Bhutan 2007
Yearbook 2007 According to CountryAAH, Thimphu is the capital city of Bhutan. Bhutan and India's leaders signed a revised version of the countries' friendship agreement from 1949 in February. Instead, economic cooperation is now emphasized. The changes gave Bhutan greater independence even though the country is still very dependent on India. In April and May, exercise elections were conducted in two rounds before the real elections in 2008. The interest in the pretense elections, in which four accomplished parties participated, was small; about a third voted. Already on December 31, 2007, elections were held for the parliament's upper house with 25 seats. The voters were appointed 20 by the members and the king the other five. It was the country's first free elections after a hundred years of absolute monarchy.…