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What’s that landscape of idyllic valleys nestled on the Pyrenees mountain range? Is it a Spain? Is it a France? No, it’s the 16th smallest country in the world, the Principality of Andorra. Join me in Today’s Geographics, as we explore some useful and pointless facts about this charming country. We will learn about Andorra’s unique system of government, its history and about that one time when a con artist became its King …
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Author - Arnaldo Teodorani
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Source/Further reading:
History
www.historyfiles.co.uk/KingListsEurope/FranceAndorra.htm
www.everyculture.com/A-Bo/Andorra.html
all-andorra.com/history/
www.studycountry.com/guide/AD-history.htm
Facts
everything-everywhere.com/8-facts-about-andorra/
www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/an.html
King Boris
www.historyfiles.co.uk/FeaturesEurope/EasternRussia_Skossyreff01.htm
www.albedomedia.com/cultura/historiografia/venturas-y-desventuras-del-rey-de-andorra/
Tax haven and scandals
www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/092815/why-andorra-considered-tax-haven.asp
www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/02/andorra-to-renounce-banking-secrecy-as-it-sheds-tax-haven-status
www.ft.com/content/bcedb7ae-cf1b-11e4-9949-00144feab7de
www.nytimes.com/2015/04/11/business/international/andorra-follows-up-on-us-inquiry-by-cracking-down-on-bpa.html
elpais.com/elpais/2019/10/16/inenglish/1571227960_029446.html
Anthem
www.andorramania.uk/anthem-of-andorra.php
en.tapartoche.com/form/page-partition.php?miniature=5892.gif
www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2019/09/07/france-coach-apologises-albania-andorran-anthem-played-euro/
Clean energy
www.evwind.es/2019/12/12/replace-andorras-thermal-coal-with-wind-energy-solar-and-storage/72437
→ Subscribe for new videos two times per week.
www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw?sub_confirmation=1
Our sister channels:
Biographics - www.youtube.com/channel/UClnDI2sdehVm1zm_LmUHsjQ
TopTenz - www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ-hpFPF4nOKoKPEAZM_THw/
Credits:
Host - Simon Whistler
Author - Arnaldo Teodorani
Producer - Jennifer Da Silva
Executive Producer - Shell Harris
Business inquiries to admin@toptenz.net
Source/Further reading:
History
www.historyfiles.co.uk/KingListsEurope/FranceAndorra.htm
www.everyculture.com/A-Bo/Andorra.html
all-andorra.com/history/
www.studycountry.com/guide/AD-history.htm
Facts
everything-everywhere.com/8-facts-about-andorra/
www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/an.html
King Boris
www.historyfiles.co.uk/FeaturesEurope/EasternRussia_Skossyreff01.htm
www.albedomedia.com/cultura/historiografia/venturas-y-desventuras-del-rey-de-andorra/
Tax haven and scandals
www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/092815/why-andorra-considered-tax-haven.asp
www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/02/andorra-to-renounce-banking-secrecy-as-it-sheds-tax-haven-status
www.ft.com/content/bcedb7ae-cf1b-11e4-9949-00144feab7de
www.nytimes.com/2015/04/11/business/international/andorra-follows-up-on-us-inquiry-by-cracking-down-on-bpa.html
elpais.com/elpais/2019/10/16/inenglish/1571227960_029446.html
Anthem
www.andorramania.uk/anthem-of-andorra.php
en.tapartoche.com/form/page-partition.php?miniature=5892.gif
www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2019/09/07/france-coach-apologises-albania-andorran-anthem-played-euro/
Clean energy
www.evwind.es/2019/12/12/replace-andorras-thermal-coal-with-wind-energy-solar-and-storage/72437