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	Liechtenstein -> History on Encyclopedia.com 2002
		Prince Hans Adam II succeeded to the throne in 1989 after the death of his father, Francis Joseph II, and has had a number of conflicts with the parliament due to his attempts to have a significant role in running the government, particularly its economic policy.
		Le prince Hans Adam II du Liechtenstein Dans un an exactement, le 15 août 2004, le prince Hans Adam II, 58 ans, qui règne.
		Liechtenstein became independent in 1866, after having been a member of the German Confederation from 1815 to 1866.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/section/liechten_history.asp (635 words)

	Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		On August 15, 2004 Prince Hans-Adam II formally turned the power of making day-to-day governmental decisions over to his son Prince Alois, as a way of transitioning to a new generation.
		The Prince of Liechtenstein has sweepingly broad powers; a referendum to adopt Hans-Adam's revision of the constitution to expand his powers passed in 2003.
		On July 30, 1967 at Vaduz, Liechtenstein he married his cousin Marie Aglaë, Countess Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau (born 1940).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hans-Adam_II_of_Liechtenstein (353 words)

	BBC News EUROPE Liechtenstein prince threatens to leave
		The head of state of the tiny principality of Liechtenstein, Prince Hans-Adam II, has threatened to pack up and leave the country if his plans to change the constitution are rejected.
		Prince Hans-Adam II has been running the country for nearly 20 years and appears to have run out of patience with its politicians.
		Prince Hans-Adam II: Constitutional bill a test of loyalty
	news.bbc.co.uk /hi/english/world/europe/newsid_1713000/1713201.stm (412 words)

	Hans Adam II, prince of Liechtenstein -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Prince Hans Adam II of Liechtenstein and his wife, Princess Marie.
		Hans Adam, the eldest son of Prince Francis Joseph II, spent his early youth in the castle of Vaduz with his brothers and his sister but he and his siblings were not isolated from the everyday life of the principality's citizens.
		Learn about the Presidency of John Adams, who was the second man to hold the office of U.S. President and the first to occupy the newly constructed White House.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9342916 (794 words)

	Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Prince of Liechtenstein has sweepingly broad powers; a referendum to adopt Hans-Adam's revision of the constitution to expand his powers passed in 2003.
		On August 15, 2004 Prince Hans-Adam II formally turned the power of making day-to-day governmental decisions over to his son Prince Alois, as a way of transitioning to a new generation.
		Prince Hans-Adam had threatened that he and his family would move to Austria (and, it was rumoured, sell the Royal Palace to Bill Gates) if the referendum had failed.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hans-Adam_II_of_Liechtenstein (357 words)

	Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net
		The '''Principality of Liechtenstein''' (German language German: ''FÃ¼rstentum Liechtenstein'') is a tiny, landlocked state in Western Europe, bordered by Switzerland to its west and by Austria to its east.
		Liechtenstein is one of only two doubly landlocked countries in the world; i.e., a landlocked country surrounded by other landlocked countries.
		Image:Ls-map.png rightMap of Liechtenstein ''Main article: Geography of Liechtenstein'' Liechtenstein is situated in the Upper Rhine valley of the European Alps.
	www.mauspfeil.net /Liechtenstein.html (1823 words)

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	YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> Monarch
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	www.yourart.com /research/encyclopedia.cgi?subject=/Monarch (2530 words)

	CNN.com - Prince wins Liechtenstein powers - Mar. 16, 2003
		Prince Hans Adam II von und zu Liechtenstein had threatened to leave Vaduz for Vienna if voters rejected proposals he put forward that would grant him the right to sack the government, veto legislation and nominate judges.
		Liechtenstein's Prince Hans Adam II clinched a royal victory on Sunday as subjects rallied behind the 300-year-old monarchy to back controversial political reforms in the alpine state.
		Cat and pig remains were left on the doorsteps of critics of Hans Adam amid high tensions in the build-up to the referendum.
	www.cnn.com /2003/WORLD/europe/03/16/liechtenstein.reut (496 words)

	Liechtenstein News
		Johann Adam of Liechtenstein purchased the Lordship of Schellenberg in 1699 and the County of Vaduz in 1712.
		The actual date that the Principality of Liechtenstein was formed is the 23rd January, 1719, being the date that Emperor Karl IV decreed that the County of Vaduz and the Lordship of Schellenberg become the immediate Imperial Principality of Liechtenstein in acknowledgement of services by Anton Florian of Liechtenstein.
		During 1608 in recognition of faithful services, Karl of Liechtenstein was raised to the rank of a Prince.
	www.news.li /fam/fam.htm (140 words)

	Hans-Adam II de Liechtenstein - Wikipédia
		Jean (Hans) Adam II Ferdinand Aloïs Joseph Marie Marc d'Aviano Pie, prince souverain de Liechtenstein, né le 14 février 1945, fils du prince souverain François Joseph II (1906-1989) et de sa femme Gina von Wilczek (1921-1989), est l'actuel prince régnant de Liechtenstein.
		Le 15 août 2004, Hans-Adam II a transmis la direction des affaires courantes à son fils Aloïs de Liechtenstein, futur prince souverain Aloïs III, nommé par ordonnance « représentant habilité à exercer toutes les fonctions de chef d'État ».
		Invoquant une certaine paralysie des institutions, Hans-Adam II a soumis à référendum, en 2003, une révision constitutionnelle adoptée à une large majorité.
	fr.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hans-Adam_II_de_Liechtenstein (204 words)

	JUDGMENT IN THE CASE OF PRINCE HANS-ADAM II OF LIECHTENSTEIN v. GERMANY
		Prince Hans-Adam II of Liechtenstein, monarch of Liechtenstein, was born in 1945 and lives in Vaduz.
		In a judgment delivered at Strasbourg on 12 July 2001 in the case of Prince Hans-Adam II of Liechtenstein v.
		JUDGMENT IN THE CASE OF PRINCE HANS-ADAM II OF LIECHTENSTEIN v.
	www.echr.coe.int /Eng/Press/2001/July/PrinceHans-AdamIIjud2001epress.htm (727 words)

	BBC News EUROPE Liechtenstein prince threatens to leave
		The head of state of the tiny principality of Liechtenstein, Prince Hans-Adam II, has threatened to pack up and leave the country if his plans to change the constitution are rejected.
		Prince Hans-Adam II has been running the country for nearly 20 years and appears to have run out of patience with its politicians.
		Prince Hans-Adam II: Constitutional bill a test of loyalty
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/europe/1713201.stm (412 words)

	boys clothing: European royalty -- Liechtenstein Hans Adam II II
		Franz Joseph II von Liechtenstein was in 1984 succeeded by his oldest son Hans Adam, who in 1989 took the name Hans Adam II.
		Hans Adam in late 1993 he revised the Hausgesetz (the 'house code' of the ruling family), including the right for the population constitutionally to depose him or even abolish the monarchy altogether if they so wished.
		Prince Hans Adam was granted all the Regency's executive powers in 1984 and rose to the throne upon his father's death in 1989.
	histclo.com /royal/gers/lie/lieha2.htm (148 words)

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		Prince Hans-Adam II: I have always been in favour of our membership in the EEA despite the fact that this membership was rejected by Switzerland in fall 1992 in a popular vote and despite the opposition of influential groups here in Liechtenstein against our membership in the EEA.
		Prince Hans-Adam II: Who ever takes the time to compare the old constitution with the new one will see that the Reigning Prince gave up some powers in order to strengthen democracy and the rule of law.
		The proof that the neutrality was respected by all states in World War I and World War II was the fact that none of those states declared war against Liechtenstein or that Liechtenstein was occupied militarily during those wars.
	www.volny.cz /kahounuvcirkus/Hans-Adam-II-eng.htm (3881 words)

	LIECHTENSTEIN MUSEUM Wien
		Acquired by Prince Hans Adam II of Liechtenstein in 2002
		In the decades after World War II it was no longer possible for the Princely Collections to extend their holdings through new acquisitions.
		This fascinating portrait of an unknown gentleman is a masterpiece from the early 1650s, a period of stylistic transition in the artist’s oeuvre during which his pictures generally became darker with black and greys dominating.
	www.liechtensteinmuseum.at /en/pages/neuerwerbungen.asp (1552 words)

	Liechtenstein News
		In 1719 the Principality of Liechtenstein was found by the Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire who named it after the family that owned it.
		Farmers in Liechtenstein will no longer be allowed to feed cannabis to their livestock under new rules to be introduced in March in the tiny Alpine state.
		Liechtenstein's two major parties agreed on Wednesday to form a coalition government after parliamentary elections last month failed to give the ruling party an absolute majority.
	www.topix.net /world/liechtenstein (378 words)

	The Observer International Prince tells voters to hand over power in Liechtenstein
		High on a hill in a fourteenth century castle, Prince Hans Adam II von und zu Liechtenstein, Duke of Trappau and Jägerndorf and Count of Rietburg, literally and figuratively looks down on his subjects.
		If the family were to reign from there it would be nothing new: Hans Adam's father, Franz Josef II moved back to Liechtenstein in 1938, when Austria was annexed.
		Adam, 58, has been a brilliant businessman for the country and his family.
	www.observer.co.uk /international/story/0,6903,910554,00.html (617 words)

	The EFTA Secretariat: Principality of Liechtenstein
		The Head of State: H.S.H. Prince Hans-Adam II of Liechtenstein is the Head of State since the 13 November 1989.
		Liechtenstein is one of Europe's ten monarchies with a lively parliamentary life and strong elements of direct democracy.
		The Principality of Liechtenstein is the 4th smallest country in Europe with a surface of 160 km2 and about 34'000 inhabitants.
	secretariat.efta.int /Web/EFTAAtAGlance/memberstates/Liechtenstein (938 words)

	Liechtenstein
		Liechtenstein - Principality of Liechtenstein National name: Fuerstentum Liechtenstein Ruler: Prince Hans Adam II...
		Liechtenstein: Bibliography - Bibliography See P. Raton, Liechtenstein: History and Institutions of the Principality (1970); T. Liechtenstein: History - History The Liechtenstein ruling house is an old Austrian family.
		It is situated in the Alps between Austria and Switzerland and is bounded in the west by the Rhine River.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/world/A0829724.html (229 words)

	Global Agenda
		Hans-Adam II is the reigning prince of the Principality of Liechtenstein.
		Nearly 65% of the Liechtenstein people voted in favour of a constitutional reform that includes the right of the community to abandon the Principality of Liechtenstein if the majority of the people in a community decide to do so.
		When I first discussed these ideas with politicians in Liechtenstein and abroad, they argued that the people would never accept such a concept, which could destroy the integrity of their state.
	www.globalagendamagazine.com /2004/hansadam.asp (1690 words)

	Fürstenhaus Liechtenstein: Prince Hans-Adam II (1)
		Prince Hans-Adam II Prince Hans-Adam II was born on 14th February 1945, the eldest son of Prince Franz Joseph II von und zu Liechtenstein and Princess Gina.
		The name Hans-Adam forms an apt link between past and present: Prince Johann (Hans) Adam I — he reigned from 1699 until 1712 — was the founder of the Principality of Liechtenstein through his purchases of the Lordship of Schellenberg (1699) and the County of Vaduz (1712).
		In autumn 1965 Prince Hans-Adam II embarked on a degree course in Management and Economics at the University of St. Gallen, completing it in 1969 with the degree of Licentiate.
	www.fuerstenhaus.li /256.0.html?&lang=en (254 words)

	ila_judgment_20050210.htm
		Liechtenstein disagrees with Germany’s interpretation of the jurisprudence applicable to this case. It argues that the temporal limitation expressed in Article 27 (a) of the European Convention for the Peaceful Settlement of Disputes “refers to the generating fact.
		Liechtenstein further requests that the amount of compensation should, in the absence of agreement between the parties, be assessed and determined by the Court in a separate phase of the proceedings.”
		Liechtenstein maintains, inter alia, that, in so far as there was a change of position by Germany, the decisions of the German courts in the Pieter van Laer Painting case and the “positions taken by the German Government, in the period after 1995” gave rise to the present
	www.icj-cij.org /icjwww/idocket/ila/ila_judgment/ila_judgment_20050210.htm (2826 words)

	About Liechtenstein - Prince Hans Adam II von Liechtenstein profile
		Prince Hans Adam II was born on 14 February 1945 as the eldest son of Prince Franz Joseph II von Liechtenstein and Princess Gina.
		Prince Hans Adam I, who reigned from 1699 to 1712, was the founder of the Principality of Liechtenstein, thanks to his purchases of the Duchy of Schellenberg (1699) and the County of Vaduz (1712).
		In 1984, the 45th year of his reign, Prince Franz Josef II appointed Prince Hans Adam II as his permanent representative and conferred upon him the mandate to administer the business of the State, in accordance with article 13 of the Constitution.
	www.about-liechtenstein.co.uk /his/roy/f15.html (669 words)

	Profiel: Prins Hans Adam II
		Het lucratieve landje, met prins Hans Adam II voorop, zag aan het eind van de jaren tachtig in dat de reputatie van lustoord voor drugscriminelen op den duur zou leiden tot de dood van de kip met de gouden eieren.
		Liechtensteiners die naar democratie verlangen, kunnen maar beter in een echt land gaan wonen, in plaats van in een fiscale constructie.
		Liechtenstein, zo schrijft Vanderbruggen, is 's werelds meest discrete plaats voor trusts, een constructie waarbij de eigenaar van een vennootschap ook voor de meest doortastende belastinginspecteur anoniem blijft.
	www.groene.nl /1996/16/ib_liech.html (1370 words)

	Global Harvest Ministries
		The title and deed of Liechtenstein was actually a purchase by Prince Hans Adam von Liechtenstein in 1712.
		The nation is still governed as a hereditary constitutional monarchy, under the popular presence of His Serene Highness Prince Hans Adam II.
		Since Liechtenstein is only about 15 miles long, 4 miles wide and has a population of 30,000, it is not surprising that a person could overlook the country.
	www.globalharvestministries.org /index.asp?action=liechtenstein (725 words)

	EURO IUS-INFO European Court of Human Rights - CASE OF PRINCE HANS-ADAM II OF LIECHTENSTEIN v. GERMANY
		CASE OF PRINCE HANS-ADAM II OF LIECHTENSTEIN v.
		In the case of Prince Hans-Adam II of Liechtenstein v.
		In his view, the confiscation of Liechtenstein property by the authorities of the former Czechoslovakia could not possibly be regarded as confiscation of “German external assets” within the meaning of Chapter 6, Article 3 § 1, of the Settlement Convention.
	www.ius-software.si /EUII/EUCHR/dokumenti\2001\07\CASE_OF_PRINCE_HANS-ADAM_II_OF_LIECHTENSTEIN_v._GERMANY_12_07_2001.html (11291 words)

	The Agonist: Liechtenstein's Ruler to Step Down
		AP via Yahoo: The outspoken ruling Prince Hans-Adam II of Liechtenstein, who garnered controversy in Europe with his push for more power in the tiny state, announced Friday he would step down and hand over the reins to his 35-year-old son, Prince Alois in one year.
		The Prince made the announcement at a drinks party held at his castle, to which all of Liechtenstein's 33,000 citizens were invited, to mark the country's national day.
	www.agonist.org /archives/007105.html (124 words)

	H.S.H. Prince Hans-Adam II
		As one element of Liechtenstein's contribution to commemoration of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the United Nations in 1995, I gave a grant to Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs to establish a research program on self-determination.
		In his address to the Fiftieth General Assembly, His Holiness Pope John Paul II referred to the quest for freedom in the second half of the twentieth century.
		After a debate on the Liechtenstein initiative, it was decided that the General Assembly would consider the matter further at a later state.
	www.catholic.net /RCC/hsmission/UN050896/LIECHTEN.html (2127 words)

	Kingdoms and Monarchs of the World
		Queen Elizabeth II is also the Sovereign of 15 countries in the Commonwealth of Nations: Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Canada, Grenada, Jamaica, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, the Solomon Islands, and Tuvalu.
	www.factmonster.com /ipka/A0775675.html (128 words)

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