Government seeks to reassure investors that banks won't collapse
1. Low angle shot of entrance to Slovenian National Bank
2. Woman at ATM cash point, picking up money
3. Road sweeper, cash point behind
4. Close-up, hand taking euro notes from cash point
5. Slovenian Prime Minister Alenka Bratusek walking with the president of the Slovenian Chamber of Commerce, outside the commerce building
6. SOUNDBITE: (Slovenian) Alenka Bratusek, Slovenian Prime Minister:
Slovenia is a country where we live happily with our powerful and successful economy, and we will do our best to keep it that way, and not the opposite. It is key that the government helps our economy.
7. Bratusek with Slovenian businessmen
8. SOUNDBITE: (Slovenian) Alenka Bratusek, Slovenian Prime Minister:
The first priority of our government is the stabilisation of our banking system, but that alone won't help our economy as we also have to stabilise our over-indebted companies.
9. City centre, with bridges over the River Ljubljanica
10. Wide, band playing an Alpine folk song, as man approaches and drops coins into basket
11. Close of people leaving money as band plays
12. SOUNDBITE: (Slovenian) Mico Pavic, pensioner:
In Slovenia, tycoons have stolen everything. I can tell you that 80 percent of the population lives in poverty. I have been here since 1960, and I have not seen a bigger crisis.
13. Tilt up, from the reflection of NLB bank to the bank building
14. Various, bank interiors and clients
15. SOUNDBITE: (English) Janko Medja, Chief Executive of NLB Bank:
'I think one can safely say that the problems for this house, for NLB being a 30 percent market share in Slovenia, accumulated over 10 years, and we are now of course having, as you said, a very tough job to restructure this. It will take at least a couple of years to get to a re-bound situation. (bounce back).
16. Wide new apartment block with 'For Sale' poster
17. Offices of the construction company selling flats in the apartment block
18. Apartment block, with empty apartments
19. Wide pan Economics Faculty at Ljubljana University, students sitting outside
20. SOUNDBITE: (English) Joze P. Damjan, economic analyst:
It is still possible that Slovenia will escape the bailout, but it depends on the action and the measures taken by the current government .
21. Students sitting, reading
STORYLINE:
The new Prime Minister of one of the Eurozone's smallest economies pledged to 'stabilise' its banking system as an economist warned that avoiding a bail-out would depend on what measures the government adopted.
The country of 2 (m) million people, on the edge of former Yugoslavia, has less than half of one percent of the Eurozone economy but economists agree Slovenia desperately needs fundamental reform of its banking and economic system if it is to avoid the same fate as Cyprus.
Alenka Bratusek, Slovenian Prime Minister for little more than a month, insisted that Slovenia was no Cyprus.
But, the time for the much-needed banking and economic system reform is running out for Slovenia, once considered an East European success story and a model of good and happy living.
While its overall public debt load is well below the EU average, the country is facing difficulties refinancing its debt.
That has fuelled fears that Slovenia - which accounts for 0.4 percent of the eurozone's overall economy - could become the sixth
EU nation to require a rescue loan package.
At the core of Slovenia's problems are its state-run banks that control more than 50 percent of the state's market share.
In the Alpine country which joined the EU in 2004, the banks have for years credited unprofitable state companies or privileged officials who used the cash to buy firms they ran, using the state assets as collateral.
cash from private saving accounts.
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Slovenia's Parliament ousts PM Jansa amid economic crisis
1. Wide of lawmakers
2. Mid of Alenka Bratusek (centre, brown hair, brown jacket) Slovenia's Prime Minister-designate
3. Reverse of Bratusek
4. Mid of Bratusek speaking during session as ousted Prime Minister Janez Jansa (silver tie, black jacket) looks on
5. Cutaway of photographers
6. Mid of Bratusek signing an oath as Slovenia's Prime Minister-designate
7. Wide of Jansa shaking hands with Bratusek
8. Various of Bratusek being congratulated by lawmakers
9. Mid of Bratusek smiling
10. SOUNDBITE: (Slovenian) Alenka Bratusek, Slovenia's Prime Minister-designate:
Today is a crucial day for Slovenia. I promise you that this will be the end of the politics of division, degradation and fear. I promise you dialogue, cooperation and respect for our citizens.
11. Wide of Bratusek
12. SOUNDBITE: (Slovenian) Alenka Bratusek, Slovenia's Prime Minister-designate:
The consolidation of public finances is one of our priorities and needs to be coordinated with our coalition partners.
13. Cutaway of cameraman
14. Pan of Bratusek leaving the stage
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15. Various exteriors of Slovenian Parliament
STORYLINE:
Slovenia's parliament ousted Prime Minister Janez Jansa and his conservative government on Wednesday, and designated opposition financial expert, Alenka Bratusek, to form an administration in his place.
The moves come amid corruption allegations against Jansa and growing public anger over the struggling economy and austerity measures that have seen living standards fall and unemployment rise.
The 55-33 no-confidence vote named Alenka Bratusek as prime minister-designate.
Bratusek, 42, would be the first female to lead Slovenia's government since its secession from Yugoslavia in 1991.
Jansa's government, which was elected a year ago, fell apart when three of the five parties in his ruling coalition quit the Cabinet after the state anti-graft watchdog accused the prime minister in January of corruption.
He was alleged to have failed to declare 210-thousand euros (285-thousand US dollars) of his personal assets.
Bratusek now has 15 days to form a new government and avoid holding early elections.
Such elections would prolong the search for a solution to Slovenia's deep recession, which was partly triggered by the European Union's financial woes.
Slovenia, which joined the EU in 2004 and the eurozone in 2007 as a model newcomer, is on the brink of becoming the sixth EU country to seek an international bailout to finance its beleaguered banks and their bad loans, which amount to some 7 (b) billion euros (9 billion US dollars).
Bratusek, who worked in the finance ministry in charge of the state budget before becoming a lawmaker in 2011, would head the government for at least a year until new elections are held.
She told Parliament she would bring about a new type of politics in Slovenia.
Today is a crucial day for Slovenia, she said.
I promise you that this will be the end of the politics of division, degradation and fear. I promise you dialogue, cooperation and respect for our citizens, Bratusek added.
She told Parliament she would work on reviving Slovenia's economy and reforming the banking sector to try to avoid seeking an estimated 5 (b) billion euros (6.5 billion dollars) in an EU bailout.
The consolidation of public finances is one of our priorities and needs to be coordinated with our coalition partners, Bratusek told lawmakers.
Slovenia has faced a series of street protests against austerity and corruption since December as unemployment hit a 14-year high at about 13 percent, and living standards plunged because of the government's spending cuts.
He warned that the nation of 2 (m) million could face bankruptcy after his unseating.
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Locals react to former PM Pahor's triumph in presidential poll
(3 Dec 2012)
1. Wide of square in Ljubljana centre
2. People on street
3. Man buying newspapers
4. Newspaper with picture of Danilo Turk (outgoing president) and Borut Pahor (president-elect)
5. Newspaper with picture of Turk and Pahor shaking hands
6. Wide of people on street
7. SOUNDBITE: (Slovenian) Meho Kadic, resident of Ljubljana:
It is better now. Because they can now work together to get the country out of crisis. The situation has been terrible. Low income, tycoons, corruption, it has not been good. Now I think it will be better, everyone will have enough to survive.
8. Wide of monument in central Ljubljana
9. Wide of flags on building
10. SOUNDBITE: (Slovenian) Goran Istric, resident of Ljubljana:
I am satisfied, because my candidate won and my party won. I was just hoping that the old president would have been more polite yesterday.
11. Wide of people walking over bridge
12. SOUNDBITE: (Slovenian) Prlek (only name given), resident of Ljubljana:
'He (Pahor) is just blah blah blah. Lots of talking and no action. Those who talk much, they never work at all.
13. Man walking with with child
14. SOUNDBITE: (Slovenian) Slavko Vrmec, resident of Ljubljana:
'I am happy, I think the right candidate won. I think we are moving towards better times. It will be very good for the next five years, calm and easy. I think the government will cooperate with the president and that is good for us.
15. Various of people on street
STORYLINE:
There was a largely positive reaction in Ljubljana on Monday, to Sunday's election of a president in the tiny EU nation.
Former Slovenian Prime Minister Borut Pahor won the country's presidential election on Sunday, calling for unity following discontent with government budget cuts and other austerity measures designed to avoid a bailout.
Pahor won 67.44 percent of the vote compared to 32.56 for his rival, incumbent Danilo Turk, according to the State Electoral Commission, after nearly all votes were counted.
Final results are expected later in the week.
Sunday's vote came just days after anti-austerity protests in the capital erupted into clashes that left 15 people injured, triggering fears the normally placid Alpine nation of 2 (m) million was heading into instability.
In a sign of reconciliation, newspapers on Monday carried pictures of the Pahor shaking hands with outgoing president Danilo Turk.
Ljubljana resident Meho Kadic was optimistic following the result.
The situation has been terrible. Low income, tycoons, corruption, it has not been good. Now I think it will be better, everyone will have enough to survive, he said.
I am satisfied, because my candidate won and my party won, said another local resident.
But another, Prlek (only name given), was less happy, saying of Pahor: He is just blah blah blah. Lots of talking and no action. Those who talk much, they never work at all.
Outgoing president Danilo Turk has pledged to remain an active citizen, loyal to the Slovenian state.
Prime Minister Janez Jansa's centre-right government has launched pension and labour reforms, made public sector cuts and moved to recapitalise the nation's banks, which are at the centre of the financial crisis because they are burdened by bad loans.
But Jansa's reforms have somewhat been stalled because of the political divisions, and the opposition has demanded a referendum on the banking law, fuelling EU concerns that Slovenia will not be able to carry out the promised reforms.
Despite being Jansa's political opponent, Pahor has supported some of the austerity moves, saying that reform is the only way out of the crisis and that Slovenia must show to Europe that it can pull out of trouble on its own.
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Slovenia ( ( listen) sloh-VEE-nee-ə; Slovene: Slovenija [slɔˈʋèːnija]), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: Republika Slovenija , abbr.: RS), is a country located in southern Central Europe at the crossroads of the main European cultural and trade routes. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, and the Adriatic Sea to the southwest. It covers 20,273 square kilometers (7,827 sq mi) and has a population of 2.07 million. One of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, Slovenia is a parliamentary republic and a member of the United Nations, European Union, and NATO. The capital and largest city is Ljubljana.Slovenia is mostly mountainous with a mainly continental climate, with the exception of the Slovene Littoral, which has a sub-Mediterranean climate, and the northwest, which has an Alpine climate. Additionally, the Dinaric Alps and the Pannonian Plain meet on the territory of Slovenia. The country, marked by a significant biological diversity, is one of the most water-rich in Europe, with a dense river network, a rich aquifer system, and significant karst underground watercourses. Over half of the territory is covered by forest. The human settlement of Slovenia is dispersed and uneven.Slovenia has historically been the crossroads of Slavic, Germanic, and Romance languages and cultures. Although the population is not homogeneous, the majority is Slovene. The South Slavic language Slovene is the official language throughout the country. Slovenia is a largely secularized country, but its culture and identity have been significantly influenced by Catholicism as well as Lutheranism. The economy of Slovenia is small, open and export-oriented and has been strongly influenced by international conditions. It has been severely hurt by the Eurozone crisis, started in the late 2000s. The main economic field is services, followed by industry and construction.Historically, the current territory of Slovenia was part of many different states, including the Roman Empire, Byzantine Empire, Carolingian Empire and the Holy Roman Empire, the Habsburg Monarchy, Republic of Venice, French-administered Illyrian Provinces of Napoleon I., Austrian Empire and Austria-Hungary. In October 1918, the Slovenes exercised self-determination for the first time by co-founding the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs. In December 1918, they merged with the Kingdom of Serbia into the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (renamed Kingdom of Yugoslavia in 1929).
During World War II, Slovenia was occupied and annexed by Germany, Italy, and Hungary, with a tiny area transferred to the Independent State of Croatia, a Nazi puppet state. Afterward, it was a founding member of the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia, later renamed the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, a communist state which was initially allied with the Eastern Bloc, but later founded the Non-Aligned Movement. In June 1991, after the introduction of multi-party representative democracy, Slovenia split from Yugoslavia and became an independent country. In 2004, it entered NATO and the European Union; in 2007 became the first formerly communist country to join the Eurozone; and in 2010 joined the OECD, a global association of high-income developed countries.
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Slovenia ( ( listen) sloh-VEE-nee-ə; Slovene: Slovenija [slɔˈʋèːnija]), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: Republika Slovenija , abbr.: RS), is a country located in southern Central Europe at the crossroads of the main European cultural and trade routes. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, and the Adriatic Sea to the southwest. It covers 20,273 square kilometers (7,827 sq mi) and has a population of 2.07 million. One of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, Slovenia is a parliamentary republic and a member of the United Nations, European Union, and NATO. The capital and largest city is Ljubljana.Slovenia is mostly mountainous with a mainly continental climate, with the exception of the Slovene Littoral, which has a sub-Mediterranean climate, and the northwest, which has an Alpine climate. Additionally, the Dinaric Alps and the Pannonian Plain meet on the territory of Slovenia. The country, marked by a significant biological diversity, is one of the most water-rich in Europe, with a dense river network, a rich aquifer system, and significant karst underground watercourses. Over half of the territory is covered by forest. The human settlement of Slovenia is dispersed and uneven.Slovenia has historically been the crossroads of Slavic, Germanic, and Romance languages and cultures. Although the population is not homogeneous, the majority is Slovene. The South Slavic language Slovene is the official language throughout the country. Slovenia is a largely secularized country, but its culture and identity have been significantly influenced by Catholicism as well as Lutheranism. The economy of Slovenia is small, open and export-oriented and has been strongly influenced by international conditions. It has been severely hurt by the Eurozone crisis, started in the late 2000s. The main economic field is services, followed by industry and construction.Historically, the current territory of Slovenia was part of many different states, including the Roman Empire, Byzantine Empire, Carolingian Empire and the Holy Roman Empire, the Habsburg Monarchy, Republic of Venice, French-administered Illyrian Provinces of Napoleon I., Austrian Empire and Austria-Hungary. In October 1918, the Slovenes exercised self-determination for the first time by co-founding the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs. In December 1918, they merged with the Kingdom of Serbia into the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (renamed Kingdom of Yugoslavia in 1929).
During World War II, Slovenia was occupied and annexed by Germany, Italy, and Hungary, with a tiny area transferred to the Independent State of Croatia, a Nazi puppet state. Afterward, it was a founding member of the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia, later renamed the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, a communist state which was initially allied with the Eastern Bloc, but later founded the Non-Aligned Movement. In June 1991, after the introduction of multi-party representative democracy, Slovenia split from Yugoslavia and became an independent country. In 2004, it entered NATO and the European Union; in 2007 became the first formerly communist country to join the Eurozone; and in 2010 joined the OECD, a global association of high-income developed countries.
International Workers' Day
International Workers' Day, also known as Labour Day in some places, is a celebration of laborers and the working classes that is promoted by the international labor movement, anarchists, socialists, and communists and occurs every year on May Day, 1 May, an ancient European spring holiday. The date was chosen for International Workers' Day by the Second International to commemorate the Haymarket affair, which occurred in Chicago on 4 May 1886. This Day has its origins in the labour union movement, specifically the eight-hour day movement, which advocated eight hours for work, eight hours for recreation, and eight hours for rest.
Being a traditional European spring celebration, May Day is a national public holiday in many countries, but in only some of those countries is it celebrated specifically as Labour Day or International Workers' Day. Some countries celebrate a Labour Day on other dates significant to them, such as the United States, which celebrates Labor Day on the first Monday of September.
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00:01:10 1 History
00:05:03 2 Africa
00:05:12 2.1 Algeria
00:05:32 2.2 Egypt
00:05:51 2.3 Ethiopia
00:06:06 2.4 Ghana
00:06:38 2.5 Kenya
00:07:09 2.6 Libya
00:07:39 2.7 Morocco
00:07:52 2.8 Mozambique
00:08:04 2.9 Nigeria
00:08:30 2.10 Somalia
00:08:44 2.11 South Africa
00:09:40 2.12 Tanzania
00:09:55 2.13 Tunisia
00:10:08 2.14 Uganda
00:10:21 2.15 Zimbabwe
00:10:39 3 America
00:10:48 3.1 Argentina
00:11:59 3.2 Bolivia
00:12:12 3.3 Brazil
00:12:36 3.4 Canada
00:13:48 3.5 Chile
00:14:33 3.6 Colombia
00:14:56 3.7 Costa Rica
00:15:25 3.8 Cuba
00:15:43 3.9 Dominican Republic
00:16:00 3.10 El Salvador
00:16:13 3.11 Guatemala
00:16:27 3.12 Haiti
00:16:41 3.13 Honduras
00:16:56 3.14 Mexico
00:17:13 3.15 Panama
00:17:28 3.16 Paraguay
00:17:44 3.17 Peru
00:17:59 3.18 United States
00:21:13 3.19 Uruguay
00:21:38 3.20 Venezuela
00:22:10 4 Asia
00:22:18 4.1 Bahrain
00:22:32 4.2 Bangladesh
00:22:55 4.3 Bhutan
00:23:08 4.4 Cambodia
00:23:22 4.5 China
00:24:17 4.6 Hong Kong
00:24:34 4.7 India
00:26:59 4.8 Indonesia
00:27:18 4.9 Iran
00:27:45 4.10 Iraq
00:27:59 4.11 Israel
00:28:18 4.12 Japan
00:29:52 4.13 Jordan
00:30:05 4.14 Lebanon
00:30:30 4.15 Macau
00:30:49 4.16 Malaysia
00:31:08 4.17 Maldives
00:31:31 4.18 Myanmar
00:31:46 4.19 Nepal
00:32:03 4.20 North Korea
00:32:31 4.21 Pakistan
00:33:33 4.22 Palestine
00:33:46 4.23 Philippines
00:35:14 4.24 Singapore
00:35:28 4.25 South Korea
00:35:49 4.26 Sri Lanka
00:36:22 4.27 Syria
00:36:35 4.28 Taiwan
00:36:52 4.29 Thailand
00:37:08 4.30 Vietnam
00:37:28 5 Europe
00:37:37 5.1 Eastern Bloc under communist governments
00:38:45 5.2 Albania
00:39:09 5.3 Armenia
00:39:27 5.4 Austria
00:39:54 5.5 Belgium
00:40:19 5.6 Bosnia and Herzegovina
00:41:00 5.7 Bulgaria
00:41:52 5.8 Croatia
00:42:43 5.9 Cyprus
00:43:09 5.10 Czech Republic
00:43:26 5.11 Denmark
00:43:53 5.12 Finland
00:44:17 5.13 France
00:45:17 5.14 Georgia
00:45:29 5.15 Germany
00:48:00 5.16 Greece
00:49:11 5.17 Hungary
00:49:47 5.18 Iceland
00:50:15 5.19 Ireland
00:51:22 5.20 Italy
00:52:34 5.21 Lithuania
00:53:06 5.22 Luxembourg
00:53:44 5.23 Macedonia
00:54:15 5.24 Malta
00:54:49 5.25 Netherlands
00:55:29 5.26 Norway
00:55:58 5.27 Poland
00:57:30 5.28 Portugal
00:58:35 5.29 Romania
00:59:38 5.30 Russia
01:01:24 5.31 Serbia
01:02:22 5.32 Slovakia
01:02:46 5.33 Slovenia
01:03:14 5.34 Spain
01:03:59 5.35 Sweden
01:05:49 5.36 Switzerland
01:07:44 5.37 Turkey
01:10:40 5.38 Ukraine
01:11:48 5.39 United Kingdom
01:13:09 6 Oceania
01:13:18 6.1 Australia
01:14:03 6.2 New Zealand
01:14:32 7 See also
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International Workers' Day, also known as Workers' Day, May Day or Labour Day in some countries and often referred to as May Day, is a celebration of labourers and the working classes that is promoted by the international labour movement which occurs every year on May Day (1 May), an ancient European spring festival.The date was chosen by a pan-national organization of socialist and communist political parties to commemorate the Haymarket affair, which occurred in Chicago on 4 May 1886. The 1904 Sixth Conference of the Second International, called on all Social Democratic Party organisations and trade unions of all countries to demonstrate energetically on the First of May for the legal establishment of the 8-hour day, for the class demands of the proletariat, and for universal peace.The first of May is a national public holiday in many countries worldwide, in most cases as Labour Day, International Workers' Day or some similar name – although some countries celebrate a Labour Day on other dates significant to them, such as the United States, which celebrates Labor Day on the first Monday of September.
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00:00:33 1 Origin
00:01:06 2 By country
00:01:23 2.1 Africa
00:01:39 2.1.1 Algeria
00:02:12 2.1.2 Angola
00:02:46 2.1.3 Egypt
00:03:19 2.1.4 Ethiopia
00:03:52 2.1.5 Ghana
00:04:25 2.1.6 Kenya
00:04:58 2.1.7 Libya
00:05:32 2.1.8 Morocco
00:06:05 2.1.9 Mozambique
00:06:38 2.1.10 Namibia
00:07:11 2.1.11 Nigeria
00:07:45 2.1.12 Somalia
00:08:18 2.1.13 South Africa
00:08:51 2.1.14 Tanzania
00:09:24 2.1.15 Tunisia
00:09:57 2.1.16 Uganda
00:10:31 2.1.17 Zimbabwe
00:11:04 2.2 Americas
00:11:20 2.2.1 Argentina
00:11:53 2.2.2 Bolivia
00:12:27 2.2.3 Brazil
00:13:00 2.2.4 Canada
00:13:33 2.2.5 Chile
00:14:06 2.2.6 Colombia
00:14:39 2.2.7 Costa Rica
00:15:13 2.2.8 Cuba
00:15:46 2.2.9 Dominican Republic
00:16:19 2.2.10 Ecuador
00:16:52 2.2.11 El Salvador
00:17:25 2.2.12 Guatemala
00:17:59 2.2.13 Haiti
00:18:32 2.2.14 Honduras
00:19:05 2.2.15 Mexico
00:19:38 2.2.16 Panama
00:20:11 2.2.17 Paraguay
00:20:44 2.2.18 Peru
00:21:17 2.2.19 United States
00:21:51 2.2.20 Uruguay
00:22:24 2.2.21 Venezuela
00:22:57 2.3 Asia
00:23:14 2.3.1 Bahrain
00:23:47 2.3.2 Bangladesh
00:24:20 2.3.3 Bhutan
00:24:53 2.3.4 Cambodia
00:25:26 2.3.5 China
00:25:59 2.3.6 India
00:26:33 2.3.7 Indonesia
00:27:06 2.3.8 Iran
00:27:39 2.3.9 Iraq
00:28:12 2.3.10 Israel
00:28:45 2.3.11 Japan
00:29:19 2.3.12 Jordan
00:29:52 2.3.13 Lebanon
00:30:25 2.3.14 Malaysia
00:30:58 2.3.15 Maldives
00:31:31 2.3.16 Myanmar
00:32:05 2.3.17 Nepal
00:32:38 2.3.18 North Korea
00:33:11 2.3.19 Pakistan
00:33:44 2.3.20 Palestine
00:34:17 2.3.21 Philippines
00:34:51 2.3.22 Singapore
00:35:24 2.3.23 South Korea
00:35:57 2.3.24 Sri Lanka
00:36:30 2.3.25 Syria
00:37:04 2.3.26 Thailand
00:37:37 2.3.27 Vietnam
00:38:10 2.4 Europe
00:38:27 2.4.1 Eastern Bloc under communist governments
00:39:00 2.4.2 Albania
00:39:33 2.4.3 Armenia
00:40:06 2.4.4 Austria
00:40:39 2.4.5 Belgium
00:41:13 2.4.6 Bosnia and Herzegovina
00:41:46 2.4.7 Bulgaria
00:42:19 2.4.8 Croatia
00:42:52 2.4.9 Cyprus
00:43:26 2.4.10 Czech Republic
00:43:59 2.4.11 Denmark
00:44:32 2.4.12 Finland
00:45:05 2.4.13 France
00:45:38 2.4.14 Georgia
00:46:12 2.4.15 Germany
00:46:45 2.4.16 Greece
00:47:18 2.4.17 Hungary
00:47:51 2.4.18 Iceland
00:48:24 2.4.19 Ireland
00:48:58 2.4.20 Italy
00:49:31 2.4.21 Lithuania
00:50:04 2.4.22 Estonia
00:50:37 2.4.23 Latvia
00:51:11 2.4.24 Luxembourg
00:51:44 2.4.25 Malta
00:52:17 2.4.26 Montenegro
00:52:50 2.4.27 Netherlands
00:53:23 2.4.28 North Macedonia
00:53:57 2.4.29 Norway
00:54:30 2.4.30 Poland
00:55:03 2.4.31 Portugal
00:55:36 2.4.32 Romania
00:56:09 2.4.33 Russia
00:56:43 2.4.34 Serbia
00:57:16 2.4.35 Slovakia
00:57:49 2.4.36 Slovenia
00:58:22 2.4.37 Spain
00:58:56 2.4.38 Sweden
00:59:29 2.4.39 Switzerland
01:00:02 2.4.40 Turkey
01:00:35 2.4.41 Ukraine
01:01:08 2.4.42 United Kingdom
01:01:42 2.5 Oceania
01:01:58 2.5.1 Australia
01:02:31 2.5.2 New Zealand
01:03:05 3 See also
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Electric vehicle network | Wikipedia audio article
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00:00:37 1 Maps
00:05:11 2 Infrastructure providers
00:13:24 3 Automobile manufacturers
00:14:47 4 Initiatives by country
00:14:56 4.1 Australia
00:17:43 4.2 Canada
00:19:50 4.3 Brazil
00:20:06 4.4 China
00:22:01 4.5 Europe
00:24:45 4.5.1 Czech Republic
00:25:27 4.5.2 Denmark / Norway
00:27:40 4.5.3 Estonia
00:29:03 4.5.4 France
00:32:03 4.5.5 Italy
00:34:24 4.5.6 Germany
00:46:45 4.5.7 Switzerland
00:47:21 4.5.8 Ireland
00:50:03 4.5.9 Netherlands
00:53:26 4.5.10 Poland
00:54:14 4.5.11 Portugal
00:55:13 4.5.12 Slovenia
00:55:53 4.5.13 Spain
00:59:40 4.5.14 United Kingdom
01:06:10 4.6 Israel
01:07:55 4.7 Japan
01:08:09 4.8 Singapore
01:08:23 4.9 United States of America
01:17:47 4.10 Uruguay
01:18:30 5 See also
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An electric vehicle network is an infrastructure system of charging stations and battery swap station to recharge electric vehicles. Many government, car manufacturers, and charging infrastructure providers sought to create networks. As of December 2016, Estonia remained the only country to have completed a nationwide public electric charging network. As of 2018 the largest fast-charging location was in Shanghai on the Tesla Supercharger network, with fifty charging stalls.
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Breakup of Yugoslavia
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The breakup of Yugoslavia occurred as a result of a series of political upheavals and conflicts during the early 1990s. After a period of political crisis in the 1980s, constituent republics of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia split apart, but the unresolved issues caused bitter inter-ethnic Yugoslav wars. The wars primarily affected Bosnia and Herzegovina and neighboring parts of Croatia.
After the Allied victory in World War II, Yugoslavia was set up as a federation of six republics, with borders drawn along ethnic and historical lines: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia. In addition, two autonomous provinces were established within Serbia: Vojvodina and Kosovo. Each of the republics had its own branch of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia party and a ruling elite, and any tensions were solved on the federal level. The Yugoslav model of state organization, as well as a middle way between planned and liberal economy, had been a relative success, and the country experienced a period of strong economic growth and relative political stability up to the 1980s, under the rule of president-for-life Josip Broz Tito. After his death in 1980, the weakened system of federal government was left unable to cope with rising economic and political challenges.
In the 1980s, Albanians of Kosovo started to demand that their autonomous province be granted the status of a constituent republic, starting with the 1981 protests. Ethnic tensions between Albanians and Kosovo Serbs remained high over the whole decade, which resulted in the growth across Yugoslavia of Serb opposition to the high autonomy of provinces and ineffective system of consensus at the federal level, which were seen as an obstacle for Serb interests. In 1987, Slobodan Milošević came to power in Serbia, and through a series of populist moves acquired de facto control over Kosovo, Vojvodina and Montenegro, garnering a high level of support among Serbs for his centralist policies. Milošević was met with opposition by party leaders of the western republics of Slovenia and Croatia, who also advocated greater democratization of the country in line with the Revolutions of 1989 in Eastern Europe. The League of Communists of Yugoslavia dissolved in January 1990 along federal lines. Republican communist organizations became the separate socialist parties.
During 1990, the socialists (former communists) lost power to ethnic separatist parties in the first multi-party elections held across the country, except in Serbia and Montenegro, where they were won by Milošević and his allies. Nationalist rhetoric on all sides became increasingly heated. Between June 1991 and April 1992, four republics declared independence (only Serbia and Montenegro remained federated), but the status of ethnic Serbs outside Serbia and Montenegro, and that of ethnic Croats outside Croatia, remained unsolved. After a string of inter-ethnic incidents, the Yugoslav Wars ensued, first in Croatia and then, most severely, in multi-ethnic Bosnia and Herzegovina; the wars left long-term economic and political damage in the region.
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00:01:27 1 History
00:06:22 2 Africa
00:06:31 2.1 Algeria
00:06:54 2.2 Egypt
00:07:17 2.3 Ethiopia
00:07:34 2.4 Ghana
00:08:13 2.5 Kenya
00:08:51 2.6 Libya
00:09:26 2.7 Morocco
00:09:41 2.8 Mozambique
00:09:54 2.9 Nigeria
00:10:25 2.10 Somalia
00:10:42 2.11 South Africa
00:11:50 2.12 Tanzania
00:12:07 2.13 Tunisia
00:12:22 2.14 Uganda
00:12:37 2.15 Zimbabwe
00:12:57 3 America
00:13:07 3.1 Argentina
00:14:19 3.2 Bolivia
00:14:33 3.3 Brazil
00:15:02 3.4 Canada
00:16:32 3.5 Chile
00:17:27 3.6 Colombia
00:17:55 3.7 Costa Rica
00:18:29 3.8 Cuba
00:18:51 3.9 Dominican Republic
00:19:11 3.10 El Salvador
00:19:26 3.11 Guatemala
00:19:41 3.12 Haiti
00:19:57 3.13 Honduras
00:20:14 3.14 Mexico
00:20:34 3.15 Panama
00:20:52 3.16 Paraguay
00:21:09 3.17 Peru
00:21:26 3.18 United States
00:25:32 3.19 Uruguay
00:26:02 3.20 Venezuela
00:26:41 4 Asia
00:26:50 4.1 Bahrain
00:27:06 4.2 Bangladesh
00:27:33 4.3 Bhutan
00:27:47 4.4 Cambodia
00:28:04 4.5 China
00:29:13 4.6 Hong Kong
00:29:32 4.7 India
00:32:36 4.8 Indonesia
00:33:00 4.9 Iran
00:33:32 4.10 Iraq
00:33:48 4.11 Israel
00:34:10 4.12 Japan
00:36:09 4.13 Jordan
00:36:24 4.14 Lebanon
00:36:53 4.15 Macau
00:37:16 4.16 Malaysia
00:37:37 4.17 Maldives
00:38:06 4.18 Myanmar
00:38:23 4.19 Nepal
00:38:42 4.20 North Korea
00:39:16 4.21 Pakistan
00:40:34 4.22 Palestine
00:40:49 4.23 Philippines
00:42:39 4.24 Singapore
00:42:55 4.25 South Korea
00:43:20 4.26 Sri Lanka
00:44:00 4.27 Syria
00:44:15 4.28 Taiwan
00:44:34 4.29 Thailand
00:44:54 4.30 Vietnam
00:45:17 5 Europe
00:45:27 5.1 Eastern Bloc under communist governments
00:46:51 5.2 Albania
00:47:21 5.3 Armenia
00:47:41 5.4 Austria
00:48:14 5.5 Belgium
00:48:45 5.6 Bosnia and Herzegovina
00:49:35 5.7 Bulgaria
00:50:40 5.8 Croatia
00:51:43 5.9 Cyprus
00:52:15 5.10 Czech Republic
00:52:35 5.11 Denmark
00:53:09 5.12 Finland
00:53:37 5.13 France
00:54:52 5.14 Georgia
00:55:06 5.15 Germany
00:58:21 5.16 Greece
00:59:48 5.17 Hungary
01:00:33 5.18 Iceland
01:01:07 5.19 Ireland
01:02:31 5.20 Italy
01:04:01 5.21 Lithuania
01:04:41 5.22 Luxembourg
01:05:27 5.23 Macedonia
01:06:04 5.24 Malta
01:06:47 5.25 Netherlands
01:07:35 5.26 Norway
01:08:11 5.27 Poland
01:10:09 5.28 Portugal
01:11:29 5.29 Romania
01:12:49 5.30 Russia
01:15:03 5.31 Serbia
01:16:16 5.32 Slovakia
01:16:43 5.33 Slovenia
01:17:17 5.34 Spain
01:18:13 5.35 Sweden
01:20:32 5.36 Switzerland
01:23:00 5.37 Turkey
01:26:45 5.38 Ukraine
01:28:10 5.39 United Kingdom
01:29:52 6 Oceania
01:30:01 6.1 Australia
01:30:58 6.2 New Zealand
01:31:33 7 See also
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International Workers' Day, also known as Workers' Day, May Day or Labour Day in some countries and often referred to as May Day, is a celebration of labourers and the working classes that is promoted by the international labour movement which occurs every year on May Day (1 May), an ancient European spring festival.The date was chosen by a pan-national organization of socialist and communist political parties to commemorate the Haymarket affair, which occurred in Chicago on 4 May 1886. The 1904 Sixth Conference of the Second International, called on all Social Democratic Party organisations and trade unions of all countries to demonstrate energetically on the First of May for the legal establishment of the 8-hour day, for the class demands of the proletariat, and for universal peace.The first of May is a national public holiday in many countries worldwide, in most cases as Labour Day, International Workers' Day or some similar name – although some countries celebrate a Labour Day on other dates significant to them, such as the United States, which celebrates Labor Day on the first Monday of September.