101. The Washington Diplomat “It’s the first time that liechtenstein is opening an embassy in a country called Image liechtenstein, which will feature different cultural activities http://www.washdiplomat.com/03-03/a3_03_03.html

March 2003 Washington Diplomat PO Box 1345 Wheaton, MD 20915 Tel: 301.933.3552 Fax: 301.949.0065 Liechtenstein: Small in Size, Big in Ambitions by Anna Gawel Yet none of that phases the tiny principality of Liechtenstein, which recently set up a new embassy in Washington and relocated its U.S. ambassador, Claudia Fritsche, from the Liechtenstein U.N. Mission in New York. The move marked a major step for Liechtenstein, a picturesque, landlocked nation sandwiched between Austria and Switzerland, whose approximately 33,000 inhabitants enjoy a high quality of life thanks to a thriving industrialized economy and a booming financial services sector. With a sleek new office at 13th and I Streets, NW, the ambassador and her two-person staff are ready to break into that exclusive world of power lunches and power brokering that Washington is so well known for and become a bona fide player on the D.C. diplomatic circuit. And the ambassador knows that one of the main issues she will need to tackle during her term is simply spreading the word out about Liechtenstein and dispelling some of the misconceptions people may have about her small nation. In fact, with an unemployment rate that hovers around 1.4 percent and a ready pool of highly skilled workers, the Liechtenstein economy rivals that of most developed nations. This tremendous economic growth has been spurred by very low business taxes and liberal economic laws for foreign companies, which, in particular, has attracted a flood of banking and other financial services companies to Liechtenstein, making the tiny nation a major hub of fiscal activity.

102. Liechtenstein News Confident, but not euphoric What will 2005 bring to liechtenstein’s economy?The economic trend prognosis suggests a further, moderate uptrend. http://www.news.li/news/meld3.htm

Confident, but not euphoric Sigi Langenbahn, President of the Liechtenstein Trade Union, hopes for a step into the future which will keep old values in mind: "For the workforce I wish that in places where the only focus is on profit, this focus will give way to a moral economy and a lived entrepreneurial culture; from the shareholder value back to the employee!”, says the President of the Liechtenstein Trade Union. With this wish, Langenbahn places himself amongst many other admonishers.

103. LIECHTENSTEIN PRINCELY FAMILY The liechtenstein Family is one oft he oldest noble families of Austria. With Hugoof liechtenstein, a bearer of this name is first mentioned in 1136. http://personales.ya.com/fororeal/enfrlie.htm

LIECHTENSTEIN PRINCELY FAMILY Visitors The Prince Hans Adam II His Serene Highness Prince Hans-Adam II was born on 14 February 1945, as the eldest son of His Serene Highness Prince Franz Josef II von und zu Liechtenstein and Her Serene Highness Princess Gina. The name Hans-Adam forms an apt link between history and the present day, for Ruling Prince Hans-Adam of Liechtenstein was the founder of the State through his purchases of the Lordship of Schellenberg (1699) and the County of Vaduz (1712). Hans-Adam spent his youth with his parents and brothers and sister at Vaduz Castle. He attended the primary school in Vaduz along with the local children of his age and he also joined the Vaduz scouts. In 1972 His Serene Highness the Ruling Prince Franz Josef issued a general power of attorney entrusting the Hereditary Prince Hans-Adam with the management and administration of the whole of the Princely House's property. Since then, with his profound experience, the Hereditary Prince has run the finances of the House with tremendous success. According to the Constitution of the Principality of Liechtenstein, the Prince is the Head of State and exercises his sovereign authority in conformity with the provisions of the Constitution.

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