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Albania
Andorra
- Brief description of the government and list of ministers
- Text in French with its publications also in Spanish and English (.pdf format)
Austria
Belarus
Belgium
Bosnia
- Bosnia (Netherlands)
- Comprehensive site on Bosnian situation
- Press releases, U.S. documents, peace proposals
- European viewpoints
- Bosnia Home Page (CalTech)
- News releases on the war
- Press releases of Bosnian government officials
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus (Republic) [Recognized Government]
Since 1974, Cyprus has been divided
de facto into the government-controlled southern two-thirds of the island and the Turkish-Cypriot
northern one-third. The Government ofthe Republic of Cyprus has continued as the internationally recognized authority; in practice, its power extends only to the Greek Cypriot-controlled areas. See BackgroundNotes for further information.|
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- Government
- Political, economic, social and cultural information
- Description of government and international relations
- Current news
- Permanent Mission to the United Nations
- Monthly bulletins and press releases beginning 1997
- Resolutions and background information on the UN military forces in Cyprus
- Statistics Service
- Economic indicators arranged by subject
- Excel spreadsheets of foreign trade
Cyprus (Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus)
Since 1974, Cyprus has been divided de facto into thegovernment-controlled southern two-thirds of the island and the Turkish-Cypriot northern one-third. The Government ofthe Republic of Cyprus has continued as the internationally recognized authority; in practice, its powerextends only to the Greek Cypriot-controlled areas. See BackgroundNotes for further information.|
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Czech Republic
- Czech Basic Statistics (Charles University)
- Economic, social, health, population, and environmental statistics
- Very current information with text in English
- Election Server, 1996
- Candidates, parties, and results of 1996 House and Senate elections
- Multilingual text, including English
- Government Officials
- Directory of cabinet ministers and members of Parliament
- Text in Czech but links to analogous web sites in other countries facilitates translation
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Official Government Server
- Primarily news and business information
- Presidential biography and speeches beginning 1990
- Parliament
- Members of Parliament with party, district, and committee assignments
- Primarily Czech with headers also in English
- Statistical Office
Denmark
- Denmark's Official Website
- Links to governmental information, foreign embassies, Danish embassies
- Links to Cultural Denmark, tourist information and news
- Danish Ministries
- Links to Danish cabinet ministries with web pages
- Ministry of Environment and Energy
- Description of its subdivisions and their activities
- Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland includes environmental,energy, and natural resource statistics
- Most of web site in Danish or English; newsletters and publicationsin Danish only
- Ministry of Foreign
Affairs
- Description of the country, its economy, culture, and political
system in English
- Development policies toward individual third world countries also in
English
- Many of its press releases, policies, and diplomatic directories in Danish
- Permanent Mission to the United Nations
- Statens DataNet
- Monthly economic data (national accounts, prices, unemployment
- Data on Denmark provides comprehensive economic and social data (vital statistics, education, churches, foreigntrade) with some historical information
- Text in English with Danish alternative
Estonia
- Estonian StateWeb Center
- Official government web site with links to all branches ofgovernment
- Estonia Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Directory and biographies of government officials
- Consular information
- Press releases on foreign policy in English
- Estonia Online
- Directory of government, business, and education sites
- Clickable map of the country
- Links to the CIESIN, Estonia Country Guide and Baltics Regional Node
- Estonia President
- Biography of President and description of the institution
- Press releases and speeches beginning 1993
- Estonian Riigikogu (Parliament)
- Committee members and their political parties
Faeroes
Finland
France
- Use Alta Vista's Babelfish to translate web pages or text from French to English
- AdmiNet- The French Connection
- French government agencies, politics and culture
- Links to city information
- French and English text
- Assemblee Nationale
- Directories of members and committees
- Description of Assembly procedures
- Minutes in PDF format
- French only
- Bank of France
- Base Pacte (Treaty Data Base)
- Summaries (in French) of bilateral and multilateral treaties to which France is a party
- Treaties extend back to the 18th Century
- Searchable by type of treaty and party
- Constitution of 1958
- Text of constitution, legal analysis and bibliography of French constitutional law
- French only
- Embassy to theUnited States
- Extensive press releases and statements on foreign policy
- Sections on trade and tourism
- Searchable by keyword in English
- Legifrance
- Full searchable text of the JournalOfficiel beginning 1998
- Constitutional, administrative, and juridical law and legislation
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Lengthy description of overall foreign policy
- Special sections on defense, nuclear testing, and the European Union
- Text in English with links to other languages
- The Ministry also provides a treaty database which summarizes bilateral and multilateral treatiessince the 18th Century
- National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE)
- Permanent Mission to the United Nations (Geneva)
- Documents, press releases, and statements
- Text in French ony
- Senat
- Directory of the Senate and summary of recent actions
- French only
Georgia
- Parliament
- Members of Parliament
- Election information and candidates for the Presidency
- Links to the web sites of Parliaments in other countries
- Basic population statistics for Georgia
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Germany
- The University of
Alberta is a German government depository as of August 2004
- Embassy to the United
States
- Cultural and statistical information
- Tracing German ancestors
- Government includes
section on foreign policies such as Middle East, United Nations, and
former Soviet Union
- Federal Statistical
Office
- German Bundestag
- Directories of members
- Recent calendars and press releases on current topics being considered
- German Federal
Government
- History, organization and function of the federal government
(Bundesregierung)
- Biographies and background on the Federal Chancellor (Bundeskanzler)
and various Ministries (Bundesministerien) with links to individual
ministry web pages as available
- Press releases
- Web site primarily in German
- Facts About Germany provides background
information, demographic and economic statistics, and press releases in
English
- German Law Archive
(Oxford University)
- Links to German law, court decisions, statutory instruments, and
bibliographies in English
- German States
- Map and population of each of the German States with extensive links
to the web sites located in each State
- Government agencies comprise only a small percentage of the links
- Text in German
- Germany
Law and Government (Lawresearch)
- Links to the three branches of German government annotated in English
- Extensive list of individual German laws on the internet
- Index of
Federal Offices (University of Hannover)
- List of federal web sites without annotations
- Text in German only
- Permanent Mission to the United Nations (Geneva)
- Woche in Bundestag-Parlamentskorrespondenz
- Weekly review of activities in the Federal Legislature
- Text in German only
- Ministry
of Foreign Affairs
- States of
Germany (Answers.Com)
- Describes the organization of the German states and their
subdivisions
- Links to Wikipedia articles on each of the states
- Includes a list of state ministers since World War II
- Historical Materials
Gibraltar
- Gibraltar is a British Colony
- Gibraltar
- Brief political history
- Tourism information, business directory, port information andstatistics
Greece
- Institute of International
Relations (Panteion University)
- Papers primarily on Greek foreign policy regarding Turkey, Cyprus,the European Union and the United States
- Text in Greek and English
- Ministry of Defense
- Text of military recruitment policy in English
- Defense policy in Greek only
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Extensive foreign bilateral and multilateral policy information
- Country description, business, and economics
Greenland
Guernsey
- Dependency of Great Britain
- Board of
Industry
- History of industry in Guernsey and manufacturing
- Current trade shows
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Isle of Man
- Dependency of Great Britain
- Government
- Descriptions of the Island and its culture
- High Court of Tynwald
- Parliamentary officers and procedures
- Selected current Parliamentary documents
Italy Jersey
- Dependency of Great Britain
- Government
- Description of government and links to agency web sites
- Tourist and business information
Latvia
Liechtenstein Lithuania
- Department of Statistics
- Lithuania (Paris Metro)
- Links to the Presidency and most cabinet offices, including foreign affairs and statistics
- Some of the government web sites have English as well as Lithuanian versions
- Additional links to history and culture
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Parliament
- Lithuanian only
- Extensive documentation and directories
Luxembourg
Macedonia
- Macedonia
- Links to national symbols and some government bodies
- Lists of cabinet members and government bodies with phone numbers
- President
- Biography of the President
- Speeches and press releases of President and cabinet
- Links to government agencies
- English or Macedonian
Malta
Moldova
Monaco
- Monaco Tourist Office
- Monaco Info describes 700 years of Grimaldireign with biographies of the Royal Family
- Tourist information and packages
Montenegro (Yugoslavia)
- Montenegro
- Biographies of the current cabinet ministers
- Organization of the government
- Recent news releases
Netherlands
- Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS)
- Economic, demographic, and environmental indicators in English
- StatLine index to data in Dutch only
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Embassies and consulates worldwide
- Foreign policy speeches and briefings
- History, description of country, and economic statistics
- Primarily in Dutch but an English version, accessible from the framesindex, under development as of September 1997
- Netherlands
- Biographies of government officials; information from the Economics Ministry
- Parliamentary agenda
- Text in English
- Het Parlement
- Describes history and functions of both houses of parliament
- Some information in English
- Permanent Mission to the United Nations
Northern Ireland
Norway
Poland
Portugal
- Instituto Nacional de Estadistica
- Summary economic, social and cultural statistics for the nation,region, and large cities
- Catalog of publications
- Parliament
- Description of Parliament and directory of members
- Schedules and text of legislative meetings
- Headings in English but text in Portuguese only
Romania
- Chamber of Commerce and Industry for Romania and Bucharest
- Business opportunities in Romania and descriptions of companies
- Some files may require a subscription
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Description of foreign policy objectives
- Diplomatic missions and consular information
- Text in Romanian, French and English
- National Institute for Statistics
- Social and economic indicators since 1998
- Catalog of publications
- Romanian Statistical Yearbook, available fordownloading to hard drive
- Parliament
- Bill tracking, Parliamentary debates and documents since 1996/97
- Romania
- Extensive descriptions of the governmental system
- Biographies of officials
- Links to government web sites
- Illustrated history of Romania
- Romania Factbook
- Geographic data and maps of major cities
- Natural resources, energy and agriculture
- Population, age, religion and literacy rate
- Political composition and economic data
- Selected legislation
- Romania, Your Business Partner
- Detailed economic profiles of Romanian industry (e.g. agriculture,construction, retail trade)
- Romanian Statistics in Brief
- Foreign trade statistics
- Commercial law
Russia
Federation Government |
History |
News |
Regional Governments
Russian Studies |
Search Engines |
Statistics in English |
Translations
Translation Services
- Promt's OnLine Translator
- Translates Russian language web sites and their immediate links into English and vice versa
- Translations to and from French, German, Russian, and English
- Translations are not perfect but will provide a sense of the subject
- AltaVista'sBabelfish
- Translates Russian web pages (with subsequent links) and pasted text to English
- It may, however, skip certain sections
- It does not translate English to Russian
Search Engines
- Aport
- Annotated directory of Russian web sites in the Google mode
- Subjects are primarily Russian politics, entertainment, language and travel
- Interface in English and Russian
- Directory section is similar to @ATRUS
- Features automated translations of English to Russian and Russian toEnglish
- List
- Classified guide to the internet in Russian
- Good source for laws and politics
- Annotations include language of web site (Russian or Russian and English)
- Rambler
- Best known Russian search directory with text in Russian only
- Links to entertainment sites with some legal and cultural material
- Yandex
- Keyword search engine to web sites in the CIS countries
- Alternative English interface
Federation Government
- Central Bank
- Constitution
- English text of December 1993 constitution
- Customs
Service
- English-language web site with customs rules, tariffs, and
development plans
- Duma
- History of the Duma, election results, and committee membership
- DumaLibrary lists Federation laws by subject and regional laws by region since 1994
- Text in Russian
- ParliamentaryPublications (Eastview) (UMich Only)
- Indexes Russian Duma publications
- Full text in Russian
- Embassyto the United States
- Description of the Russian government and 1995 civil code
- How to obtain Russian visa
- Press releases on foreign policy
- Federal Center for Project Finance
- FederalCommission for the Securities Market
- Administrative decisions and regulations
- Text in English and Russian
- Foreign Investment Promotion Center
- Russian macroeconomic and sectoral data
- Economic forecasts
- Sectoral analysis of various aspects of the economy, some in pdf format
- English text
- Garant Legal Data Base (ISI Emerging Markets - UMich Only)
- Full text of Russian laws-in-force in English
- ISI also has the KODEKS data base, only available in Russian
- Ministry for Atomic Energy (Minatom)
- Chronology of nuclear development
- History of current projects, including mining and disarmament
- Text in English and Russian
- Ministry of Agriculture and Food
- Market surveys and production projections
- News and commercial information
- Russian and foreign internet resources
- Focused primarily on production concerns
- Text in English with additional statistical information in Russian
- Ministry of Defense
- Ministry of Economy [http://www.economy.gov.ru/]
- Macroeconomic data and forecasts
- Text in Russian
- Ministry of Education
- Teacher tutorials available for purchase
- Directories of high schools and colleges
- State education and youth policy
- Text in Russian only
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Press releases and briefings
- Statements made at the United Nations
- Text in English with English search engine
- Ministry of Industry and Energy
- Text in Russian with English under construction, February 2000
- Ministry of Transport
- Permanent Mission to the United Nations
- Statements made before the Security Council, Economic and Social Council, and General Assembly in English and Russia
- Section on Russian policies under development as of May 1998
- President
- Russian Federal Space Agency
- History of the Russian space program
- Current activities and international cooperation
- Links to space web sites of other countries
- Text in English
- Russian Federation
- Extensive list of federal and regional government agencies; some cityweb sites
- Agency titles translated into English
- Russian Government Internet Network
- Text in Russian with some English
- Russian Legal Server
- Constitution and civil code in Russian text
- Russian National Tourist Office
- History of Russia and travel tips
- Transportation and visa information
- Russian State Committee for Statistics
- Links to statistical agencies of other countries
- Most data bases require registration
- Main web site in Russian
- English version has some free data under Database Catalogue and SDDS of the IMF
- Russian State Library
- Description of collection
- Links to other Russian libraries
- News and conference announcements
- State Land Committee
- Projects and agency structure
- See Contents for maps of Russianadministrative regions
- Russian with some text in English
- State Institute of Information Technologies and Telecommunications
- Directories of secondary schools, institutions of higher education, and distance education
- Grants and services
- Russian
- Supreme Arbitration Court
- Supreme Court
- Tax Ministry of the Russian Federation
- Tax news, advice on filling in tax declaration
- Text in Russian
- Taxation (Conseco)
- Private firm describes Russian taxes and tax rates in English
- Includes corporate and personal income taxes, value-added, highway, and sales tax
Russian Federation Regions
- Bashkortostan (Republic)
- Chechnya (Republic)
- Ivanovo (Region)
- Ivanovo
- News, business, and tourist information
- Text in Russian with link to English site
- Jewish Autonomous Region
- Jewish Autonomous Region
- Description of government organs and biography of governor
- English sidebar with text in Russian
- Karelia (Republic)
- Government
- Description of government
- Extensive links to web sites of executive branch agencies and local governments
- Description of judicial and legislative branches
- State symbols, news
- Text in English or Russian
- Khabarovsk (Territory)
- Duma
- Description of powers and committees
- Text in Russian
- Government
- Investment opportunities
- Text in English
- Khakassia
- Khakassia (Republic)
- Investment laws and tourism
- Substantial information on minerals industry
- Text in English
- Komi (Republic)
- Leningrad (Region)
- Government
- Extensive web site with text in Russian
- Lipetsk (Region)
- Government
- Directory of government officials
- Laws on investment
- History, culture and tourist information
- Mari El (Republic)
- Government
- Structure of government and information on the President
- Press releases and links to web sites
- Russian only
- Mordovia (Republic)
- Government
- Primarily Russian text
- English text includes economic and investment information
- Online exhibit of the sculptor Stepan Erzia
- Moscow (Federal City)
- Nizhny Novgorod (Region)
- Orenburg (Region)
- Government
- History, culture, transportation, economics
- Text in Russian
- Samara (Region)
- Government
- Detailed history of towns in the region
- Social and economic descriptions and statistics
- Description of government, including the responsibilities of Dumacommittees and their current membership
- English or Russian
- Saratov (Region)
- Government
- Biographies of city officials
- City budget and description of city programs (e.g. social services)
- Sverdlovsk (Region)
- Government
- Extremely detailed rules on the powers and authorities of the government
- Includes description on how a bill becomes a law
- Text in Russian
- Tatarstan (Republic)
- Government
- History and culture of the Republic
- Economic and population data
- Description of government powers and directory of officials withe-mail addresses
- Constitution and policy documents with the Russian Federation
- English and Russian
- Udmurtia (Republic)
- Government
- History of the Republic
- Population data, including that of major towns
- Economics and investment opportunities
- Description of government
- Striking design
- Text in English
- Yaroslavl (Region)
- Government
- Investment, economic, tourist and press information
- Text in Russian with link to English site
NewsSources
- Current Digest of the Post-Soviet Press, 1992+ [AP 2.C9752 with current issues in Serials and Microforms]
- Continues Current Digest of the Soviet Press,1949-1992 [AP 2 .C9752]
- Also available through Academic Universe (UMich Only) since June 1, 1983 under the Current Digest of theSoviet Press
- Inter Fax News Agency
- Today's political and business news for all of the CIS countries
- Archived since January 13, 1998 with one day time-delay on AcademicUniverse (UMich Only)
- ITAR-TASS Russian NewsAgency
- Current Russian news requires a subscription
- Data archived in English since 1994 in the WorldNews Connection (UMich Only)
- Moscow Times
- Today's top headlines in English
- Stock market news
- Online Data Bases of Russian Publications (Eastview) (UMich Only)
- Subscription includes full text of central Russian newspapers and those of the CIS/Baltic states
- Most publications in Russian although a few newspapers in English
- Searchable by keyword and date
- St. Petersburg Times
- Comprehensive coverage of local and national news
- Today's news free; archive since 1994 requires a subscription
- Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
- U.S. government news, analysis, special reports, and summary economicand human rights information for Russia and Eastern Europe
- The Newsline feature has current news broadcasts to Eastern Europe beginning April 1997
- Newsline replaced the Open Media Research Institute Daily Digestreports and provides a searchable archive to its reports back to 1991
- OMRI Daily Digests, 1991-1999
- RussiaToday
- News, business, culture, and travel information for Russia and CIScountries
- News service archived to December 2, 1996
- Vladivostok News
- English-language newspaper of the Russian far east
- Political and business news with candid editorials
- Archived since December 1995 with a search engine
- Links to the dail version
- Voice of Russia
- Radio broadcasting and telecommunications service
- Special reports on foreign and domestic public policy
- Multilingual text
- World News Connection
- Text of foreign radio broadcasts and newswires translated into English since November 1994
- Searchable by keyword, date, and region
- Includes ITAR/TASS news agency
- Translations from countries with a U.S. trade embargo (e.g. Iran,Iraq, Sudan and Libya) were removed beginning October 1999
Russian History
- Cold
War International History
Project
- Primary documents and articles on the history of the Cold War
- Includes the arms race, policies of leaders, book reviews
- Lengthy sections on Stalin and Khrushchev
- Searchable by keyword, subject tree, type of document
- Red Files (PBS)
- Accompanies a television series about Soviet intelligence, sports, propaganda, and a secret mission to the moon
- Transcripts and pictures from program
- Text of interviews and searchable access to an English version of the Russian archives
- Revelations from the Russian Archives (Library of Congress)
- Translations and copies of key documents on Russia's political and foreign relations documents since 1917
- Russian
History Index
- WWW gateway to Russian history by period as well as journals and
reference rools
- Excellent annotations
Russian
Studies
- G7 Support Implementation Group
- Coordinates external assistance to the Russian Federation
- Web site describes activities and provides brief data in its Overview of External Assistance
- Its Donor Assistance Data Base of 6000 projects requires a subscription
- Internet Parliament
- Election news, laws, and candidates for the Dec. 1999 Duma electionand March 2000 Presidential election
- English interface with text in Russian
- NUPI Centre for Russian Studies Database
- Searchable data base of short fact sheets on modern Russia
- Includes information on administrative units, 50 political parties, 150 institutions, 100 ethnic groups, and more than 1000 public figures
- Russian and East European Studies (U.Pittsburgh)
- Links to national homepages for Eastern Europe
- Additional links by discipline (e.g. government, economics, language) and type (software, databases, discussion groups)
- Russian Elections - 1996
- Biographies and speeches of Presidential candidates for June 16, 1996 election
- Numerous public opinion polls and current analyses
- Links to other election sites
- Russian Politics (Russia Net)
- Biographies of cabinet ministers and Members of Parliament (Duma)
- Voting for parties and candidates in the 1995 and 1996 elections
- Russian constitution, map of administrative divisions, ethniccomposition
- Russian Regional Database (Univ. of Strathclyde)
- Data for eleven Russian regions and their individual administrative areas
- Population, largest city, basic economic and labor conditions
- Social information includes college education, optimism for thefuture
- Russian Studies (Lyandres/Stanley)
- Annotated guide to Russian studies with live web links
- Search engines, history, news, journals, the arts, language,government, libraries and discussion lists
- Appeared in the January 2000 issue of College and Research Library News
Russian Statistics in English
- Official Statistics of the countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States[Doc. Cen. CD-ROM Dox 84, DocumentsWorkstations]
- 2002 Russian Population Census
- Population of Russia and its regions, 1970-2002, by sex and urban/rural designation
- Population of the largest cities by sex
- Microsoft Word and Excel spreadsheet formats
- 1989 USSR Population Census [Doc.Cen. CD-ROMDo97 and Docs Lan]
- Data on Russia, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Georgia, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania
- Education for All: 2000 (UNESCO)
- Extensive report on educational reform in Russia during the 1990s
- Population data throughout the 1990s includes total population, marital status, crime, children with handicaps, income and poverty
- School data includes enrollment, number of schools, and educational facilities
- Ethnologue
- Comprehensive dictionary to 6500 world languages
- Arranged by language and lists speakers per country
- Country data provides number of speakers per language, percentages of religious groups, number of blind persons, and number of deaf institutions
- Foreign Investment Promotion Center
- Russian macroeconomic and sectoral data
- Economic forecasts
- Sectoral analysis of various aspects of the economy, some in pdf format
- English text
- Human Development Report (UNDP)
- Web version summarizes regional and country statistics on economic, social, and educational development
- Each annual version focuses on an individual topic
- 1995 issue addressed gender equality
- 1997 issue carried poverty statistics by country with additional dataon life expectancy, literacy, and per capita gross domestic product
- 1998 issue carries a human development index (life expectancy, literacy, education and GDP) with data by sex and women in managerial or parliamentay positions
- 1999 covers globalization and the quality of life
- Paper copy (Doc. Cen. HD 72 .H92) carries murder, rape, drug crime,and prisoner statistics forselected industrialized countries appear in the statistical appendix
- Info Nation (UN)
- Brief population, geography, economic and health data on the RussianFederation
- International Population Data Base (U.S. Census Bureau)
- Vital statistics, population by age, sex and ethnicity, labor forcefor 1950 to present
- Not all data available for every year
- Macroeconomic Analysis Reports: Russia (ISI Emerging Markets) (UMichOnly)
- Numerous monthly, quarterly, and annual economic data
- Russian and/or English
- Russia and Eurasia Facts and Figures Annual, 1993+ {Ref. DK 1 .U13]
- Continues USSR Facts and Figures Annual, 1977-1992(Ref. DK 1 .U13]
- Russia Statistical Yearbook [Doc. Cen. HA 1450.12.A33]
- Annual compendium of vital statisticsl, employment, income, education, culture, housing, environment, public finances, industry and agriculture
- Regional data follows the main set of tables
- Tables in Russian but English table of contents at the back of the book
- Soviet Statistics Since 1950 [Doc.Cen. HA 1444.P6311] is an English summary of data, 1950-87
- Russia Votes
- Latest election results for President and the Duma
- Public opinion polls on the elections
- Also includes the latest polls on individual well-being, the nation, Chechnya, and international relations
- Siberian
Economic Statistics
- Text-based list of statistics sources for Siberia
- State of the World's Children (UNICEF)
- Annual report with different emphasis each year
- State of the World's Children - 2000
- Calls for leadership in resolving children's problems
- Country data on births, deaths, nutrition, health, education, demography, economics, women, and rates of progress
- State of the World'sChildren - 1999
- Focus on education and illiteracy
- Country data on both topics, demographics, economics and health
- PDF and gopher (plain text) versions
- UDB Statistics (Eastview - UMich Only)
- Search for current Russian statistical publications in English or Russian
- Data in English or Russia
- UNESCO Statistics
- Educational enrollment and attainment data for individual countriesfor the past 15 years as excerpted from the UNESCO Statistical Yearbook
- Time series data for individual countries on adultilliteracy, school funding, and the media
- World DevelopmentReport (World Bank)
- Current GDP, balance of payments, and finance data
- World Income Inequality Data Base (UNDP)
- Data base of Gini coefficients and income equality for 149 countries,including Russian Federation, 1981-
- Alternative data from numerous sources
- May be viewed on the screen or downloaded into Microsoft Access
- See Russian News for statistical data appearing in the news media and Statistical Resources on the Web for other international sources
San Marino
- Primarily travel, business, and economic information
- List of government agencies and political parties appears under Cultural and Social Establishments
Scotland
- Courts
- Supreme Court commercial and criminal decisions since 1998 searchable by keyword, appellant, type of action, date or judge
- Structured and keyword searches of Sheriff Court decisions since September 1998
- Maps and contact information for all courts
- Leaflets meant for the public (e.g. potential juror information, do-it-yourself divorce)
- Scottish Law Online
- Links to courts, legislation, organizations, governments, professional bodies, societies, universities, journals, publishers bookshops
- First Minister
- Entry point to the Executive Branch
- Biographies of ministers
- Subject links to Scottish government under What We Do
- Scotland General
Register Office
- Online access to the 2001 and 1991 censuses
- Time series data on population statistics
- Parliament
- Members of Parliament (MSP) listed by name and region with biographies and financial data
- Debates beginning May 12, 1999; full text of committee meetings
- Bills, reports, written and oral answers
- Educational materials and the Parliamentary buildings
- Historical Sources
- Timelines of British History (BBC)
- Detailed timelines of political and cultural events since 4000 B.C.
- Explanation and illustration at the very bottom of the screen
- Arranged chronologically; search engine at top of page refers toentire BBC web site
Serbia (Yugoslavia)
- Serbia-Info (Ministry of Information)
- Description and maps of Serbia and its provinces (including Kosovo)
- Form of Serbian government and constitution
- Foreign policy news items
Slovakia
- Constitutional Court
- Information about the court and text of Constitution in English
- Court rulings from 1993 in Slovakian
- National Council
(Parliament)
- Online broadcast of sessions since 2004
- Digital archive of Slovakian documents since 1848
- Slovakian Politics
- Biography of the President, directories of the government and
political parties, 1994 election results
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
- Central Statistical Office
- Statistics, graphs, and press releases
- Population, agriculture, economics, elections, housing, prices, trade,transportation, and welfare
- Comparative international data
- Information Central
- Press releases
- Proposed budget
- Links to government agencies and their addresses
- Text in Swedish with some English
- Parliament
- Permanent Mission to the United Nations
- Prime Minister
Switzerland
Ukraine
United Kingdom
- Comprehensive Listings
- Directgov
- List of all British Government web servers by subject and function
- British
Government and Politics on the Internet (University of Keele)
- Detailed list of government web sites as well as political and election web
sites relating to the government
- BUBLLINK / 5.15 British government
- Catalogue of selected internet resources dealing with the British government
- Descriptions included for all links
- Alphabetic index
- Browsing based on modified Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Bibliographies
- Bank of England
- British and Irish Legal Information Institute
- House of Lords, Employment Appeal, and Social Security Case law since 1996
- Statutory instruments and Privy Council decisions due in Spring 2000
- Cabinet
Office
- Casebase
- Full text of British Courts of Appeal and Crown Office decisionssince April 1996
- Searchable by case name, number, date, or division (e.g. crown, family, civil)
- Century of Change: Trends in UK Statistics Since 1990
- Outlines changes in social and economic characteristics between 1900 and 2000 on such topics as transportation, life expectancy, crime, movie attendance
- Report in pdf
- Foreign and Commonwealth Office
- Annual report and background briefs on British foreign policy
- Travel and consular advice
- "British Documents on Foreign Affairs: Reports and Papers from the
Foreign Office Confidential Print"
- Call no. JZ 632 .B7761 in Graduate Library Stacks
- Documents beginning in 1840's with present volumes to 1950's
- Arranged geographically
- British and Foreign State Papers, 1812-1968 (Buhr with
indexes in Grad Library Stacks: JX 103 .A3)
- Annual report and background briefs on British foreign policy
- Travel and consular advice
- Home Office
- How Much is That?
- Purchasing power of the U.S. dollar since 1665 and British pound since 1264
- Historic interest rates, price of gold, and GDP for both countries with many
series dating back 800 years
- U.S. and British exchange rates with 40 other countries for a minimum of 90
years
- Mission to the United Nations
- Statements made to the General Assembly, 1997+, and Security Council
- British Official Publications Collaborative Reader Information Services
- Indexes 16,000 of the 200,000 Parliamentary Papers issued between 1833 and 1983
- Also includes some non-Parliamentary documents
- Browse by time period or subject
- Indexed by keyword and various approaches
- Corresponding Parliamentary Papers are available on microfiche in the Serials/Microforms Room as MICRO-F X 455; more complete index on CD-ROM in Documents Center (DoX4)
- British Parliamentary Location
Guide (UMich)
- Spreadsheet showing location of Commons and Lords debates and
sessional papers by year at the University of Michigan Library
- Includes paper, microform, and online
- House of Commons
- Members, committees and officers of the House of Commons
- Links to publications
- Hansard's
Debates
- Full text of debates, oral questions and written answers
beginning 1988
- Hansard's
Debates, 1803-2005 is the prototype of a historical
digitized version
- House of Lords
- Members of the House, bills, committees, and officers
- Links to publications
- Hansard's
Debates
- Full text of debates, oral questions and written answers
beginning 1994
- Hansard's
Debates, 1803-2005 is the prototype of a historical
digitized version
- House
of Commons Parliamentary Papers, 1801+ (UMich Only)
- Index to bills, reports, accounts and papers
(including command papers), 1688 to present with full text
- Searches may be delineated by a combination of keyword, type of
document, subject, committee, and session
- Viewing options include page-by-page or document download
- All publications also located in the Graduate Library's
Serials/Microforms
Room as MICRO-F X455
- 1801-1900, need year, volume and date (e.g. 1870, v. 4, p. 255)
- 1901+, need microfiche number (e.g. 76-27)
- Publications
- Acts of Parliament
- Command Papers (House of Commons)
- Command
Papers
- Full text free on the internet since late 2004
- Parliamentary papers on the internet since 2002
- Library
Research Papers
- Full text (Adobe Acrobat) of background papers written for the House of
Commons by its library staff beginning 1998
- Sample subjects include economic indicators, political developments in Northern Ireland, European
Union and NATO expansion
- Public
Bills (Commons and Lords)
- Statutory Instruments (Full text 1997- )
- Voting Records
- Roll Call votes in Parliament are called Divisions
- Public Whip provides a subject approach to Commons votes since 2001 and lists individual dissenters
- British Political Facts (Ref. Room JN 231 .B97 1986) lists Votes of Confidence and dates on which major votes were held
- Once you obtain the date of a vote, you would need to go to Hansard's Debates for the text (J 301.H21 through 1988; web beginning 1988)
- New edition of book on order as of August 2004
- Dissension
on the House of Commons, 1979-1992 (University of Hull)
- Codebook for data set of roll call votes (divisions) in which members voted
against the Conservative or Labour Party whips
- Over 4000 votes were taken during the period
- Appendix lists the votes and the date they were taken; text would
appear in Hansard's Parliamentary Debates
- Permanent Mission to the United Nations
- Prime Minister (10 Downing Street)
- Biographies of previous prime ministers and current cabinet officials
- Prime Minister's speeches, interviews, and press releases
- Public Record Office
- Public information leaflets (army records, genealogical research, charts)
- Full text of documents on popular subjects (Titanic), declassified material from MI5 for 1914-45
- Learning Curve provides text of Edward VIII's abdication, Magna Carta, Queen Victoria's Census Record, Domesday Book
- UK National Digital Archive of Data Sets
- Index to government data sets on all subjects by classified approach and keyword
- Accessible to manipulable data requires a free password
- UK Statistics
Authority
- Press releases and data extraction tools for current and time series
economic, population, and census data
- Separate database for ward data in specific communities
- Census
Data includes pdf versions of printed reports, 1801-1937
with tables for 1991 and 2001
- Numerous guides, including comparing data over time
- Victorian Census Project
- Data sets from the 1831 and 1861 Census in spreadsheet format
- Nineteenth Century statistical abstracts, vital statistics, and poor law commissioner returns
- Historical Sources
- British Library of Political and Economic Science Pamphlets
- Index to 90,000 pamphlets on British and European history from the 18th to Early 20th Centuries
- Includes some League of Nations materials
- Some pamphlets under social policy and transport, including poor law pamphlets, are digitized in pdf format
- Palmer's Index to the Times (UMich Only)
- Index to the London Times, 1790-1920 and 1970-1980
- Searchable by keyword in title or subject
- Does not have the newspaper's full text
- Poole's Plus: Digital Index of the 19th Century (UMich Only)
- Index to popular American and British journals, 1802-1906
- Browsable by journal; searchable by keyword, author
- Cites periodical, date and author
- Timelines of England and Scotland (BBC)
- Detailed timelines of political and cultural events since 4000 B.C.
- Explanation and illustration at the very bottom of the screen
- Arranged chronologically; search engine at top of page refers toentire BBC web site
- See also Guide to British Parliamentary Papers at the University of Michigan and Commonwealth of Nations
Vatican (HolySee)
- Press releases for the previous week
- Web page with text of Catholic Church documents underconstruction
Wales
Yugoslavia
- Statistical Office
- Yugoslavia in figures covers population, economics, and natural resources
- 1996 election results by party
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Press releases, interviews, and foreign policy
- Special section on Kosovo
- Updates may be several days late
- Yugoslavia
- The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia consists of the Republic of Serbia and the Republic of Montenegro
- Web site includes biographies of officials, constitution, national symbols, and a map
- See also Montenegro and Serbia
Related WebSites:
- Avalon Project (Yale)
- Full text of historic legal and political documents for the U.S., Western Europe, and the Middle East
- Mixture includes Laws of William the Conquerer, Paris peace treaties, European Parliament, and World War II documents
- Central and Eastern European Politics on the Internet (IndianaUniv.)
- Internet links to election, government, research institute, news, and statistical offices
- Each section is arranged by country and clearly labelled
- Central Europe Review
- Weekly news magazine with new on Central and Eastern Europe
- Special feature articles on politics, economics or culture of the region
- Searchable archives beginning June 1999
- Commission on
Security and Cooperation in Europe
- Independent agency of U.S. Government, also known as the Helsinki Commission
- Full text of political and economic documents on Eastern European countries
- Full text of its monthly Digest beginning
September 1996
- Constitution for Europe
- Czech and
Slovak Studies
- Separate pages include main government web sites, parliament, national
libraries, news media, economics, statistics, and elections
- Created by Janet Crayne at the University of Michigan
- Eastern
European Studies
- Separate pages country guides to Belarus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldava,
and Ukraine as well as the Romani people
- Links to each country include the main government web sites, national
libraries, main newspapers, language, culture, city web sites, elections,
and statistical data
- Created by Janet Crayne at the University of Michigan
- Eurasia News [Web]
- Current week's news on the Baltic countries, Central Europe, Iran and Iraq
- Also includes EurasiaResearch Center has occasional papers and archived news
- Eurasia Research Center
- Geographic coverage: Russia and Eastern Europe, the Balkans, MiddleEast, Central and South Asia
- Links to country home pages (some produced outside the country) and news sources, including the Clarinet News
- Links to international and human rights organizations with interests in the area
- EuroDocs (BrighamYoung Univ)
- Electronic texts, facsimiles, and translations of primary sources for European history, medieval times to the present
- Regional and country sources
- Examples: French Revolution pamphlets, Luther's 95 Theses, Anglo-Saxon Chronicles, World War II documents
- European Governments on the Web (Gunnar Anzinger)
- Comprehensive listings of national, regional, and municipal government sites as well political party information for most Eastern and Western European Countries
- Includes language of site and name of government agency translated into English
- European Policy Centre
- Nonprofit organization promoting European integration
- Web site includes news items, working papers, and briefing on economic and security affairs
- European Research Centre for Migration and Ethnic Relations
- Description of organization and publications
- European Statistical Offices
- Direct links to European and North American government statistical agencies
- Description of European statistical agencies without a webpage
- Historic Texts
(Hanover College)
- Full text of philosophical, religious, and political documents up to the Cold War
- Polish
Studies
- Links include the main government web sites, national libraries, main
newspapers, language, culture, city web sites, elections,
and statistical data
- Created by Janet Crayne at the University of Michigan
- Political
Resources on the Net
- Hundreds of links to parties, movements, elections, political organizations, government, and embassy web sites arranged by country
- Searchable by country or world region
- Web site has outstanding coverage and merits its high ratings
- Radio Free Europe/RadioLiberty
- U.S. government news, analysis, special reports, and summary economic and human rights information for Russia and Eastern Europe
- The Newsline feature has current news broadcasts to Eastern Europe beginning April 1997
- Newsline replaced the Open Media Research Institute Daily Digest reports and provides a searchable archive to its reports back to 1991
- OMRI Daily Digests, 1991-March 1997, also remained available as of May 30, 1997
- Russian and East European
Studies (U.Pittsburgh)
- Links to national homepages for Eastern Europe
- Additional links by discipline (e.g. government, economics, language)and type (software, databases, discussion groups)
- Russian
Studies
- Links include the main government web sites, national libraries, main
newspapers, language, culture, city web sites, elections,
and statistical data
- Also covers academic sites and Russian search engines
- Created by Janet Crayne at the University of Michigan
- Southeast
European Studies
- Separate pages country guides to Albania, Bosnia and Hercegovina, Bulgaria,
Croatia, Modern Greece, Hungary, Kosovo,
Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, and Slovenia
- When possible, links to each country include the main government web sites,
national libraries or their addresses, and
main newspapers
- Other resources may include dictionaries, culture, travel, architecture, city
web sites
- Created by Janet Crayne at the University of Michigan
- World Area Studies
- Extensive list of area studies web sites for each region of the world
- Multidisciplinary with links to history resources as well as culture, politics, and sociology
- Cites sources which may be difficult to find elsewhere
- Western European Specialists Section (ALA)
- Meta-index to classical, medieval, and contemporary European studies with special focus on French, German, Iberian, and Italian
- Numerous references to historic documents
- World War I Documents (Brigham Young University)
- Full text of U.S. and European documents, pre-1914 to post 1918
- Includes conventions, official documents by country, and documents by date
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