At the same time, Angola has promoted the revival of the Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries ( CPLP ) as a forum for cultural exchange and expanding ties with Portugal ( its former ruler ) and Brazil ( which shares many cultural affinities with Angola ) in particular.

Conversely the use of true brass seems to have declined in Western Europe during this period in favour of gunmetals and other mixed alloys but by the end of the first Millennium AD brass artefacts are found in Scandinavian graves in Scotland, brass was being used in the manufacture of coins in Northumbria and there is archaeological and historical evidence for the production of brass in Germany and The Low Countries areas rich in calamine ore which would remain important centres of brass making throughout the medieval period, especially Dinant – brass objects are still collectively known as dinanterie in French.

Montgomery's training paid off when the Germans began their invasion of the Low Countries on 10 May 1940 and the 3rd Division advanced to the River Dijle and then withdrew to Dunkirk with great professionalism, entering the Dunkirk perimeter in a famous night-time march which placed his forces on the left flank which had been left exposed by the Belgian surrender.

Barge and canal systems were nonetheless of great, perhaps even primary, economic importance until after World War I in Europe, particularly in the more developed nations of the Low Countries, France, Germany, Poland, and especially Great Britain which more or less made the system characteristically its own.

Countries began to develop weapons which were much more effective, and much less likely to cause infection to the wrong party.

Older editions of the CIA World Factbook, going back to 1989, country rankings constructed from CIA data, and additional country information from other sources are available at the Countries of the World website, which was begun in 1996.

Countries which often operate with coalition cabinets include: the Nordic countries, the Benelux countries, Australia, Austria, Germany, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Turkey, Israel, New Zealand, Kosovo, Pakistan, Kenya, India, Trinidad and Tobago, Thailand and Ukraine.

Two paintings ( both dated 1565 ) by Pieter Bruegel the Elder depict Dutch peasants curling — Scotland and the Low Countries had strong trading and cultural links during this period, which is also evident in the history of golf.

Countries with high forest cover can be expected to be at early stages of the FT. GDP per capita captures the stage in a country ’ s economic development, which is linked to the pattern of natural resource use, including forests.

Countries that have ratified the Charter, and languages for which the ratification was made:

As the popular response to Luther gathered momentum, the social disorders, which Erasmus dreaded and Luther disassociated himself from, began to appear, including the German Peasants ' War, the Anabaptist disturbances in Germany and in the Low Countries, iconoclasm and the radicalization of peasants across Europe.

His ministry expanded and he undertook tours of North America and the Low Countries, between which he was imprisoned for over a year.

Hanover was thus a gateway to the Rhine, Ruhr and Saar river valleys, their industrial areas which grew up to the southwest and the plains regions to the east and north, for overland traffic skirting the Harz between the Low Countries and Saxony or Thuringia.

The IMU's members are Member Countries and each Member country is represented through an Adhering Organization, which may be its principal academy, a mathematical society, its research council or some other institution or association of institutions, or an appropriate agency of its government.

In 2010 IMU formed the Commission for Developing Countries ( CDC ) which brings together all of the past and current initiatives in support of mathematics and mathematicians in the developing world.

The Commission for Developing Countries supports research travel of mathematicians based in developing countries as well as mathematics research conferences in the developing world through its Grants Program which is open to mathematicians throughout the developing world, including countries that are not ( yet ) members of the IMU.

Countries contribute money to a pool through a quota system from which countries with payment imbalances can borrow funds temporarily.

Soon dispute plunged the surviving brothers into a civil war that was only settled in 843 by the Treaty of Verdun, which split the Frankish realm into three parts, to become the kernels of France and Germany, with Burgundy and the Low Countries between them.

From the fourteenth century, the technique in which panels of wet leather were shaped over wooden moulds, painted, then oil-gilded and lacquered, reached Flanders and Brabant in the Low Countries.

These and other movements such as the Philippines 1995 Mining Act led the World Bank to publish a third report ( Assistance for Minerals Sector Development and Reform in Member Countries ) which endorsed mandatory environment impact assessments and attention to the locals.

For a second time in his youth, Richard was forced to seek refuge in the Low Countries, which were then part of the realm of the Duchy of Burgundy.

Countries in which Turkey maintains its own embassy

* Lothair received the central portion of the empire which later became, from north to south: the Low Countries, Lorraine, Alsace, Burgundy, Provence, and the Kingdom of Italy ( which covered only the northern half of the Italian Peninsula ), collectively called Middle Francia.

Gabon is a member of the UN and some of its specialized and related agencies, including the World Bank ; Organization of African Unity ( OAU ); Central African Customs Union ( UDEAC / CEMAC ); EC association under Lome Convention ; Communaute Financiere Africaine ( CFA ); Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ( OIC ); Non-Aligned Movement ; withdrew from the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries ( OPEC ).

* Member Countries: http :// www. mathunion. org / members / countries

Countries are increasingly recognizing how severely IC / PBS can affect patients ' lives, by officially recognizing that it can completely impair functioning.

** United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and / or Desertification, Particularly in Africa

The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and / or Desertification, Particularly in Africa is a Convention to combat desertification and mitigate the effects of drought through national action programs that incorporate long-term strategies supported by international cooperation and partnership arrangements.

Yacht (, from Dutch / Low German jacht meaning hunting or hunt, compare Standard German / High German Jagd ) was originally defined as a light, fast sailing vessel used by the Dutch navy to pursue pirates and other transgressors around and into the shallow waters of the Low Countries.

Until 1581 the history of Belgium ( except the Bishopric of Liège ), the grand duchy of Luxembourg and the country the Netherlands is the same: they formed the country / region of the Netherlands or the Low Countries.

Countries in the European Union ( EU ) each have their own legislation on SIM locking, but must comply with the EU Unfair Commercial Practices Directive ( Directive 2005 / 29 / EC of 2005 ).

Countries that use VAT have established different thresholds for remuneration derived by natural persons / legal entities during a calendar year ( or a different period ), by exceeding which the VAT registration is compulsory.

Countries scoring low on assertiveness but higher in interpersonal relations may not like the social separation and pay inequity of higher / lower performing employees ; employees from this more cooperative rather than individualistic culture place more concern on interpersonal relationships with other employees rather than on individual interests.

Countries that suffer from poverty, civil and political unrest or conflict, and other dangerous public health issues such as malaria, HIV / AIDS, and tuberculosis often suffer from a severe burden and breakdown within the healthcare system.

Pop music includes American, Caribbean ( reggae, calypso, chutney, Soca, Bollywood film songs, local Guyanese soca-chutney recently borrowed sounds from Neighbouring Countries Brazilian Music as well as Spanish Merengue, Bachata, Salsa, Reggaeton, and Samba this type of sound can be heard throughout Various Clubs and Facilities Throughout the country / Capital Georgetown.

Countries that allow school and / or state-sponsored prayer include Greece, Iran, Australia, Italy and the United Kingdom.

* Implementing Economic Reforms in Mexico: The Washington Consensus as a Roadmap for Developing Countries by Terrence Fluharty ( 2007 ) https :// digital. library. txstate. edu / handle / 10877 / 3488

Countries with deficits in their current accounts will build up increasing debt and / or see increased foreign ownership of their assets.

Countries have different signaling tones that act as " busy signals ", in most cases consisting of a tone with equal on / off periods at a rate of between 60 and 120 interruptions per minute.

Countries with non-Leninist / communist references to socialism in their constitutions include India and Portugal.

Academic Contacts with organizations / Countries not Covered under CEPs