The Democratic Republic of Congo was in the past successively named the Congo Free State, Belgian or Congo - Leopoldville and Zaire. These names are sometimes still referred to along with various abbreviations such as Kinshasa and DRC. It is the second-largest country of Africa by area with a population of over 70 million and has some of the richest mineral deposits in the world - tin, tantalum, tungsten, gold and uranium. Its coltan products are used worldwide in the industry of electronic devi…
Protests in Syria started in January 2011 aiming at political reforms and an end to the state of emergency which has been in place since 1963. Subsequently, the international community and media are focusing at Syria and its President Bashar al-Assad due to the violent crackdown of the upheaval. The United Nations, the USA and other States are calling on Syrian authorities to stop the assault on its own people and the Assad regime was suspended from the Arab League recently.
Hungary joined the EU in 2004 and initially planned to adopt the euro in 2007. Later, the 1/1/2010 became the target date but this plan has also been abandoned because of the country's high deficit, inflation, and public debt. The ongoing financial crisis hit Hungary in October 2008 and the government asked a rescue package of $25.1 billion. Since April 2010 the country is governed by an alliance of two conservative parties, presided by Viktor Orbán and the next parliamentary elections are due f…