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National Energy Program The National Energy Program (NEP) was an energy policy of the Government of Canada. It was enacted by the government of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau in 1980, and administered by the Department of Energy, Mines and Resources.
National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center The National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center, or NERSC for short, is a designated user facility operated by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the Department of Energy. It contains several cluster supercomputers, the largest of which is Seaborg, which is ranked 61st on the TOP500 list of world's fastest supercomputers as of August 2006.
National Engineering and Scientific Commission National Engineering and Scientific Commission (NESCOM) is a Pakistani Scientific and Research organization carrying out research in many engineering and scientific areas including Information Technology, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Mechanical and Chemical Engineering with specialities in the design and production of the defence systems for the Pakistan Army.
National Engineering Laboratory The National Engineering Laboratory (NEL) was one of several large government-funded civilian research laboratories in the UK, staffed by scientists and engineers of the Scientific Civil Service. Other such laboratories included the National Physical Laboratory (NPL), the Laboratory of the Government Chemist (LGC), the Building Research Establishment (BRE) and the Transport Research Establishment (TRL).
National Engineers Week (U.S.) In the United States, the third full week of February is National Engineers' Week. It is observed by more than 70 engineering, education, and cultural societies, and more than 50 corporations and government agencies.
National Enrichment Facility National Enrichment Facility (NEF) is a plant for the refinement of fuel for nuclear power plants by centrifuge. NEF is a subsidiary company of Louisiana Energy Services (LES) which is in turn owned by the Urenco Group.
National Enterprise Board The National Enterprise Board (NEB) was a government body set up in the United Kingdom in 1975 to implement the Wilson Labour government's objective of extending public ownership of industry. The plans were outlined in the 1974 White Paper The Regeneration of British Industry and the Industry Act 1975 enacted these measures, establishing the NEB.
National Entertainment Collectibles Association The National Entertainment Collectibles Association or NECA is an American manufacturer of collectibles typically licensed from films, sports, music and television based out of New Jersey. The company was founded in 1997 and has over 60 licenses for which it produces products .
National Environment Agency National Environment Agency (Abbreviation: NEA; Chinese: 国家环ĺ˘ĺ±€; Malay: Agensi Alam Sekitar Kebangsaan) formed on 1 July 2002, is a statutory board under the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources in Singapore. As a statutory board, it gives NEA greater administrative autonomy to be more nimble in protection of the environment.
National Environmental Research Institute of Denmark NERI, the National Environmental Research Institute of Denmark (Danish: Danmarks Miljøundersøgelser or simply DMU) is an independent research institute under the Danish Ministry of the Environment. NERI undertakes scientific consultancy work and monitoring of nature and the environment as well as applied and strategic research.
National Equal Rights League The National Equal Rights League (NERL) is the oldest nationwide Black human rights organization in the United States. Its founding can be traced back to the emancipation of slaves in the British West Indies in 1833.
National Estuarine Research Reserve The National Estuarine Research Reserve program of the United States government under the auspices of the National Marine Protected Areas Initiative. The program establishes federal-state partnerships under the Coastal Zone Management Act to create a system of estuarine research reserves representative of the various regions and estuarine types in the United States.
National Examiner The National Examiner is a supermarket tabloid owned by the American Media Corporation. Like other tabloids, its contents have often come under question, and it has been derided for its sensationalistic writing.
National Executive Committee The National Executive Committee or NEC is the chief administrative body of the UK Labour Party. Its composition has changed over the years, and includes representatives of affiliated trade unions, the Parliamentary Labour Party and European Parliamentary Labour Party, Constituency Labour Parties, and socialist societies, as well as ex officio members such as the Party Leader and Deputy Leader and several of their appointees.
National Exhibition Centre The National Exhibition Centre (NEC) is the seventh largest exhibition centre in Europe, located in Solihull, near Birmingham, England. It is near junction 6 of the M42 motorway, and is adjacent to Birmingham International Airport and Birmingham International railway station.
National Exchange Carrier Association The National Exchange Carrier Association is non-profit created in 1984 by telecommunications companies to administer the fees that long distance companies pay to access local telephone networks. After the Telecommunications Act of 1996, NECA became indirectly responsible for E-Rate and other Universal Service Fund program through its subsidiary corporation the Universal Service Administrative Company.
National Exchange Club The National Exchange Club is an organization formed of some 10,000 clubs throughout the United States and Puerto Rico. The Exchange Club is formed of men and women who are dedicated to strengthening their communities with their motto "Unity for Service".
National Express National Express is the brand under which the majority of long distance bus and coach services in the United Kingdom are marketed, and also the company that manages this network and operates some of the services. Many other services are subcontracted to local bus and coach companies throughout the UK.
National Express Group National Express Group plc () is a UK-based transport group that operates airport, bus and rail services in the UK, the US and Canada, Australia, Spain, Portugal and Morocco and long-distance coach routes across Europe. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.
National Extremism Tactical Co-ordination Unit The National Extremism Tactical Co-ordination Unit (NETCU) is a unit of the British Home Office, set up around May 2004 to coordinate intelligence and police action against extremist groups in the UK. The unit is believed to have been set up with particular reference to animal rights activists, and animal rights activism continues to be its primary focus.
National flags inspired by the flag of Turkey Since the constitution of Republic of Turkey by Mustafa Kemal AtatĂĽrk in 1923 many newly independent countries in the 20th century, all of them with Turkic, Ottoman and/or Islamic roots and some inspired by the republican Kemalist way of government, adopted flags adorned with the star and crescent prominent in the Turkish Flag. The crescent on the Flag of Singapore, though similar in some ways to the Turkish design, is unrelated.
National Family Partnership The National Family Partnership, formerly the National Federation of Parents for Drug-Free Youth, is an organization, founded in 1980 in the USA, that claims to "take a visible stand against drugs" with activities such as Red Ribbon Week. The organization is often compared to the organizations that fought for the prohibition of alcohol.
National Fantasy Fan Federation The National Fantasy Fan Federation (N3F or NFFF) is one of the world's oldest science fiction fandom organizations. The organization was founded in April 1941 when all science fiction, horror, and fantasy literature was lumped into one category called "fantasy.
National Farmers Union (Fiji) The National Farmers Union (NFU) is one of Fiji's largest trade unions. It was launched in Labasa in July 1978 under the auspices of the Fiji Trades Union Congress, with Mahendra Chaudhry as its first General Secretary.
National Farmers Union (United States) The National Farmers Union (officially Farmers' Educational and Cooperative Union of America) is a national federation of State Farmers Union organizations. It is the second largest general farm organization in the United States, after Farm Bureau.
National Farmers Union of Scotland The National Farmers Union of Scotland is an organisation that promotes and protects the interests of the farming industry in Scotland. It was formed in 1913, and has approximately 10,000 members who are farmers, crofters, and others involved in Scottish agriculture.
National Fascist (Socialist) Indo-Pak Party The National Fascist Indo-Pak Party is a political party of National Socialists and Fascists of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. The NFIPP is an anti-communist, fascist, internationalist and nationalist online party with members from across the Indian sub-continent.
National Fascist Community The National Fascist Community (Czech: Národnà obec fašistická, NOF, sometimes translated as National Fascist League) was a Czechoslovakian Fascist movement led by Radola Gajda, and based on the Fascism of Benito Mussolini.
National Fascist Movement The National Fascist Movement (Romanian: MiĹźcarea NaĹŁionalÄ FascistÄ, MNF) was a Romanian political movement formed in 1923 by the merger of the National Romanian Fascia and the National Italo-Romanian Cultural and Economic Movement.
National Fascist Party The National Fascist Party (Partito Nazionale Fascista; PNF) was an Italian party, created by Benito Mussolini as the political expression of Fascism (previously represented by groups known as Fasci; see also Italian fascism).
National Fascisti The National Fascisti were a splinter group from the British Fascisti formed in 1924. In the early days of the British Fascisti the movement lacked any real policy or direction and so this group split away with the intention of pursuing a more definite path towards a fascist state.
National Federation of Cypriots The National Federation of Cypriots is a UK based organization encapsulating the largest Cypriot diaspora, numbering some 300,000 persons, based in London, UK. The Federation is an overhang group for all Greek or Cypriot Organizations within the UK, such as the Cypriot Police Association (CPA), The Hellenic Institute of the UK and others.
National Federation of Democratic Women The National Federation of Democratic Women was established in 1971 as a mean of supporting women’s voices within the Democratic Party. The NFDW hosts national and state-level conferences and activities designed to support the extraordinary group of women who support our goals and ideals.
National Federation of Independent Unions The National Federation of Independent Unions began late in 1942 as the Confederated Unions of America, a group of independent labor unions not affiliated with the AFL or the CIO, including the left-wing Mechanics' Educational Society of America (MESA), the United Brotherhood of Weldors, Cutters and Helpers of America, the Western Electric Independent Labor Federation, and the National Brotherhood of Packinghouse Workers, in an effort to create a voice in Washington for independent unionism. [http://www.
National Federation of Music Clubs National Federation of Music Clubs (NFMC) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to Music Education and the promotion of creative and performing arts in the United States. NFMC Headquarters is located in the restored Eden-Talbott Mansion in the North Side district of Indianapolis, Indiana.
National Federation of Republican Assemblies The National Federation of Republican Assemblies is an organization which seeks to promote conservative principles and candidates within in the United States Republican Party. They are known to target so-called RINOs (Republican In Name Only) who they perceive as being too left-wing.
National Federation of State High School Associations The National Federation of State High School Associations is the body that writes the rules of competition for most high school sports and activities in the United States. Most high schools, whether public or private, belong to their state's high school association; in turn, each state association belongs to the NFHS.
National Federation of the Blind The National Federation of the Blind (NFB) is an organization representing blind people in the United States. It is probably the largest organization of blind people in the United States and is notable for its willingness to take controversial positions on many issues.
National Federation of Young Farmers' Clubs The National Federation of Young Farmers' Clubs (NFYFC) is the largest rural youth organisation of its kind covering various Young Farmers' Clubs (YFC's) throughout England and Wales, helping support young people in agriculture and the countryside. It has grown to have over 700 clubs in England, Ireland and Wales, and many more overseas.
National Fellowship The National Fellowship was a minor far right political party in the United Kingdom. It was founded in the late 1950s by Edward Martell and was closely linked with his People's League for the Defense of Freedom and newspaper, The New Daily.
National FFA Organization The National FFA Organization is an American youth organization known as a Career and Technical Student Organization, based on high school classes that promote and support agricultural education. The organization, founded in 1928 as Future Farmers of America, now claims 490,017 members in 7,210 chapters.
National Film and Sound Archive The Australian National Film and Sound Archive preserves and shares Australia's moving images and sound recordings from the country's first film images to the modern classics. The work that the Archive undertakes dates back to the National Historical Film and Speaking Record Library (part of the then Commonwealth Library), which was established by a Cabinet decision on 11 December 1935.
National Film and Television Archive The British National Film and Television Archive collects, preserves, restores and then shares the films and television programmes which have helped to shape and record British life and times since cinema was invented in the late nineteenth century.
National Film Award for Best Film on Social Issues The National Film Award (Silver Lotus Award) - Best Film On Social Issues is given by the Non-Feature film jury of the National Film Awards annually, to films covering issues including prohibition, women and child welfare, dowry, drug abuse, and welfare of the handicapped.
National Film Award for Best Children's Film The National Film Award for Best Children's Film is given annually as part of the National Film Awards ceremony in India. It is given to the film the jury panel of the awards deem the best feature that deals with themes surrounding children.
National Film Awards The National Film Awards, commonly known as the National Awards, are arguably the most prestigious and prominent film awards in India. The Awards are presented annually, in a ceremony, by the President of India.
National Film Board of Canada The National Film Board of Canada (usually National Film Board or NFB) is a Canadian public filmmaking organization established to produce and distribute films that inform Canadians and promote Canada around the world. Its name in French is Office national du film du Canada or ONF.
National Film Development Corporation Malaysia The National Film Development Corporation Malaysia (FINAS) (Malay : Perbadanan Kemajuan Filem Nasional) is the main governing body in Malaysia. FINAS is just similar to the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) in the United States.
National Film Challenge The National Film Challenge is a contest in which teams of filmmakers are assigned a genre, a character, a prop, and a line of dialogue, and then have three days to create a short film containing those elements. The films are mailed in when completed and screened on-line.
National Film Preservation Act The National Film Preservation Act is the name of several federal laws relating to the identification, acquisition, storage, and dissemination of "films that are culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."
National Film Preservation Board The United States National Film Preservation Board is the board selecting films for preservation in the Library of Congress' National Film Registry. It was established by the National Film Preservation Act of 1988.
National Film Preservation Foundation The National Film Preservation Foundation is an American Congressionally-chartered, independent non-profit 501(c)3 foundation, established by the National Film Preservation Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-285) and reauthorized in 2005 via the Family Entertainment and Copyright Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-9). Loosely affiliated with the National Film Preservation Board, the Foundation raises money from the private sector and distributes grants funding film preservation to libraries, archives, historical societies and museums.
National Film Registry The National Film Registry is the registry of films selected by the United States National Film Preservation Board for preservation in the Library of Congress. The board, established by the National Film Preservation Act of 1988, was reauthorized in 1992, 1996, and 2005 by acts of Congress.
National Film School in ĹĂłdĹş The Leon Schiller's National Higher School of Film, Television and Theatre in ĹĂłdĹş (PaĹ„stwowa WyĹĽsza SzkoĹ‚a Filmowa, Telewizyjna i Teatralna im. Leona Schillera w Ĺodzi) is the most notable academy for future actors, directors, photographers, camera operators and TV staff in Poland.
National Film School of Denmark The National Film School of Denmark is a state school, financially supported by the Danish Ministry of Cultural Affairs. The school was founded in 1966 by Theodor Christensen and is situated on the small island of Frederiksholm in the harbour of Copenhagen.
National Film Theatre The National Film Theatre (NFT) is a repertory cinema specialising in seasons of classic, independent and non-English language films and is operated by the British Film Institute. It is sited below the southern end of Waterloo Bridge, forming part of the cultural complex on the South Bank of the River Thames in London.
National Finals Rodeo The National Finals Rodeo, organized by the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association, is the premier championship rodeo event in the United States. Wrangler Jeans is the title sponsor for the 10-day event, commonly just called the National Finals or NFR, which is also sometimes referred to as the World Series of Rodeo and the Super Bowl of Rodeo.
National Finals Song Contest The National Finals Song Contest is a musical competition on the Internet. The participating countries in the Eurovision Song Contest send all their songs that competed in the national finals, apart from the winners.
National Fire Incident Reporting System The National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) is a system established by the National Fire Data Center of the United States Fire Administration (USFA) in order to carry out the intentions of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (P.L.
National Fire Information Council The National Fire Information Council (NFIC) is a United States agency that encourages and perpetuates the use of a standardized national incident reporting system (National Incident Reporting System (NFIRS)) as a means of addressing the nation's fire problem and related emergency services issues. NFIRS is operated by the United States Fire Administration (USFA) under the Department of Homeland Security.
National Fish and Wildlife Forensics Laboratory Founded in 1975, the National Fish and Wildlife Forensics Laboratory is located in Ashland, Oregon, in the United States. Run by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the Forensics laboratory is the only such laboratory in the country.
National Fisheries Research & Development Institute The National Fisheries Research and Development Institute or NFRDI, is a scientific body operated by the South Korean government, under the authority of the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries. It was first established in 1921.
National Flag Memorial (Argentina) The National Flag Memorial (in Spanish, Monumento Nacional a la Bandera) in Rosario, Argentina, is a monumental complex built near the shore of the Paraná River. It was inaugurated on 1957-06-20, the anniversary of the death of Manuel Belgrano, creator of the Argentine flag, who raised it for the first time in an island on the opposite shore of the river on 1812-02-27.
National Flag of Canada Day National Flag of Canada Day, known commonly as Flag Day, is celebrated on February 15 in Canada, commemorating the first time that the Canadian Flag flew on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, in 1965. Flag Day was instituted in 1996 by an Order-in-Council from Governor General Roméo LeBlanc, on the advice of the Cabinet of Prime Minister Jean Chrétien, and is officially called "National Flag of Canada Day".
National Fluid Power Association The National Fluid Power Association (NFPA) is a 501(c)6 trade association, founded in 1953, whose mission is to serve as a forum to advance fluid power technology, strengthen the fluid power industry, and foster members' success.
National Folk Festival (UK) The National Folk Festival in England has been running for over thirty five years - starting off as a festival organised in Keele University. The National Folk Festival, Scotland, is a new festival which started in August 2002.
National Folk Festival (USA) The National Folk Festival in the United States (known also as the National) was first presented in St. Louis in 1934, the National Folk Festival is the oldest multi-cultural traditional arts celebration in the nation and the first event of national stature to put the arts of many nations, races and languages into the same event on an equal footing.
National Folk Museum of Korea The National Folk Museum of Korea was established in 1945 as the National Museum of Ethnology. It is situated on the grounds of the Gyeongbokgung (Gyeongbok Palace) in Seoul, South Korea, and uses replicas of historical objects to illustrate the folk history of the Korean people.
National Food Authority (Philippines) The Philippines' National Food Authority (Filipino: Pambansang Pangasiwaan sa Pagkain), abbreviated as NFA, is an agency of the Philippine government under the Department of Agriculture responsible for ensuring the food security of the Philippines and the stability of supply and price of the staple grain-rice.
National Food Safety and Quality Service The "National Service of Agricultural Food Health and Quality" (Spanish: Servicio Nacional de Sanidad y Calidad Agroalimentaria, SENASA) is an independent agency of the Argentine government charged with surveillance, regulation and certification of products of animal and plant origin and the prevention, eradication and control of diseases and plagues that affect them.
National Football Conference The National Football Conference (NFC) is one of the two conferences of the National Football League (NFL). The NFC was created after the league merged with the American Football League (AFL) in early 1970. The NFC had 13 teams that year, all of which played in the NFL before the merger. Meanwhile, all of the former AFL teams along with the NFL's Cleveland Browns, Pittsburgh Steelers, and Baltimore Colts formed the American Football Conference (AFC).
National Football Foundation The National Football Foundation (NFF) is a non-profit organization founded in 1947 by General Douglas MacArthur, legendary Army coach Earl "Red" Blaik and journalist Grantland Rice. Its mission is to promote and develop amateur American football on all levels throughout the United States and to cultivate leadership, sportsmanship, enthusiasm for competition, and the drive for academic excellence among America's youth.
National Football League (Ireland) The National Football League (known for sponsorship reasons as the Allianz Football League) is a Gaelic football tournament held annually between the county teams of Ireland, under the auspices of the Gaelic Athletic Association.
National Football League Players Association The National Football League Players Association, or NFLPA, is the labor union of players in football's National Football League. It was founded in 1956, but only achieved recognition and a collective bargaining agreement several years later.
National Forensic Association The National Forensic Association is a national intercollegiate organization designed to promote excellence in public speaking, individual events and debate. Founded in 1971, it sponsors an annual national championship individual events and debate tournament, as well many other regional tournaments throughout the year.
National Forest (band) National Forest is the vehicle for musician Daniel Cowley. He primarily creates fairly laid-back electronica, created at home using a PC, record player, keyboards, guitar and a microphone and mixed in Manchester.
National Forest Adventure Pass The National Forest Adventure Pass is a parking permit issued by the United States Forest Service that permits bearers in the four National Forests in Southern California to park their cars for the purpose of recreation. Though it was introduced during the "Recreation Fee Demonstration Program" (Fee-Demo) which ended on November 21, 2004, the Forest Service continues to administer the program, nearly unchanged, under the auspices of the "Federal Lands and Recreation Enhancement Act".
National Forest Management Act of 1976 The National Forest Management Act of 1976 is a United States federal law that is the primary statute governing the administration of national forests and was an amendment to the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974, which called for the management of renewable resources on national forest lands. The 1976 legislation reorganized and expanded the 1974 Act, requiring the Secretary of Agriculture to assess forest lands, and develop and implement a resource management plan for each unit of the National Forest System.
National Forest, England The National Forest, is an area of 520 km² (200 square miles) of Leicestershire, Derbyshire and Staffordshire, in England. It stretches from Leicester in the east to Burton upon Trent in the west, and links the ancient forests of Needwood and Charnwood.
National Formulary A National Formulary is a manual containing a list of medicines that are approved for prescription throughout the country, indicating which products are interchangeable. It includes key information on the composition, description, selection, prescribing, dispensing and administration of medicines.
National Forum on Europe The National Forum on Europe was established by Taoiseach Bertie Ahern, TD, in the aftermath of the rejection of the Treaty of Nice by the Irish people in 2001. It exists to provide a forum for debate between senior politicians in Ireland and with informed observers from abroad, to promote wider public participation, and to inform the Irish public in a non-partisan and neutral manner about developments in the European Union.
National Foundation Day National Foundation Day (建国č¨ĺżµć—Ą, kenkoku kinen-bi; also 建国č¨ĺżµă®ć—Ą, kenkoku kinen-no-hi) is a national holiday in Japan celebrated annually on February 11. On this day, Japanese celebrate the founding of the nation and the imperial line by its mythical first emperor, Jimmu.
National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts The National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts (known by the acronym NFAA and sometimes referred to incorrectly as the National Foundation for the Advancement of the Arts) honors the most talented high school seniors in the performing, visual and literary arts from the United States through the Arts Recognition and Talent Search (also known by the acronym ARTS).
National Foundation for Educational Research The National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) was founded in 1946 as a centre for educational research and development in England and Wales. NFER's head office is located at 'The Mere' in Slough, Berkshire, England.
National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship The National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship, also referred to as NFTE (pronounced Nifty) or Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship, is a non profit organization which teaches entrepreneurship to teens in public schools and low income communities.
National Foundation of Science and Advanced Technologies The National Foundation of Science and Advanced Technologies is an Armenian non-profit, voluntary organization established in 1997 by legislation. Its mission is to develop the scientific and engineering potential of Armenia.
National Freedom to Marry Day National Freedom to Marry Day is a non-official United States holiday held annually on February 12 to promote same-sex marriage. The holiday was founded in 1999 by Lambda Legal, a gay rights advocacy law firm based out of Washington, DC.
National Front (Albania) The party of the Albanian National Front (Albanian: Partia Balli Kombëtar Shqiptar) is a nationalist political party in Albania. In the 2001 elections it was part of the Union for Victory (Bashkimi për Fitoren) coalition which received 37.
National Front (Czechoslovakia) The National Front (in Czech: Národnà fronta, in Slovak: Národný front) was a (permanent) coalition (or rather group) of parties – since 1948 also of various associations and mass organisations – from 1945 to 1990 in Czechoslovakia. During the Communist era in Czechoslovakia (1948 – 1989), the existence of the National Front enabled the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia to maintain the fiction of political pluralism and at the same time to control the participating parties and mass organisations.
National Front (East Germany) The National Front of Democratic Germany (German: Nationale Front des Demokratischen Deutschland, NF) was a popular front of political parties and mass organisations in East Germany. It was controlled by the Socialist Unity Party of Germany.
National Front (Iran) The National Front of Iran (Jebhe Melli) is a Democratic political opposition group founded by Mohammad Mossadegh and other secular Iranian leaders of Nationalist, Liberal, and Social-Democratic political orientation who had been educated in France in the late 1940s. It is currently active both in Iran and in exile.
National Front for the Liberation of Corsica The National Front for the Liberation of Corsica (Corsican: Fronte di Liberazione Naziunale di a Corsica, or FLNC) is a militant group that advocates an autonomous state on the island of Corsica, independent from France. They also want all currently imprisoned members of the FLNC in France to be put into Corsican prisons.
National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam The National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam (Vietnamese Máş·t tráşn Dân tá»™c Giải phĂłng miá»n Nam Việt Nam), also known as the Việt Cá»™ng , VC, or the Front National de LibertĂ© (FNL), was an insurgent (partisan) organization fighting the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) during the Vietnam War. The NLF was funded, equipped and staffed by both South Vietnamese and the army of North Vietnam.
National Front for the Salvation of Libya The National Front for the Salvation of Libya (NFSL) is an opposition movement to Muammar Gaddafi's regime in Libya. The NFSL was established on October 7, 1981, when it publically announced its formation in a press conference held in Khartoum, Sudan's capital.
National Front of Workers and Peasants National Front of Workers and Peasants (in Spanish: Frente Nacional de Trabajadores y Campesinos) is a political party in Peru founded in 1962 in Puno by the brothers Néstor, Róger and Luis Cáceres Velásquez.
National gliding associations The sport of gliding is managed in each country by national gliding associations, subject to governmental aviation authorities to varying degrees. Internationally the sport is co-ordinated by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale.
National government National governments (alternatively national unity governments or national union governments) are broad coalition governments consisting of all parties (or all major parties) in the legislature and are often formed during times of war or national emergency.
National Gallery for Foreign Art The National Gallery for Foreign Art (, Natsionalna galeriya za chuzhdestranno izkustvo) of Bulgaria is a gallery located on St Alexander Nevsky Square in the capital city of Sofia and serves as the country's national institution for foreign (i.e.
National Gallery of Iceland The National Gallery of Iceland is located in ReykjavĂk, and contains a collection of Icelandic art. The gallery features artwork of famous Icelandic artists and artwork that helps explain the traditional Icelandic culture.
National Gallery of Ireland The National Gallery of Ireland houses the Irish national collection of Irish and European art. It is located in the centre of Dublin with one entrance on Merrion Square, beside Leinster House, and another on Clare Street.
National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center The National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center, or NERSC for short, is a designated user facility operated by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the Department of Energy. It contains several cluster supercomputers, the largest of which is Seaborg, which is ranked 61st on the TOP500 list of world's fastest supercomputers as of August 2006.
National Engineering and Scientific Commission National Engineering and Scientific Commission (NESCOM) is a Pakistani Scientific and Research organization carrying out research in many engineering and scientific areas including Information Technology, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Mechanical and Chemical Engineering with specialities in the design and production of the defence systems for the Pakistan Army.
National Engineering Laboratory The National Engineering Laboratory (NEL) was one of several large government-funded civilian research laboratories in the UK, staffed by scientists and engineers of the Scientific Civil Service. Other such laboratories included the National Physical Laboratory (NPL), the Laboratory of the Government Chemist (LGC), the Building Research Establishment (BRE) and the Transport Research Establishment (TRL).
National Engineers Week (U.S.) In the United States, the third full week of February is National Engineers' Week. It is observed by more than 70 engineering, education, and cultural societies, and more than 50 corporations and government agencies.
National Enrichment Facility National Enrichment Facility (NEF) is a plant for the refinement of fuel for nuclear power plants by centrifuge. NEF is a subsidiary company of Louisiana Energy Services (LES) which is in turn owned by the Urenco Group.
National Enterprise Board The National Enterprise Board (NEB) was a government body set up in the United Kingdom in 1975 to implement the Wilson Labour government's objective of extending public ownership of industry. The plans were outlined in the 1974 White Paper The Regeneration of British Industry and the Industry Act 1975 enacted these measures, establishing the NEB.
National Entertainment Collectibles Association The National Entertainment Collectibles Association or NECA is an American manufacturer of collectibles typically licensed from films, sports, music and television based out of New Jersey. The company was founded in 1997 and has over 60 licenses for which it produces products .
National Environment Agency National Environment Agency (Abbreviation: NEA; Chinese: 国家环ĺ˘ĺ±€; Malay: Agensi Alam Sekitar Kebangsaan) formed on 1 July 2002, is a statutory board under the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources in Singapore. As a statutory board, it gives NEA greater administrative autonomy to be more nimble in protection of the environment.
National Environmental Research Institute of Denmark NERI, the National Environmental Research Institute of Denmark (Danish: Danmarks Miljøundersøgelser or simply DMU) is an independent research institute under the Danish Ministry of the Environment. NERI undertakes scientific consultancy work and monitoring of nature and the environment as well as applied and strategic research.
National Equal Rights League The National Equal Rights League (NERL) is the oldest nationwide Black human rights organization in the United States. Its founding can be traced back to the emancipation of slaves in the British West Indies in 1833.
National Estuarine Research Reserve The National Estuarine Research Reserve program of the United States government under the auspices of the National Marine Protected Areas Initiative. The program establishes federal-state partnerships under the Coastal Zone Management Act to create a system of estuarine research reserves representative of the various regions and estuarine types in the United States.
National Examiner The National Examiner is a supermarket tabloid owned by the American Media Corporation. Like other tabloids, its contents have often come under question, and it has been derided for its sensationalistic writing.
National Executive Committee The National Executive Committee or NEC is the chief administrative body of the UK Labour Party. Its composition has changed over the years, and includes representatives of affiliated trade unions, the Parliamentary Labour Party and European Parliamentary Labour Party, Constituency Labour Parties, and socialist societies, as well as ex officio members such as the Party Leader and Deputy Leader and several of their appointees.
National Exhibition Centre The National Exhibition Centre (NEC) is the seventh largest exhibition centre in Europe, located in Solihull, near Birmingham, England. It is near junction 6 of the M42 motorway, and is adjacent to Birmingham International Airport and Birmingham International railway station.
National Exchange Carrier Association The National Exchange Carrier Association is non-profit created in 1984 by telecommunications companies to administer the fees that long distance companies pay to access local telephone networks. After the Telecommunications Act of 1996, NECA became indirectly responsible for E-Rate and other Universal Service Fund program through its subsidiary corporation the Universal Service Administrative Company.
National Exchange Club The National Exchange Club is an organization formed of some 10,000 clubs throughout the United States and Puerto Rico. The Exchange Club is formed of men and women who are dedicated to strengthening their communities with their motto "Unity for Service".
National Express National Express is the brand under which the majority of long distance bus and coach services in the United Kingdom are marketed, and also the company that manages this network and operates some of the services. Many other services are subcontracted to local bus and coach companies throughout the UK.
National Express Group National Express Group plc () is a UK-based transport group that operates airport, bus and rail services in the UK, the US and Canada, Australia, Spain, Portugal and Morocco and long-distance coach routes across Europe. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.
National Extremism Tactical Co-ordination Unit The National Extremism Tactical Co-ordination Unit (NETCU) is a unit of the British Home Office, set up around May 2004 to coordinate intelligence and police action against extremist groups in the UK. The unit is believed to have been set up with particular reference to animal rights activists, and animal rights activism continues to be its primary focus.
National flags inspired by the flag of Turkey Since the constitution of Republic of Turkey by Mustafa Kemal AtatĂĽrk in 1923 many newly independent countries in the 20th century, all of them with Turkic, Ottoman and/or Islamic roots and some inspired by the republican Kemalist way of government, adopted flags adorned with the star and crescent prominent in the Turkish Flag. The crescent on the Flag of Singapore, though similar in some ways to the Turkish design, is unrelated.
National Family Partnership The National Family Partnership, formerly the National Federation of Parents for Drug-Free Youth, is an organization, founded in 1980 in the USA, that claims to "take a visible stand against drugs" with activities such as Red Ribbon Week. The organization is often compared to the organizations that fought for the prohibition of alcohol.
National Fantasy Fan Federation The National Fantasy Fan Federation (N3F or NFFF) is one of the world's oldest science fiction fandom organizations. The organization was founded in April 1941 when all science fiction, horror, and fantasy literature was lumped into one category called "fantasy.
National Farmers Union (Fiji) The National Farmers Union (NFU) is one of Fiji's largest trade unions. It was launched in Labasa in July 1978 under the auspices of the Fiji Trades Union Congress, with Mahendra Chaudhry as its first General Secretary.
National Farmers Union (United States) The National Farmers Union (officially Farmers' Educational and Cooperative Union of America) is a national federation of State Farmers Union organizations. It is the second largest general farm organization in the United States, after Farm Bureau.
National Farmers Union of Scotland The National Farmers Union of Scotland is an organisation that promotes and protects the interests of the farming industry in Scotland. It was formed in 1913, and has approximately 10,000 members who are farmers, crofters, and others involved in Scottish agriculture.
National Fascist (Socialist) Indo-Pak Party The National Fascist Indo-Pak Party is a political party of National Socialists and Fascists of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. The NFIPP is an anti-communist, fascist, internationalist and nationalist online party with members from across the Indian sub-continent.
National Fascist Community The National Fascist Community (Czech: Národnà obec fašistická, NOF, sometimes translated as National Fascist League) was a Czechoslovakian Fascist movement led by Radola Gajda, and based on the Fascism of Benito Mussolini.
National Fascist Movement The National Fascist Movement (Romanian: MiĹźcarea NaĹŁionalÄ FascistÄ, MNF) was a Romanian political movement formed in 1923 by the merger of the National Romanian Fascia and the National Italo-Romanian Cultural and Economic Movement.
National Fascist Party The National Fascist Party (Partito Nazionale Fascista; PNF) was an Italian party, created by Benito Mussolini as the political expression of Fascism (previously represented by groups known as Fasci; see also Italian fascism).
National Fascisti The National Fascisti were a splinter group from the British Fascisti formed in 1924. In the early days of the British Fascisti the movement lacked any real policy or direction and so this group split away with the intention of pursuing a more definite path towards a fascist state.
National Federation of Cypriots The National Federation of Cypriots is a UK based organization encapsulating the largest Cypriot diaspora, numbering some 300,000 persons, based in London, UK. The Federation is an overhang group for all Greek or Cypriot Organizations within the UK, such as the Cypriot Police Association (CPA), The Hellenic Institute of the UK and others.
National Federation of Democratic Women The National Federation of Democratic Women was established in 1971 as a mean of supporting women’s voices within the Democratic Party. The NFDW hosts national and state-level conferences and activities designed to support the extraordinary group of women who support our goals and ideals.
National Federation of Independent Unions The National Federation of Independent Unions began late in 1942 as the Confederated Unions of America, a group of independent labor unions not affiliated with the AFL or the CIO, including the left-wing Mechanics' Educational Society of America (MESA), the United Brotherhood of Weldors, Cutters and Helpers of America, the Western Electric Independent Labor Federation, and the National Brotherhood of Packinghouse Workers, in an effort to create a voice in Washington for independent unionism. [http://www.
National Federation of Music Clubs National Federation of Music Clubs (NFMC) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to Music Education and the promotion of creative and performing arts in the United States. NFMC Headquarters is located in the restored Eden-Talbott Mansion in the North Side district of Indianapolis, Indiana.
National Federation of Republican Assemblies The National Federation of Republican Assemblies is an organization which seeks to promote conservative principles and candidates within in the United States Republican Party. They are known to target so-called RINOs (Republican In Name Only) who they perceive as being too left-wing.
National Federation of State High School Associations The National Federation of State High School Associations is the body that writes the rules of competition for most high school sports and activities in the United States. Most high schools, whether public or private, belong to their state's high school association; in turn, each state association belongs to the NFHS.
National Federation of the Blind The National Federation of the Blind (NFB) is an organization representing blind people in the United States. It is probably the largest organization of blind people in the United States and is notable for its willingness to take controversial positions on many issues.
National Federation of Young Farmers' Clubs The National Federation of Young Farmers' Clubs (NFYFC) is the largest rural youth organisation of its kind covering various Young Farmers' Clubs (YFC's) throughout England and Wales, helping support young people in agriculture and the countryside. It has grown to have over 700 clubs in England, Ireland and Wales, and many more overseas.
National Fellowship The National Fellowship was a minor far right political party in the United Kingdom. It was founded in the late 1950s by Edward Martell and was closely linked with his People's League for the Defense of Freedom and newspaper, The New Daily.
National FFA Organization The National FFA Organization is an American youth organization known as a Career and Technical Student Organization, based on high school classes that promote and support agricultural education. The organization, founded in 1928 as Future Farmers of America, now claims 490,017 members in 7,210 chapters.
National Film and Sound Archive The Australian National Film and Sound Archive preserves and shares Australia's moving images and sound recordings from the country's first film images to the modern classics. The work that the Archive undertakes dates back to the National Historical Film and Speaking Record Library (part of the then Commonwealth Library), which was established by a Cabinet decision on 11 December 1935.
National Film and Television Archive The British National Film and Television Archive collects, preserves, restores and then shares the films and television programmes which have helped to shape and record British life and times since cinema was invented in the late nineteenth century.
National Film Award for Best Film on Social Issues The National Film Award (Silver Lotus Award) - Best Film On Social Issues is given by the Non-Feature film jury of the National Film Awards annually, to films covering issues including prohibition, women and child welfare, dowry, drug abuse, and welfare of the handicapped.
National Film Award for Best Children's Film The National Film Award for Best Children's Film is given annually as part of the National Film Awards ceremony in India. It is given to the film the jury panel of the awards deem the best feature that deals with themes surrounding children.
National Film Awards The National Film Awards, commonly known as the National Awards, are arguably the most prestigious and prominent film awards in India. The Awards are presented annually, in a ceremony, by the President of India.
National Film Board of Canada The National Film Board of Canada (usually National Film Board or NFB) is a Canadian public filmmaking organization established to produce and distribute films that inform Canadians and promote Canada around the world. Its name in French is Office national du film du Canada or ONF.
National Film Development Corporation Malaysia The National Film Development Corporation Malaysia (FINAS) (Malay : Perbadanan Kemajuan Filem Nasional) is the main governing body in Malaysia. FINAS is just similar to the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) in the United States.
National Film Challenge The National Film Challenge is a contest in which teams of filmmakers are assigned a genre, a character, a prop, and a line of dialogue, and then have three days to create a short film containing those elements. The films are mailed in when completed and screened on-line.
National Film Preservation Act The National Film Preservation Act is the name of several federal laws relating to the identification, acquisition, storage, and dissemination of "films that are culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."
National Film Preservation Board The United States National Film Preservation Board is the board selecting films for preservation in the Library of Congress' National Film Registry. It was established by the National Film Preservation Act of 1988.
National Film Preservation Foundation The National Film Preservation Foundation is an American Congressionally-chartered, independent non-profit 501(c)3 foundation, established by the National Film Preservation Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-285) and reauthorized in 2005 via the Family Entertainment and Copyright Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-9). Loosely affiliated with the National Film Preservation Board, the Foundation raises money from the private sector and distributes grants funding film preservation to libraries, archives, historical societies and museums.
National Film Registry The National Film Registry is the registry of films selected by the United States National Film Preservation Board for preservation in the Library of Congress. The board, established by the National Film Preservation Act of 1988, was reauthorized in 1992, 1996, and 2005 by acts of Congress.
National Film School in ĹĂłdĹş The Leon Schiller's National Higher School of Film, Television and Theatre in ĹĂłdĹş (PaĹ„stwowa WyĹĽsza SzkoĹ‚a Filmowa, Telewizyjna i Teatralna im. Leona Schillera w Ĺodzi) is the most notable academy for future actors, directors, photographers, camera operators and TV staff in Poland.
National Film School of Denmark The National Film School of Denmark is a state school, financially supported by the Danish Ministry of Cultural Affairs. The school was founded in 1966 by Theodor Christensen and is situated on the small island of Frederiksholm in the harbour of Copenhagen.
National Film Theatre The National Film Theatre (NFT) is a repertory cinema specialising in seasons of classic, independent and non-English language films and is operated by the British Film Institute. It is sited below the southern end of Waterloo Bridge, forming part of the cultural complex on the South Bank of the River Thames in London.
National Finals Rodeo The National Finals Rodeo, organized by the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association, is the premier championship rodeo event in the United States. Wrangler Jeans is the title sponsor for the 10-day event, commonly just called the National Finals or NFR, which is also sometimes referred to as the World Series of Rodeo and the Super Bowl of Rodeo.
National Finals Song Contest The National Finals Song Contest is a musical competition on the Internet. The participating countries in the Eurovision Song Contest send all their songs that competed in the national finals, apart from the winners.
National Fire Incident Reporting System The National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) is a system established by the National Fire Data Center of the United States Fire Administration (USFA) in order to carry out the intentions of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (P.L.
National Fire Information Council The National Fire Information Council (NFIC) is a United States agency that encourages and perpetuates the use of a standardized national incident reporting system (National Incident Reporting System (NFIRS)) as a means of addressing the nation's fire problem and related emergency services issues. NFIRS is operated by the United States Fire Administration (USFA) under the Department of Homeland Security.
National Fish and Wildlife Forensics Laboratory Founded in 1975, the National Fish and Wildlife Forensics Laboratory is located in Ashland, Oregon, in the United States. Run by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the Forensics laboratory is the only such laboratory in the country.
National Fisheries Research & Development Institute The National Fisheries Research and Development Institute or NFRDI, is a scientific body operated by the South Korean government, under the authority of the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries. It was first established in 1921.
National Flag Memorial (Argentina) The National Flag Memorial (in Spanish, Monumento Nacional a la Bandera) in Rosario, Argentina, is a monumental complex built near the shore of the Paraná River. It was inaugurated on 1957-06-20, the anniversary of the death of Manuel Belgrano, creator of the Argentine flag, who raised it for the first time in an island on the opposite shore of the river on 1812-02-27.
National Flag of Canada Day National Flag of Canada Day, known commonly as Flag Day, is celebrated on February 15 in Canada, commemorating the first time that the Canadian Flag flew on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, in 1965. Flag Day was instituted in 1996 by an Order-in-Council from Governor General Roméo LeBlanc, on the advice of the Cabinet of Prime Minister Jean Chrétien, and is officially called "National Flag of Canada Day".
National Fluid Power Association The National Fluid Power Association (NFPA) is a 501(c)6 trade association, founded in 1953, whose mission is to serve as a forum to advance fluid power technology, strengthen the fluid power industry, and foster members' success.
National Folk Festival (UK) The National Folk Festival in England has been running for over thirty five years - starting off as a festival organised in Keele University. The National Folk Festival, Scotland, is a new festival which started in August 2002.
National Folk Festival (USA) The National Folk Festival in the United States (known also as the National) was first presented in St. Louis in 1934, the National Folk Festival is the oldest multi-cultural traditional arts celebration in the nation and the first event of national stature to put the arts of many nations, races and languages into the same event on an equal footing.
National Folk Museum of Korea The National Folk Museum of Korea was established in 1945 as the National Museum of Ethnology. It is situated on the grounds of the Gyeongbokgung (Gyeongbok Palace) in Seoul, South Korea, and uses replicas of historical objects to illustrate the folk history of the Korean people.
National Food Authority (Philippines) The Philippines' National Food Authority (Filipino: Pambansang Pangasiwaan sa Pagkain), abbreviated as NFA, is an agency of the Philippine government under the Department of Agriculture responsible for ensuring the food security of the Philippines and the stability of supply and price of the staple grain-rice.
National Food Safety and Quality Service The "National Service of Agricultural Food Health and Quality" (Spanish: Servicio Nacional de Sanidad y Calidad Agroalimentaria, SENASA) is an independent agency of the Argentine government charged with surveillance, regulation and certification of products of animal and plant origin and the prevention, eradication and control of diseases and plagues that affect them.
National Football Conference The National Football Conference (NFC) is one of the two conferences of the National Football League (NFL). The NFC was created after the league merged with the American Football League (AFL) in early 1970. The NFC had 13 teams that year, all of which played in the NFL before the merger. Meanwhile, all of the former AFL teams along with the NFL's Cleveland Browns, Pittsburgh Steelers, and Baltimore Colts formed the American Football Conference (AFC).
National Football Foundation The National Football Foundation (NFF) is a non-profit organization founded in 1947 by General Douglas MacArthur, legendary Army coach Earl "Red" Blaik and journalist Grantland Rice. Its mission is to promote and develop amateur American football on all levels throughout the United States and to cultivate leadership, sportsmanship, enthusiasm for competition, and the drive for academic excellence among America's youth.
National Football League (Ireland) The National Football League (known for sponsorship reasons as the Allianz Football League) is a Gaelic football tournament held annually between the county teams of Ireland, under the auspices of the Gaelic Athletic Association.
National Football League Players Association The National Football League Players Association, or NFLPA, is the labor union of players in football's National Football League. It was founded in 1956, but only achieved recognition and a collective bargaining agreement several years later.
National Forensic Association The National Forensic Association is a national intercollegiate organization designed to promote excellence in public speaking, individual events and debate. Founded in 1971, it sponsors an annual national championship individual events and debate tournament, as well many other regional tournaments throughout the year.
National Forest (band) National Forest is the vehicle for musician Daniel Cowley. He primarily creates fairly laid-back electronica, created at home using a PC, record player, keyboards, guitar and a microphone and mixed in Manchester.
National Forest Adventure Pass The National Forest Adventure Pass is a parking permit issued by the United States Forest Service that permits bearers in the four National Forests in Southern California to park their cars for the purpose of recreation. Though it was introduced during the "Recreation Fee Demonstration Program" (Fee-Demo) which ended on November 21, 2004, the Forest Service continues to administer the program, nearly unchanged, under the auspices of the "Federal Lands and Recreation Enhancement Act".
National Forest Management Act of 1976 The National Forest Management Act of 1976 is a United States federal law that is the primary statute governing the administration of national forests and was an amendment to the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974, which called for the management of renewable resources on national forest lands. The 1976 legislation reorganized and expanded the 1974 Act, requiring the Secretary of Agriculture to assess forest lands, and develop and implement a resource management plan for each unit of the National Forest System.
National Forest, England The National Forest, is an area of 520 km² (200 square miles) of Leicestershire, Derbyshire and Staffordshire, in England. It stretches from Leicester in the east to Burton upon Trent in the west, and links the ancient forests of Needwood and Charnwood.
National Formulary A National Formulary is a manual containing a list of medicines that are approved for prescription throughout the country, indicating which products are interchangeable. It includes key information on the composition, description, selection, prescribing, dispensing and administration of medicines.
National Forum on Europe The National Forum on Europe was established by Taoiseach Bertie Ahern, TD, in the aftermath of the rejection of the Treaty of Nice by the Irish people in 2001. It exists to provide a forum for debate between senior politicians in Ireland and with informed observers from abroad, to promote wider public participation, and to inform the Irish public in a non-partisan and neutral manner about developments in the European Union.
National Foundation Day National Foundation Day (建国č¨ĺżµć—Ą, kenkoku kinen-bi; also 建国č¨ĺżµă®ć—Ą, kenkoku kinen-no-hi) is a national holiday in Japan celebrated annually on February 11. On this day, Japanese celebrate the founding of the nation and the imperial line by its mythical first emperor, Jimmu.
National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts The National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts (known by the acronym NFAA and sometimes referred to incorrectly as the National Foundation for the Advancement of the Arts) honors the most talented high school seniors in the performing, visual and literary arts from the United States through the Arts Recognition and Talent Search (also known by the acronym ARTS).
National Foundation for Educational Research The National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) was founded in 1946 as a centre for educational research and development in England and Wales. NFER's head office is located at 'The Mere' in Slough, Berkshire, England.
National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship The National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship, also referred to as NFTE (pronounced Nifty) or Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship, is a non profit organization which teaches entrepreneurship to teens in public schools and low income communities.
National Foundation of Science and Advanced Technologies The National Foundation of Science and Advanced Technologies is an Armenian non-profit, voluntary organization established in 1997 by legislation. Its mission is to develop the scientific and engineering potential of Armenia.
National Freedom to Marry Day National Freedom to Marry Day is a non-official United States holiday held annually on February 12 to promote same-sex marriage. The holiday was founded in 1999 by Lambda Legal, a gay rights advocacy law firm based out of Washington, DC.
National Front (Albania) The party of the Albanian National Front (Albanian: Partia Balli Kombëtar Shqiptar) is a nationalist political party in Albania. In the 2001 elections it was part of the Union for Victory (Bashkimi për Fitoren) coalition which received 37.
National Front (Czechoslovakia) The National Front (in Czech: Národnà fronta, in Slovak: Národný front) was a (permanent) coalition (or rather group) of parties – since 1948 also of various associations and mass organisations – from 1945 to 1990 in Czechoslovakia. During the Communist era in Czechoslovakia (1948 – 1989), the existence of the National Front enabled the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia to maintain the fiction of political pluralism and at the same time to control the participating parties and mass organisations.
National Front (East Germany) The National Front of Democratic Germany (German: Nationale Front des Demokratischen Deutschland, NF) was a popular front of political parties and mass organisations in East Germany. It was controlled by the Socialist Unity Party of Germany.
National Front (Iran) The National Front of Iran (Jebhe Melli) is a Democratic political opposition group founded by Mohammad Mossadegh and other secular Iranian leaders of Nationalist, Liberal, and Social-Democratic political orientation who had been educated in France in the late 1940s. It is currently active both in Iran and in exile.
National Front for the Liberation of Corsica The National Front for the Liberation of Corsica (Corsican: Fronte di Liberazione Naziunale di a Corsica, or FLNC) is a militant group that advocates an autonomous state on the island of Corsica, independent from France. They also want all currently imprisoned members of the FLNC in France to be put into Corsican prisons.
National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam The National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam (Vietnamese Máş·t tráşn Dân tá»™c Giải phĂłng miá»n Nam Việt Nam), also known as the Việt Cá»™ng , VC, or the Front National de LibertĂ© (FNL), was an insurgent (partisan) organization fighting the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) during the Vietnam War. The NLF was funded, equipped and staffed by both South Vietnamese and the army of North Vietnam.
National Front for the Salvation of Libya The National Front for the Salvation of Libya (NFSL) is an opposition movement to Muammar Gaddafi's regime in Libya. The NFSL was established on October 7, 1981, when it publically announced its formation in a press conference held in Khartoum, Sudan's capital.
National Front of Workers and Peasants National Front of Workers and Peasants (in Spanish: Frente Nacional de Trabajadores y Campesinos) is a political party in Peru founded in 1962 in Puno by the brothers Néstor, Róger and Luis Cáceres Velásquez.
National gliding associations The sport of gliding is managed in each country by national gliding associations, subject to governmental aviation authorities to varying degrees. Internationally the sport is co-ordinated by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale.
National government National governments (alternatively national unity governments or national union governments) are broad coalition governments consisting of all parties (or all major parties) in the legislature and are often formed during times of war or national emergency.
National Gallery for Foreign Art The National Gallery for Foreign Art (, Natsionalna galeriya za chuzhdestranno izkustvo) of Bulgaria is a gallery located on St Alexander Nevsky Square in the capital city of Sofia and serves as the country's national institution for foreign (i.e.
National Gallery of Iceland The National Gallery of Iceland is located in ReykjavĂk, and contains a collection of Icelandic art. The gallery features artwork of famous Icelandic artists and artwork that helps explain the traditional Icelandic culture.
National Gallery of Ireland The National Gallery of Ireland houses the Irish national collection of Irish and European art. It is located in the centre of Dublin with one entrance on Merrion Square, beside Leinster House, and another on Clare Street.
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