Since independence from Portugal in 1975, a number of Angolan students continued to be admitted every year at high schools, polytechnical institutes, and universities in Portugal, Brazil and Cuba through bilateral agreements ; in general, these students belong to the Angolan elites.

Since gaining independence in 1991, hundreds of thousands of Armenia's residents have gone abroad, mainly to Russia, in search of work.

Since its independence, Armenia has maintained a policy of complementarism by trying to have friendly relations both with Iran, Russia, and the West, including the United States and Europe.

Since independence the party system has been dominated by the Botswana Democratic Party ( BDP ), which has never lost power since independence.

Since independence, Botswana has had the highest average economic growth rate in the world, averaging about 9 % per year from 1966 to 1999.

Since the independence in 1975 the official statistics in Cape Verde have no longer made statistics based on racial groups.

Since after independence from Portugal in 1975, a number of Cape Verdean students continued to be admitted every year at Portuguese high schools, polytechnical institutes and universities, through bilateral agreements between the Portuguese Government and the Cape Verdean Government.

Since gaining independence from the United Kingdom in 1960, Cyprus has had a record of successful economic performance, reflected in strong growth, full employment conditions and relative stability.

Since the 1990s, Ecuadoran foreign policy has been focused on the country's border dispute with Peru, an issue that has festered since independence.

Since independence, the two nations have maintained warm relations.

Since independence, the two Presidents ( Macías and Obiang ) have been the dominant political forces in Equatorial Guinea.

Since independence Eritrea's relationship with Ethiopia was entirely political, especially in the resuscitation and expansion of IGAD's scope.

Since regaining independence, Estonia has pursued a foreign policy of close cooperation with Western European nations.

Since independence, Fiji has been a leader in the South Pacific region, and has played a leading role in the formation of the South Pacific Forum.

Since independence in 1986, the FSM has established diplomatic relations with a number of nations, including most of its Pacific neighbors.

Since independence the party system is dominated by the conservative Gabonese Democratic Party.

Since independence, Gabon has been " one of France's closest allies in Africa ".

Since independence, nearly 300 small internal rebellions and civil wars have occurred in the country, including some changes of government.

Since independence, Indonesian ( a form of Malay and official national language ) is the language of most written communication, education, government, and business.

Since independence, Indonesian foreign relations have adhered to a " free and active " foreign policy, seeking to play a role in regional affairs commensurate with its size and location but avoiding involvement in conflicts among major powers.

Since independence in 1962 there have been political and economic disturbances, as well as a number of strong political leaders.

Since independence was granted in 1963 relations have been usually amicable, both being part of the Commonwealth of Nations, a successor to the empire which aims to promote mutual co-operation, democracy and other cultural values and ties with each member state.

Since its independence in 1961, Kuwait maintained strong international relations with most countries, especially nations within the Arab world.

Since that time, the parliament has demonstrated real independence from the executive branch.

Since the 1995 world championship in Iceland, the competition has been every two years.

Since the out break of the Syrian civil war, the Syrian economy has been hit by massive economic sanctions restricting trade with the Arab League, Australia, Canada, the European Union, ( as well as the European countries of Albania, Croatia, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Norway, Serbia, and Switzerland ) Georgia, Japan, Turkey, and the United States.

Since Iceland had marginal farmland in good times, the climate change resulted in hardship for the population.

Since then, Iceland has resumed whaling for scientific purpose and has rejoined the IWC ( in October 2002 ).

Since Iceland was not settled until about 870, anything composed before that time would necessarily have been elsewhere, most likely in Scandinavia.

Since 1939 the Zamboni family has also operated Iceland, an ice skating rink with improvements patented by Frank Zamboni.

Since the fall of the Soviet Union, there has been some uncertainty about whether the United States defence force could or should remain in Iceland, having been invited there in 1951, at the height of the Cold War.

Since opening its doors in 1976, the Mint ’ s Winnipeg facility has produced coinage for over 70 countries: centavos for Cuba, kroner for Norway, fils for Yemen, pesos for Colombia, kroner for Iceland, baht for Thailand, and a thousand-dollar coin for Hong Kong.

Since Malcolm Walker's return to the company, Iceland has reduced the workforce by 500 jobs at the Deeside Head Office, with approximately 300 jobs moved in September as a result of a relocation of a distribution warehouse from Deeside to Warrington.

Since 2010, Stacey Solomon former X Factor finalist and I'm A Celebrity winner, has been featured in Iceland adverts.

Since the creation of the Pathfinder tendency, new Communist Leagues have formeded to organise previously existing groups of supporters in Iceland and in France ( 1999 ).

Since 1996, the date has been celebrated in Iceland as Icelandic Language Day.

Since its establishment in 1885 ( commenced operations in 1886 ) Landsbanki has been instrumental in the economic development of business and industry in Iceland.

Since 1 January 1999, the ICEX has operated as a private company, owned by the listed companies ( 29 %), member firms ( 29 %), the Central Bank of Iceland ( 16 %), pension funds ( 13 %) and the Association of Small Investors ( 13 %).

Since then he has published many volumes of poetry, two novels for young adults, two books about Iceland, a play, and several reinterpretations.

Since 2001 this system has been implemented nation-wide for all public libraries in Iceland and is managed by a consortium.

Since 1996 the library has engaged in several large digitisation projects providing open access to antique maps of Iceland ( 1998 ), Timarit. is — journals and newspapers ( 2002 in collaboration with the National Library of the Faroe Islands and the National Library of Greenland ), Handrit. is-a catalog and digital library of manuscripts ( in collaboration with the Árni Magnússon Institute and the Arnamagnæan Collection ) and the online Icelandic National Bibliography ( 2008 ) among others.

Since its publication, NESUBL subset has influenced government eProcurement initiatives across Europe, for example in Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, The Netherlands, Turkey.

Since its foundation, CCLI has expanded around the world to: Australia, Botswana, Canada, Denmark, Faroe Islands, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Singapore, South Africa, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Zimbabwe.

Since recovering from a serious motorcycle accident which took place in Iceland in 1982, Berkofsky has donated proceeds from his performances to various charitable causes.