Military manpower-reaching military age annually: males: 6,220 (1998 est.)
Military expenditures-dollar figure: $405 million (1996)
Military expenditures-percent of GDP: 5.4% (1996)
@Cyprus:Transnational Issues
Disputes-international: 1974 hostilities divided the island into two de facto autonomous areas, a Greek Cypriot area controlled by the internationally recognized Cypriot Government (59% of the island's land area) and a Turkish-Cypriot area (37% of the island), that are separated by a UN buffer zone (4% of the island); there are two UK sovereign base areas within the Greek Cypriot portion of the island
Illicit drugs: transit point for heroin and hashish via air routes and container traffic to Europe, especially from Lebanon and Turkey; some cocaine transits as well
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CZECH REPUBLIC
@Czech Republic:Geography
Location: Central Europe, southeast of Germany