Countries and their

leaders
 Albania
 Official name: Republic of Albania
 Situated: Southeast Europe
 Neighbors: Montenegro,
Kosovo, Macedonia, Greece,
Italy.
 Capital: Tirana
 Official language: Albanian
 Government: parliamentary
republic
 President: Ilir Meta
 Prime Minister: Edi Rama
President: Ilir Meta
 Assumed office: 2017
 Political party: Socialist Party
 Main achievements:
 stabilization of macro-economic;
 improvement of road network;
 privatization of some strategic
sectors of the economy;
 establishment of order and law
enforcement in the country;
 supported independence of
Kosovo;
 founded the Socialist Movement
for Integration (LSI).
Prime Minister: Edi Rama
 Assumed office: 2013
 Political party: Socialist Party
 Main achievements:
 transformed the Tirana
Municipality into a modern
European institution;
 the Socialist Party leader;
 demolished illegally constructed
buildings and restored some
parts of the city;
 was heavily criticised by some of
the leaders for being dictatorial.
 Andorra
 Official name: Principality of Andorra
 Situated: Southwest Europe
 Neighbors: France, Spain
 Capital: Andorra la Vella
 Official language: Catalan
 Government: diarchy headed
by two Princes
 Co-Princes:
Joan Enric Vives Sicília
Emmanuel Macron
 Prime Minister: Antoni Martí
Co-Prince 1:
Joan Enric Vives Sicília
 The current Spanish Bishop of
Urgell, a Catholic diocese;
 represented in Andorra by Josep
Maria Mauri (2012);

 Assumed office: 2003

 Political party: -
 Main achievements: -
Co-Prince 2:
Emmanuel Macron
 The current President of the
French Republic;
 represented in Andorra by
Patrick Strzoda (2017);

 Assumed office: 2017

 Political party: Social-liberal
Party
 Main achievements: -
Prime Minister:
Antoni Martí (Petite)
 Assumed office: 2015
 Political party: Democratic Party
 Main achievements:
 introduced personal income tax;
 changed the foreign investment
law, (welcomed foreign
investors);
 signed an agreement with
France and Spain to avoid
double taxation;
 introduction of the euro as the
official currency of Andorra.
 Armenia
 Official name: Republic of Armenia
 Situated: Western Asia
 Neighbors: Turkey, Georgia,
Azerbaijan, Iran
 Capital: Yerevan
 Official language: Armenian
 Government: parliamentary
republic
 President: Armen Sarkissian
 Prime Minister:
Nikol Pashinyan
President: Armen Sarkissian
 Assumed office: 2018
 Political party: Independent
 Main achievements:
 changes to the constitution to balance the
President's and the Prime Minister's
powers;
 special relationship with British Royal
family, especially Prince Charles;
 signed a memorandum of cooperation in
energy, transport and tourism sectors with
Russia;
 proposals on energy cooperation and
participation in extraction and processing of
carbohydrates in Turkmenistan;
 founded the annual Eurasian Media Forum
Prime Minister: Nikol Pashinyan
 Assumed office: 2018
 Political party: Civil Contract
 Main achievements:
 not pro-West, not pro-Russia, not pro-USA,
he is Armenia-oriented;
 economic neoliberal approach;
 advocated less taxes for small business,
downsizing the government by reducing
number of ministries and state agencies,
and introduce tax breaks for foreign
business willing to invest in Armenia;
 centralization of human, financial,
intellectual and economic potential of
Armenians on their historic territory and
 Austria
 Official name: Republic of Austria
 Situated: Central Europe
 Neighbors: Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary,
Slovakia, Slovenia, Italy, Switzerland,
Liechtenstein.
 Capital: Vienna
 Official language:
Austrian German
 Government:
Federal parliamentary
republic
 President:
Alexander Van der Bellen
 Chancellor: Sebastian Kurz
President:
Alexander Van der Bellen
 Assumed office: 2017
 Political party: Independent
 Main achievements:
 cooperation in immigration and residence
matters for third-country students and
researchers;
 strong support of the European Union;
 advocates European federalism;
 opposed the government's decision to
impose a limit on refugees allowed into
Austria;
 has criticized U.S. President Donald Trump,
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan;
 he is opposed to recognising the Russian
annexation of Crimea.
Chancellor: Sebastian Kurz
 Assumed office: 2017
 Political party: People’s Party
 Main achievements:
 the youngest currently serving head
of government in the world (32 y.o.);
 Proposed a second mandatory
kindergarten year for children with
language deficits;
 securing Europe’s external borders
against illegal immigration;
 promoting EU membership for
Austria’s Balkan neighbors.
 Azerbaijan
 Official name: Republic of Azerbaijan
 Situated: crossroads of Eastern Europe
and Western Asia
 Neighbors: Russia,
Georgia, Armenia, Iran
 Capital: Baku
 Official language:
Azerbaijani
 Government:
semi-presidential republic
 President: Ilham Aliyev
 Prime Minister:
Novruz Mammadov
President: Ilham Aliyev
 Assumed office: 2003
 Political party: New Azerbaijan Party
 Main achievements:
 expanding the cooperation with the EU;
 Azerbaijan has been included in the Eastern
Partnership Policy;
 the Joint Declaration on the Southern Gas
Corridor was concluded;
 Strategic partnership with Russia and the USA;
 collaboration with NATO and the Organization
of Islamic Cooperation (OIC);
 the president of National Olympic Committee
of the Azerbaijan Republic;
 Improves cultural, science, humanitarian,
healthcare, youth, environmental, economic,
religious, energy and transport policies;
 Initiated the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway line
(restoration of the historical Silk Road).
Prime Minister:
Novruz Mammadov
 Assumed office: 2018
 Political party: New Azerbaijan Party
 Main achievements:
 had been the President’s first French
interpreter and advisor on France;
 establishing comprehensive relations
with the European states;
 books on Geopolitics and Foreign policy;
 justice and the protection of human
rights;
 principles of political and social viability,
and ideological flexibility, patriotism.
 Belarus
 Official name: Republic of Belarus
 Situated: Eastern Europe
 Neighbors: Russia, Ukraine, Poland,
Lithuania, Latvia
 Capital: Minsk
 Official language:
Belarusian, Russian
 Government:
presidential republic
 President:
Alexander Lukashenko
 Prime Minister:
Syarhey Rumas
President:
Alexander Lukashenko
 Assumed office: 1994
 Political party: Independent
 Main achievements:
 stopped the establishment of oligarchic
structures and mass unemployment;
 improved the social welfare of his
citizens;
 raised the economy;
 some people say about the
authoritarian ideology based on a cult
of his personality and nostalgia for
Soviet times (Lukashism);
 fired his prime minister Andrei
Kobyakov and various other officials
due to a corruption scandal.
Prime Minister:
Syarhey Rumas
 Assumed office: 2018
 Political party:
 Main achievements:
 support of privatization of state
enterprises and attracting more
foreign investments;
 raising of the retirement age;
 stop financing unprofitable
branches of the economy;
 state support for innovation
funds.
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