What does NIS stand for?

New Independent States

This definition appears very rarely and is found in the following Acronym Finder categories:

Military and Government

Other Resources:

<< Previous	Abbreviation Database Surfer		Next >>
Nestlé Investor Seminar Net Interest Spreads Network Information Service (aka Yellow Pages) Network Information Services Network Information System Network Infrastructure Solutions Network Integrity Services Ltd (Stockport, Cheshire, UK) Neurological Impairment Scale New Immigrant Study New Incentive Scheme		New Israeli Shekel (currency in Israel) Newly Independent States Nigeria Immigration Service NIMA Information Service Nippon Ichi Software Nishimachi International School (Tokyo, Japan) Nitrogen Inerting System (military aviation, fuel subsystem) NMCS Information System (US DoD) Noise Information System Non-Interactive Sequence (gaming)

Samples in periodicals archive:

In 1992, multiethnic Bosnia-Herzegovina declared its independence after two new independent states, Serbia and Croatia, sought to annex parts of its territory, including Prijedor.

Survivor stories: the Bosnian memory project

In other words, to what extent the systems of exploitation that had developed during British colonization were unravelled by the new independent states.

Decolonization and us: the continuing military dictatorship in ...

It is now hoped Wirral will act as the UK civic figurehead,although most of the cost for the project,around pounds 134,000, will come from the European Union, which supports partnerships between European regions and New Independent States,formerly part of the USSR.

SIBERIANS WANT TO CLEAN UP

Established in 1986, Eurocities is a network of 100 major cities, representing over 100m people, from the European Union, Norway, Switzerland, Central and Eastern Europe and the new independent states.

Top Euro-award for women's training group

Jan Kalicki, the outgoing US Ombudsman for Energy and Commercial Co-operation with the New Independent States, said in London in December that Kashagan could be producing as much as one million barrels a day when output reaches its peak.

RACE FOR CASPIAN TREASURE INTENSIFIES

goal in the New Independent States (NIS) is to assure the successful transition of these states toward open-market democracies.

Chapter six: the new independent states

New independent states, such as Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Kyrgyzstan along with the Ukraine, could also be targets.

SO WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO INVEST YOUR CASH?

Regrettably, the economic situations in the countries of the Central and Eastern Europe, as well as in the Baltic States and the new independent States that emerged on the vast space of the former Soviet Union, are not so impressive as in the political sphere.

The Chronicle Interview: Ambassador Hennadiy Udovenko