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In classical Greek mythology, Europa (Ancient Greek: Εὐρώπη, Eurṓpē) was a Phoenician princess. One view is that her name derives from the Ancient Greek elements εὐρύς ( eurús ) 'wide, broad', and ὤψ ( ōps , gen. ὠπός , ōpós ) 'eye, face, countenance', hence their composite Eurṓpē would mean 'wide-gazing' or ...
Teresa Giménez Barbat, UPyD council member in Catalonia and president of Citizens of Catalonia. At a 29 September 2007 meeting in the auditorium of the Casa de Campo in Madrid, the new party was formed under the name of Union, Progress and Democracy.
The International and State Defense Police (Portuguese: Polícia Internacional e de Defesa do Estado; PIDE) was a Portuguese security agency that existed during the Estado Novo regime of António de Oliveira Salazar. Formally, the main roles of the PIDE were the border, immigration and emigration control and internal and external state security.
The Meseta Central (often translated as 'Inner Plateau') is a vast plateau in the heart of peninsular Spain split in two by the Sistema Central. There are several major rivers in Spain such as the Tagus ( Tajo ), Ebro , Guadiana , Douro ( Duero ), Guadalquivir , Júcar , Segura , Turia and Minho ( Miño ).
Logo of the General State Administration. The General State Administration (Spanish: Administración General del Estado) is one of the Public Administrations of Spain.It is the only administration with powers throughout the national territory and it is controlled by the central government.
A map of Europe, with ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes in place of the full names of countries and other territories. 'Exceptional reservations' codes CQ, EU and UK are not shown.
The Iberian Peninsula (IPA: / aɪ ˈ b ɪər i ə n / eye-BEER-ee-ən), [a] also known as Iberia, [b] is a peninsula in south-western Europe.Mostly separated from the rest of the European landmass by the Pyrenees, it includes the territories of Peninsular Spain [c] and Continental Portugal, comprising most of the region, as well as the tiny adjuncts of Andorra, Gibraltar, and, pursuant to the ...
Alfredo Nobre da Costa: Independent Nobre da Costa is appointed by President Ramalho Eanes to form government, government resigned: IV: 1978-11-22 1979-07-07 Carlos Mota Pinto: Mota Pinto is appointed by President Ramalho Eanes to form government, prime-minister resigns: V: 1979-08-01 1980-01-03 Maria de Lurdes Pintasilgo