text": "66 (mid-year 2021)"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> 43,059 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-August 2022)"
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> 43,014 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-August 2022)"
},
"Illicit drugs": {
"text": "<p>vulnerable to money laundering from illegal drugs</p> <p> </p>"

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},
"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
"refugees (country of origin)": {
"text": "19,833 (Syria), 5,634 (Eritrea) (mid-year 2021); 34,867 (Ukraine) (as of 18 September 2022)"
"text": "19,833 (Syria), 5,634 (Eritrea) (mid-year 2021); 35,193 (Ukraine) (as of 27 September 2022)"
},
"stateless persons": {
"text": "11,608 (mid-year 2021)"

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"text": "+1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October"
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"etymology": {
"text": "derived from Irish \"dubh\" and \"lind\" meaning respectively \"black, dark\" and \"pool\" and which referred to the dark tidal pool where the River Poddle entered the River Liffey; today the area is the site of the castle gardens behind Dublin Castle"
"text": "derived from Irish <em>dubh</em> and <em>lind</em> meaning respectively \"black, dark\" and \"pool\" and which referred to the dark tidal pool where the River Poddle entered the River Liffey; today the area is the site of the castle gardens behind Dublin Castle"
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
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},
"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
"refugees (country of origin)": {
"text": "46,481 (Ukraine) (as of 29 August 2022)"
"text": "49,999 (Ukraine) (as of 26 September 2022)"
},
"stateless persons": {
"text": "107 (mid-year 2021)"

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},
"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
"refugees (country of origin)": {
"text": "55,632 (Ukraine) (as of 15 September 2022)"
"text": "57,257 (Ukraine) (as of 26 September 2022)"
},
"stateless persons": {
"text": "71,873 (mid-year 2021); note - following independence in 1991, automatic citizenship was restricted to those who were Estonian citizens prior to the 1940 Soviet occupation and their descendants; thousands of ethnic Russians remained stateless when forced to choose between passing Estonian language and citizenship tests or applying for Russian citizenship; one reason for demurring on Estonian citizenship was to retain the right of visa-free travel to Russia; stateless residents can vote in local elections but not general elections; stateless parents who have been lawful residents of Estonia for at least five years can apply for citizenship for their children before they turn 15 years old"

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"text": "Christian Democratic Union-Czechoslovak People's Party or KDU-CSL [Marian JURECKA]<br>Civic Democratic Party or ODS [Petr FIALA]<br>Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia or KSCM [Katerina KONECNA]<br>Czech Social Democratic Party or CSSD [Michal SMARDA]<br>Czech Sovereignty [Jana VOLFOVA] (formerly Free Bloc or VB)<br>Freedom and Direct Democracy or SPD [Tomio OKAMURA]<br>Mayors and Independents or STAN [Vit RAKUSAN]<br>Movement of Dissatisfied Citizens or ANO [Andrej BABIS]<br>Oath or Prisaha or PSH [Robert SLACHTA]<br>Pirate Party or Pirates [Ivan BARTOS]<br>Tradition Responsibility Prosperity 09 or TOP 09 [Marketa PEKAROVA ADAMOVA]<br>Tricolor Freedomites Freeholders or TSS [Zuzana MAJEROVA ZAHRADNIKOVA]"
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "Australia Group, BIS, BSEC (observer), CD, CE, CEI, CERN, EAPC, EBRD, ECB, EIB, ESA, EU, FAO, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MONUSCO, NATO, NEA, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OIF (observer), OPCW, OSCE, PCA, Schengen Convention, SELEC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, Wassenaar Arrangement, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC"
"text": "Australia Group, BIS, BSEC (observer), CD, CE, CEI, CERN, EAPC, EBRD, ECB, EIB, ESA, EU, FAO, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MONUSCO, NATO, NEA, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OIF (observer), OPCW, OSCE, PCA, Schengen Convention, SELEC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNHRC, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, Wassenaar Arrangement, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC"
},
"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
"chief of mission": {
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"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
"refugees (country of origin)": {
"text": "433,488 (Ukraine) (as of 19 September 2022)"
"text": "439,043 (Ukraine) (as of 27 September 2022)"
},
"stateless persons": {
"text": "1,498 (mid-year 2021)"

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"text": "+1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October"
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"etymology": {
"text": "the name may derive from the Swedish \"helsing,\" an archaic name for \"neck\" (\"hals\"), and which may refer to a narrowing of the Vantaa River that flows into the Gulf of Finland at Helsinki; \"fors\" refers to \"rapids,\" so \"helsing fors\" meaning becomes \"the narrows' rapids\""
"text": "the name may derive from the Swedish <em>helsing</em>, an archaic name for \"neck\" (<em>hals</em>), and which may refer to a narrowing of the Vantaa River that flows into the Gulf of Finland at Helsinki; <em>fors</em> refers to \"rapids,\" so <em>helsing fors</em> meaning becomes \"the narrows' rapids\""
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
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"text": "Aland Coalition (a coalition of several political parties on the Aland Islands)<br>Center Party or Kesk [Annika SAARIKKO]<br>Christian Democrats or KD [Sari ESSAYAH]<br>Finns Party or PS [Riikka PURRA]<br>Green League or Vihr [Maria OHISALO]<br>Left Alliance or Vas [Li ANDERSSON]<br>National Coalition Party or Kok [Petteri ORPO]<br>Social Democratic Party or SDP [Sanna MARIN]<br>Swedish People's Party or RKP or SFP [Anna-Maja HENRIKSSON]"
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ADB (nonregional member), AfDB (nonregional member), Arctic Council, Australia Group, BIS, CBSS, CD, CE, CERN, EAPC, EBRD, ECB, EIB, EITI (implementing country), EMU, ESA, EU, FAO, FATF, G-9, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MINUSMA, NC, NEA, NIB, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OPCW, OSCE, Pacific Alliance (observer), Paris Club, PCA, PFP, Schengen Convention, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNMIL, UNMOGIP, UNRWA, UNSOM, UNTSO, UPU, Wassenaar Arrangement, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC"
"text": "ADB (nonregional member), AfDB (nonregional member), Arctic Council, Australia Group, BIS, CBSS, CD, CE, CERN, EAPC, EBRD, ECB, EIB, EITI (implementing country), EMU, ESA, EU, FAO, FATF, G-9, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MINUSMA, NC, NEA, NIB, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OPCW, OSCE, Pacific Alliance (observer), Paris Club, PCA, PFP, Schengen Convention, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNHRC, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNMIL, UNMOGIP, UNRWA, UNSOM, UNTSO, UPU, Wassenaar Arrangement, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC"
},
"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
"chief of mission": {
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},
"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
"refugees (country of origin)": {
"text": "9,053 (Iraq) (mid-year 2021); 38,588 (Ukraine) (as of 18 September 2022)"
"text": "9,053 (Iraq) (mid-year 2021); 38,588 (Ukraine) (as of 25 September 2022)"
},
"stateless persons": {
"text": "3,416 (mid-year 2021)"

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"text": "+1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October"
},
"etymology": {
"text": "the meaning in Danish is Thor's harbor"
"text": "the meaning in Danish is \"Thor's harbor\""
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {

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"note": "<strong>note:</strong> in April 2021, the French Government submitted a bill on judicial reform to Parliament"
},
"Political parties and leaders": {
"text": "Citizen and Republican Movement or MRC [Jean-Luc LAURENT]<br>Debout la France or DLF [Nicolas DUPONT-AIGNAN]<br>Democratic Movement or MoDem [Francois BAYROU]<br>Ecologist Pole or PE<br>Europe Ecology - the Greens or EELV [Julien BAYOU]<br>French Communist Party or PCF [Fabien ROUSSEL]<br>Horizons [Hubert VALADE]<br>La France Insoumise or FI [Jean-Luc MELENCHON]<br>La Republique en Marche! or LREM [Stanislas GUERINI]<br>Movement of Progressives or MDP  [Robert HUE]<br>National Rally or RN [Jordan BARDELLA, acting president] (formerly National Front or FN)<br>New Democrats or LND [Aurelien TACHE, Emilie CARIOU] (formerly Ecology Democracy Solidarity or EDS)<br>New Ecological and Social People's Union or NUPES [collective leadership] (electoral coalition including FI, PE, PS, PCF)<br>Radical Party of the Left or PRV [Laurent HENART]<br>Reconquete [Eric ZEMMOUR]<br>Resistons! [Jean LASSALLE]<br>Socialist Party or PS [Olivier FAURE]<br>The Patriots or LP [Florian PHILIPPOT]<br>The Republicans or LR [Christian JACOB]<br>Together or ENS [Richard Ferrand] (electoral coalition including LREM, MoDem, Horizons, PRV)<br>Union of Democrats and Independents or UDI [Jean-Christophe LAGARDE]<br>Union of Right and Center or UDC [Christian JACOB] (electoral coalition including LR, UDI)"
"text": "Citizen and Republican Movement or MRC [Jean-Luc LAURENT]<br>Debout la France or DLF [Nicolas DUPONT-AIGNAN]<br>Democratic Movement or MoDem [Francois BAYROU]<br>Ecologist Pole or PE<br>Europe Ecology - the Greens or EELV [vacant]<br>French Communist Party or PCF [Fabien ROUSSEL]<br>Horizons [Hubert VALADE]<br>La France Insoumise or FI [Jean-Luc MELENCHON]<br>La Republique en Marche! or LREM [Stanislas GUERINI]<br>Movement of Progressives or MDP  [Robert HUE]<br>National Rally or RN [Jordan BARDELLA, acting president] (formerly National Front or FN)<br>New Democrats or LND [Aurelien TACHE, Emilie CARIOU] (formerly Ecology Democracy Solidarity or EDS)<br>New Ecological and Social People's Union or NUPES [collective leadership] (electoral coalition including FI, PE, PS, PCF)<br>Radical Party of the Left or PRV [Laurent HENART]<br>Reconquete [Eric ZEMMOUR]<br>Resistons! [Jean LASSALLE]<br>Socialist Party or PS [Olivier FAURE]<br>The Patriots or LP [Florian PHILIPPOT]<br>The Republicans or LR [Christian JACOB]<br>Together or ENS [Richard Ferrand] (electoral coalition including LREM, MoDem, Horizons, PRV)<br>Union of Democrats and Independents or UDI [Jean-Christophe LAGARDE]<br>Union of Right and Center or UDC [Christian JACOB] (electoral coalition including LR, UDI)"
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ADB (nonregional member), AfDB (nonregional member), Arctic Council (observer), Australia Group, BDEAC, BIS, BSEC (observer), CBSS (observer), CE, CERN, EAPC, EBRD, ECB, EIB, EITI (implementing country), EMU, ESA, EU, FAO, FATF, FZ, G-5, G-7, G-8, G-10, G-20, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IGAD (partners), IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, InOC, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MINURSO, MINUSMA, MINUSTAH, MONUSCO, NATO, NEA, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OIF, OPCW, OSCE, Pacific Alliance (observer), Paris Club, PCA, PIF (partner), Schengen Convention, SELEC (observer), SPC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIFIL, Union Latina, UNMIL, UNOCI, UNRWA, UN Security Council (permanent), UNTSO, UNWTO, UPU, Wassenaar Arrangement, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC"
"text": "ADB (nonregional member), AfDB (nonregional member), Arctic Council (observer), Australia Group, BDEAC, BIS, BSEC (observer), CBSS (observer), CE, CERN, EAPC, EBRD, ECB, EIB, EITI (implementing country), EMU, ESA, EU, FAO, FATF, FZ, G-5, G-7, G-8, G-10, G-20, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IGAD (partners), IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, InOC, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MINURSO, MINUSMA, MINUSTAH, MONUSCO, NATO, NEA, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OIF, OPCW, OSCE, Pacific Alliance (observer), Paris Club, PCA, PIF (partner), Schengen Convention, SELEC (observer), SPC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNHRC, UNIDO, UNIFIL, Union Latina, UNMIL, UNOCI, UNRWA, UN Security Council (permanent), UNTSO, UNWTO, UPU, Wassenaar Arrangement, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC"
},
"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
"chief of mission": {
@ -1342,7 +1342,7 @@
},
"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
"refugees (country of origin)": {
"text": "37,744 (Afghanistan), 23,980 (Sri Lanka), 23,510 (Syria), 21,070 (Sudan), 19,007 (Democratic Republic of the Congo), 16,995 (Russia), 15,090 (Guinea), 14,296 (Serbia and Kosovo), 13,180 (Turkey), 10,849 (Cambodia), 9,328 (Iraq) 8,519 (China), 8,338 (Cote d'Ivoire), 8,218 (Eritrea), 7,628 (Vietnam), 6,947 (Bangladesh), 6,649 (Somalia), 6,642 (Albania), 6,371 (Laos), 6,074 (Mauritania), 5,908 (Mali) (mid-year 2021); 96,520 (Ukraine) (as of 9 August 2022)"
"text": "37,744 (Afghanistan), 23,980 (Sri Lanka), 23,510 (Syria), 21,070 (Sudan), 19,007 (Democratic Republic of the Congo), 16,995 (Russia), 15,090 (Guinea), 14,296 (Serbia and Kosovo), 13,180 (Turkey), 10,849 (Cambodia), 9,328 (Iraq) 8,519 (China), 8,338 (Cote d'Ivoire), 8,218 (Eritrea), 7,628 (Vietnam), 6,947 (Bangladesh), 6,649 (Somalia), 6,642 (Albania), 6,371 (Laos), 6,074 (Mauritania), 5,908 (Mali) (mid-year 2021); 105,000 (Ukraine) (as of 26 September 2022)"
},
"stateless persons": {
"text": "2,094 (mid-year 2021)"

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"text": "Alliance '90/Greens [Ricarda LANG and Omid NOURIPOUR]<br>Alternative for Germany or AfD [Alice WEIDEL and Tino CHRUPALLA]<br>Christian Democratic Union or CDU [Friedrich MERZ]<br>Christian Social Union or CSU [Markus SOEDER]<br>Free Democratic Party or FDP [Christian LINDNER]<br>Free Voters [Hubert AIWANGER]<br>The Left or Die Linke [Janine WISSLER and Martin SCHIRDEWAN]<br>Social Democratic Party or SPD [Saskia ESKEN and Lars KLINGBEIL]"
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ADB (nonregional member), AfDB (nonregional member), Arctic Council (observer), Australia Group, BIS, BSEC (observer), CBSS, CD, CDB, CE, CERN, EAPC, EBRD, ECB, EIB, EITI (implementing country), EMU, ESA, EU, FAO, FATF, G-5, G-7, G-8, G-10, G-20, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IGAD (partners), IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MINURSO, MINUSMA, NATO, NEA, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OPCW, OSCE, Pacific Alliance (observer), Paris Club, PCA, Schengen Convention, SELEC (observer), SICA (observer), UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNMISS, UNRWA, UNSOM, UNWTO, UPU, Wassenaar Arrangement, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC"
"text": "ADB (nonregional member), AfDB (nonregional member), Arctic Council (observer), Australia Group, BIS, BSEC (observer), CBSS, CD, CDB, CE, CERN, EAPC, EBRD, ECB, EIB, EITI (implementing country), EMU, ESA, EU, FAO, FATF, G-5, G-7, G-8, G-10, G-20, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IGAD (partners), IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MINURSO, MINUSMA, NATO, NEA, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OPCW, OSCE, Pacific Alliance (observer), Paris Club, PCA, Schengen Convention, SELEC (observer), SICA (observer), UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNHRC, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNMISS, UNRWA, UNSOM, UNWTO, UPU, Wassenaar Arrangement, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC"
},
"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
"chief of mission": {

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},
"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
"refugees (country of origin)": {
"text": "38,496 (Syria), 25,188 (Afghanistan), 12,657 (Iraq), 5,002 (West Bank and Gaza) (mid-year 2021); 19,498 (Ukraine) (as of 20 September 2022)"
"text": "38,496 (Syria), 25,188 (Afghanistan), 12,657 (Iraq), 5,002 (West Bank and Gaza) (mid-year 2021); 19,413 (Ukraine) (as of 20 September 2022)"
},
"stateless persons": {
"text": "5,552 (mid-year 2021)"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> 1,224,091 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-September 2022); as of the end of February 2022, Greece hosted an estimated 161,419 refugees and asylum seekers"
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> 1,224,577 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-September 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"

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"text": "+1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October"
},
"etymology": {
"text": "the name seems to be related to \"digging\"; archeologists suggest that the original settlement was established beyond a water-filled hole or \"graba\" and that the name derives from this; \"za\" in Slavic means \"beyond\"; the overall meaning may be \"beyond the trench (fault, channel, ditch)\""
"text": "the name seems to be related to \"digging\"; archeologists suggest that the original settlement was established beyond a water-filled hole or <em>graba</em> and that the name derives from this; <em>za</em> in Slavic means \"beyond\"; the overall meaning may be \"beyond the trench (fault, channel, ditch)\""
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
@ -1290,7 +1290,7 @@
},
"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
"refugees (country of origin)": {
"text": "17,718 (Ukraine) (as of 13 September 2022)"
"text": "18,328 (Ukraine) (as of 26 September 2022)"
},
"stateless persons": {
"text": "2,910 (mid-year 2021)"

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},
"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
"refugees (country of origin)": {
"text": "19,441 (Nigeria), 15,337 (Pakistan), 12,962 (Afghanistan), 10,609 (Mali), 7,901 (Somalia), 5,845 (Gambia), 5,079 (Iraq) (mid-year 2021); 159,968 (Ukraine) (as of 13 September 2022)"
"text": "19,441 (Nigeria), 15,337 (Pakistan), 12,962 (Afghanistan), 10,609 (Mali), 7,901 (Somalia), 5,845 (Gambia), 5,079 (Iraq) (mid-year 2021); 170,646 (Ukraine) (as of 27 September 2022)"
},
"stateless persons": {
"text": "3,000 (mid-year 2021)"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> 659,327 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-September 2022)"
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> 661,011 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-September 2022)"
},
"Illicit drugs": {
"text": "important gateway for drug trafficking; organized crime groups allied with Colombian and Spanish groups trafficking cocaine to Europe"

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}
},
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
"text": "approximately 3,500 KSF personnel; note - Kosovo plans for the KSF to eventually number around 5,000 troops (2021)"
"text": "approximately 3,300 KSF personnel, including reserves (2022)"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "the KSF is equipped with small arms and light vehicles only; it relies on donations, and since 2013 has received donated equipment from Turkey and the US (2021)"
@ -1080,7 +1080,7 @@
"IDPs": {
"text": "16,000 (primarily ethnic Serbs displaced during the 1998-1999 war fearing reprisals from the majority ethnic-Albanian population; a smaller number of ethnic Serbs, Roma, Ashkali, and Egyptians fled their homes in 2004 as a result of violence) (2021)"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> 8,100 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-July 2022)"
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> 8,157 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-August 2022)"
}
}
}

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},
"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
"refugees (country of origin)": {
"text": "38,657 (Ukraine) (as of 20 September 2022)"
"text": "38,915 (Ukraine) (as of 26 September 2022)"
},
"stateless persons": {
"text": "209,168 (mid-year 2021); note - individuals who were Latvian citizens prior to the 1940 Soviet occupation and their descendants were recognized as Latvian citizens when the country's independence was restored in 1991; citizens of the former Soviet Union residing in Latvia who have neither Latvian nor other citizenship are considered non-citizens (officially there is no statelessness in Latvia) and are entitled to non-citizen passports; children born after Latvian independence to stateless parents are entitled to Latvian citizenship upon their parents' request; non-citizens cannot vote or hold certain government jobs and are exempt from military service but can travel visa-free in the EU under the Schengen accord like Latvian citizens; non-citizens can obtain naturalization if they have been permanent residents of Latvia for at least five years, pass tests in Latvian language and history, and know the words of the Latvian national anthem"

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"text": "Electoral Action of Lithuanian Poles or LLRA [Valdemar TOMASEVSKI]<br>Freedom and Justice Party or LT [Remigijus ZEMAITAITIS] (formerly Lithuanian Freedom Union (Liberals))<br>Freedom Party or LP [Ausrine ARMONAITE]<br>Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats or TS-LKD [Gabrielius LANDSBERGIS]<br>Labor Party or DP [Andrius MAZURONIS]<br>Lithuanian Center Party or LCP [Naglis PUTEIKIS]<br>Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union or LVZS [Ramunas KARBAUSKIS]<br>Lithuanian Green Party or LZP [Remigijus LAPINSKAS]<br>Lithuanian Liberal Movement or LS or LRLS [Viktorija CMILYTE-NIELSEN]<br>Lithuanian List or LL [Darius KUOLYS]<br>Lithuanian Regions Party or LRP [Jonas PINSKUS] (formerly Lithuanian Social Democratic Labor Party or LSDDP)<br>Lithuanian Social Democratic Party or LSDP [Vilija BLINKEVICIUTE]"
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "Australia Group, BA, BIS, CBSS, CD, CE, EAPC, EBRD, ECB, EIB, EU, FAO, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NATO, NIB, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OIF (observer), OPCW, OSCE, PCA, Schengen Convention, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, Wassenaar Arrangement, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
"text": "Australia Group, BA, BIS, CBSS, CD, CE, EAPC, EBRD, ECB, EIB, EU, FAO, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NATO, NIB, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OIF (observer), OPCW, OSCE, PCA, Schengen Convention, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHRC, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, Wassenaar Arrangement, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
"chief of mission": {
@ -1239,6 +1239,9 @@
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>the National Rifleman's Union is a paramilitary force that acts as an additional reserve force"
},
"Military expenditures": {
"Military Expenditures 2022": {
"text": "2.5% of GDP (2022 est.)"
},
"Military Expenditures 2021": {
"text": "2% of GDP (2021 est.)"
},
@ -1250,9 +1253,6 @@
},
"Military Expenditures 2018": {
"text": "2% of GDP (2018) (approximately $1.59 billion)"
},
"Military Expenditures 2017": {
"text": "1.7% of GDP (2017) (approximately $1.34 billion)"
}
},
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
@ -1278,7 +1278,7 @@
},
"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
"refugees (country of origin)": {
"text": "64,950 (Ukraine) (as of 13 September 2022)"
"text": "66,368 (Ukraine) (as of 27 September 2022)"
},
"stateless persons": {
"text": "2,721 (mid-year 2021)"

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"text": "+1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October"
},
"etymology": {
"text": "the name was adopted in 1919 after Czechoslovakia gained its independence and may derive from later transliterations of the 9th century military commander, Braslav, or the 11th century Bohemian Duke BRETISLAV I; alternatively, the name may derive from the Slovak words \"brat\" (brother) and \"slava\" (glory)"
"text": "the name was adopted in 1919 after Czechoslovakia gained its independence and may derive from later transliterations of the 9th century military commander, Braslav, or the 11th century Bohemian Duke BRETISLAV I; alternatively, the name may derive from the Slovak words <em>brat</em> (brother) and <em>slava</em> (glory)"
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
@ -584,7 +584,7 @@
"text": "last held on 29 February 2020 (next to be held in February 2024)"
},
"election results": {
"text": "percent of vote by party - OLaNO-NOVA 25%, Smer-SD 18.3%, Sme-Rodina 8.2%, LSNS 8%, PS-SPOLU 7%, SaS 6.2%, Za Ludi 5.8%, other 21.5%; seats by party - OLaNO-NOVA 53, Smer-SD 38, Sme-Rodina 17, LSNS 17, SaS 13, Za Ludi 12, PS-SPOLU 0; composition (as of mid-2022) - men 118, women 32, percent of women 21.3%"
"text": "percent of vote by party - OLaNO-NOVA 25%, Smer-SD 18.3%, Sme-Rodina 8.2%, LSNS 8%, SaS 6.2%, Za Ludi 5.8%, other 28.5%; seats by party - OLaNO-NOVA 53, Smer-SD 38, Sme-Rodina 17, LSNS 17, SaS 13, Za Ludi 12; composition (as of mid-2022) - men 118, women 32, percent of women 21.3%"
}
},
"Judicial branch": {
@ -599,7 +599,7 @@
}
},
"Political parties and leaders": {
"text": "Alliance-Szovetseg [Krisztian FORRO]<br>Direction-Social Democracy or Smer-SD [Robert FICO]<br>For the People or Za Ludi [Veronika REMISOVA]<br>Freedom and Solidarity or SaS [Richard SULIK]<br>Kotleba-People's Party Our Slovakia or LSNS [Marian KOTLEBA]<br>Ordinary People and Independent Personalities - New Majority or OLaNO-NOVA [Igor MATOVIC]<br>Slovak National Party or SNS [Andrej DANKO]<br>Voice or Hlas-SD [Petr PELLIGRINI]<br>We Are Family or Sme-Rodina [Boris KOLLAR]"
"text": "Alliance-Szovetseg or A-S [Krisztian FORRO]<br>Direction-Social Democracy or Smer-SD [Robert FICO]<br>For the People or Za Ludi [Veronika REMISOVA]<br>Freedom and Solidarity or SaS [Richard SULIK]<br>Kotleba-People's Party Our Slovakia or LSNS [Marian KOTLEBA]<br>Ordinary People and Independent Personalities - New Majority or OLaNO-NOVA [Igor MATOVIC]<br>Slovak National Party or SNS [Andrej DANKO]<br>Voice - Social Democracy or Hlas-SD [Petr PELLIGRINI]<br>We Are Family or Sme-Rodina [Boris KOLLAR] (formerly Party of Citizens of Slovakia)"
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "Australia Group, BIS, BSEC (observer), CBSS (observer), CD, CE, CEI, CERN, EAPC, EBRD, ECB, EIB, EMU, EU, FAO, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NATO, NEA, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OIF (observer), OPCW, OSCE, PCA, Schengen Convention, SELEC (observer), UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNFICYP, UNIDO, UNTSO, UNWTO, UPU, Wassenaar Arrangement, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC"

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"text": "+1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October"
},
"etymology": {
"text": "may be a conflation from the Latin \"vallis\" (valley) and the High German \"diutisk\" (meaning \"German\") to produce \"Valdutsch\" (German valley), which over time simplified and came to refer specifically to Vaduz, the town"
"text": "may be a conflation from the Latin <em>vallis</em> (valley) and the High German <em>diutisk</em> (meaning \"German\") to produce <em>Valdutsch</em> (\"German valley\"), which over time simplified and came to refer specifically to Vaduz, the town"
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {

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"text": "+1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October"
},
"etymology": {
"text": "the name derives from the Celtic \"lucilem\" (little) and the German \"burg\" (castle or fortress) to produce the meaning of the \"little castle\"; the name is actually ironic, since for centuries the Fortress of Luxembourg was one of Europe's most formidable fortifications; the name passed to the city that grew around the fortress"
"text": "the name derives from the Celtic <em>lucilem</em> (little) and the German <em>burg</em> (castle or fortress) to produce the meaning of the \"little castle\"; the name is actually ironic, since for centuries the Fortress of Luxembourg was one of Europe's most formidable fortifications; the name passed to the city that grew around the fortress"
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
@ -588,7 +588,7 @@
"text": "Alternative Democratic Reform Party or ADR [Fred KEUP]<br>Christian Social People's Party or CSV [Claude WISELER]<br>Democratic Party or DP [Corinne CAHEN]<br>Green Party [Djuna BERNARD, Meris SEHOVIC]<br>Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party or LSAP [Yves CRUCHTEN]<br>The Left (dei Lenk/la Gauche) [collective leadership, Central Committee]<br>Pirate Party [Sven CLEMENT, Marc GOERGEN]"
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ADB (nonregional member), Australia Group, Benelux, BIS, CD, CE, EAPC, EBRD, ECB, EIB, EMU, ESA, EU, FAO, FATF, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NATO, NEA, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OIF, OPCW, OSCE, PCA, Schengen Convention, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNRWA, UPU, Wassenaar Arrangement, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC"
"text": "ADB (nonregional member), Australia Group, Benelux, BIS, CD, CE, EAPC, EBRD, ECB, EIB, EMU, ESA, EU, FAO, FATF, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NATO, NEA, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OIF, OPCW, OSCE, PCA, Schengen Convention, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNHRC, UNIDO, UNRWA, UPU, Wassenaar Arrangement, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC"
},
"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
"chief of mission": {
@ -1200,11 +1200,11 @@
"text": "the inventory of Luxembourg's Army is a small mix of Western-origin equipment; since 2010, it has received equipment from several European countries (2021)"
},
"Military service age and obligation": {
"text": "18-26 years of age for male and female voluntary military service; no conscription (abolished 1969); Luxembourg citizen or EU citizen with 3-year residence in Luxembourg (2021)",
"text": "18-26 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women; no conscription (abolished 1969); Luxembourg citizen or EU citizen with 3-year residency in Luxembourg (2022)",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> as of 2019, women made up about 8% of the military's full-time personnel"
},
"Military - note": {
"text": "Luxembourg is a member of NATO and was one of the original 12 countries to sign the North Atlantic Treaty (also known as the Washington Treaty) in 1949<br> <p>in 2015, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg signed an agreement to conduct joint air policing of their territories; under the agreement, which went into effect in January of 2017, the Belgian and Dutch Air Forces trade responsibility for patrolling the skies over the three countries</p>"
"text": "Luxembourg is a member of NATO and was one of the original 12 countries to sign the North Atlantic Treaty (also known as the Washington Treaty) in 1949<br><br>in 2015, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg signed an agreement to conduct joint air policing of their territories; under the agreement, which went into effect in January of 2017, the Belgian and Dutch Air Forces trade responsibility for patrolling the skies over the three countries (2022)"
}
},
"Transnational Issues": {

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"text": "+1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October"
},
"etymology": {
"text": "origin unclear but may derive from the archaic Romanian word \"chisla\" (\"spring\" or \"water source\") and \"noua\" (\"new\") because the original settlement was built at the site of a small spring"
"text": "origin unclear but may derive from the archaic Romanian word <em>chisla</em> (\"spring\" or \"water source\") and <em>noua</em> (\"new\") because the original settlement was built at the site of a small spring"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> pronounced KEE-shee-now (KIH-shi-nyov)"
},

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"text": "Albanian Alternative or AA [Nik DELJOSAJ]<br>Albanian Coalition (includes DP, DSCG, DUA for 2020 election)<br>Albanian Coalition Perspective or AKP<br>Albanian List or AL [Nik DELJOSAJ and Nazif CUNGU] (coalition includes AA, Forca, AKP, DSA)<br>Bosniak Party or BS [Ervin IBRAHIMOVIC]<br>Croatian Civic Initiative or HGI [Adrian VUKSANOVIC]<br>Croatian Reform Party [Marija VUCINOVIC]<br>Democratic Alliance or DEMOS [Miodrag LEKIC]<br>Democratic Front or DF [collective leadership] (coalition includes NOVA, PZP, DNP, RP)<br>Democratic League in Montenegro or DSCG [Mehmet BARDHI]<br>Democratic League of Albanians or DSA<br>Democratic Montenegro or DCG [Aleksa BECIC]<br>Democratic Party or DP [Fatmir GJEKA]<br>Democratic Party of Socialists or DPS [Milo DJUKANOVIC]<br>Democratic Party of Unity or DSJ [Nebojsa JUSKOVIC]<br>Democratic People's Party or DNP [Milan KNEZEVIC]<br>Democratic Serb Party or DSS [Dragica PEROVIC]<br>Democratic Union of Albanians or DUA [Mehmet ZENKA]<br>For the Future of Montenegro or ZBCG [Zdravko KRIVOKAPIC] (electoral coalition includes SNP and 2 alliances - DF, NP)<br>In Black and White [Dritan ABAZOVIC] (electoral list)<br>Liberal Party or LP [Andrija POPOVIC]<br>Movement for Changes or PZP [Nebojsa MEDOJEVIC]<br>New Democratic Power or FORCA [Nazif CUNGU]<br>New Serb Democracy or NSD or NOVA [Andrija MANDIC]<br>Party of Pensioners, Disabled, and Restitution or PUPI [Momir JOKSIMOVIC]<br>Peace is Our Nation or MNIM [Aleksa BECIC] (coalition includes Democrats, DEMOS, New Left, PUPI)<br>Popular Movement or NP [Miodrag DAVIDOVIC] (coalition includes DEMOS, RP, UCG, and several minor parties)<br>Social Democratic Party or SDP [Rasko KONJEVIC]<br>Social Democrats or SD [Damir SEHOVIC]<br>Socialist People's Party or SNP [Vladimir JOKOVIC]<br>True Montenegro or PRAVA or PCG [Marko MILACIC]<br>United Montenegro or UCG [Goran DANILOVIC] (split from DEMOS)<br>United Reform Action or URA [Dritan ABAZOVIC]<br>Workers' Party or RP [Maksim VUCINIC]"
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "CE, CEI, EAPC, EBRD, FAO, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (NGOs), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NATO, OAS (observer), OIF (observer), OPCW, OSCE, PCA, PFP, SELEC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
"text": "CE, CEI, EAPC, EBRD, FAO, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (NGOs), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NATO, OAS (observer), OIF (observer), OPCW, OSCE, PCA, PFP, SELEC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNHRC, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
},
"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
"chief of mission": {
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"stateless persons": {
"text": "458 (mid-year 2021)"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> 25,537 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-September 2022)"
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> 25,996 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-September 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>"

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},
"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
"refugees (country of origin)": {
"text": "5,567 (Ukraine) (as of 20 September 2022)"
"text": "5,817 (Ukraine) (as of 27 September 2022)"
},
"stateless persons": {
"text": "553 (mid-year 2021)"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> 539,408 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-July 2022)"
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> 542,907 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-August 2022)"
},
"Illicit drugs": {
"text": "major transshipment point for Southwest Asian heroin and hashish; minor transit point for South American cocaine destined for Europe; although not a financial center and most criminal activity is thought to be domestic, money laundering is a problem due to a mostly cash-based economy and weak enforcement"

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"text": "+1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October"
},
"etymology": {
"text": "founded as a Greek colony in the 6th century B.C., the name derives from two Greek words \"monos\" (single, alone) and \"oikos\" (house) to convey the sense of a people \"living apart\" or in a \"single habitation\""
"text": "founded as a Greek colony in the 6th century B.C., the name derives from two Greek words <em>monos</em> (single, alone) and <em>oikos</em> (house) to convey the sense of a people \"living apart\" or in a \"single habitation\""
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {

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"stateless persons": {
"text": "11 (mid-year 2021)"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> 8,154 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals by sea (January 2015-July 2022)"
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> 8,388 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals by sea (January 2015-August 2022)"
},
"Illicit drugs": {
"text": "minor transshipment point for hashish from North Africa to Western Europe"

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"text": "Christian Democratic Appeal or CDA [Wopke HOEKSTRA]<br>Christian Union or CU [Gert-Jan SEGERS]<br>Democrats 66 or D66 [Sigrid KAAG]<br>Denk [Farid AZARKAN]<br>50Plus [Martin van ROOIJEN]<br>Forum for Democracy or FvD [Thierry BAUDET]<br>Green Left (GroenLinks) or GL [Jesse KLAVER]<br>Labor Party or PvdA (vacant)<br>Party for Freedom or PVV [Geert WILDERS]<br>Party for the Animals or PvdD [Esther OUWENHAND]<br>People's Party for Freedom and Democracy or VVD [Mark RUTTE]<br>Reformed Political Party or SGP [Kees VAN DER STAAIJ]<br>Socialist Party or SP [Lilian MARIJNISSEN]"
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ADB (nonregional member), AfDB (nonregional member), Arctic Council (observer), Australia Group, Benelux, BIS, CBSS (observer), CD, CE, CERN, EAPC, EBRD, ECB, EIB, EITI (implementing country), EMU, ESA, EU, FAO, FATF, G-10, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IGAD (partners), IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MINUSMA, NATO, NEA, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OPCW, OSCE, Pacific Alliance (observer), Paris Club, PCA, Schengen Convention, SELEC (observer), UN, UNCTAD, UNDOF, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNMISS, UNRWA, UN Security Council (temporary), UNTSO, UNWTO, UPU, Wassenaar Arrangement, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC"
"text": "ADB (nonregional member), AfDB (nonregional member), Arctic Council (observer), Australia Group, Benelux, BIS, CBSS (observer), CD, CE, CERN, EAPC, EBRD, ECB, EIB, EITI (implementing country), EMU, ESA, EU, FAO, FATF, G-10, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IGAD (partners), IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MINUSMA, NATO, NEA, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OPCW, OSCE, Pacific Alliance (observer), Paris Club, PCA, Schengen Convention, SELEC (observer), UN, UNCTAD, UNDOF, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNHRC, UNIDO, UNMISS, UNRWA, UN Security Council (temporary), UNTSO, UNWTO, UPU, Wassenaar Arrangement, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC"
},
"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
"chief of mission": {

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"text": "+1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October"
},
"etymology": {
"text": "the medieval name was spelt \"Aslo\"; the \"as\" component refered either to the Ekeberg ridge southeast of the town (\"as\" in modern Norwegian), or to the Aesir (Norse gods); \"lo\" refered to \"meadow,\" so the most likely interpretations would have been either \"the meadow beneath the ridge\" or \"the meadow of the gods\"; both explanations are considered equally plausible"
"text": "the medieval name was spelt \"Aslo\"; the <em>as</em> component refered either to the Ekeberg ridge southeast of the town (\"as\" in modern Norwegian), or to the Aesir (Norse gods); <em>lo</em> refered to \"meadow,\" so the most likely interpretations would have been either \"the meadow beneath the ridge\" or \"the meadow of the gods\"; both explanations are considered equally plausible"
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
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},
"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
"refugees (country of origin)": {
"text": "15,542 (Syria), 11,965 (Eritrea) (mid-year 2021); 27,294 (Ukraine) (as of 16 September 2022)"
"text": "15,542 (Syria), 11,965 (Eritrea) (mid-year 2021); 27,845 (Ukraine) (as of 23 September 2022)"
},
"stateless persons": {
"text": "4,154 (mid-year 2021)"

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"text": "Civic Coalition or KO [collective leadership]<br>Confederation Liberty and Independence or KORWiN [Janusz KORWIN-MIKKE, Robert WINNICKI, Grzegorz BRAUN]<br>Law and Justice or PiS [Jaroslaw KACZYNSKI]<br>Polish Coalition or PSL [Wladyslaw KOSINIAK-KAMYSZ]<br>The Left [Wlodzimierz CZARZASTY]"
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "Arctic Council (observer), Australia Group, BIS, BSEC (observer), CBSS, CD, CE, CEI, CERN, EAPC, EBRD, ECB, EIB, ESA, EU, FAO, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MONUSCO, NATO, NEA, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OIF (observer), OPCW, OSCE, PCA, Schengen Convention, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNMIL, UNMISS, UNOCI, UN Security Council (temporary), UNWTO, UPU, Wassenaar Arrangement, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC"
"text": "Arctic Council (observer), Australia Group, BIS, BSEC (observer), CBSS, CD, CE, CEI, CERN, EAPC, EBRD, ECB, EIB, ESA, EU, FAO, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MONUSCO, NATO, NEA, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OIF (observer), OPCW, OSCE, PCA, Schengen Convention, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNHRC, UNIDO, UNMIL, UNMISS, UNOCI, UN Security Council (temporary), UNWTO, UPU, Wassenaar Arrangement, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC"
},
"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
"chief of mission": {

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},
"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
"refugees (country of origin)": {
"text": "49,718 (Ukraine) (as of 10 August 2022)"
"text": "52,819 (Ukraine) (as of 26 September 2022)"
},
"stateless persons": {
"text": "45 (mid-year 2021)"

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"text": "last held on 3 April 2022 (next to be held in April 2026)"
},
"election results": {
"text": "percent of vote by party/coalition - Together We Can Do Everything 44.2%, US 14.1%, Ivica Dacic - Prime Minister 11.8%, NADA 5.6%, We Must 4.9%, Dveri-POKS 3.9%, SSZ 3.8%, other 11.7%; seats by party/coalition - Together We Can Do Everything 120, US 38, Ivica Dacic - Prime Minister 31, NADA 15, We Must 13, Dveri-POKS 10, SSZ 10, SVM 6, SPP 3, other 4; composition -&nbsp; men 150, women 100, percent of women 40%"
"text": "percent of vote by party/coalition - Together We Can Do Everything 44.2%, UZPS 14.1%, Ivica Dacic - Prime Minister 11.8%, NADA 5.6%, We Must 4.9%, Dveri-POKS 3.9%, SSZ 3.8%, other 11.7%; seats by party/coalition - Together We Can Do Everything 120, UZPS 38, Ivica Dacic - Prime Minister 31, NADA 15, We Must 13, Dveri-POKS 10, SSZ 10, SVM 6, SPP 3, other 4; composition -&nbsp; men 150, women 100, percent of women 40%"
}
},
"Judicial branch": {
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}
},
"Political parties and leaders": {
"text": "Albanian Democratic Alternative (coalition of ethnic Albanian parties) [Shaip KAMBERI]<br>Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians or SVM or VMSZ [Istvan PASZTOR]<br>Better Serbia or BS [Dragan JOVANOVIC]<br>Democratic Party or DS [Zoran LUTOVAC]<br>Dveri [Bosko OBRADOVIC]<br>Greens of Serbia or ZS [Ivan KARIC]<br>Ivica Dacic - Prime Minister of Serbia [Ivica DACIC] (coalition includes SPS, JS, ZS)<br>Justice and Reconciliation Party or SPP [Usame ZUKORLIC] (formerly Bosniak Democratic Union of Sandzak or BDZS)<br>Movement for the Restoration of the Kingdom of Serbia or POKS [Vojislav MIHAILOVIC]<br>Movement of Free Citizens or PSG [Pavle GRBOVIC]<br>Movement of Socialists or PS [Aleksandar VULIN]<br>National Democratic Alternative or NADA [Milos JOVANOVIC and Vojislav MIHAILOVIC] (coalition includes DSS and POKS)<br>New Democratic Party of Serbia or NDSS or New DSS [Milos JOVANOVIC] (formerly Democratic Party of Serbia or DSS)<br>Party of Democratic Action of the Sandzak or SDA [Sulejman UGLJANIN]<br>Party of Freedom and Justice or SSP [Dragan DILAS]<br>Party of United Pensioners of Serbia or PUPS [Milan KRKOBABIC]<br>People's Party or NS or Narodna [Vuk JEREMIC]<br>People's Peasant Party or NSS [Marijan RISTICEVIC]<br>Serbian Party Oathkeepers or SSZ [Stefan STAMENKOVSKI]<br>Serbian People's Party or SNP [Nenad POPOVIC]<br>Serbian Progressive Party or SNS [Aleksandar VUCIC]<br>Serbian Renewal Movement or SPO [Vuk DRASKOVIC]<br>Social Democratic Party of Serbia or SDPS [Rasim LJAJIC]<br>Socialist Party of Serbia or SPS [Ivica DACIC]<br>Strength of Serbia or PSS [Bogoljub KARIC]<br>Together for Serbia or ZZS [Nebojsa ZELENOVIC]<br>Together We Can Do Everything [Aleksandar VUCIC] (includes SNS, SDPS, PUPS, PSS, SNP, SPO, PS, NSS, USS, BS)<br>United for the Victory of Serbia or US (includes NS, SSP, DS, PSG)<br>United Peasant Party or USS [Milija MILETIC]<br>United Serbia or JS [Dragan MARKOVIC]<br>We Must or Moramo [Nebojsa ZELENOVIC, Dobrica VESELINOVIC, Aleksandar JOVANOVIC CUTA, Biljana STOJKOVIC]",
"text": "Albanian Democratic Alternative (coalition of ethnic Albanian parties) [Shaip KAMBERI]<br>Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians or SVM or VMSZ [Istvan PASZTOR]<br>Better Serbia or BS [Dragan JOVANOVIC]<br>Democratic Party or DS [Zoran LUTOVAC]<br>Dveri [Bosko OBRADOVIC]<br>Greens of Serbia or ZS [Ivan KARIC]<br>Ivica Dacic - Prime Minister of Serbia [Ivica DACIC] (coalition includes SPS, JS, ZS)<br>Justice and Reconciliation Party or SPP [Usame ZUKORLIC] (formerly Bosniak Democratic Union of Sandzak or BDZS)<br>Movement for the Restoration of the Kingdom of Serbia or POKS [Vojislav MIHAILOVIC]<br>Movement of Free Citizens or PSG [Pavle GRBOVIC]<br>Movement of Socialists or PS [Aleksandar VULIN]<br>National Democratic Alternative or NADA [Milos JOVANOVIC and Vojislav MIHAILOVIC] (coalition includes DSS and POKS)<br>New Democratic Party of Serbia or NDSS or New DSS [Milos JOVANOVIC] (formerly Democratic Party of Serbia or DSS)<br>Party of Democratic Action of the Sandzak or SDA [Sulejman UGLJANIN]<br>Party of Freedom and Justice or SSP [Dragan DILAS]<br>Party of United Pensioners, Farmers, and Proletarians of Serbia – Solidarity and Justice or PUPS - Solidarity and Justice [Milan KRKOBABIC] (formerly Party of United Pensioners of Serbia or PUPS)<br>People's Party or NS or Narodna [Vuk JEREMIC]<br>People's Peasant Party or NSS [Marijan RISTICEVIC]<br>Serbian Party Oathkeepers or SSZ [Stefan STAMENKOVSKI]<br>Serbian People's Party or SNP [Nenad POPOVIC]<br>Serbian Progressive Party or SNS [Aleksandar VUCIC]<br>Serbian Renewal Movement or SPO [Vuk DRASKOVIC]<br>Social Democratic Party of Serbia or SDPS [Rasim LJAJIC]<br>Socialist Party of Serbia or SPS [Ivica DACIC]<br>Strength of Serbia or PSS [Bogoljub KARIC]<br>Together for Serbia or ZZS [Nebojsa ZELENOVIC]<br>Together We Can Do Everything [Milenko JOVANOV] (includes SNS, SDPS, PUPS, PSS, SNP, SPO, PS, NSS, USS, BS)<br>United for the Victory of Serbia or UZPS (includes NS, SSP, DS, PSG) (dissolved April 2022)<br>United Peasant Party or USS [Milija MILETIC]<br>United Serbia or JS [Dragan MARKOVIC]<br>We Must or Moramo [Nebojsa ZELENOVIC, Dobrica VESELINOVIC, Aleksandar JOVANOVIC CUTA, Biljana STOJKOVIC, Radomir LAZOVIC, Biljana DORDEVIC]",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> Serbia has more than 110 registered political parties and citizens' associations"
},
"International organization participation": {
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},
"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
"refugees (country of origin)": {
"text": "17,336 (Croatia), 7,997 (Bosnia and Herzegovina) (mid-year 2021); 19,281 (Ukraine) (includes Ukrainian refugees in Kosovo; as of 20 September 2022)"
"text": "17,336 (Croatia), 7,997 (Bosnia and Herzegovina) (mid-year 2021); 19,722 (Ukraine) (includes Ukrainian refugees in Kosovo; as of 27 September 2022)"
},
"IDPs": {
"text": "196,995 (most are Kosovar Serbs, some are Roma, Ashkalis, and Egyptian (RAE); some RAE IDPs are unregistered) (2021)"
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"stateless persons": {
"text": "2,113 (includes stateless persons in Kosovo) (mid-year 2021)"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> 886,378 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-September 2022); Serbia is predominantly a transit country and hosts an estimated 6,313 migrants and asylum seekers as of June 2022"
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> 891,083 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-September 2022); Serbia is predominantly a transit country and hosts an estimated 6,313 migrants and asylum seekers as of June 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>"

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}
},
"Political parties and leaders": {
"text": "Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia or DeSUS [Ljubo JASNIC]<br>Freedom Movement or GS [Robert GOLOB] (formerly Greens Actions Party)<br>List of Marjan Sarec or LMS [Marjan SAREC]<br>New Slovenia - Christian Democrats or NSi [Matej TONIN]<br>Party of Alenka Bratusek or Stranka SAB [Alenka BRATUSEK] (formerly Alliance of Social Liberal Democrats or ZSD and before that Alliance of Alenka Bratusek or ZaAB)<br>Slovenian Democratic Party or SDS [Janez JANSA]<br>Slovenian National Party or SNS [Zmago JELINCIC Plemeniti]<br>Social Democrats or SD [Tanja FAJON]<br>The Left or Levica [Luka MESEC] (successor to United Left or ZL)"
"text": "Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia or DeSUS [Ljubo JASNIC]<br>Freedom Movement or GS [Robert GOLOB] (formerly Greens Actions Party or Z.DEJ)<br>List of Marjan Sarec or LMS [Marjan SAREC]<br>New Slovenia - Christian Democrats or NSi [Matej TONIN]<br>Party of Alenka Bratusek or SAB [Alenka BRATUSEK] (formerly Alliance of Social Liberal Democrats or ZSD and before that Alliance of Alenka Bratusek or ZaAB)<br>Slovenian Democratic Party or SDS [Janez JANSA] (formerly the Social Democratic Party of Slovenia or SDSS)<br>Slovenian National Party or SNS [Zmago JELINCIC Plemeniti]<br>Social Democrats or SD [Tanja FAJON]<br>The Left or Levica [Luka MESEC] (successor to United Left or ZL)"
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "Australia Group, BIS, CD, CE, CEI, EAPC, EBRD, ECB, EIB, EMU, ESA (cooperating state), EU, FAO, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITU, MIGA, NATO, NEA, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OIF (observer), OPCW, OSCE, PCA, Schengen Convention, SELEC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNTSO, UNWTO, UPU, Wassenaar Arrangement, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC"
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},
"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
"refugees (country of origin)": {
"text": "8,105 (Ukraine) (as of 13 September 2022)"
"text": "7,768 (Ukraine) (as of 26 September 2022)"
},
"stateless persons": {
"text": "10 (2020)"
},
"note": "<strong>note:  </strong>547,645 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-August 2022)"
"note": "<strong>note:  </strong>547,689 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-August 2022)"
},
"Illicit drugs": {
"text": "minor transit point for cocaine and Southwest Asian heroin bound for Western Europe, and for precursor chemicals"

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"text": "<br>Senate - last held on 10 November 2019 (next to be held no later than 30 November 2023)<br>Congress of Deputies - last held on 10 November 2019 (next to be held no later than 30 November 2023)"
},
"election results": {
"text": "<br>Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PSOE 113, PP 101, ERC 14, PNV 10, C's 3, Junts 5, Vox 3, other 16; composition (as of mid-2022) - men 161, women 104; percent of women 39.3%<br>Congress of Deputies - percent of vote by party - PSOE 34.3%, PP 25.1%, Vox 14.9%, Unidos Podemos 9.4%, C's 2.6%, ERC 3.7%, PNV 10, EH-Bildu 1.4, other 7.4%; seats by party - PSOE 120, PP 88, Vox 52, Unidos Podemos 33, C's 9, ERC 13, PNV 6, EH-Bildu 5, other 26; composition (as mid-2022, 349 members) - men 199, women 150, percent of women 43%; note - overall General Courts percent of women 42%"
"text": "<br>Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PSOE 113, PP 101, ERC 14, PNV 10, Cs 3, Junts 5, Vox 3, other 16; composition (as of mid-2022) - men 161, women 104; percent of women 39.3%<br>Congress of Deputies - percent of vote by party - PSOE 34.3%, PP 25.1%, Vox 14.9%, UP 9.4%, Cs 2.6%, ERC 3.7%, PNV 10, EH-Bildu 1.4, other 7.4%; seats by party - PSOE 120, PP 88, Vox 52, UP 33, Cs 9, ERC 13, PNV 6, EH-Bildu 5, other 26; composition (as mid-2022, 349 members) - men 199, women 150, percent of women 43%; note - overall General Courts percent of women 42%"
}
},
"Judicial branch": {
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}
},
"Political parties and leaders": {
"text": "Asturias Forum or FAC [Carmen MORIYON]<br>Basque Country Unite (Euskal Herria Bildu) or EH Bildu (coalition of 4 Basque pro-independence parties)<br>Basque Nationalist Party or PNV or EAJ [Andoni ORTUZAR]<br>Canarian Coalition or CC [Ana ORAMAS] (coalition of 5 parties)<br>Ciudadanos Party or C's [Ines ARRIMADAS]<br>Compromis - Communist Coalition [Joan BALDOVI]<br>Junts per Catalunia or JxCat  [Carles PUIDGEMONT]<br>JxCat-Junts Together for Catalonia [Jordi SANCHEZ]<br>Navarra Suma (electoral Coaltion formed by Navarrese People's Union (UPN), Ciudadanos (C's), and the Popular Party (PP) ahead of the 2019 election)<br>New Canary or NCa [Pedro QUEVEDOS]<br>People's Party or PP [Pablo CASADO]<br>Republican Left of Catalonia or ERC [Oriol JUNQUERAS i Vies]<br>Spanish Socialist Workers Party or PSOE [Pedro SANCHEZ]<br>Unidas Podemos [Ione BELARRA] (formerly Podemos IU; electoral coalition formed for May 2016 election)<br>Union of People of Navarra or UPN [Javier ESPARZA]<br>Vox or Vox [Santiago ABASCAL]"
"text": "Asturias Forum or FAC [Carmen MORIYON]<br>Basque Country Unite (Euskal Herria Bildu) or EH Bildu [Arnaldo OTEGI] (coalition of 4 Basque pro-independence parties)<br>Basque Nationalist Party or PNV or EAJ [Andoni ORTUZAR]<br>Canarian Coalition or CC [Fernando Clavijo BATLLE] (coalition of 5 parties)<br>Ciudadanos Party (Citizens Party) or Cs [Ines ARRIMADAS]<br>Compromis - Compromise Coalition [Enric MORERA i Català]<br>Together for Catalonia or JuntsxCat [Laura BORRAS]<br>People's Party or PP [Pablo CASADO]<br>Republican Left of Catalonia or ERC [Oriol JUNQUERAS]<br>Spanish Socialist Workers Party or PSOE [Pedro SANCHEZ]<br>Teruel Existe or TE [Tomas GUITARTE]<br>Unidas Podemos (United We Can) or UP [Ione BELARRA] (formerly Podemos IU; electoral coalition formed for May 2016 election)<br>Union of People of Navarra or UPN [Javier ESPARZA]<br>Vox or VOX [Santiago ABASCAL]"
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ADB (nonregional member), AfDB (nonregional member), Arctic Council (observer), Australia Group, BCIE, BIS, CAN (observer), CBSS (observer), CD, CE, CERN, EAPC, EBRD, ECB, EIB, EITI (implementing country), EMU, ESA, EU, FAO, FATF, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LAIA (observer), MIGA, NATO, NEA, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OPCW, OSCE, Pacific Alliance (observer), Paris Club, PCA, PIF (partner), Schengen Convention, SELEC (observer), SICA (observer), UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIFIL, Union Latina, UNOCI, UNRWA, UNWTO, UPU, Wassenaar Arrangement, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC"
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},
"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
"refugees (country of origin)": {
"text": "14,823 (Syria) (mid-year 2021); 418,200 (Venezuela) (economic and political crisis; includes Venezuelans who have claimed asylum, are recognized as refugees, or have received alternative legal stay) (2021); 143,345 (Ukraine) (as of 18 September 2022)"
"text": "14,823 (Syria) (mid-year 2021); 418,200 (Venezuela) (economic and political crisis; includes Venezuelans who have claimed asylum, are recognized as refugees, or have received alternative legal stay) (2021); 144,668 (Ukraine) (as of 25 September 2022)"
},
"stateless persons": {
"text": "692 (mid-year 2021)"
},
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>269,265 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals, including Canary Islands (January 2015-September 2022)"
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>270,669 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals, including Canary Islands (January 2015-September 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 production; 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"

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"text": "+1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October"
},
"etymology": {
"text": "\"stock\" and \"holm\" literally mean \"log\" and \"islet\" in Swedish, but there is no consensus as to what the words refer to"
"text": "<em>stock</em> and <em>holm</em> literally mean \"log\" and \"islet\" in Swedish, but there is no consensus as to what the words refer to"
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
@ -590,7 +590,7 @@
"text": "last held on 11 September 2022"
},
"election results": {
"text": "percent of vote by party - SAP 30.3%, M 19.1%, SD 20.5%, C 6.7%, V 6.7%, KD 5.3%, L 4.6%, MP 5.1%, other 1.7%; seats by party - SAP 107, M 68, SD 73, C 24, V 24, KD 19, L 16, MP 18; composition as of mid-2022 - men 188, women 161, percent of women 46%"
"text": "percent of vote by party - S/SAP 30.3%, M 19.1%, SD 20.5%, C 6.7%, V 6.7%, KD 5.3%, L 4.6%, MP 5.1%, other 1.7%; seats by party - S/SAP 107, M 68, SD 73, C 24, V 24, KD 19, L 16, MP 18; composition as of mid-2022 - men 188, women 161, percent of women 46%"
}
},
"Judicial branch": {
@ -605,7 +605,7 @@
}
},
"Political parties and leaders": {
"text": "Center Party (Centerpartiet) or C [Annie LOOF resigned on 15 September 2022]<br>Christian Democrats (Kristdemokraterna) or KD [Ebba BUSCH]<br>Green Party (Miljopartiet de Grona) or MP [Marta STEVENI and Per BOLUND]<br>Left Party (Vansterpartiet) or V [Nooshi DADGOSTAR]<br>Liberal Party (Liberalerna) or L [Johan PEHRSON]<br>Moderate Party (Moderaterna) or M [Ulf KRISTERSSON]<br>Sweden Democrats (Sverigedemokraterna) or SD [Jimmie AKESSON]<br>Swedish Social Democratic Party (Socialdemokraterna) or SAP [Magdalena ANDERSSON]"
"text": "Center Party (Centerpartiet) or C [Annie LOOF resigned on 15 September 2022]<br>Christian Democrats (Kristdemokraterna) or KD [Ebba BUSCH]<br>Green Party (Miljopartiet de Grona) or MP [Marta STEVENI and Per BOLUND]<br>Left Party (Vansterpartiet) or V [Nooshi DADGOSTAR]<br>Moderate Party (Moderaterna) or M [Ulf KRISTERSSON]<br>Sweden Democrats (Sverigedemokraterna) or SD [Jimmie AKESSON]<br>Swedish Social Democratic Party (Socialdemokraterna) or S/SAP [Magdalena ANDERSSON]<br>The Liberals (Liberalerna) or L [Johan PEHRSON]"
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ADB (nonregional member), AfDB (nonregional member), Arctic Council, Australia Group, BIS, CBSS, CD, CE, CERN, EAPC, EBRD, ECB, EIB, EITI (implementing country), EMU, ESA, EU, FAO, FATF, G-9, G-10, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IGAD (partners), IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MINUSMA, MONUSCO, NC, NEA, NIB, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OPCW, OSCE, Paris Club, PCA, PFP, Schengen Convention, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNMISS, UNMOGIP, UNRWA, UN Security Council (temporary), UNSOM, UNTSO, UPU, Wassenaar Arrangement, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC"
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},
"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
"refugees (country of origin)": {
"text": "114,995 (Syria), 28,744 (Afghanistan), 26,911 (Eritrea), 11,574 (Somalia), 11,153 (Iraq), 7,516 (Iran) (2020); 45,452 (Ukraine) (as of 15 September 2022)"
"text": "114,995 (Syria), 28,744 (Afghanistan), 26,911 (Eritrea), 11,574 (Somalia), 11,153 (Iraq), 7,516 (Iran) (2020); 45,895 (Ukraine) (as of 23 September 2022)"
},
"stateless persons": {
"text": "50,098 (mid-year 2021); note - the majority of stateless people are from the Middle East and Somalia"

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}
},
"Political parties and leaders": {
"text": "Free Democratic Party or FDP.The Liberals (FDP.Die Liberalen, PLR.Les Liberaux-Radicaux, PLR.I Liberali, Ils Liberals) [Petra GOESSI]<br>Green Liberal Party (Gruenliberale Partei or GLP, Parti vert liberale or PVL, Partito Verde-Liberale or PVL, Partida Verde Liberale or PVL) [Juerg GROSSEN]<br>Green Party (Gruene Partei der Schweiz or Gruene, Parti Ecologiste Suisse or Les Verts, Partito Ecologista Svizzero or I Verdi, Partida Ecologica Svizra or La Verda) [Regula RYTZ]<br>Social Democratic Party (Sozialdemokratische Partei der Schweiz or SP, Parti Socialiste Suisse or PSS, Partito Socialista Svizzero or PSS, Partida Socialdemocratica de la Svizra or PSS) [Cedric WERMUTH and Mattea MEYER]<br>Swiss People's Party (Schweizerische Volkspartei or SVP, Union Democratique du Centre or UDC, Unione Democratica di Centro or UDC, Uniun Democratica dal Center or UDC) [Marco CHIESA]<br>The Center (Die Mitte, Alleanza del Centro, Le Centre, Allianza dal Center) [Gerhard PFISTER] (merger of the Christian Democratic People's Party and the Conservative Democratic Party)<br>other minor parties"
"text": "Green Liberal Party (Gruenliberale Partei or GLP, Parti vert liberale or PVL, Partito Verde-Liberale or PVL, Partida Verde Liberale or PVL) [Juerg GROSSEN]<br>Green Party (Gruene Partei der Schweiz or Gruene, Parti Ecologiste Suisse or Les Verts, Partito Ecologista Svizzero or I Verdi, Partida Ecologica Svizra or La Verda) [Balthasar GLATTLI]<br>Social Democratic Party (Sozialdemokratische Partei der Schweiz or SP, Parti Socialiste Suisse or PSS, Partito Socialista Svizzero or PSS, Partida Socialdemocratica de la Svizra or PSS) [Cedric WERMUTH and Mattea MEYER]<br>Swiss People's Party (Schweizerische Volkspartei or SVP, Union Democratique du Centre or UDC, Unione Democratica di Centro or UDC, Uniun Democratica dal Center or UDC) [Marco CHIESA]<br>The Center (Die Mitte, Alleanza del Centro, Le Centre, Allianza dal Center) [Gerhard PFISTER] (merger of the Christian Democratic People's Party and the Conservative Democratic Party)<br>The Liberals or FDP.The Liberals (FDP.Die Liberalen, PLR.Les Liberaux-Radicaux, PLR.I Liberali, Ils Liberals) [Petra GOESSI]<br>other minor parties"
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ADB (nonregional member), AfDB (nonregional member), Australia Group, BIS, CD, CE, CERN, EAPC, EBRD, EFTA, EITI (implementing country), ESA, FAO, FATF, G-10, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IGAD (partners), ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LAIA (observer), MIGA, MINUSMA, MONUSCO, NEA, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OIF, OPCW, OSCE, Pacific Alliance (observer), Paris Club, PCA, PFP, Schengen Convention, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNITAR, UNMISS, UNMOGIP, UNRWA, UNTSO, UNWTO, UPU, Wassenaar Arrangement, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC"
@ -1276,7 +1276,7 @@
},
"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
"refugees (country of origin)": {
"text": "38,219 (Eritrea), 20,043 (Syria), 14,649 (Afghanistan), 6,069 (Sri Lanka), 6,197 (Turkey) (mid-year 2021); 64,553 (Ukraine) (as of 20 September 2022)"
"text": "38,219 (Eritrea), 20,043 (Syria), 14,649 (Afghanistan), 6,069 (Sri Lanka), 6,197 (Turkey) (mid-year 2021); 65,098 (Ukraine) (as of 26 September 2022)"
},
"stateless persons": {
"text": "684 (mid-year 2021)"

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}
},
"Political parties and leaders": {
"text": "Alliance Party (Northern Ireland) [Naomi LONG] <br>Conservative and Unionist Party [Boris JOHNSON]<br>Democratic Unionist Party or DUP (Northern Ireland) [Jeffrey DONALDSON]<br>Green Party of England and Wales or Greens [Carla DENYER and Adrian RAMSAY]<br>Labor (Labour) Party [Sir Keir STARMER]<br>Liberal Democrats (Lib Dems) [Ed Davey]<br>Party of Wales (Plaid Cymru) [Adam PRICE]<br>Scottish National Party or SNP [Nicola STURGEON]<br>Sinn Fein (Northern Ireland) [Mary Lou MCDONALD]<br>Social Democratic and Labor Party or SDLP (Northern Ireland) [Colum EASTWOOD]<br>UK Independence Party or UKIP [Pat MOUNTAIN, interim leader]<br>Ulster Unionist Party or UUP (Northern Ireland) [Robin SWANN]"
"text": "Alliance Party (Northern Ireland) [Naomi LONG] <br>Conservative and Unionist Party [Boris JOHNSON]<br>Democratic Unionist Party or DUP (Northern Ireland) [Jeffrey DONALDSON]<br>Green Party of England and Wales or Greens [Carla DENYER and Adrian RAMSAY]<br>Labor (Labour) Party [Sir Keir STARMER]<br>Liberal Democrats (Lib Dems) [Ed DAVEY]<br>Party of Wales (Plaid Cymru) [Adam PRICE]<br>Scottish National Party or SNP [Nicola STURGEON]<br>Sinn Fein (Northern Ireland) [Mary Lou MCDONALD]<br>Social Democratic and Labor Party or SDLP (Northern Ireland) [Colum EASTWOOD]<br>UK Independence Party or UKIP [Pat MOUNTAIN, interim leader]<br>Ulster Unionist Party or UUP (Northern Ireland) [Robin SWANN]"
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ADB (nonregional member), AfDB (nonregional member), Arctic Council (observer), Australia Group, BIS, C, CBSS (observer), CD, CDB, CE, CERN, EAPC, EBRD, ECB, EIB, EITI (implementing country), ESA, EU, FAO, FATF, G-5, G-7, G-8, G-10, G-20, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IGAD (partners), IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MINUSMA, MONUSCO, NATO, NEA, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OPCW, OSCE, Pacific Alliance (observer), Paris Club, PCA, PIF (partner), SELEC (observer), SICA (observer), UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNFICYP, UNHCR, UNMISS, UNRWA, UN Security Council (permanent), UNSOM, UPU, Wassenaar Arrangement, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC"
"text": "ADB (nonregional member), AfDB (nonregional member), Arctic Council (observer), Australia Group, BIS, C, CBSS (observer), CD, CDB, CE, CERN, EAPC, EBRD, ECB, EIB, EITI (implementing country), ESA, EU, FAO, FATF, G-5, G-7, G-8, G-10, G-20, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IGAD (partners), IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MINUSMA, MONUSCO, NATO, NEA, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OPCW, OSCE, Pacific Alliance (observer), Paris Club, PCA, PIF (partner), SELEC (observer), SICA (observer), UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNFICYP, UNHCR, UNHRC, UNMISS, UNRWA, UN Security Council (permanent), UNSOM, UPU, Wassenaar Arrangement, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC"
},
"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
"chief of mission": {

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"text": "Batkivshchyna (Fatherland) [Yuliya TYMOSHENKO]<br>European Solidarity (BPP-Solidarity) [Petro POROSHENKO] <br>Holos (Voice) [Kira RUDYK]<br>Opposition Bloc or OB [Evgeny MURAYEV]<br>Opposition Platform-For Life [Yuriy BOYKO, Vadim RABINOVICH]<br>Radical Party [Oleh LYASHKO]<br>Samopomich (Self Reliance) [Andriy SADOVYY]<br>Servant of the People [Oleksandr KORNIENKO]<br>Svoboda (Freedom) [Oleh TYAHNYBOK]"
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "Australia Group, BSEC, CBSS (observer), CD, CE, CEI, CICA (observer), CIS (participating member, has not signed the 1993 CIS charter), EAEC (observer), EAPC, EBRD, FAO, GCTU, GUAM, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICRM, IDA, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LAIA (observer), MIGA, MONUSCO, NAM (observer), NSG, OAS (observer), OIF (observer), OPCW, OSCE, PCA, PFP, SELEC (observer), UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNFICYP, UNIDO, UNISFA, UNMIL, UNMISS, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, Wassenaar Arrangement, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC"
"text": "Australia Group, BSEC, CBSS (observer), CD, CE, CEI, CICA (observer), CIS (participating member, has not signed the 1993 CIS charter), EAEC (observer), EAPC, EBRD, FAO, GCTU, GUAM, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICRM, IDA, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LAIA (observer), MIGA, MONUSCO, NAM (observer), NSG, OAS (observer), OIF (observer), OPCW, OSCE, PCA, PFP, SELEC (observer), UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNFICYP, UNHRC, UNIDO, UNISFA, UNMIL, UNMISS, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, Wassenaar Arrangement, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC"
},
"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
"chief of mission": {
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},
"Military and Security": {
"Military and security forces": {
"text": "Armed Forces of Ukraine (Zbroyni Syly Ukrayiny, ZSU): Ground Forces (Sukhoputni Viys’ka), Naval Forces (Viys’kovo-Mors’ki Syly, VMS), Air Forces (Povitryani Syly, PS), Air Assault Forces (Desantno-shturmovi Viyska, DShV), Ukrainian Special Operations Forces (UASOF), Territorial Defense Forces (Reserves); Ministry of Internal Affairs: National Guard of Ukraine, State Border Guard Service of Ukraine (includes Maritime Border Guard) (2022)",
"text": "Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU; Zbroyni Syly Ukrayiny or ZSU): Ground Forces (Sukhoputni Viys’ka), Naval Forces (Viys’kovo-Mors’ki Syly, VMS), Air Forces (Povitryani Syly, PS), Air Assault Forces (Desantno-shturmovi Viyska, DShV), Ukrainian Special Operations Forces (UASOF), Territorial Defense Forces (Reserves); Ministry of Internal Affairs: National Guard of Ukraine, State Border Guard Service of Ukraine (includes Maritime Border Guard) (2022)",
"note": "<strong>note 1:</strong> in the event that martial law is declared, all National Guard units, with certain exceptions such as those tasked with providing for diplomatic security of embassies and consulates, would come under the command of the Ministry of Defense as auxiliary forces to the Armed Forces<br><br><strong>note 2: </strong>Territorial Defense Forces have military, civilian, and civilian-military components; its forces are organized into brigades for each of the 24 oblasts, plus the capitol city of Kyiv"
},
"Military expenditures": {
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}
},
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
"text": "approximately 700,000 active duty military personnel, including Territorial Defense Forces (July 2022)",
"note": "<strong>note 1:</strong> following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, President ZELENSKY announced a general mobilization of the country<strong><br><br>note 2: </strong>prior to the Russian invasion, approximately 200,000 active troops (125,000 Army; 25,000 Airborne/Air Assault Forces; 2,000 Special Operations Forces; 10,000 Navy; 40,000 Air Force); approximately 50,000 National Guard; approximately 40,000 State Border Guard"
"text": "up to 700,000 active duty personnel, including the Armed Forces, Territorial Defense Forces, National Guard, and State Border Guard (July 2022)",
"note": "<strong>note 1:</strong> following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, President ZELENSKY announced a general mobilization of the country; prior to the invasion, approximately 200,000 active Armed Forces troops (125,000 Army; 25,000 Airborne/Air Assault Forces; 2,000 Special Operations Forces; 10,000 Navy; 40,000 Air Force); approximately 50,000 National Guard; approximately 40,000 State Border Guard"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "the Ukrainian military is equipped mostly with Russian-origin and Soviet-era weapons systems; since the Russian invasion in February 2022, it has received considerable quantities of weapons, including more modern Western systems, from European countries and the US; Ukraine has a broad defense industry capable of building Soviet-era land systems and maintaining and upgrading Soviet-era combat aircraft, as well as missile and air defense systems (2022)"