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 goal of our international planners is a World Government, this Atlantic Community would mark a giant step in that direction for, once American economic autonomy is absorbed, a larger grouping is a question of time.

Since their coming to power in 1997, controversies affecting the Labour Government such as David Blunkett's affair with Spectator editor Kimberly Fortier and financial scandals involving senior ministers and officials shifted the focus to sleaze within the Labour Party.

Since the establishment of the Revolutionary Government of Cuba in 1959, the country has sent more than 52, 000 medical workers abroad to work in needy countries, including countries affected by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and the 2005 Kashmir earthquake.

Since July 2007, following the 2006 Palestinian legislative election and the following Battle of Gaza, Hamas has functioned as the de-facto ruler in the Gaza Strip, forming an alternative Hamas Government in Gaza.

Since 2003 Rose Revolution, new Government of Georgia implemented broad and comprehensive reforms, that touched every aspect of the country ’ s life.

Since 1985, the Guinean Government has adopted policies to return commercial activity to the private sector, promote investment, reduce the role of the state in the economy, and improve the administrative and judicial framework.

Since then, and even in recent years, public spokesmen in Haiti as well as international academics and statesmen have denounced this event as the payment of an illegitimate debt, in several cases calling on the French government to repay it ( the French government has never been willing to repay it, though there was a hoax following the 2010 Haiti Earthquake involving a fake website purporting to offer reparation payment on behalf of the French Government ).

Since the passage of the Instrument of Government of 1974, Swedish kings no longer have many of the usual parliamentary system head of state functions that had previously belonged to them.

Since the War Department required a large number of vehicles to be manufactured in a relatively short time, Willys-Overland granted the United States Government a non-exclusive license to allow another company to manufacture vehicles using Willys ' specifications.

Since the election of the Labour Government in 1997, there have been many changes in UK employment law.

Since independence, the Namibian Government has pursued free-market economic principles designed to promote commercial development and job creation to bring disadvantaged Namibians into the economic mainstream.

Since Filmer's views essentially require that the Stuart family be uniquely descended from the patriarchs of the Bible, and since even in the late 17th century that was a difficult view to uphold, Locke attacked Filmer's views in his First Treatise on Government, freeing him to set out his own views in the Second Treatise on Civil Government.

Since the January 1994 CFA franc devaluation, the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ), the World Bank, and other multilateral and creditors have been supporting the Government of Senegal ’ s structural and sectoral adjustment programs.

Since much of that area had been only recently conquered by Russia from the Ottoman Empire, and a large number of Orthodox Greek settlers had been invited to settle in the region, the Imperial Government picked a renowned Greek scholar, Eugenios Voulgaris to preside over the new diocese.

Since the Whitlam Government, the ALP has moved towards Social Democratic and Third Way ideals which are found among many of the ALP's Right Faction members.

Since the end of World War II, there has been debate over the terminology used to refer to Manzanar, and the other camps in which Americans of Japanese ancestry and their immigrant parents, were incarcerated by the United States Government during the war.

Since then, it has steadily grown ; many interest groups routinely seek to influence the French institutions as the Government and the French Parliament (“ National Assembly ” and “ Senate ”).

Since 2000 the Government of Solomon Islands has become increasingly insolvent.

Since the streamlining of the Taiwan Provincial Government in 1998, the government has been headed by a provincial council of nine members, led by the provincial governor.

Since 1985, the Government of Bolivia has implemented a far-reaching program of macroeconomic stabilization and structural reform aimed at maintaining price stability, creating conditions for sustained growth, and alleviating poverty.

Since 1998 this is the Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations ; when he is acting in this capacity the council has the status of the Government of the Realm to treat minor issues.