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Country News DigestVol.3, Issue #10

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Country News DigestArmenia and Azerbaijanagreed this week to holdtalks on Nagorno-Karabakh

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Russiafor the first time in three years. Ilham Aliyev hosted theco-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, representatives ofFrance, the US, and Russia, in Baku on uesday. After themeeting, the co-chairs issued a joint statement announcingthe two sides plan to meet later this month. Te time andplace of the meeting have yet to be determined.

Representatives of theRussian government failedto attend a UN ribunalfor the Law of the Sea on Wednesday, after the Dutchgovernment appealed to the court petitioning for therelease of 30 Greenpeace activists detained in Russia.Russia views their detainment as an internal matter overwhich the tribunal has no authority.

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Ukraine announced itwas not prepared to signan agreement with theEuropean Bank for Reconstruction and Developmentfor technical reasons. Te initiative, designed to fightcorruption and improve the countrys business climate,would set up an independent body to examine companycomplaints about tax and customs officials, as well ascourts. Te EBRD invests about $1 billion a year inUkraine.

On November 4, PresidentLukashenka has authorizedthe construction ofBelaruss first nuclear power plant. Rosatom subsidiaryAtomstroyeksport will build the facility in northwestBelarus near the Lithuanian border, in Astravyets. Teplant will have two Russian reactors capable of generating2.4 gigawatts of electricity, and will be launched in2017. Russia is loaning Belarus $10 billion to pay forconstruction costs.

ens of thousands ofMoldovans are reportedto have attended agovernment-organized rally in support of EU membershipon Saturday. Moldova is due to initial an AssociationAgreement with the EU in Vilnius on November 28-29.Results of a national survey of just under 2,000 Moldovanspublished this week found that 46% would vote for EUintegration in a hypothetical referendum, while 52%believe the upcoming agreement is crucial to the country.

On Saturday, PrimeMinister Bidzina Ivanishvilinamed Interior Minister

Irakly Garibashvili to succeed him when he leaves hispost this month. Garibashvili is a member of IvanishvilisGeorgian Dream Party. It is assumed that his electionwill be confirmed by Dream-controlled Parliament andnewly elected Dream president Georgy Margvelashvili,thereby cementing the party s dominance.

On November 5 Armenianauthorities arrested 38people in Yerevan following

clashes between police and a group of nationalists led byShant Harutiunian, leader of the nationalist oppositionsegakron political party. Harutiunian and his followerswere reportedly throwing firecrackers and marching onthe presidential office when arrested.

After a 3.5 year hiatus,the EU and urkey haveresumed membership

talks this week. Although urkey signed an associationagreement with the EU in 1963, further negotiations arestill ongoing due to a number of issues, including concernsover freedom of speech, democracy, and religion. Temost recent stall was due to urkeys strained relationswith Cyprus.

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Country News DigestOn uesday, members ofKyrgyzstans parliamentmade plans to appeal to

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the Duma over the treatment of Kyrgyzstani migrantworkers in Russia. On the same day, protestors outsideRussias consulate in Osh voiced concerns about nightraids and negative media coverage of migrants. Teseevents followed Russian authorities confirmation of thisweeks murder of a Kyrgyzstani migrant in St. Petersburg.

Afghan President HamidKarzai condemned a USdrone strike that killedthe leader of the Pakistani aliban this week, citing itspotential to undermine peace negotiations. Pakistan andAfghanistan hope to negotiate a peace settlement withaliban forces in each country in order to ensure stabilityfollowing the planned withdrawal of US forces nextyear.

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IranOn Tursday delegationsfrom Iran and the P5+1began a two-day conferencein Geneva to negotiate Irans nuclear program. USSecretary of State John Kerry will join the negotiationsFriday. His Iranian counterpart, Javad Zarif, has said thathe expects an agreement to be made by the end of themeetings.

Te president of Belarus,Alexander Lukashenkohas concluded an arms dealwith urkmen president Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedovto jointly produce drones. urkmenistan is not the onlynation that has cooperated with Belarus on unmannedarmed vehicle development. Vietnam agreed to buydrones from Belarus earlier this year.

Following a high-profilecorruption investigationof former officials inMongolias Mineral Resource Authority, the Mongoliangovernment annulled 106 mineral exploration licensesthis week. International investors have condemned themove as anti-business. Governmental sources have notyet commented.

Suspected terrorist SayanHayrov was sentenced onTursday to 11 years in

prison after a three-week trial in Almaty. He was foundguilty on five counts, including the illegal procurement ofweapons and explosives, and involvement in a 2012 massstabbing that left 12 dead in Almaty oblast. Hayrov pledguilty to only one of the charges: crossing the Kazakh-Kyrgyz border illegally. Hayrov was apprehended inKyrgyzstan in May.

On Wednesday EmomaliRahmon was re-electedpresident of ajikistan for a

fourth term with over 83% of the vote, with his closestcompetitor obtaining 5%. While the countrys electioncommission reported 86.6% voter turnout, the electionhas been wrought with allegations of corruption, voterharassment, and lack of press freedom. Rahmons strongestchallenger, human rights lawyer Oynihol Bobonazarova,was disqualified on spurious technical grounds.

Independent sourcesreported that ShavkatMajidov, first deputy head

of national holding company Uzbekneftogaz, was firedwithout warning Tursday evening. Sources connect hisdismissal to ongoing state investigations into suspectedillicit fuel sales and money laundering at the Fergana OilProcessing Plant. Observers say the investigations are partof the recent spate of crackdowns on assets controlled byPresident Karimovs daughter Gulnara.

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Country News DigestTe Ukrainian wing ofAnonymous launched a cyberattack against the Estonian

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Czech RepublicDefense Ministrys website on November 1. In a messagetaking credit for the event, Anonymous said the attack wasa way to protest Ukraines cooperation with the EU, NAOand Russia, and that Ukraine should be independent fromEuro-Atlantic institutions. Estonias Ministry of Defencereports that damage from the attack was minimal.

Te Czech Republicsintelligence service releasedits 2012 annual reportTursday. Te report warns of the dangers of risingcorruption, and describes increasing links between thebusiness and public sectors. It suggests that in the contextof the country s recent economic downturn, corruption maybe strengthening xenophobic and far-right movements.

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In order to help Bulgariamanage an influx ofSyrian refugees, Slovakiahas donated 100,000 euros to the Bulgarian Red Cross.Slovakia has already provided 30,000 euros worth ofmaterials, including beds and blankets. Slovenias donationis read as a sign of solidarity among eastern EU countries.Bulgarian President Plevneliev thanked Slovakia for itstrue gesture of friendship during what has been a difficultfew months for Bulgaria.

Rival protests broke outin Budapest this weekbetween far-right and anti-fascist groups over the unveiling of a statue of MiklosHorthy, a World War II leader who allied Hungary withNazi Germany. Te statue has been condemned by theUnited States and the World Jewish Congress. It has alsobeen viewed as an emblem of increasing anti-semitism inHungary, spurred by the anti-semitism of the far-rightJobbik party.

A research team at Babes-Bolyai University believesit has created a successfulrecipe for artificial blood. Te team has transfused theblood substitute into mice without any side effects. Leadscientist Dr. Silaghi-Dumitrescu says they will continuewith animal studies in preparation for human trials.Artificial blood is considered a medical holy grail inthe science community for its potential to assist traumapatients.

On Tursday theLithuanian governmentannounced that it would

be granting reparations of $622 to each of the countrys1,800 Holocaust survivors. Te Jewish population inLithuania today numbers around 5,000. Ninety-fivepercent of its pre-1939 Jewish population of 250,000 wasmurdered during the Holocaust.

Exiled Russian chesssuperstar Garry Kasparovhas applied for dual

citizenship with Latvia. Kasparov desires Latviancitizenship so that he can return to Russia withoutfear of political persecution, with the goal of runningfor president of the World Chess Federation againstincumbent Kirsan Ilyumzhinov.

US Secretary of State JohnKerry visited Poland thisweek to discuss defense and

surveillance issues with Polish Prime Minister Donaldusk and Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski. Kerrystressed the importance of finding a balance betweensecurity and privacy, and Sikorski stated that trade issuesshould be evaluated separately from surveillance issues.

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Country News DigestTere are now a reported9,567 refugees and illegalimmigrants in Bulgaria,

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Croatiawhich is reportedly straining state resources. TeBulgarian government has announced an action plan,under which migrants with no grounds for refugee statuswill be expelled within three days. Mothers and childrenwill be given priority for refugee status.

Croatian Deputy PrimeMinister Vesna Pusic hasheld meetings in China thisweek with Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Vice PremierZhang Gaoli. Te meetings emphasized increasedcooperation between the two nations in areas such astrade relations, tourism, and cultural exchange. Pusicalso stated that she hopes for stronger relations betweenChina and Central and Southern Europe as a whole.

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Te European Bankof Reconstruction andDevelopment is loaningCodra Hospital, Montenegros largest private hospital,1 million euros to build a new maternity ward for neo-natal and post-delivery care. Tis is the EBRDs first loanin Montenegros health sector and its second loan to thecountry. Codra was founded in 2001 and has expanded tobecome the largest private hospital in Montenegro.

Kosovo says the results oflast weeks historic electionsare valid, despite low ethnic

Serb turnout and attacks on polling stations in theethnically divided northern city of Mitrovica. Nearly 48%of eligible voters are reported to have turned out in pollswhose preliminary results gave a strong edge to the rulingKosovo Democratic Party. A second round, to be heldDecember 1, will be required in 24 of 38 municipalities.

Te European Commissionreleased its autumnforecasts for Slovenia thisweek, revealing that the southeastern European nationwill face a larger budget deficit than earlier anticipated.Despite this news, experts have reiterated that aEurozone bailout package for Slovenia is still avoidable,provided that it continues repairing its financial sectorand implementing fiscal austerity measures.

Seven people were killedin two mine accidentsin Albania Friday. wo

employees at a nickel mine in Librazhd district werekilled by falling rocks, and three young men wereasphyxiated in a non-operational coal mine in the Korceregion while collecting scrap metal. Te latter incidenthas been attributed to the lack of government funding toguard non-working mines.

After local elections inKosovo were disruptedby violence last weekend,

Kosovos prime minister, Hashim Taci, announced thathe did not think that Serbia provoked tensions. Teviolence occurred in the northern town of Mitrovica,which has an ethnic Serbian majority. Tis announcement,along with Serbias call for ethnic Serbs to participate inelections, is widely seen as a sign of improving relationsbetween the two countries.

Te Democratic Unionfor Integration (DUI)has announced that it will

not support current president Gjorge Ivanov, a memberof Macedonias leading VMRO DPMNE party, if hedecides to run for a second term in the March electionsnext year. DUI leader Ali Ahmeti has cited Ivanovsmediocre performance as the main reason why the partywill not support his candidacy.

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On uesday the Bosniangovernment releasedthe official results of itsOctober census, its first since the countrys 1992-1995civil war. While official results on Bosnias ethnic makeupwill not be released until next year, the results showed apopulation drop of 585,411, around 13%.

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