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San Marino,officially the Republic of San Marino and also known as the Most Serene Republic of San Marino,is a European microstate enclaved by Italy. Located on the northeastern side of the Apennine Mountains,San Marino is the fifth-smallest country in the world and covers a land area of just over 61 km2,with a population of 33,660 as of 2022.
As the only surviving medieval commune in the Italian Peninsula,the history of San Marino is intertwined with the medieval,Renaissance and modern-day history of the Italian peninsula,according to tradition beginning with its foundation in 301 AD.
Captains Regent are the two heads of state of the Republic of San Marino. They are elected every six months by the Grand and General Council,the country's legislative body. Normally the Regents are chosen from parties in coalition and serve a six-month term. The investiture of the Captains Regent takes place on 1 April and 1 October every year. This tradition dates back at least to 1243.
The Sammarinese Communist Party was a Marxist political party in the small European republic of San Marino. It was founded in 1921 as a section of the Communist Party of Italy (PCI). The organization existed for its first two decades as an underground political organization.
The Grand and General Council is the parliament of San Marino. The council has 60 members elected for a five-year term.
United Left was a left-wing political party in San Marino.
Lesbian,gay,bisexual,and transgender (LGBT) persons in San Marino may face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents. Both male and female same-sex sexual activity are legal in San Marino,but households headed by same-sex couples are not eligible for the same legal protections available to opposite-sex couples.
Currently,all of the European microstates have some form of relations with the European Union (EU).
Telephone numbers in San Marino have six to ten digits. Numbers starting with either 0,8 or 9 are assigned to landlines,6 is used for mobile services,5 for IP telephony services and 7 for premium numbers. No trunk prefixes are used:all the digits are always dialed.
San Marino has recognized civil unions for both same-sex and opposite-sex couples since 5 December 2018. The law to permit civil unions became fully operational on 11 February 2019,following a number of further legal and administrative changes.
The fatti di Rovereta was a constitutional crisis in San Marino in 1957 in which the Grand and General Council was deliberately rendered inquorate to prevent the scheduled election of Captains-Regent. A provisional government was established in the village of Rovereta,in opposition to the outgoing Captains-Regent whose term had expired.
Relations between the Republic of San Marino and the European Union (EU) began in February 1983. San Marino is completely surrounded by one EU member state,Italy.
General elections were held in San Marino on 11 November 2012. The 60 seats in the Grand and General Council were up for grabs. The elections were held using the majority bonus system. The previous election,held in 2008,provided the Sammarinese Christian Democratic Party with the largest single parliamentary group. The Party of Socialists and Democrats,although winning more votes than the former,became the main opposition party.
D'Ambrosio or d'Ambrosio is an Italian surname.
Gian Nicola Berti is a politician who served as a Captain Regent of San Marino. He served from 1 April 2016 to 1 October 2016 and represented We Sammarinese.
San Marino participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017,held in Kyiv,Ukraine. The Sammarinese national broadcaster Radiotelevisione della Repubblica di San Marino (SMRTV) internally selected Sammarinese singer Valentina Monetta and American singer Jimmie Wilson with "Spirit of the Night" to represent the nation in the contest. Monetta had previously represented San Marino as a solo artist on three previous occasions. The 2017 entry in the Eurovision Song Contest was promoted through the creation of a music video and promotional performances in Tel Aviv,Amsterdam and Madrid. San Marino performed 10th in the second semi-final,held on 11 May 2017,and placed 18th with one point,failing to qualify for the final.
Vanessa D'Ambrosio is a former Captain Regent of San Marino,serving from April until October 2017.
Marina Busignani Reffi (1930–2006) was a Sammarinese painter,sculptor,ceramist,and politician.
Anna Maria Casali is a Sammarinese former politician. She was one of four women elected to the Grand and General Council in 1974,becoming its first female members.
Gian Carlo Venturini is a Sammarinese politician and one of the Captains Regent with Maurizio Rattini from 1 October 1996 until 1 April 1997 and the second time with Marco Nicolini from 1 April until 1 October 2021.
References
- ↑ "San Marino. Ufficiale, Mimma Zavoli e Vanessa D'Ambrosio nuovi Capitani Reggenti - La Tribuna Sammarinese". La Tribuna Sammarinese (in Italian). 17 March 2017. Archived from the original on 20 March 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
- ↑ "S.E. Mimma Zavoli - Consiglio Grande e Generale". www.consigliograndeegenerale.sm (in Italian). Archived from the original on 19 March 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
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