It has put some local authorities under real strain.
In contrast, France traditionally had kept its local authorities under strict central control.
The spending cuts facing local authorities under the coalition government are unprecedented and unjustifiable.
Meanwhile, local authorities under financial pressure are increasingly concerned about the upkeep of existing public land.
Several highly publicized incidents have put the state's authorities under the microscope in recent years.
The documents are a marked departure from the public stance taken by authorities under Franco towards García Lorca's death.
The coalition is handing new powers over economic development to local authorities under so-called City Deals.
Mr. Mugabe was one of many black nationalists jailed for years by the white authorities under emergency powers.
The case, which began in December, continues, though Egyptian authorities, under intense pressure from the administration, lifted a travel ban on the seven American employees of the groups.
The Korean flag, outlawed under 36 years of Japanese rule, was revived by U.S. occupation authorities under General MacArthur in 1948.
