Russia 2004
Russia is the largest country in the world, covering nearly twice the total land area of the United States. It spans 11 time zones and […]
Russia is the largest country in the world, covering nearly twice the total land area of the United States. It spans 11 time zones and […]
Yearbook 2004 Romania. The total population in Romania is 19,237,702 people in 2020. Romania reached one of its most important foreign policy goals when it […]
Yearbook 2004 Congo. The total population in Republic of the Congo is 5,518,098 people in 2020. Republic of the Congo was excluded in July from […]
Qatar is a small, oil-rich nation in the Middle East located on the Persian Gulf. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the south, Bahrain […]
Yearbook 2004 Portugal. The total population in Portugal is 10,196,720 people in 2020. Portuguese Prime Minister José Manuel Barroso resigned in July after being elected […]
Poland is a country located in Central Europe, bordered by Germany to the west, the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south, Ukraine and Belarus […]
Yearbook 2004 Philippines. At least 15 people were killed in a bomb attack on January 4 against a sports hall in the town of Parang […]
Yearbook 2004 Paraguay. On June 29, the former Army Chief and General Lino Oviedo voluntarily returned from his five-year exile in Argentina and Brazil. He […]
Yearbook 2004 Papua New Guinea. The total population in Papua New Guinea is 8,947,035 people in 2020. Prime Minister Michael Somare visited China at the […]
Yearbook 2004 Panama. The total population in Panama is 4,314,778 people in 2020. Martín Torrijos of Partido Revolucionario Democratica (PRD) won the May 2 presidential […]
Yearbook 2004 Palau. In the November 2 presidential election, President Tommy Remengesau was re-elected with approximately 64% of the vote. His main opponent, Polycarp Basilius, […]
Yearbook 2004 Pakistan. One of Pakistan’s national heroes, “the father of the Pakistani nuclear bomb,” Abdul Qadir Khan, was fired in January from his post […]
Norway is a Scandinavian country located in Northern Europe, bordered by Sweden, Finland, and Russia. It is known for its breathtaking fjords, mountains, and glaciers. […]
Yearbook 2004 Northern Macedonia (until 2019 Macedonia). The total population in North Macedonia is 2,083,385 people in 2020. President Boris Trajkovski was killed in a […]
Yearbook 2004 North Korea. International developments regarding North Korea’s possible nuclear weapons program continued in January with American experts being allowed to visit one of […]
Yearbook 2004 Nigeria. For Nigeria 2004 was another troubled year. In May, the Christian militia attacked the Muslim-dominated town of Yelwa in the state of […]
Yearbook 2004 Niger. The total population in Niger is 24,206,655 people in 2020. President Mamadou Tandja was re-elected in December for a new four-year term, […]
Yearbook 2004 Nicaragua. The deep rift within the Liberal Party PLC (Partido Liberal Constitucionalista) between supporters of President Enrique Bolaños and supporters of former President […]
Yearbook 2004 New Zealand. The total population in New Zealand is 4,822,244 people in 2020. The issue of Maori rights was the subject of intense […]
Yearbook 2004 Netherlands. Immigration and integration were the dominant elements of the domestic policy debate during the year. At the beginning of the year, the […]
Yearbook 2004 Nepal. After a seven-month ceasefire was interrupted by the Maoist guerrillas in August 2003, it was yet another troubled year in Nepal. The […]
Yearbook 2004 Nauru. In early January, the hunger strike interrupted by about 30 asylum seekers was canceled in December 2003. The refugees – most Afghans […]
Yearbook 2004 Namibia. The total population in Namibia is 2,540,916 people in 2020. The government indicated that it wanted to speed up land reform and […]
Yearbook 2004 Burma. The total population in Myanmar is 54,409,811 people in 2020. 77-year-old Tin Oo, vice-chairman of the opposition party National Democracy Association (NLD), […]
Yearbook 2004 Mozambique. In September, Sweden demanded just over SEK 3.5 million. of Mozambique’s Ministry of Education, after an audit of aid paid showed that […]
Yearbook 2004 Morocco. The total population in Morocco is 36,910,571 people in 2020. King Muhammad VI pardoned 33 political prisoners in January, among them the […]
Montenegro is a Southern European state, in the north-western sector of the Balkan peninsula; it borders Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Kosovo and Albania and overlooks […]
Yearbook 2004 Mongolia. The total population in Mongolia is 3,278,301 people in 2020. The June parliamentary elections were a great success for the non-socialist Fatherland […]
Yearbook 2004 Monaco. The total population in Monaco is 39,253 people in 2020. Monaco, known for his low crime, was subjected to his first blast […]
Yearbook 2004 Moldova. The total population in Moldova is 4,033,974 people in 2020. Talks on the interrupted peace process between Moldova and the breakaway republic […]
Yearbook 2004 Micronesia Federation. The total population in Micronesia is 115,034 people in 2020. Over 90% of the buildings on the island of Yap were […]
Yearbook 2004 Mexico. In March, Mexican media were able to view video footage of Mexico City Finance Secretary Gustavo Ponce and the mayor’s former private […]
Yearbook 2004 Mauritius. During the year, Prime Minister Paul Bérenger began acting to get Britain to return the Chagos Islands, which Mauritius has been claiming […]
Yearbook 2004 Mauritania. During the summer, Mauritania was seriously affected by grasshopper invasions. The total population in Mauritania is 4,649,669 people in 2020. Swarms with […]
Yearbook 2004 Marshall Islands. On March 1, on the 50th anniversary of the US explosion of the hydrogen bomb Bravo over the Bikini Toll, memorial […]
Yearbook 2004 Malta. On his 70th birthday in February, Malta’s Prime Minister Eddie Fenech announced Adami was leaving. He also left the post of leader […]
Yearbook 2004 Maldives. After unprecedented political protests at the end of 2003, the situation remained troubled throughout 2004. A newly formed illegal opposition party, the […]