Patek Philippe is the oldest family-owned Swiss luxury watchmaker with a timeless heritage in the haute horlogerie segment. The timepieces created by Patek Philippe are considered to be among the most sophisticated and precious worldwide and are thus marketed as exclusive creations, where consumer d...
The use of mercenaries has been historically a constant phenomenon till almost the end of the XX century, when their activities were criminalized by the international community. Parallel to that phenomenon European States, during their colonial expansion over all continents, authorized two other forms of similar violence by non state actors: the corsairs and the colonial merchant companies, such as the East India Company or the Hudson Bay Company. At the threshold of the XXI century we are witnessing a similar phenomenon. Although mercenaries have not completely disappeared "private milit...
Leisler's brothers, Johann Adam and Frantz, were Swiss bankers who financed such Protestant states as the duchy of Wuertemburg. ... Leisler's brothers, Johann Adam and Frantz, were Swiss bankers who financed such Protestant states as the duchy of Wuertemburg. ...
Stephen Joseph Harper, is a Canadian legislator who is Prime Minister of 2nd largest country Canada. Harper got to be head administrator in 2006, shaping a minority government after the 2006 race. He is the first head administrator to originate from the recently reconstituted Conservative Party, whi...
Central Asia's "land-linked" position gives it great opportunity for economic integration- as Austria, Switzerland and other European countries achieved - but even though the intraregional trade between Central Asian countries grew five-fold during 2000-2008, the share in total trade dropped dramatically, demonstrating the need of interconnectedness of Central Asia and their neighbors. ...
