Andorra: News archive
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A Constitution for Andorra
NYT > Andorra, 22-November-2007LEAD: The principality of Andorra has decided to draft its first constitution. The legislature, the General Council of the Valleys, agreed unanimously Monday night to draft a constitution for the little principality of 50,000 betweeen France and Spain in the Pyrenees Mountains, which is ruled by two co-princes - the President of France and the Roman Catholic Bishop of the Spanish town of Urgel under a 700-year-old agreement.
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ANDORRA LA VELLA JOURNAL; Poor Little Rich Land, Ruing the Life It Lately Led
NYT > Andorra, 22-November-2007To be fair, many Andorrans are quick to blame themselves. Indeed, they add repentantly, if this tiny principality tucked in the Pyrenees is now bemoaning its identity crisis, it is because its citizens have been too anxious to get rich quickly. Today, they admit soberly, they see the results. They are as affluent as Germans, but their traditional way of life may have gone forever. They still have a flag, anthem, passport, Parliament and no fewer that two heads of state, but they no longer recog...
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Andorra Adopts Constitution For a Parliamentary System
NYT > Andorra, 22-November-2007Citizens of this tiny mountain enclave between Spain and France voted overwhelmingly today to adopt their first Constitution, ending a system of government that had been in effect since the 13th century. The Constitution, which is to take effect within 15 days, redefines Andorra as a parliamentary co-principality and establishes clear distinctions among legislative, executive and judicial branches of government. Andorra has been run jointly by two "princes" -- the President of France and Spain'...
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