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The National Police of the Principality of Liechtenstein (German: Landespolizei des Fürstentums Liechtenstein), [a] is the national police force of Liechtenstein.It is composed of 125 employees, with 91 officers and 34 staff (excluding the Security Corps), [1] who police the 160 km 2 (62 sq mi) doubly landlocked alpine state in Western-Central Europe. [3]
Liechtenstein follows a policy of neutrality and is one of the few countries in the world that maintain no military although its police force maintains a paramilitary force, the Princely Liechtenstein Security Corps, within the organisation that might act as its de facto army if an invasion of Liechtenstein ever occurred. The corps provides ...
The Liechtenstein Institute started to work on digitizing the two volumes in September 2016 in accordance with the Liechtenstein government. The technical concept for implementing this project was based on a MediaWiki solution. It has been available online since 13 November 2018 and printed additions are no longer planned.
Starting from August 1919, the Liechtenstein government pushed an initiative through the Landtag of Liechtenstein to form a civil defence force to replace the military security previously provided by Austria-Hungary. It was approved on 8 March 1921, though the defence force was never established, and it was eventually repealed in 1925. [18]
The 2003 referendum was a proposal put forth by Prince Hans-Adam II to revise parts of the Constitution, on the one hand expanding the monarch's power with the authority to veto legislation, while on the other hand securing for the citizenry the option to abolish the monarchy by vote at any time without being subject to princely veto. [2]
Coat of Arms of Liechtenstein. The Principality of Liechtenstein is the last independent principality of the Holy Roman Empire. After the fall of the empire, Liechtenstein aligned itself with Austria-Hungary until the end of World War I. Since that time, Liechtenstein has been most closely aligned with its neutral neighbor Switzerland.
Bust of Josef Wenzel of Liechtenstein in the Upper Belvedere in Vienna. Though not one of the more well known Princes of Liechtenstein, Josef Wenzel I is still remembered for his military campaigns, as well as his patronage to the arts. When Hereditary Prince Alois's eldest son was born in 1995, Alois decided to name him Josef Wenzel after this ...
The new party, Democrats for Liechtenstein received 11.1% of the vote and won two seats. [16] [19] A total of 15,901 ballots were cast, resulting in a 78% voter turnout. The vast majority (97%) of ballots were cast by post. [16] The results were described by local media as some of the most exciting in recent history. [20]