Foreign companies either partially or wholly own most banks and financial institutions in Paraguay.

During that time, the Pashtuns ( or Afghans ) represented over 80 percent of the government and held all important ministries, such as the Ministries of the Interior, Foreign Affairs, Economic Affairs, Defense and even most of the banks.

Foreign participation and investment in Bolivian banks are allowed.

A " Report to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the United States Senate ," prepared by U. S. Senators John Kerry and Hank Brown, noted that a key strategy of " BCCI's successful secret acquisitions of U. S. banks in the face of regulatory suspicion was its aggressive use of a series of prominent Americans ," Clifford among them.

* Foreign exchange reserves, the foreign currency deposits held by central banks and monetary authorities

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Foreign exchange services are provided by many banks around the world.

Foreign banks operating in the U. S. are permitted to organize and own an Edge Act Corporation.

* 2003 – unaudited financial statements reveal record high growth in profits in 2002 ( loan portfolio increased 70 % to US $ 1. 4 billion, assets surged 51 %, while net income rose by more than a third ); Alfa Bank, in partnership with the Lauder Institute of the Wharton School of Business, establishes a new award for Excellence in Foreign Investment, which would be presented to foreign companies operating in Russia for weighty contribution to the corporate governance and successful business operations ; Alfa Bank draws US $ 82 million unsecured syndicated loan, the biggest on record among private banks ; S & P, Fitch and Moody's upgrade Alfa Bank's rating during the year ;

As the Union neared economic collapse, and also as part of Mikhail Gorbachev's perestroika program, other banks were formed, including ; " Promstroybank " ( USSR Bank of Industrial Construction ), " Zhilstoybank " ( USSR Bank of Residential Construction ), " Agrobank " ( USSR Agricultural Bank ), " Vneshekonombank " ( USSR Foreign Trade Bank ), and " Sberbank " ( USSR Savings Bank ).

American banks, software vendors and other online enterprises are now subject to strict new “ Know your customer ” laws imposed by the USA PATRIOT Act, the Bank Secrecy Act, the US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control and other regulatory entities in the US and Europe.

Foreign banks too started to app, particularly in Calcutta, in the 1860s.

* Foreign banks sending money to Irak

Among them are included a President of the Philippines, a justice of the Supreme Court, several members of the legislature and of the Cabinet, senior members of the executive branch of government and the Foreign Service, heads of banks and financial corporations, heads of educational institutions, acknowledged leaders in the various fields of industry, commerce and agriculture, and armed forces officers of general rank.

Foreign banks fled the country during 2002 and 2003, selling their operations to smaller local banks at a fraction of their original investments.

Sessions devoted to `` Ethics and Foreign Policy Trends '', `` Moral Principle and Political Judgment '', `` Christian Ethics in the Cold War '' and related subjects proved to be much livelier under this procedure than if Catholics were merely talking to themselves.

Foreign aid programs were revamped to give greater emphasis to economic aid and to encourage political reform in recipient nations.

According to Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 4. 8 million Vietnamese people were exposed to Agent Orange, resulting in 400, 000 people being killed or maimed, and 500, 000 children born with birth defects.

Deaths before that time meant that many parents, spouses and children were never told more than that it was secret work for the Foreign Office or one of the armed services.

Sir John Evelyn Shuckburgh of the new Middle East department of the Foreign Office discovered that the correspondence prior to the declaration was not available in the Colonial Office, ' although Foreign Office papers were understood to have been lengthy and to have covered a considerable period '.

Within two days following the assassination, Austria-Hungary and Germany advised Serbia that they should open an investigation, but Serbian Foreign Minister Gruic, speaking for Serbia replied, " Nothing had been done so far, and the matter did not concern the Serbian Government ," after which " high words " were spoken on both sides.

Foreign relations were severely affected by the government's hesitance and stalling of the extradition of Croatian general Janko Bobetko to the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia ( ICTY ), and inability to take general Ante Gotovina into custody for questioning by the Court.

On October 18, President Kennedy met with Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs, Andrei Gromyko, who claimed the weapons were for defensive purposes only.

The three were expelled from the Central Committee and Presidium, as was former Foreign Minister and Khrushchev client Dmitri Shepilov who joined them in the plot.

Senator John Kerry's 1988 Committee on Foreign Relations report on Contra drug links concluded that " senior U. S. policy makers were not immune to the idea that drug money was a perfect solution to the Contras ' funding problems.

Foreign policy themes were expressed considerably in George Washington's farewell address ; these included among other things, observing good faith and justice towards all nations and cultivating peace and harmony with all, excluding both " inveterate antipathies against particular nations, and passionate attachments for others ", " steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world ", and advocating trade with all nations.

Foreign religions were tolerated insofar as they did not interfere with public order, or could be assimilated with the traditional Roman religion.

In June 2004, the British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw stated that US authorities had repeatedly assured him that no detainees had passed in transit through Diego Garcia or were disembarked there .< ref > In October 2007 the all-party Foreign Affairs Committee of the British Parliament announced that it would launch an investigation of continued allegations of a prison camp on Diego Garcia, which it claimed were twice confirmed by comments made by Retired US Army General Barry McCaffrey.

By the end of the century, the Foreign Christian Missionary Society and the Christian Women's Board of Missions were also engaged in missionary activities.

Assange was granted diplomatic asylum on 16 August 2012, with Foreign Minister Patiño stating that Assange's fears of political persecution were " legitimate ".

It was eventually applied to one-third of the land area of the U. S. ( mostly in the West ) and was used against those with " Foreign Enemy Ancestry " — Japanese, and Korean, who were considered to have Japanese nationality ( since Korea had been under Japanese rule since 1910 ).

About the coup, Australia's Foreign Minister at the time, Alexander Downer, said that the military were " slowly trying to take control " and pressure the PM to resign.

He met Prime Minister Qarase, Finance Minister Ratu Jone Kubuabola, and Military Commander Commodore Frank Bainimarama on the first day of his visit ; meetings with Foreign Minister Tavola and House of Representatives Speaker Ratu Epeli Nailatikau were held later.

4 of his films were nominated for Best Foreign Language Film award at Academy Awards with 5 other Polish directors receiving one nomination each: Roman Polański, Jerzy Kawalerowicz, Jerzy Hoffman, Jerzy Antczak and Agnieszka Holland.

Dodes ' ka-den by Akira Kurosawa and Sandakan No. 8 by Kei Kumai were nominated to the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

The direct reason was that foreigners were forbidden to serve in the French Army after the 1830 July Revolution, so the Foreign Legion was created to allow the government a way around this restriction.

Foreign policy priorities are established by the President.

The 89th compagnie de travailleurs étrangers ( Company of Foreign Workers ), consisting of foreigners judged as undesirable by the Third Republic and the Vichy regime and committed to forced labour, was established in Barcelonnette.

It was established by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 ( FISA ).

The 1st Foreign Parachute Regiment ( 1 < sup > e </ sup > Régiment Étranger Parachutiste, 1 < sup > e </ sup > REP ) was established in 1955 during the Algerian War and disbanded in April 1961 as the entire regiment rose against the French government of Charles de Gaulle ( Algiers Putsch ), in protest against moves to negotiate an end to the Algerian War and providing Algeria's independence from France.

Among the most important figures of the federal era include the first democratically elected president in Honduras, Dionisio de Herrera, a lawyer, whose government, begun in 1824 established the first constitution, Gen. Francisco Morazán, Federal President 1830-1834 and 1835 – 1839, whose figure embodies the ideal American Unionist, and José Cecilio del Valle, editor of the Declaration of Independence signed in Guatemala on September 15, 1821 and Foreign Minister of Mexico in 1823.

Alphonse Marie Louis de Lamartine, who had been a leader of the moderate republicans in France during the 1840s became the Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Provisional Government that was established by this Assembly.

* 1789 – The first U. S. federal government agency, the Department of Foreign Affairs, is established ( it will be later renamed Department of State ).

Foreign funding, and some commercial funding ( mostly in the capital ) have helped to established 160 FM stations in Mali, though many of those are small community " suitcase radio stations ".

* 1831 – The French Foreign Legion is established by King Louis-Philippe to support his war in Algeria.

* 9 August 1965-Ministry of Foreign Affairs was established and S Rajaratnam becomes Singapore's first Minister for Foreign Affairs.

* 1789 – The United States Department of State is established ( formerly known as the " Department of Foreign Affairs ").

However, Vohor did so without consultations with his cabinet and the PRC Foreign Ministry, quoting the Vanuatu Foreign Minister, denied ties with the ROC had been established.

On 24 November 2000, then Foreign affairs minister Serge Vohor announced that Vanuatu suspended that recognition and established ambassadorial level relations with Morocco.

SUZA was established in 1999, and is located in Stone Town, in the buildings of the former Institute of Kiswahili and Foreign Language ( TAKILUKI ).

* July 19 – The Foreign Ministry of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic is established by decree of the chancellory for foreign affairs.

* July 27 – The first U. S. federal government agency under the new Constitution, the Department of Foreign Affairs ( later renamed the Department of State ), is established.

A recent survey conducted by the Foreign Policy Research Institute ’ s Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program underscores the significance of this effort and documents the fact that most of the think tanks in these regions have been established in the last 10 years.

Recently, the Ministry of External Affairs of Sri Lanka ( formerly known as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs ) established a " Foreign Policy Think Tank " to facilitate the professional advancement of the country's foreign policy and the conduct of its external affairs.

More independent but clearly to the left of the political spectrum are the Centro de Investigaciones de Relaciones Internacionales y Desarrollo ( CIDOB ) founded in 1973 ; and the Fundación para las Relaciones Internacionales y el Diálogo Exterior ( FRIDE ) established in 1999 by Diego Hidalgo and main driving force behind projects such as the Club de Madrid, a group of democratic former heads of state and government, or the Foreign Policy Spanish Edition.

The US foreign aid program was then reorganized under new Kennedy Administration legislation, with signing of the Foreign Assistance Act and Executive Order 10973 on 3 November 1961, which established the United States Agency for International Development ( USAID ).

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs was established on the same day that Norway declared the dissolution of the union with Sweden, June 7, 1905.

In 1931, prior to its rise to power, the Nazi party established the Auslandsorganisation der NSDAP ( Foreign Organisation of the Nazi Party ), which task was to disseminate Nazi propaganda among the ethnic German minorities living outside Germany ( Volksdeutsche ).